Official old grumpy assholes of zilvia thread

[jedi03]

lol that will be the new one to use at work! I also like how its the GS model eclipse not the GST or GSX...


I'm also in the boat of need a reliable car...I loved working on my "race cars" every day and I still feel like somethings missing if I'm not working on a car, but times change, body ages and time needs to be spent elsewhere...my STI needed a lot of work to bring it up to my want for reliability, My wife still complains that I still work on it to much, but it is 10 years old and I remind her it is a used car...if I had kept my s13 or fc I could have spent less and brought them up similarly, just like any art or hobby each person has their own wants, I'm sure we will be like those model ts, old guys driving them to and from car shows, in the near future

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

That is "pay someone $200 to get it smogged and get it impounded if you get pulled over" modified in CA.

I always forget not everyone on Zilvia lives in America.....

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Heavily modified? Lol, twin disk, injectors and turbo.

Doesn't that also mean standalone, e85 tune, catless turbo-back exhaust, intake, exhaust manifold and a bunch of added gauges and electronics in the interior? lol

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by spooled240

Doesn't that also mean standalone, e85 tune, catless turbo-back exhaust, intake, exhaust manifold and a bunch of added gauges and electronics in the interior? lol

It's an Evo, not a junky Nissan.

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by Corbic

It's an Evo, not a junky Nissan.

It's a Lancer

[S14rebuild]

Originally Posted by spooled240

It's a Lancer

Lmao......

[dorkidori_s13]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

Re: classifieds. Everything is super low effort now. Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp, LetGo... like three shitty pictures and "seling nissn torbo for s13/14 chassy is good shape. upgrdng to griddy torbo. have manfold 2 if u wnt. hit me up"

you forgot these types of listings too

"240sx for sale. has manuel transmishun and clean titul"

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by spooled240

It's a Lancer

With a 4G63 and a factory ECU that can be easily tuned, that was my point. It's a not a SR that needs a $15k build sheet to make over 500whp.


As I recall he had a Gredy Cat back, FMIC and FPS stock location turbo with K&N drop in filter. Hardly "heavily modified". Either way, the point holds, no one is picking up a running Evo for under $10k. Idiots that wrote the article likely don't know the difference from a Lancer and Evo.

Originally Posted by Corbic

When is the last time you saw a Kouki Hatch out in the wild? Not at a show or drift event, but just while walking into the Costco.

Everything else is pretty much trash, especially Rocket Bunny.

if i own kouki s13 and kouki s14 does that count?

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

if i own kouki s13 and kouki s14 does that count?

Nope.

[spooled240]

Been an old grumpy asshole reminiscing on the old days with my s14. When it was on lowering springs and had a reasonable amount of ground clearance with durable OEM JDM aero.


Even drove this bitch in the snow lol



The car was so fun to drive back then. I'm seriously contemplating swapping everything back to JDM OEM with just lowering springs/good dampers, sway bars and 18x9's with 255's all around. Then convert the KA-T to a low-key quick-spooling bottom mount setup. Here's to spending thousands of dollars and hours of work just to get back to square one. Fuck me.

/end old grumpy asshole rant

[KA24DESOneThree]

That's why I have a track car and am working on a street car. A double-duty car is too compromised.

[mrmephistopheles]

Originally Posted by spooled240

Here's to spending thousands of dollars and hours of work just to get back to square one. Fuck me.

Could be worse. You could sell off the cars you've spent years building for no reason other than needing money, then start over again 10 years later with parts harder to come by and with double the drift tax than when you first started. lol

That said, we grow more wise as we age. When I was 20, I didn't give a shit about my AC going out, it just meant MORE POWA. Now I will almost refuse to drive without it. Seeing people rip out A/Cs from 240s BECAUSE RACECAR only to sell the shell 6 months later because they lost interest resulting in a car that'll be THAT MUCH MORE of a pain in the ass to make nice again chaps my butt a little.

But yeah there's something to be said for being comfortable and having fun too.

[S14rebuild]

Originally Posted by mrmephistopheles

Could be worse. You could sell off the cars you've spent years building for no reason other than needing money, then start over again 10 years later with parts harder to come by and with double the drift tax than when you first started. lol

That said, we grow more wise as we age. When I was 20, I didn't give a shit about my AC going out, it just meant MORE POWA. Now I will almost refuse to drive without it. Seeing people rip out A/Cs from 240s BECAUSE RACECAR only to sell the shell 6 months later because they lost interest resulting in a car that'll be THAT MUCH MORE of a pain in the ass to make nice again chaps my butt a little.

But yeah there's something to be said for being comfortable and having fun too.

Truth........i feel the exact same way. If i could go back....id keep ac on my drift/stance/dailyish/fanboi build....but like a fool 10yrs ago i want racecar and threw it all away and cut wires out...smh

[jedi03]

lol I was just thinking about this Tuesday...its 2 degrees warmer than my office...windows down or ac on? ac for sure...all my 240s I remember sweating it out and thinking just the same...man how much power would I have lost keeping my ac in here! lol!

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

That's why I have a track car and am working on a street car. A double-duty car is too compromised.

Unless you're planning on winning the 24hr Lemans you can totally track a daily driver and still be competitive. A quick-spooling 300whp SR/KA-T, springs/dampers, r33 wheels, r33 brakes, r33 seats and a roll bar with full interior is all you really need.

Originally Posted by mrmephistopheles

Could be worse. You could sell off the cars you've spent years building for no reason other than needing money, then start over again 10 years later with parts harder to come by and with double the drift tax than when you first started. lol

That said, we grow more wise as we age. When I was 20, I didn't give a shit about my AC going out, it just meant MORE POWA. Now I will almost refuse to drive without it. Seeing people rip out A/Cs from 240s BECAUSE RACECAR only to sell the shell 6 months later because they lost interest resulting in a car that'll be THAT MUCH MORE of a pain in the ass to make nice again chaps my butt a little.

