I just wanted to give a big thank you to all the D/FW-Houston forum members that came out to the Install Party yesterday. I had a really great time, and the food and booze was great.

I wanted to give a special thanks to all the people that helped with MS Kit and Sway Bar install on my car. I think we started at 7:30am and didnt get finished until 11pm, wow... thats some dedication right there. I am really greatful for all the help because with out it I know I wouldn't have been able to put these in myself.

Chris, thanks for opening up your home to us and letting us destry your garage. I forgot the bumper at your place. If you want to chunk thats fine, but if not i can pick it up from you at the next meet.
Sam, sorry I couldnt give you a spin in the car after we finished. I was running late for some place i needed to be. Remind me at the next BJs meet, and we'll definetely do it then.
Mark, thanks for coming up from houston to the trunk/bumper swap. Hope you had a good time.

Pics are attached in the replies below. By any chance, if there's a pic of your car that you don't want posted, send me a PM. I need to go zaino that trunk and clean off the wheels. I'll post fresh daytime pics later today.

EDIT: I forgot to mention... While me and Jenkins were driving around that night we saw a white AE86 (or AE85, hard to spot the difference). I almost crapped my pants in excitement. The guy rolled up to us to say hi, seemed pretty nice.

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Here are my pics: http://rotaryrendezvous.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26365&postcount=52

Let me know if ya'll can't see that.

Great Pics dazy, eventhough this one is still a little difficult to view (EEK!!!)
http://rotaryrendezvous.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=975

-hS

Great Pics dazy, eventhough this one is still a little difficult to view (EEK!!!)
http://rotaryrendezvous.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=975

-hS

I KNOW!! I thought that would be a good one to keep in the memory bank... NOT!

Hey awesome pics, JC Racing what exhaust is that on your car? Greddy?

Damn Harry, they hooked you up. Looks like fun. Maybe I'll make it up there for the next install party.

Hey awesome pics, JC Racing what exhaust is that on your car? Greddy?Yes, Greddy.

BTW, its OJC Racing. LOL!
It stands for "other japanese" because thats how we're categorized at PCA events. D*mn Porsches *shakes fist* we'll show them. :)
Damn Harry, they hooked you up. Looks like fun. Maybe I'll make it up there for the next install party.Most Definetly. It would be nice to hang out with my Black Twin from the ATX

Looked like fun

that's awesome, we used to do the same thing back in my mini-truckin' days, we'd start the day with some poor soul and his stock height truck, end it with someone stoked out of his/her mind and driving around scraping frame lol sigh...good times :) (wish I had the funds to join you all, so many things I'd like to do to my 8 but so many things I'm stll having to pay for from my practice marriage....argh..lol)

a bigolundh what finish are your wheels?

a bigolundh what finish are your wheels?Brushed Silver.

had a bad ass time! thanks for the help on the car even though it wasn't an 8!!! i got alot done and should have everyhting else finished by next weekend. i'll post some pics up as soon as its done!!! maybe some starting pics and some pics as it sits now. gonna have to take some pics tomorrow, though.

Had a great time too guys, we can have an install party any time! Great pics!

Tiff when did you color your hair red?

Tiff when did you color your hair red?

First of December.

Looks like ya'll were busy as hell, just curious how many cars and mods were you able to get done Saturday?

Let's see... Harry, Slim, Sam, EG, Mark from Houston, Shari...

Harry - sway bars and full MS kit, trunk swap and front bumper swap w/Mark
Slim - I'm not sure what all he did, but at least the carputer face plate thingy
Sam - insulated center console
EG - exhuast, intake, blacked out markers and headlamps, blacked out emblems...
Mark from Houston - trunk and front bumper swap w/Harry
Shari - Sam looked up her CEL on the scanalyzer, found problem and attempted to correct

I'm sure there's more too.

Let's see... Harry, Slim, Sam, EG, Mark from Houston, Shari...

Harry - sway bars and full MS kit, trunk swap and front bumper swap w/Mark
Slim - I'm not sure what all he did, but at least the carputer face plate thingy
Sam - insulated center console
EG - exhuast, intake, blacked out markers and headlamps, blacked out emblems...
Mark from Houston - trunk and front bumper swap w/Harry
Shari - Sam looked up her CEL on the scanalyzer, found problem and attempted to correct

I'm sure there's more too.Jon - Cried because he's still drving a tribute.. Maybe today?? Maybe?? Please??

That suck almost as bad as the shagin wagon....

Well, I just talked to them.
They got all the right parts in and they're putting the transmission back together. He said it might be done by the end of today but he's not sure. They want to test drive it before they give it back to me, which I understand.
At most it should be 1 more day.

You could look at it this way after driving the Tribute for close to a week once you get your 8 back you will enjoy it that much more.

You could look at it this way after driving the Tribute for close to a week once you get your 8 back you will enjoy it that much more.True.. but i'm so impatient when it comes to this stuff... blah.. i need to buy a second sports car.

Pick up the new Z06.

Pick up the new Z06.Thought about it actually.. It would make a better daily driver than the 8 too cuz it gets better gas mileage..

True.. but i'm so impatient when it comes to this stuff... blah.. i need to buy a second sports car.

Go ahead and buy me one too while you're at it. :)

Go ahead and buy me one too while you're at it. :)I'll add you to the list...

I'll add you to the list...

Me too me too!

