like i said, turnoff was devoid of traffic. don't worry, i won't crash into your p5 or anyone else. i consider myself a pretty safe driver- don't want anyone thinking otherwise. actually, i thought you guys might enjoy the story. so far two negative remarks, and zero positive. guess i was wrong.
What have you done to your P5 today?
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like i said, turnoff was devoid of traffic. don't worry, i won't crash into your p5 or anyone else. i consider myself a pretty safe driver- don't want anyone thinking otherwise. actually, i thought you guys might enjoy the story. so far two negative remarks, and zero positive. guess i was wrong.
dont get me (at least) wrong...it IS a good story, and kinda funny. And it's good that you didn't do it with anyone around. I mess around too when there's no traffic. Just keep safe 
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Why were you left foot braking around a cloverleaf? Could u just get some throttle lift going on?
.Why were you left foot braking around a cloverleaf? Could u just get some throttle lift going on?
good question with the throttle lift. i guess i haven't thought of it. well... yes i have- i have hankook p106 (or something close to that) tires and they are total crap. basically no grip at all on moderatly spirited driving. i hate them! so anyway- at least with a little brake pressure the weight is shifted forward so i can get a bit more traction with 'em. that is the reason.
man, i was beginning to think i was the only one!
aMaff said:
I had Hankook K104 Sport 205/45/16 summer and Icebear W300 205/50/16 snows and loved both of them. My wife has hankook all seasons on her car and they are great in all weather. The only real complaint about the summer tires is noise on concrete roads, other than that I loved them. They were reasonably priced and handled well on wet and dry roads. Before I got the snows the stock dunlops were awful in the snow so bad that I got stuck just about every time it snowed. I never got stuck with the Hankooks, they would lose grip when taking off on icy roads, but what tire wouldn't.
wildo said:
Actually you are wrong. You love the ones you have now... Are yours the K106s? Sounds like that could be the difference cuz I think they are a little cheaper than the 104, which I am not sure if they even make anymore. Sorry if I came off "flamy", everyones opinion adds something to most topics so you not liking the ones you have may save someone some hassle down the road.
Phil needs help peeps...he wants to do more:
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123625072
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http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123625072
Thanks!
I spent 6 hours on my rr-racing rear motor mount inserts.
Still not done- but according to the howto, im past the hard part.
Holy crap though- I think I would have had an easier time installing a turbo kit. After the rear mount, I think I will be up for just about anything short of an engine rebuild.
Still not done- but according to the howto, im past the hard part.
Holy crap though- I think I would have had an easier time installing a turbo kit. After the rear mount, I think I will be up for just about anything short of an engine rebuild.
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Hopefully my last bushing will show up from AWR (there were 3 instead of 4 in the pack), so I can install the rear sway today. Also, the body kit gets braced and 3m'd on saturday, completeing the install. Email stated the new black/blue redline.com ss boot would be here around the 18th.
Planning on having a radar system installed soon, but the one I want is pricey to say the least, but it has seperate front and rear lazer diffusers also. hehehehe
The spendy part is how I want to hook it up. Most radar output can be summed up in either a level of beeps, or bars on a lcd of sorts. I've discussed with a guy to wire a board that can intercept the signal sent by the radar circuitry to light a series of led's on a switch (on/off), that will be mounted in the vents on the dash (blue light). If one bar is show on the hidden radar base, then one led will light one vent. If two go off, both the first and second will light. If its three, then three with be lit, ect. Of course, this all would be on a on and off switch for the fact being it would get really really really annoying on all the time, but at night time, in certain situations, well....it would be handy.
Any thoughts on that idea?
Planning on having a radar system installed soon, but the one I want is pricey to say the least, but it has seperate front and rear lazer diffusers also. hehehehe
The spendy part is how I want to hook it up. Most radar output can be summed up in either a level of beeps, or bars on a lcd of sorts. I've discussed with a guy to wire a board that can intercept the signal sent by the radar circuitry to light a series of led's on a switch (on/off), that will be mounted in the vents on the dash (blue light). If one bar is show on the hidden radar base, then one led will light one vent. If two go off, both the first and second will light. If its three, then three with be lit, ect. Of course, this all would be on a on and off switch for the fact being it would get really really really annoying on all the time, but at night time, in certain situations, well....it would be handy.
Any thoughts on that idea?
If you are electronic savvy at all- then check out the LM3914 IC. All you will need to do is find the varying voltage signal that your detector outputs as a result of the radar strength. The LM3914 takes a varying voltage input- i believe from 0V to Source, and divides that by ten. So there are ten increaments and each is hooked to an LED. This really is a sweet chip and is perfect for your application. By far the hardest thing is gonna be to find the varying voltage output on your detector. My advice is to look up som radar detector schematics online to try to find said output before probing around aimlessly on the detector. Good luck with this- shouldn't be too hard a project.
LM3914 Datasheet
