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Digital_Jesus posted:That being said.. anyone recommend a good snow tire as winter is coming. I swear by Nokian (I can't remember the exact type I have.... Hakkapellita R or something?). I've never had a single problem with them over five winters, and everyone I've recommended them to has been satisfied.
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I'm not sure there's a bad snow tire, everyone always recommends everything. I used general altimax artics in a Buffalo winter because i am naturally cheap (why else would I buy a 10 year old car) and they did great.
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I was just planning out how I would do a future turbo setup in my head, I know I cant afford it now, but i would like to prep the car for it when I do my k-member upgrade eventually. While the stock k-member is out, I could put the headers in needed for a turbo application, since they are not "breaking the bank" expensive. the only problem is there would be no turbos to install. would it be possible to install these headers and put some sort of cap on them until i am ready to actually install a turbo(s)? that way I can drive my car until I save up more money for them? or is this a really retarded idea? the Idea of installing a Kmember just to take it out again to install headers again is going to be really expensive. I will admit, this job maybe beyond my skill set so i want to pay for this job to be done once.
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I don't know mustangs, would the K member block access to where the turbos need to bolt on? If so, you're taking it off anyway to put the turbos on; if not, you might be good doing it, but: A) you'd have to have someone custom fabricate a downpipe to connect the turbo flange to your exhaust, which is $$$ (you can't just cap it as the exhaust is still flowing through there, so unless you wanna run open headers until you get the turbos you're spending this money) B) depending on the turbo setup I foresee a high likelihood that you'll need easy access to the flange in order to bolt the turbo onto it. This may not be possible with the headers in the car (it certainly isn't on my Protege), so there's a chance you'll need to remove the headers to put the turbos on regardless (and thus remove the k-member again). If they're v-bands this might go away, but eh. All in all I'd wait until you have everything and just put it all in at once. E: And honestly if the labor to remove the k-member a second time is breaking the bank you're probably not budgeting NEARLY enough to run a turbo setup anyway. Forced induction and all the issues it can bring are a lot more expensive than removing a few bolts. Fender Anarchist fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Oct 6, 2015 |
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Any winter tire is going to be better than all seasons. That said, if you want some extra insurance go for something quality like the blizzaks.
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Buhbuhj posted:That said, if you want some extra insurance go for something quality like the From people who've run both, I've never heard anyone prefer the Blizzaks.
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Buhbuhj posted:Any winter tire is going to be better than all seasons. That said, if you want some extra insurance go for something quality like the
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Oct 6, 2015 17:29
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Oh you're in buffalo. Howdy neighbor.
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Hello! How is your 2nd day of mustang ownership? Whereabouts in Buffalo are you?
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Northtowns. Drivin' gud. Still warm enough to get the bike out though.
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Oh god you are in Buffalo. Perhaps you should invest in a snow blower attachment for your Mustang as well.
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Oct 6, 2015 23:04
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I put mine away for the winter now. It was a fun time driving it once through the winter but I messed up my exhaust something awful ( ) doing so.I did wonder how dumb of an idea it would be to get a rally type shield for my undercarriage.
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I run Yokohama IceGuard IG20s on mine and was pretty much unstoppable last winter. That being said, I stripped out a lug stud putting my heavy-rear end summer tires back on. Are these pretty easy to replace or should I have a shop do it? I was quoted ~$65.
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Buhbuhj posted:Oh god you are in Buffalo. Perhaps you should invest in a snow blower attachment for your Mustang as well. Naw. I'll drive it up until the roads start getting their yearly heavy saltings and then the wife and I can share the other car for two months. This was already planned out. The ponymobile will not be seeing the worst of buffalo weather.
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Can I keep my summer tires on all year in Atlanta? I've never had a car with summer tires before.
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sudo rm -rf posted:Can I keep my summer tires on all year in Atlanta? I've never had a car with summer tires before. Yes.
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sudo rm -rf posted:Can I keep my summer tires on all year in Atlanta? I've never had a car with summer tires before. I'd worry about that snow or freeze or w/e you got last winter that ruined everything. I'm planning on using my Pilot Super Sports all winter in Miami for what it's worth.
