ford laser sr2

[sikwitit]

after weeks of yelling and getting angery with andy auto sports they sent ups to pick up the wrong coilovers and they are gonna send me a set of megan racing coilovers and refund me the difference im not holding my breath tho but if they keep there word this time i will remove my bad review of them

[smurfy]

You end up sending the other ones back?

[sikwitit]

they went back 2days they aranged a courior so its a waiting game also bad update had a tyre blow out on me today on way to work piece of **** anyway got to work and put a set of toyo proxies 4 on and boy what a difference handles so much better

[BG1.8sp]

Damn, that woulda been scary.
Thats y I didn't cheap out on my 35 series
How do you rate the proxies compared to the federal 595s ?
Because that was what I was tossing up between when picking mine.
Just turned out that one shop did a slightly better deal with the federals

Car is looking good btw. Can't wait to see those SSR's on there

[sikwitit]

yeah i was ****ting my pants cause it was pissing down rain and it went but i had federals on my first set of wheels on my old camry they handled alright but the toyo proxies handle awsome going on a cruise tomorrow with some friends for a photo shoot so will give a verdict after

[sikwitit]

ok so today changed the oil and filter today (i change them every 5000kms)
also gonna be borrowing a set of 17X8.5 with +30 offset off my friend on wednesday so i can get the gaurd work started
also havnt heard anything from andys auto sport gonna call them on monday and find out whats going on

[sikwitit]

so last weekend i painted my brake calipers blue and today i finally painted my ford centre caps will put them on tomorrow

[sikwitit]

finally no more chrome so much nicer

[z100]

Nice! Looks way better with the flat black detail. Whats sort of paint did you use?

[sikwitit]

plasti dip matte black gonna be taking 2 weeks off in july to paint the parts properly and fit all my parts i have stock piled and my wheels should be here in july so july will have big updates

[sam holmes]

Hey Sik,
I work accross the road from you on whiting st artarmon and see your sr2 most days parked there, I just got my sr2 2 weeks ago and am beginning to fix it up and get it nice
Yours is probably the nicest ive seen on the road, even nicer than threat in ways.
Its out back lane of work every day and I saw your dash mat where can I get one locally?
Cheers! Exaust gets put on today..

[sikwitit]

hey mate should come over and say hi one day if you need any advice or help im willing to give you a hand. anyway i dont have a dash mat the only place you might get one is from ford or supercheap they can order it in. im just waiting on my custom mid pipe with hi flow cat so i can put my whole exhaust on

[sam holmes]

Awesome man will do cheers! Is that droop tip just a tip or is there a muffler with it? I guess it could be better to just throw it all on as a new unit, are extractors going with that new exaust line?
Just got number plate lights with 5 smd's
Next is parkers how many smd's did you get on each globe for yours im wondering if 13 smd is abit of an overkill haha

[sikwitit]

its just a tip at the moment but i have the whole system at home with pacemaker extractors and racebeat catback just waiting on the mid pipe then will put it on.
my front parkers are 6 leds and its plenty bright at night i have a photo a few pages back.

[sam holmes]

How much was your injen cai all up? looks good! did you many differences straight up? I have also been reading about people putting warm air intakes on claiming much better economy at the cost of engine performance, for some reason I have been brought up to believe cai's will give the better economy and performance

[Clean_Cookie]

I once left the pipe off mine and ithad way better economy but that was hwy driving. Cai is said to be better for economy but I wouldn't claim that from what I've seen. More power yes.

[sikwitit]

the injen was 500 including shipping from america fuel economy around town around the same as b4 but on the freeway its better and performance it has more oofft lower in the revs and in 2nd you can really feel it
btw what is warm air intakes is it like sri's

[sam holmes]

They are similar in concept but people knowingly put the intake whether it be the pod filter or bendy tube down near the headers or somewhere that is generally really heated. Im yet to get my head around it fully but the ECU compensates and lets heaps more air in reducing friction energy loss, going to research more into it

[Ice88]

You'll find that alot of its to do with leaning the mixture out and small part due to increased intake charge temperature.

Similiar function to EGR valve. Recirculates hot air to lean out the mixture during highway driving etc.

CAI intakes provide cooler air, which means you can fit more into the cylinder meaning that you can also inject more fuel. Thus goes the cycle. It does also however in alot of cases remove restrictions associated with stock intake systems (after market filter mostly in modern cars IMO.) which equates to better air flow.

Theres a whole lot more to it then this such as velocity vs volume etc.

EDIT: Btw the ECU doesnt allow more air in as the volume of air in a chamber is dictated by cam/intake etc. The ecu cant change when the valves open and close merely the ignition timing.

EDIT2: Im by no way an expert on this, economy tuning is a whole other ball game.

[sam holmes]

Would anyone know the thread size/pattern for wheel lugnuts on the SR2
Im guessing like m12 x 1.5mm ?
Cheers