NOR-CAL General Chat.

[decay]

Interesting, wonder how they smog stock 318ic's. I think the last time I saw your car was in LA!

haha yeah, b'fest 2010; oh, the stories.

i gotta come by the RH shop sometime (been stalking it on fb).

[kronus]

you should definitely drop by at some point. I think I'm pretty much there all the time every weekend I'm not showboarding for the next three months. Lots of projects to finish... and start.

[oliver.r]

thinking of taking my rear subframe out next weekend, never done it before, does anyone want to lend a hand?

[blazinxpk]

san jose meet today. check san jose food truck thread for details.

[P.Kelly]

Spent the day pulling my S50 and tranny out of its donor car. My garage looks like the car barfed everywhere... Now I have to go over the engine and replace all the fiddly bits.

[Ian Bowers]

finally confident enough in the supercharged m42 that I signed up for a trackday.

Feb 9th fulltrack drift at thunderhill, woop woop.

[mbonanni]

finally confident enough in the supercharged m42 that I signed up for a trackday.

Feb 9th fulltrack drift at thunderhill, woop woop.

Damn, thats my dads bday.

I should take him out to watch.

[bernzpeed]

thinking of taking my rear subframe out next weekend, never done it before, does anyone want to lend a hand?

dude, it's really easy. one man job, seriously. disconnect driveshaft, them make sure you jack up the diff then take the bolts out for the subframe plates and subframe. slowly lower the diff, then the subframe will follow. sometimes i jack it up a bit then subframe loosens.

[RUFFLZ]

really wanna swap in an m42.
is that weird? my m20 feels too heavy.
the day sina and I went up to berkeley, he was out handling the shit outta my m20 on the twisties..all while getting better mpgs too lol

[canakami]

Eh, I think about it every now and then. There's definitely a discernible difference in turn-in.

[Pantless Spency]

Damn, thats my dads bday.

I should take him out to watch.

Day before my birthday if you wanna take me too.

[Cabriolet]

but it's running rough.

[Pantless Spency]

dang i am so broke off right now, long ass day of shredding in sacto.
really gonna enjoy this beer before i hit the hay to wake up at 5:30 for work -___-

[JinormusJ]

Hey Eric.. School me on engine sounds..

How exactly can you tell a car is "running rough"? I believe the IS might be in that category; everyone that's been in it says it's got a massive valve tick and an exhaust leak in 3 different places, all of which have been said to me within 15 seconds of them seeing the bay and I'm just left standing there asking "what?" without decent explanation. I know what the valve tick is, but when it comes to exhaust leaks and "rough idle" stuff, I'm deaf ears. Interior always smells like gas and the exhaust sounds like a diesel

[Pantless Spency]

who are these exhaust leak tellers?
rough idle is your ICV more than likely.
you need a valve adjustment, but m20's have a pretty audible valve train TBH.