Matt and I had a great time, even though we didn't do anything to my car.

Thanks so much to Chris and Amber for hosting.

hey chris...did you by chance find a small white box with my VW emblems and a ton of screws??? hopefully you did cause i need all those screws for the new bumper!!! let me know!

I think Sam was going to use that for some sort of necklace ornament. Either that or Jenkins has it.

-hS

Let's see... Harry, Slim, Sam, EG, Mark from Houston, Shari...

Harry - sway bars (#) and full MS kit, trunk swap and front bumper (#) swap w/Mark
Slim - I'm not sure what all he did, but at least the carputer face plate thingy
Sam - insulated center console
EG - exhuast, intake (#), blacked out markers and headlamps (#), blacked out emblems...
Mark from Houston - trunk and front bumper (#) swap w/Harry
Shari - Sam looked up her CEL on the scanalyzer, found problem and attempted to correct

I'm sure there's more too.
Damn that is alot for one day, kind of surprised that you and Shari did not mod your cars.

Damn that is alot for one day, kind of surprised that you and Shari did not mod your cars.

Neither one of us had anything to install. I'm saving for a cruise.

Neither one of us had anything to install. I'm saving for a cruise.I thought you were saving for a house!

You will have fun on a cruise.

I thought you were saving for a house!
First the cruise which is next month. It's my last hooray before being a penny pincher.

I will look for it...

thanks. it should be a white USPS box with a bunch of small screws and my chrome VW emblems. i'll be at Rack Daddy's tonight so i can get it then hopefully! call me and let me know.

I got it. I will bring it with me. I need your new number by the way, I still have your old one.

I just got my car back.
Wow.

I gotta say a few things..
Throttle response with this flywheel is a big difference.
The transmission feels great. 93-94 mph 3-4 shift = no problem at all.
The clutch feels super light and responsive. The friction point is closer to the floor than I had expected so it's gonna take some getting used to.
I could adjust that if I wanted to and I might move it back just a little. I stalled the car pulling out of the lot the first time but not after.

I've gotta say the car just feels so much more alive now. Of course, it's not as noticeable as turbo, but seriously, the difference is there.

Driving at low RPM is still no problem once you know where the new engagement point is. I was able to get the car to roll just fine at 900 rpm like always so the lighter flywheel doesn't seem to be hurting my drivability..

Last 2 things...
Gotta love burnt clutch smell... it smelled pretty good after i did the first run. it started to go away by the time i got home.. new clutches will do that I guess..
My 1 -> 2 shift is gonna have to get faster. It's a combination of the speed at which the flywheel revs up and the fact that the friction point is so close to the floor. Coming out of first, it's obvious that i'm unfamiliar with the freeze point. I'll get used to it.
Woo..

STOP TALKING!!!

Dang it... now i have to go upgrade.
I hate you

:(

i wanna run you now harry....>:)

STOP TALKING!!!

Dang it... now i have to go upgrade.
I hate you

:(Haha..
Well worth it in your case, especially the clutch.. the flywheel you may not notice as much cuz you have turbo but there's no way you can miss the clutch..
Then again, 20% drivetrain loss is much more noticeable when you have more horsepower than less.. I may have freed up 5-10 horsies whereas you may free up 20-30.. No way to know w/o dynoing.

i wanna run you now harry....>:)huh? Are you challenging me to a foot race? if so... LETS GET IT ON!!!

Haha..
Well worth it in your case, especially the clutch.. the flywheel you may not notice as much cuz you have turbo but there's no way you can miss the clutch..
Then again, 20% drivetrain loss is much more noticeable when you have more horsepower than less.. I may have freed up 5-10 horsies whereas you may free up 20-30.. No way to know w/o dynoing. I think the lightened flywheel will make some of the turbo lag less noticeable, not like with a small turbo i really have much... but there's still some. The clutch is needed so i can get a good launch.

I never really thought about the hp improvement... this would be an interesting experiment. TO THE DYNO!!! <insert batman theme>

huh? Are you challenging me to a foot race? if so... LETS GET IT ON!!!

I think the lightened flywheel will make some of the turbo lag less noticeable, not like with a small turbo i really have much... but there's still some. The clutch is needed so i can get a good launch.

I never really thought about the hp improvement... this would be an interesting experiment. TO THE DYNO!!! <insert batman theme>Well, think about it.. The stock flywheel is like 22lbs. The streetlite is 13.5. That means it weighs 39% less than stock. You can't attribute 100% of that to the drivetrain loss but definitely some. You're going to see some power return. Honestly though, the most noticeable thing is the throttle response and smoothness of the revs.

The mass is also more evenly distributed rather than just thrown everywhere so that also will attribute to smoother revving and smoother running.
It's definitely nice.

Excuse me while I make excuses to drive.. To the store!! WOO!!

My response is in the BJs thread

I had a great time guys & girls!!!! :D:

Although I left early.. I did manage to take a few snaps... they are here:

http://photobucket.com/albums/b114/blue_six/

Sorry I couldn't stay longer. It sounds like you guys had lots of fun :(

Nice Pics... Glad you came out, good to see a fellow Gulf Forum Blue 8 again :)
and thanks for photoshopping my plates... i really do appreciate that.

Alot of people think i'm paranoid about it, but once you've seen your friends cars get stolen... you understand

*Respect

-hS

LOL... yeah the plates had to be photoshopped when I noticed you had done it for your pics.