Scion202

haha i can imagine but he prolly aint having payments of $400 a month for next 5 years on that car+insurance

Voltagedriver

my car payment is $225 a month my insurance though..omfg florida=bad for ur driving record when ur a tuner. Cops were always out to get me, and i was never doing anythign bad, 5mph over the speed limit..ticket for that twice, and had a girl slma on her brakes when i was turning onto a 50mph road because cops on the other side of the median turned on their lights, so automaticly my fault...moved back to oregon and nothing, cops didnt even take another look at my civic. sigh...

oh both tickets and the accident happend the month i turned 20..fml

Scion202

sorry to hear that man, my payment is $280 and $106 for insurance

javithekid069

I wish I was in the states with you guys, mine is the MT which for you starts at 19k, but in PR it starts at 23k like the RS. Im paying 460 a month, and thank God my mom is a high ranked employee in the bank I bought it through.
PS I asked precisely today for the RS cause I saw it at the mall today in an expo, they're only bringing 9 to PR and they go for 28k here. I almost s*** myself when i heard the price. It might be hard to believe, but car taxes here are through the roof!

Scion202

dude! when I lived in Russia, im pretty sure I paid 200 to 300% more to what the Americans would pay for anything imported!

Voltagedriver

good old oregon, no taxes on anything you buy what so ever besides property tax. but income tax kinda sucks. still not to bad though. How ever oregon has one of the highest minimum wages and its about to go up.

Scion202

No sales tax in NH! Minimum wage is $7.50!


Here is a quicky:

Cusco just came in:

biglilsteve

iTrader: (2)

*Crosses fingers for bar clearing MAF*

Scion202

haha good thing that post #666 was by VoltageDriver!

Voltagedriver

Lmao

Scion202

here are some MAF sensor pics with Cusco.

I had to zip tie the intake to pull it down as hard as i could otherwise it pushes right up against the bar. I just bought metal zip ties to replace the plastic ones since they will expand with heat

biglilsteve

iTrader: (2)

Is this with or without modifications?

Scion202

with. you can see the zip tie. without the intake pushes really hard against the bar with the MAF

biglilsteve

iTrader: (2)

Sigh I guess I knew that would happen.

How much pressure are you putting on the intake? Was the zip tie the only thing you needed to do?

Is there enough improvement in handling for it to even be worth it?

Scion202

i pretty much pushed it down as much as it gave.

the handling I havent really noticed much yet. The first thing you feel is that the streeting is lighter/easier. Give me some time to feel the difference. I just went to Home depot so not much of a drive

ashtc2

I wonder if the TRD strut bar, give it more clearance.

biglilsteve

iTrader: (2)

Hmm alright then. I'm just considering unloading mine cuz I could use the 200 bucks. Especially if I needa alter my intake and not even get a significant handling improvement.

Scion202

well it still depends on how u installed the intake aka how far into the rubber tubes you put the aluminum ones....

Also i drove like a mile so cant say nothing for handling yet. Another thing I noticed that there is less slipping when staring from stop and turning like at red lights and what not

johndeo11

^hey that's what i've been thinking from the first place...
Q? is it bad if they kinda attached to each other? the bar and CAI?

Scion202

it will prolly end up rattling since CAI moves around. If its touching the MAF then it will most likely shatter.