OT: Old Timers

[JRCivic]

Funny thing...
There are NO nuts on mine !!! I spoke to a guy out west and he said that you have to cut a slot in the end of the bar and then manually turn it with a very large screwdriver...

Sure wish it was like an old Mazda or Nissan P/U... turn it down with the end nut like you explained.

[Rboosted717]

Got my R in Aug. of '98. Charged it in Nov. of '99. Joined the hostboard in Apr. of '00.

[blownLS]

I am right in the middle at 29 years old. Bought my 94 Teg back in 97 with 140,000 miles on the odometer. Hey come on, it was only $6500. Rebuilt the engine in 98 at 175,000 miles with performance goodies like 11:1 compresion pistons. With 130 ft lbs of torque at the wheels (up from 109, I was hooked on the new power, and had to have MORE!!!

So at the beginning of 99 I put the first LS supercharger kit on my car. I was not impressed as initial dyno only registered 10HP and 10TQ increase. After a year of tuning and about 40 hours of phone calls to Moss Motors (J.R. R&D shop)I was finally making 181HP and 158TQ! All with 5psi! This set up netted me 13.9 quater miles @97mph and 8.75 1/8th mile runs on BFG drag radials (2.0 60ft)until last summer when the bearings burnt up at 205,000 miles.

So, i rebuilt the engine AGAIN and dropped the compression to 8.8, up the boost to 9 psi, put in 8000rpm cams from Crane, JR water injection and 2.5" exhaust. I have not taken it to the track yet, as I am battling tuning problems with fuel, ignition, and worn-out 205,000 mile sensors. It feels considerable faster. Biggest improvement yet, even more than the supercharger itself. I have not dynoed it, but seat-of-the-pants tells me 30HP and at least 10% increase in torque, but we will see soon.

I am hooked, Happy to be the first supercharged LS in the 13's and soon the first over 100mph.

I just recently joined the board last fall and spent the Winter in Afghanistan killing Al Qaeda rag heads. But, I am happy to be home and get my car running again.

This is a great board and I have learned alot!!!

[VTeCno Geek]

Well, I am young, 27, though with the first baby on the way I am feeling old. I installed my SC in October of 98 (there is a debate between Simuel and myself as to who had the first "correctly" installed, production JRSC on a GSR [img]smile.gif[/img] ) I started the forum because I was tired of all the Forced Induction bashing on the popular Honda boards of the day. Thanks for all the support through the years, and I look forward to spending more time on the board once the baby's room is done and the baby is born (although I may be kidding myself [img]smile.gif[/img] )

[fastfour]

I'm 25 and registered here in oct 1999 and got my blower in june or so of 2000. Love it love it love it.

Zach

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 08, 2002 02:58 AM: Message edited by: fastfour ]</font>

[AMslp_late]

Well, I'm a young un too at 25. I bought my first honda in early 98, it was a black 97 Honda Prelude type SH. God I loved that car. I bought it used with 16000 on the odo. I didn't want to do anything major to it at first (warranty), and I really thought that it was fast enough. [img]redface.gif[/img] I put a drop in K&N filter in the box and thats IT for mods.

Well my joy was kinda short lived, I wrecked it twice in six months and my insurance went through the roof (308 per month). So I traded it in for a white 96 integra gsr 4dr in mid 99. I had to get a four door so that my insurance wouldn't kill me.

As far as modifications, I just wanted to keep it simple. So the first mod I did was the infamous AEM CAI. Like other people on this board, from the moment I heard what my car could sound like I was hooked. A couple of weeks later I got my Comptech cat back.

Then I made the jump to the darkside and I bought my JRSC in early 2000. I went to JR website to find someone in my area that could put it on. There were only two places near me: Atlanta, GA and B'ham, AL. The guy in B'ham happens to be Jim Helbing (JRcivic). He had the chore of makin my car fast. Then in early 2001 we jumped my car up to 8psi, with no gauges in the car, and I took it home to raise hell. Well in April of 2001, I melted piston #3(breakin the law) and so I called Jim and we created a plan to make my car strong. Well, as most of you know I just now have my car back, and it's good to be home again on the darkside. Also I have learned SO much from this board, and it's nice to communicate with people regularly that understand our passion.

[ArturboGSR98]

Well Simuel wouldnt be MTRS the 1st, if he wasnt the 1st, duh.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Im 27 have had 2 hondas, and been a member since 98. Now I have a Turbo Gsr and manage a race car that went 9.96 last year and finished 6th in points standings(NHRA). This year we got a big sponsorship, but I cant say just who untill I sign the contract. This is a dream come true for me and I hope to meet more of you this year as I travel the country..


art

[Holden]

You still owe me a beer!

Look me up if you come to the northeast.

Good luck racing!

[grand600]

I am an old man going to be 29 04/23/73. I f any of you all are going some where and happen to pass by Knoxville and need a free place to stay you have one!!

[ArturboGSR98]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Holden:
You still owe me a beer!

Look me up if you come to the northeast.

Good luck racing!</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>
Wow, I do owe you a beer. I'll tell you what, when I go to the East I'll take you some of that Texas Beer I was going to get you. Are you close to Englishtown??

art