Ethlar's significantly faster CM6

[ethlar]

one of these days ill get the car apart and get my front camber adjustable arms in

 

[Nomar06]

Doooooo Eeeeeeet NAO!

 

[ethlar]

So the upper arms are still on my shelf, my jack is shot so i cant get the car up

But i did change the tired steering wheel leather out for a redline goods wrap




gave the car a thorough detail and paint correction


and took a picture that just made me happy

 

[webby]

you have harbor freight near you? Mine has been working great since I purchased this -
http://www.harborfreight.com/automo...-racing-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-62160.html

 

[ethlar]

i do have a harbor freight nearby, been holding off going in there cause i have no money (grad school) and still have to deal with that gravel driveway. I think a bottle jack might be a better call for the gravel driveway but i also only have a year left in school and really should be working on that not getting under the car

 

[webby]

hah, I get it. That one may not be great to use in gravel like you said too

 

[Nefertiti_Civi]

and right as i post that, viola!

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Oh man, do you know the driver of the Silver accord? Me and him are good buddies. We were in the accord game together. He has come a long way from that pic haha.

 

[ethlar]

no i dont know him, just happened to find the pic when i was trying to see how the sport wheels would look on the car.

I like the TL-s wheels more though, gain the extra width with almost no weight gain per wheel, the sport wheels are heavy as hell

 

[ethlar]

so this happened today


now i need help, alignment is happening monday, but im not sure what specs i should go for. Right now front camber is sitting close to 0, i have the potential to go up to -1.5 according to the adjustment bolts. Rear suspension is pretty much fixed cause i couldnt get the camber arms out a couple years ago



@Nix @squiggy HELP!

 

[r18-power]

The car looks great! I was just thinking the other day I should have bought a v6 6 spd accord

 

[webby]

so this happened today


now i need help, alignment is happening monday, but im not sure what specs i should go for. Right now front camber is sitting close to 0, i have the potential to go up to -1.5 according to the adjustment bolts. Rear suspension is pretty much fixed cause i couldnt get the camber arms out a couple years ago



@Nix @squiggy HELP!

redshift has a list of suggested settings for various driving conditions here that's helpful -

http://www.redshiftmotorsports.com/RedShift06CivicTech.htm

 

[Nix]

Put the front camber just over -1. If they can get both sides even to -1.2/-1.3 or so it will help a ton. You shouldn't get too much tire wear from it either. Going to the full -1.5 isn't that much more of a stretch. For the once a year dragon run, maybe run a little less for the DD stuff. I run -1.2F, wear seems fine and it helps not kill the outer shoulder.

EDIT: If you're running "soft" all seasons I would go the full -1.5. You'll put more wear on those tires in the upcoming weekend than you will in a year of normal driving.

 

[ethlar]

im on the conti extreme contact dws tires so yea theyre kinda soft

 

[webby]

I'd pump some extra air in those things. They have crazy soft sidewalls

 

[FooBird]

I'd pump some extra air in those things. They have crazy soft sidewalls

Yeah. I'm not doing those again with the sidewalls as they are.

 

[ethlar]

I'd pump some extra air in those things. They have crazy soft sidewalls

I've got the revised dws06, I keep them up around 40 but I think the sidewall is firmer than the original dws tires

 

[Nix]

Watch the "cupping" with the high PSI. I wrecked my RE-11's running 35psi continuously on the Civic. The shoulders are fine and the centers are run down. I'm shocked to be honest but man, yea, -1.5 and run recommended PSI unless you're at the Dragon. Check hot/cold down there. They gain a lot of pressure from the heat. Your car is heavy + power. I bet you end up over 40psi if you run close to 35 cold.

 

[death_roll]

I drove this car at the dragon, it was magnificent, a sportbike had to pull off and let us go.....how embarassing.

@sonej4 has some video footage of the Accord dancing around the dragon.

 

[bootyluvr]

But would a sportbike had to pull over if @ethlar was driving?

 

[ethlar]

only if i had the headlights on