The JDM Appreciation Thread...

Ian_182 · Jan 21, 2009

Porsche lights look good on that black one.

Christopher · Jan 21, 2009

Filth

I quite like them without the wing! Hmmmmm

Jon.L · Jan 21, 2009

that is p**n! me wants.

couzens · Jan 22, 2009

MaLicE · Jan 22, 2009

couzens said:

GET OUT WITH THE USDM s**t lol

Christopher · Jan 22, 2009

Acura sh*te!

Englebert · Jan 22, 2009

RSX-S pisch!

Out of interest, what is the difference between that and a Type R?

Englebert · Jan 22, 2009

MaLicE · Jan 22, 2009

lol i thought that said fenn forever lol

Englebert · Jan 22, 2009

It does, i am a JDM cult figure lol

Skinny · Jan 22, 2009

Saw my first DC5 in the flesh last weekend. Just caught a glimps of him behind me coming onto the longabout, only for him to give it the beans past me and shoot off, by god it was clean and looked better than jenna jamerson herself.

Christopher · Jan 22, 2009

Englebert said:
RSX-S pisch!

Out of interest, what is the difference between that and a Type R?

It's 95% cosmetic TBH

RSX-S, that is.

Normal RSX is a lot tamer, lacks the LSD and a few other trick bits IIRC

MaLicE · Jan 25, 2009

woah this slipped down to page 2!!

anyway some pics i took yesterday at a rx7 meet, website has compressed and knocked down the colours

sideways danny · Jan 25, 2009

loving that FC

MaLicE · Jan 25, 2009

think he blew it on the way home lol, well his rad hose blew... which would mean its getting pressurized in there... which im thinking is water seals which is bad luck, really nice guy too, i think i found the photogenic side, the other side had dents and pinker paint lol! really really made me want a fc though! make a ryosuke initial d copy

sideways danny · Jan 25, 2009

dents and faded paint make it MUCH better

my kind of car, would need to learn a lot more about rotary engines before i could consider one though

MaLicE · Jan 25, 2009

sideways danny said:
dents and faded paint make it MUCH better my kind of car, would need to learn a lot more about rotary engines before i could consider one though

to be honest they are overly simple! there really is nothing to them lol 3 moving parts inside the engine, the 2 rotors and the shaft! u have 2 housings (that the rotors go in) and 3 iron plates, most difficult parts on the engine is the "rats next" which you get on early fd's like mine

which controls the twins, everything else is REALLY simple lol... if you can rebuild a piston engine a rotary is easy! its daunting but easy! something that can be done at home, you just need to keep oil in them as they burn it as part of the combustion cycle use mineral oil on them only as its best for them and it costs 12 quid for 5 liters lol!

really are simple to use, they just get a bit over hyped with how delicate they are... dont let them go over 110 degrees water temp and the water seals stay fine... get the housings ported for more power and faster spooling, a street or a bridge port or peripheral port if u wanna go mad, then a single turbo on the fd's and your laughing

MaLicE · Jan 25, 2009

the red fd with the rota gtr rims on was running a street port with a single turbo at 0.6bar its running 420bhp...

sideways danny · Jan 25, 2009

Yeah, I've had a good look round a couple of them, and read plenty. By all accounts very simple, but completely different. Never had the oportunity to do anything with one.