Back at it

[C3L1CA]

Did you used to have that red 1g?

Nice numbers

[blackawdtsi]

Did you used to have that red 1g?

Nice numbers

Ya that's me.

[C3L1CA]

Hahaha I remember when you pulled the power on the monitor at db when you were getting tuned so nobody could see your numbers!

Any pictures of the car? From memory you picked up a damn clean car!

[blackawdtsi]

That day is how I remember you so well, BRAD!!! Haha, my street racing days are over so I don't care to hide stuff anymore.

I don't have any exterior pics yet. Will get some up soon.

[blackawdtsi]

I had a very adventurous day today. On my drive out to Little Canadia to pick up b00stedspyder's 2g tails; I noticed a weird sound coming from the driver's side rear tire.

I kinda ignored it thinking it maybe suspension was just creeking. When I got back home I finally decided something was up, it had gotten louder and louder. Especially at low speeds but the faster I went the quicker the wub wub sound was. I got out and kicked the tire, the wheel moved a little without the lugs following immediately. :shocked:

The garage I have to work on the car is in Maple Grove and I live in St. Louis Park. So I drove to the Discount Tire in Plymouth. I asked the guy to torque the lug nuts down. He comes out and tries to tighten the lug nuts. When I say try, he used two 1/4 turns and said, "I can't do this for you. Your car is unsafe to drive and unless you buy new wheels and replace the studs, I can't work on it. When the wheel wobbles it screws up the studs, that's why they won't tighten."

My jaw dropped. So I unscrewed one of the lugs and told him that the studs hadn't even been touched. There was zero indication of the wheel even touching the studs. He still refused to tighten them.

So I had to call everyone I know to find stock lug nuts. Since the spline drives on the car were eating away at the ID of the wheel stud hole. Found some, but had to run to MG to grab my torque wrench and spline drive key. Then back to Discount to tighten them. Then over to MAP to get the lug nuts. Finally just got home at 9 after some Honda tried stalking me to race.

To be honest, today was fun. I did miss the excitement that was gone while I didn't have a DSM.

[blackawdtsi]

Good news. I just went through my logs and dynoing I was only at 23psi. Pretty impressive if you ask me, I'm liking this HX40 more and more.

[goodhart]

Fuck thats a scary deal with the wheels, wonder what would cause that?

[blackawdtsi]

Spline drive lug nuts on stock wheels.

The spline drive lug nuts have that 45* flange for aftermarket wheels. The stock wheels require lug nuts with a lip on the inside and a flat flange.

[goodhart]

Oh ok. Dang, hopefully it didn't cause any damage then!

[blackawdtsi]

I don't know how but it didn't. The lug studs are still perfect and the wheels only have a little bit chipped off the outside of the hole. Good ol DSM.