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Q_res posted:Deep Impact Blue, which most of the S550s on this forum seem to be. It's a color so good, it's on the shortlist of colors I want to use to repaint my C10.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:I'd worry about that snow or freeze or w/e you got last winter that ruined everything. I'm planning on using my Pilot Super Sports all winter in Miami for what it's worth. In Atlanta, it doesn't matter what tires you have. If it snows, stay the gently caress home. The other idiots will kill you no matter what you do.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:I'd worry about that snow or freeze or w/e you got last winter that ruined everything. I'm planning on using my Pilot Super Sports all winter in Miami for what it's worth.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:I'd worry about that snow or freeze or w/e you got last winter that ruined everything. I'm planning on using my Pilot Super Sports all winter in Miami for what it's worth. wallaka posted:In Atlanta, it doesn't matter what tires you have. If it snows, stay the gently caress home. The other idiots will kill you no matter what you do. yeah if it'd ever snow i'd definitely just not drive it may snow a day out of the year, if at all. but the daily highs may dip between 30-40 for the months of January and February wondering if driving in that for a couple months would really gently caress the PP pirelli's up
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sudo rm -rf posted:Can I keep my summer tires on all year in Atlanta? I've never had a car with summer tires before. Only thing to keep in mind is summer/performance tires will turn in to hockey pucks below 40 degrees or so. So for the few weeks where it is actually close to freezing, just keep a light touch on the gas until the tires have a chance to warm up. Otherwise you'll be going sideways immediately. e: It doesn't gently caress them up at all, you just get less traction until they're warmer.
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Wrar posted:I ran summers year round when I lived in Miami. White-walls I hope.
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Gwaihir posted:e: It doesn't gently caress them up at all, you just get less traction until they're warmer. quote:Pirelli's warranty does not cover tires that develop compound cracking due to use in ambient temperatures below 45° Fahrenheit (7° Celsius), so the P Zero, like all summer tires, is not intended to be driven in near-freezing temperatures, through snow or on ice. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Pirelli&tireModel=P+Zero
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The smoking tire's Matt drives a "white trash" race car in Greenwich CT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRiEPXJM0o and now Matt drives the Shelby GT350 in Limerock CT, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mVrjh5PyrA
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If we are adding to the spreadshoot of goon stangs, here is mine. http://www.gotstang.com/webpages/Squid/2003-mustang-convertible-Mustang/memnoch-s-page/
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RFC2324 posted:If we are adding to the spreadshoot of goon stangs, here is mine. And as someone who drove an '01 V6 up until a month ago, don't drive a coyote unless you are willing/able to buy.
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RFC2324 posted:If we are adding to the spreadshoot of goon stangs, here is mine. There's tiny people in your car 
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Bumming Your Scene posted:There's tiny people in your car It was a clown car in its previous life.
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sudo rm -rf posted:yeah if it'd ever snow i'd definitely just not drive I live in a similar latitude in Alabama. I've run max performance summer tires since 2008 with zero issues. This includes cars with over 500 whp. You'll be fine down to black ice temperatures as long as you're not a moron.
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Gwaihir posted:Only thing to keep in mind is summer/performance tires will turn in to hockey pucks below 40 degrees or so. So for the few weeks where it is actually close to freezing, just keep a light touch on the gas until the tires have a chance to warm up. Otherwise you'll be going sideways immediately. I had to explain this to my wife when I accidentally got mine sideways at the first light form my house at 4am. Made my butthole pucker, she's like why do these tires exist blah blah.
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kalvick posted:The smoking tire's Matt drives a "white trash" race car in Greenwich CT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRiEPXJM0o That description is wrong in regards to eligible cars for the American Iron series. Pretty much any American-made rear wheel drive car 1960-present is legal. May as well add me to the spreadsheet. 1996 GT 
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blk96gt posted:That description is wrong in regards to eligible cars for the American Iron series. Pretty much any American-made rear wheel drive car 1960-present is legal.
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Cage told me that my inclination to not mess with my Mustang wouldn't last, and he was right. I'm seriously considering an exhaust for it right now. I'm thinking about ditching the resonator for an MRT H-pipe and getting an axle back to go with it. I've narrowed it down to the Borla S-type, Magnaflow Street, Ford Racing Touring or my current favorite, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjERMAAOwiE The Steeda setup is $200 cheaper than the Borla axle back, and it with the H pipe comes out to just under $840. Though I do have to buy them from two separate places, but that's a minor inconvenience. And thoughts, suggestions?
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blk96gt posted:That description is wrong in regards to eligible cars for the American Iron series. Pretty much any American-made rear wheel drive car 1960-present is legal. Camaro Mustang Challenge car? I did corner work a few times at the motorsports ranch in Texas for those.
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Q_res posted:Cage told me that my inclination to not mess with my Mustang wouldn't last, and he was right. I'm seriously considering an exhaust for it right now. I'm thinking about ditching the resonator for an MRT H-pipe and getting an axle back to go with it. I've narrowed it down to the Borla S-type, Magnaflow Street, Ford Racing Touring or my current favorite, this: I got the FRPP Touring axle-back for my '11 V6, and I've been extremely satisfied with it. You can keep it quiet when you want to, and make it roar when you can.
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iwentdoodie posted:Camaro Mustang Challenge car? I did corner work a few times at the motorsports ranch in Texas for those. Yup. Next race is at Texas World Speedway Sept 17-18.
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blk96gt posted:Yup. Next race is at Texas World Speedway Sept 17-18. holy crap I think you are racing the guy who I bought mine from.
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