NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Going to Shoreline tonight:

Should be good!

I've actually been getting into PVRIS lately as well and they're pretty decent.

[BigFatFlip]

A little late to the party (Android user here) but Jeezus H! The iPhone X is $1000?!

[spike021]

Good news: looks like ants have migrated, either by their own or by me spraying them with a vinegar/water mix and swiping them off the car.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

WARNING: For anyone using KT-Tape to relieve muscle pain/injury, be very careful. I followed the video instructions, wore the tape for ~15 hours, and upon getting home, I found A LOT of blisters, 2 of which are large and open. The blisters follows where the edges of the tape were.

To make matters worse, I didn't really feel any benefits from it either. So I still have my shoulder pain and now all these blisters.

[Clipdat]

DAT ASS

[Kaotic Lazagna]

The exhaust tips are weird to me.

[FirstWinter]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

WARNING: For anyone using KT-Tape to relieve muscle pain/injury, be very careful. I followed the video instructions, wore the tape for ~15 hours, and upon getting home, I found A LOT of blisters, 2 of which are large and open. The blisters follows where the edges of the tape were.

To make matters worse, I didn't really feel any benefits from it either. So I still have my shoulder pain and now all these blisters.

Thought that stuff was all marketing?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by FirstWinter

Thought that stuff was all marketing?

No clue. I was getting tired of my strained shoulders, so I gave it a try. Never again, and nor do I suggest it.

[FirstWinter]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

No clue. I was getting tired of my strained shoulders, so I gave it a try. Never again, and nor do I suggest it.

You try heat packs?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by FirstWinter

You try heat packs?

I've used a massager, Biofreeze, and ice; all of which only help a little for a very short time. I took ibuprofen for like 10 days, and if it did help, it was only for like 10 minutes of relief.

I just need to be on light duty at work to give it some rest.

[Clipdat]

Posting this here in publicly so that it can be referred back to when I decide I need a new exhaust!

I am seriously loving this Tanabe Concept G single exit catback paired up with my Motiv FP. It's super loud and aggressive with plenty of pops/gurgles/backfires.

It seems to give a nice pop between 1st and 2nd gear around 60% of the time, and from 2nd to 3rd around 10-20% of the time. There also seems to be a few areas of the RPM range that will reliably produce a pop if you shift at them, but it's kinda hard to reliably hit them.

Rev matched downshifts sound loud and crazy in the car, I can only imagine how they sound from behind! Also, if you're coasting and letting the revs fall from 4k-2500k while just barley/lightly "feathering" the throttle, you get treated to a repeating symphony of machine gun like muffled pops and gurgles as the revs fall. It's really easy to do and it sounds awesome, especially if the exhaust is really hot. I need to figure out a way to record this from the outside somehow.

It's basically a straight pipe/muffler delete disguised as a Japanese N1 looking canister. There's no perforations inside the "muffler" section's piping, just a smaller diameter pipe that the exhaust gets forced through. So I guess the smaller piping in the rear section could be considered a type of muffler, but really there seems to be very little to no muffling going on.

I also love the look of the angled exit and the fact that it's a single exit. I'm gladly leaving the other cutout wide open, I don't care at all that it doesn't look symmetric or whatever. Completely satisfied with the look and sound of this race exhaust!

[Clipdat]

Everyone's perception and tolerance of drone varies, but the exhaust does have a low bassey/boomey component to it's sound quality. It does have some drone while cruising around town, especially if you are trying to go uphill in too high of a gear.

However, at 80mph in 6th gear the drone is very minimal and not annoying in my opinion. Easy to tolerate and even have a conversation with a passenger or listen to music.

But again, everyone's idea of drone is different. Some people think that a Greddy Supreme SP or Perrin 2.5 drones.

Originally Posted by sugoi

How's the drone, if any? I've seen a few being sold before.

[tintumz22]

Man!! I thought 3/4 of the day will be enough but (did not plan well coz other stuff I needed to do today like meeting up the buyer for my exhaust) I guess not. Need to do it again in another day off. Happy w/ the results so far. This is just the before and after shot of the roof. (Well, i only got to do roof, door pillar area and passenger side doore and fender).

Before:

Aftwr:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

...and my foamer (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1) broke/stopped working today. What ever it is that creates the pressure when pumping broke since the plunger doesn't have resistance anymore.

Gotta find something else now so that I can continue to pre-soak the car before cleaning it.