But yeah there's something to be said for being comfortable and having fun too.

Very true. I was a young idiot, but I had enough sense to keep the A/C intact. I did grow up in the desert, though lol

[feito]

man did this thread grow! I think last thing I commented about in here was the Fast and the Furious, and that was over 20 pages ago

Anyway, as I was looking through car videos on YT, I came across this video which apparently is new(ish). Though it was pretty interesting and I though I'd share with you. Sorry for my video embedding noob skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESZorac5a-U

[dizzariot]

Surprised there's no SEMA talk in here. I mean I know the bar is low, but from what I've seen it's pretty much true to predictions. New Supras with wide-bodies and shitty wings. That shitty Polestar that the Kyza guy dreamed up is also hypebeast fucking garbage and is essentially a monument to all ricebox sins. Guys like him and the Supras at SEMA are why the term 'ricer' will never die.

[spooled240]

Surely social media has provided a platform of quantifying attention and cranked up all incentives to out-do one another (sometimes by what appears to be any means necessary), but is it really different than how the import scene used to be in the late 90's and early 2000's? Big wings, underglow, predator-esque front bumpers, etc. There seemed to be no limit to the ridiculousness that was built back then:


The ricer mods now have simply changed to bolt on flares the size of your front door and spoilers built with scaffolding

Originally Posted by feito

man did this thread grow! I think last thing I commented about in here was the Fast and the Furious, and that was over 20 pages ago

Anyway, as I was looking through car videos on YT, I came across this video which apparently is new(ish). Though it was pretty interesting and I though I'd share with you. Sorry for my video embedding noob skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESZorac5a-U

I can't imagine how much R34's will be when they are eligible for import into the US. If I can get a gig in Japan next year I definitely want to get one before they explode in value..I know they are already pretty expensive over there.

[merlz]

Originally Posted by spooled240

I can't imagine how much R34's will be when they are eligible for import into the US. If I can get a gig in Japan next year I definitely want to get one before they explode in value..I know they are already pretty expensive over there.

I think you're too late to the party unfortunately. Where i'm from in Australia, the prices have just sky rocketed over the past couple of years. You could get a decent R34 GT-R/V-Spec for close to $50k. Now there is no such thing as a BNR34 for under $80k no matter the condition. Everyone here that own's them has seen the chaos that came from the R32 when it came of age so, all the owners are holding onto them for good prices. R33 will be pretty much the same story just not as bad.

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by merlz

I think you're too late to the party unfortunately. Where i'm from in Australia, the prices have just sky rocketed over the past couple of years. You could get a decent R34 GT-R/V-Spec for close to $50k. Now there is no such thing as a BNR34 for under $80k no matter the condition. Everyone here that own's them has seen the chaos that came from the R32 when it came of age so, all the owners are holding onto them for good prices. R33 will be pretty much the same story just not as bad.

Jeez, you're right. That's 997.1 TT territory wtf...

[dizzariot]

Here's a new one: as if Sammit wasn't cringey enough, Okamura-san now has AdamLZ over at the shop. Fuck me man, nothing is sacred.

I know you twats are gonna say Okamura-san has to make money. I get it. It still fucking sucks though.

[BryanSayWhat]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

Here's a new one: as if Sammit wasn't cringey enough, Okamura-san now has AdamLZ over at the shop. Fuck me man, nothing is sacred.

I know you twats are gonna say Okamura-san has to make money. I get it. It still fucking sucks though.

The aluminum coffee cans on top of the "borrowed" car was ultra cringe... I'd flip out if someone did that to me.

[ZenkiKid]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

Here's a new one: as if Sammit wasn't cringey enough, Okamura-san now has AdamLZ over at the shop. Fuck me man, nothing is sacred.

I know you twats are gonna say Okamura-san has to make money. I get it. It still fucking sucks though.

is Sammit a yashio factory employee? Im confused. All i know is that Okamura-san helps this dude a ton.

his recent series of videos make it seem like AdamLZ used him for his car and his connect with Okamura-san




So were putting k24s in S chassis now?

[TheBlackHand]

Originally Posted by ZenkiKid

is Sammit a yashio factory employee? Im confused. All i know is that Okamura-san helps this dude a ton.

his recent series of videos make it seem like AdamLZ used him for his car and his connect with Okamura-san




So were putting k24s in S chassis now?

I don't believe Sammit is an official employee at Yashio Factory. He just hangs out and works on his car there and I'm guessing Okachan lets him because it's free marketing and brings attention to his business from foreigners.

[merlz]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

Here's a new one: as if Sammit wasn't cringey enough, Okamura-san now has AdamLZ over at the shop. Fuck me man, nothing is sacred.

I know you twats are gonna say Okamura-san has to make money. I get it. It still fucking sucks though.

Yeah i'm not watching anymore. It's getting ridiculously fucking cringe. Shit product placement like he's not trying to advertise future 'flight tag' key chains like every other fucking company. Like fuck off! I get it, you're trying to make money "respect the hustle" bla bla bla but fuck me.

Also the ads within the video are a automatic skip for me.

[spooled240]

where is the video of this fuckery? In the mood to feel cringey

[dizzariot]

Hello. I'm happy y'all are still as bitter as me. I am living proof you can live a happy life and still disapprove of bullshit car trends on the internet.

[Krusty_s13]

I'm glad I am not the only one cringing at the "new wave". Lets bring back the well written blogs and informative forum posts plz.

[ingmar F]

Originally Posted by Krusty_s13

I'm glad I am not the only one cringing at the "new wave". Lets bring back the well written blogs and informative forum posts plz.

Amen! i miss those days..