Imports

[Vin1021]

Nice cars, but you've been whoring your pictures all over the place man. Keep them in your build thread.

Oops. Sorry about that. I did'nt realize. I'll move it over there.

 

[Vin1021]

Limerock,Jacob Javits center,Atco raceway,and some randoms

 

[homeforsummer]

God damnit I need another of those.

Probably a stupid question - anyone got a name for those wheels other than stockie/steelies?

That particular style is actually epic. Name? Brand?

As a rough guess, they're probably off a later car, an E36 or something, since they look quite big in the E30's arches. They look about 16".

 

[happycorey]

I drove my friends Miata the other day and it was so much fun.

However above car would be cooler if it wasn't on Rotas

 

[Keef]

Probably a stupid question - anyone got a name for those wheels other than stockie/steelies?

That particular style is actually epic. Name? Brand?

They're five lug and they aren't Diamond Racing. They're probably spare wheels off a newer, bigger car like a new 3- or 5-series. They look like 17s so that's probably the case.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Edit:

18x9.5 +22 / 18x10.5 +22 5-114.3
235/35/18 (-4.5 camber)
235/40/18 (-5.5 camber)

 

[speed junkie]

Wow...he really couldn't have mounted it any lower? If not then I wasn't aware those engines were so tall.

Heres how the SRs mount, lack of a better photo on google...

And this...

 

[Keef]

Wow...he really couldn't have mounted it any lower?

In the blog post it says there is plenty of room between the sump and crossmember. So yes, it could have gone lower. But this way it's safer for the car to be hammered.

It's just a prototype setup. Will be refined.

 

[Joey D]

 

[motortrend]

^awesomeness, not digging thwing so much though

 

[Joey D]

This is hawt

 

[happycorey]

 

[happycorey]

 

[Joey D]

Put some paint on the Civic and it would be awesome.

And I'm having a really hard time not wanting to buy an R53 right now...

 

[speed junkie]

So yes, it could have gone lower. But this way it's safer for the car to be hammered.

Was this quoted from his blog? Either way hindering a car's performance to cope with a lack of skill is an amusing prospect. (And no, it is not the same as a cage)

 

[Keef]

Either way hindering a car's performance to cope with a lack of skill is an amusing prospect.

That doesn't have anything to do with it. He wants the car slammed without crashing his oilpan into everything. Mounting the engine higher solves that problem. Now he can scrape subframe all day without worrying about his oilpan.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Civic Sedan is nasty.

Spoon Civic (replica I'm sure) 100% awesome.

 

[happycorey]

Spoon Civic (replica I'm sure) 100% awesome.

What do you mean replica? It's not an actual race car

 

[Azuremen]

What do you mean replica? It's not an actual race car

Thus why he called it a replica.

Also, that other Civic should be in the Questionable Mods Thread...

 

[happycorey]

I wouldn't call it a replica. It's not a replica of anything. Spoon race cars look differently.

The other Civic isn't necessarily questionable. It's VIP styled

 

[Azuremen]

I wouldn't call it a replica. It's not a replica of anything. Spoon race cars look differently.

The other Civic isn't necessarily questionable. It's VIP styled

Generally VIP style requires paint and fit and finish. Its VIP meets Ricer meets VW ratrod, but fails on all charges.

 

[CodeRedR51]

What do you mean replica? It's not an actual race car

Meaning if it's not the actual Spoon Civic, it's one that someone else put together making it a replica. (or copy)

 

[Keef]

I wouldn't call it a replica. It's not a replica of anything. Spoon race cars look differently.

We're not talking about their race cars, we're talking about their street cars.

Spoon EG6 yo. Toss that avatar out the window if you don't know a replica when you see one.

 

[happycorey]

Generally VIP style requires paint and fit and finish. Its VIP meets Ricer meets VW ratrod, but fails on all charges.

Oh yeahh. I forgot cars couldn't be taken pictures of their progress

We're not talking about their race cars, we're talking about their street cars.

Spoon EG6 yo. Toss that avatar out the window if you don't know a replica when you see one.

I know this, but I just hate the word replica. He just built a catalog Spoon car

 

[Azuremen]

Oh yeahh. I forgot cars couldn't be taken pictures of their progress

You know how many cars don't get finished?

And it'll still be questionable when finished.

 

[WeinerSchnitzel]

If it wasn't for the air slits or whatever on the bumpers, that Civic would actually look nice.

 

[McLaren]

You know how many cars don't get finished?

And it'll still be questionable when finished.

Those big quad exhausts alone on a little 138Hp car make the whole project a fail, imo.

 

[VXR]

Regards those wheels on the black E30 with the black steelies; recently, I've seen VW T5 Transporters with BMW alloy wheels on them, so they're possibly a similar offset. Could it be those wheels are the standard ones painted black?

EDIT: I think they probably are looking at these.

http://www.tidytransporters.co.uk/myfiles/image/image/BREAKING PARTS/P1040606.JPG

 

[WeinerSchnitzel]

I think I found the finished version...

Meh, reminds me of the dumped and cambered Odyssey's popular in Japan.

 

[Rotary Junkie]

Yeah but the Oddys actually look good.