Should probably introduce myself....

[Taylor]

Taylor // Christchurch NZ

Hi all.

My names Taylor. Been on Club VR4 for a while now, but frequently visit here.

A few of the chch boys will know me, and some of the other CVR4 boys.

Bit about me. Im in my second year studying engineering. Work at a supermarket (yay) and spend most of my spare time fiddling with my car.

And the car:

1998 Galant In Black
Type -s
Manual

Mods so Far:

• Kakimoto Catback Exhaust System (done in Japan)
• Custom Down Pipes
• Os Giken Twin Plate Heavy Duty Clutch
• Racepro GDS MBC
• Defi BF boost gauge
• JVC 6.5" 3ways all round
• Twin JVC 1000w 10" subs
• JBL 300w RMS Amp
• Windows Professionaly Tinted - 35%
• JVC Touch Screen DVD Head Unit
• Rays Engineering ITC Sebring wheels. 18*7.5 with 215 45 tyres
• Evo 4 Gearbox
• Type V rear diff
• Ralliart Dampner Adj shocks
• Superlow King Springs
• 550x230x76 Front Mount Intercooler
• HKS panel filter
• Evo 8 RS Plate LSD

Bit Dirty

 

[king_panther]

Welcome to the forum.

Same wheels as me. Nice!

 

[Taylor]

Welcome to the forum.

Same wheels as me. Nice!

Yeah Man! you got 18's? what size/offest you running?

I got my wheels for $350 brand new.

 

[Taylor]

Oh and for those following the news, you can see the house in the top right of the 3rd photo is missing a chimney!

 

[king_panther]

Ah whoops. Mine are only 17's. You win.

You know if you took your car out of the pic, it looks like it was taken in the 1970s lol.

 

[Guest]

Welcome and nice galant

 

[triggs]

Hey and welcome. Thats a nice galant you got there!

 

[cyber_scriber]

Nice looking ride that will scrub up well after a wash (black is such a PITA to keep clean!).

Wheels look good in the pics. I'm surprised the offset Nazi's haven't chimed up with "7.5 inches is for sissies etc"

I really like the number plate to the side look. Adds a real racer look to the car.

 

[bradc]

The wheels look fine. 215/45/18 and 18x7.5" was a size I was considering for my ST-R, but I found some cheap Weds TC-005 17x8's instead.

 

[jet150]

Welcome Taylor, car looks good man.

 

[ZEUSvsHADES]

nice car, i really want a side mount number plate but they are all a bit expensive for what they are for me to buy atm(from what iv found) do you live where the chick was found dead in the chimney

 

[Hotwire]

Welcome Taylor - not a bad ride!

...Wheels look good in the pics. I'm surprised the offset Nazi's haven't chimed up with "7.5 inches is for sissies etc"
....

That's because its too late - he's already got them. We just try to prevent people BUYing this size
That being said on a PFL its not too bad, but I would've piped up if they were on a FL with flares.

 

[Guest]

And the car:

1998 Galant In Black
Type -s
Manual

Mods so Far:

• Kakimoto Catback Exhaust System (done in Japan)
• Custom Down Pipes
  
  [*]Os Giken Twin Plate Heavy Duty Clutch
  
• Racepro GDS MBC
• Defi BF boost gauge
• JVC 6.5" 3ways all round
• Twin JVC 1000w 10" subs
• JBL 300w RMS Amp
• Windows Professionaly Tinted - 35%
• JVC Touch Screen DVD Head Unit
• Rays Engineering ITC Sebring wheels. 18*7.5 with 215 45 tyres
  
  [*]Evo 4 Gearbox
• Type V rear diff
• Ralliart Dampner Adj shocks
• Superlow King Springs
• 550x230x76 Front Mount Intercooler
• HKS panel filter
• Evo 8 RS Plate LSD

Whats the twin plate clutch like for drive-ability? brutal or not too bad? do you do much traffic/peak hour driving in it?

Any more info on the evo 4 gearbox set up?

 

[Taylor]

Whats the twin plate clutch like for drive-ability? brutal or not too bad? do you do much traffic/peak hour driving in it?

Any more info on the evo 4 gearbox set up?

Haha my mates girlfriend that is sitting next to me and read this as i did said: "fucking horrible." i think that sums it up. But im used to it, although I jumped in my mates legnum this morning with a excedy heavy duty cushion button and almost creamed myself.

Evo four gearbox at the moment. However the syncros for 3rd and 4th are toast due to the damper in the clutch line failing.

The boxs are identical internally, apart from obviously different ratios and a slightly higher final drive. All that was required was to swap the front half of the bellhousing over as the way it mounts to the evo motor is slightly different as bradc has found out!

I am going to be dropping the box out in the next month or two and going to do a hybrid with just evo 1st and 2nd gears.

Wheels were cheap. real cheap. so wasnt going to complain about the width. Get close to the suspension arms as is.

 

[Taylor]

nice car, i really want a side mount number plate but they are all a bit expensive for what they are for me to buy atm(from what iv found) do you live where the chick was found dead in the chimney

Nah dude, We had a massive earthquake last week. Lots of people lost their chimnys

Oh and just a bit of fiberglass mate

 

[Taylor]

Cleaned her

 

[bradc]

Is that Adam's car in front in the last pic?

The internals of an EVO 5 speed box from EVO 4-9 can fit straight into our cars. An EVO 4 has:

2.785
1.950
1.407
1.031
0.761

4.529 Final

Our stock is

3.333
2.105
1.407
1.031
0.761

4.111 Final

 

[Taylor]

Sure is brad

Is that Adam's car in front in the last pic

 

[naughtika]

Is that Adam's car in front in the last pic?

The internals of an EVO 5 speed box from EVO 4-9 can fit straight into our cars. An EVO 4 has:

2.785
1.950
1.407
1.031
0.761

4.529 Final

Our stock is

3.333
2.105
1.407
1.031
0.761

4.111 Final

curious to know what speed we'd be doing at what rpm.. sorry Brad, I'm really a noob when it comes to gear ratio's

 

[Taylor]

curious to know what speed we'd be doing at what rpm.. sorry Brad, I'm really a noob when it comes to gear ratio's

what gears and what RPM.

Brad does have a spreadsheet I believe...