My ED6... weekend racer on a budget

[SoLOwX3]

Respect for a clean EF!! Keep up the great work bro!! Love it man!!

[EF303]

Hey man, your car is a huge inspiration. I don't think I could ever really get into all the B-series turbo doodads but the overall aesthetic of the build just screams street racer. I love the meaty look of the 13"s, too, and your suspension is on point. Wish I could go that low with Tokico blues and off-the-shelf Ground Controls but maybe someday....

[M.Doban]

Hey man, your car is a huge inspiration. I don't think I could ever really get into all the B-series turbo doodads but the overall aesthetic of the build just screams street racer. I love the meaty look of the 13"s, too, and your suspension is on point. Wish I could go that low with Tokico blues and off-the-shelf Ground Controls but maybe someday....

Wow! Thank you so much, good sir. It's super nice to hear that this heap is an inspiration to someone. Much appreciated!
p.s. You can definitely go that low with that setup because that's basically what I have. The shorter tires obviously help a ton too... I don't know what tires you have.



Yesterday I wanted to pull the car on the lift just to go over everything after it had been sitting all winter as well as change the oil and replace a torn CV boot. This was the first time I tried to pull it on with the 13's and, well... I can't just pull it on anymore. The cross-member catches on the ramp so I have to place boards before as well as after the ramp or else the downpipe (although even with the oil pan) would be lower than the ramp once the wheels have passed over it. Yaay for more of a hassle... not.
Also I'm scraping through the trans. ugh.

[brsteinbach]

Ugh, that sucks man. I have the same problem with my trans but I have an auto so it hangs low and is all flat like the oil pan.

Looks like you're almost about to scrap through your down pipe lol. But 5*'s man..

[FunfGang]

That last picture makes me all warm and fuzzy on the inside.

[EF303]

Wow! Thank you so much, good sir. It's super nice to hear that this heap is an inspiration to someone. Much appreciated!
p.s. You can definitely go that low with that setup because that's basically what I have. The shorter tires obviously help a ton too... I don't know what tires you have.

Definitely. I like to someday move my ed7 towards a street-racer vibe but for now I'm just pursuing a low/slow daily

I don't see how you can get that low with them though; the ots Ground Controls only offer a 3.5" drop. Taking out the sleeves might give me another half inch but that's still not enough for me. It's weird because I keep hearing everyone saying that Blues/GCs will slammmm EFs but I can't figure out how it's done. Thoughts?

And I'm running 165/50r15 Federals on 15x7 XXRs

[M.Doban]

That's odd. I have ebay coil sleeves which are really the same thing. My fronts are all the way down with both collars still there, and the rears are all the way down with (I'm guessing) 3 coils cut off.

Your tires are exactly 1/2 an inch taller than mine so you would be only about a 1/4 inch higher if all else was the same. I don't know, man, that's weird! Your springs must just be taller.

[EF303]

That's crazy, maybe it's just the wheels/tires that pull it off?

Supposedly this guy is sitting on Tokico/GCs, but I have a really hard time believing it...

[1mellowkid]

That's crazy, maybe it's just the wheels/tires that pull it off?

Supposedly this guy is sitting on Tokico/GCs, but I have a really hard time believing it...

wheels and tires make a HUGE difference in hight and yes hes on that setup refer to your thread lol

[M.Doban]

Ugh, that sucks man. I have the same problem with my trans but I have an auto so it hangs low and is all flat like the oil pan.

Looks like you're almost about to scrape through your down pipe lol. But 5*'s man..

UGH. That must be awful. I think I'd die. Yeah... ALMOST. It's actually not as crushed up in real life as it seems in the pics. Basically just ovalized pipe. I'm going to rock it. It's finally the same height as my oil pan and trans which is what I wanted to happen so I could make a skid plate and everything would be even. Yes. I intentionally drove around on the crowns of roads to get it like that.

Thank you!

That last picture makes me all warm and fuzzy on the inside.

Well over the weekend I didn't have much to do and nobody came to visit me like friends should. Jussayin. So I made a shift knob. I found it a year ago in a trash can as the handle to an umbrella. Cool beans. It literally took all of eternity to sand between every ridge so I could stain it.

I like the actual knob a ton but I'm not 100% "ilikethis" about it in the car yet. Time will tell if it stays. Opinions?

[1mellowkid]

Love the shift knob man. All about personal preference

[sawatsky]

Car is awesome. Thread is awesome. Far as I can tell, OP is awesome. Can't wait for AWD, haha

God bless dude! Keep it up!

[EF303]

I think it looks tight. Almost a cross between oldschool Nardi hardwood and a boso-style glass dildo shifter.

[M.Doban]

Love the shift knob man. All about personal preference

Cool, man, thanks! It feels so different but I'm getting used to it.

Car is awesome. Thread is awesome. Far as I can tell, OP is awesome. Can't wait for AWD, haha

God bless dude! Keep it up!

This guy is awesome. Thanks a bunch! Unfortunately, there won't be any AWD on this car. I just don't have time to do anything major while in school. And I need it drivable!

I think it looks tight. Almost a cross between oldschool Nardi hardwood and a boso-style glass dildo shifter.

Thanks dude! Maybe I should buy a lathe and start making them, eh?

On another note, I scraped really badly today on campus. I was trying to make cool high rpm noises in the tunnel and didn't see the crown in the road.

It's pretty deep really. No fluids are leaking and nothing appears damaged so yayy!

[Nick475]

umbrella handle shifters! haha i did that with my e30