A Newbie to FC3S

[Jord]

Sound advice guys. I\'m running 225/45 on the wheels currently so that pulls the tread inside the arch a bit. I\'m determined to make these wheels fit with some hammertime and camber. Fitment should look sick.

I\'d agree on the lowering and right wheels. Offsets and widths MAKE a good looking car. I do think overfenders look horny as hell on FCs but I\'d love to get away with just rolling and flaring.

I plan to fit a square front plate, off to one side like I have done on the PS13.



Those are the wheels. They WILL fit haha

[mukumu kurubushi]

Oh my! :2eek

That is a beautiful ps13! Given the choice thats the only car i would have over an fc.. if only they weren\'t so expensive!

+1 for lowering and good width/offset. If you can get those wheels on an fc that would look mighty sexy!

low, wide and scraping off the ground ftw

[beezy]

Whats up darlin!
Stop showin that Datson crap on ere!
 
Kit, wheels and slam-it, i will look amazin a few skids in that and PS ill be goin up for sale im sure
Overfenders over rolled arch any day sun shine!

[Brett]

Only the really low spec US cars were 4 stud - they also only had single piston callipers at the front too.  All UK cars were 5 stud.

:wave

[Moonwrap]

Only the really low spec US cars were 4 stud - they also only had single piston callipers at the front too.  All UK cars were 5 stud.

:wave

LOL! I was going to say the same! The wheels on there are the standard UK (stock) EGI ones (5 stud)

Also there were two versions of finish on the same style wheel (for the two versions of the EGI) - earlier was matt and later was shiny

Congratulations on your new EGI Jord - enjoy!

:wave

[Jord]

Collected this today and I\'m pretty pleased. Needs some tidying up doing, a new set of wheels [one has a ding and the other a BIG ding], could do with a rear spoiler too as its been removed at some point.

The bits I\'m pleased with are the CLEANEST engine bay I\'ve ever seen, not one bit of rust on the chassis that I could see and a full record service history from 1992 as well as the original sales invoice from 1988 for £17000! Its certainly been looked after.

I\'ll get some pictures up on Tuesday once I\'ve washed it.

[Retro_Boy_G]

Hey man, does it take a spoiler that comes down from the top or one that looks like it bolts onto the back? I have the one that bolts on the back.. but i think from the pics it looks like you need the TII style spoiler..

[Jord]

Looks like it wraps round the bottom of the rear window, its had one on it before.

[Jord]

After doing this maybe I\'ll keep it

[dthebuk]

i like what you plan to do with the front, that looks awesome

get some series 5 rear lights and your sorted!

[Retro_Boy_G]

ha ha check the camber on that bad boy! That looks fantastic! It\'s amazing what some mods to your suspension can do to a car.. Make it look like that dude and your onto a winner!

[dthebuk]

im still waiting to see yours like that retro boy

[Retro_Boy_G]

haha.. maybe one day.. but i think mine certainly needs the alignment sorted as the wheels look abit positive and negative on the old cambers..

[Jord]

OK a couple of questions -
 
1.) What should the oil pressure read at on the dash pressure gauge? When cold and when warm? Mine seems to fluctuate.
 
2.) Exhaust systems - I hear a load of power can be free\'d up with these, but rarely see any for sale. Are the NA and TII systems the same cat-back [and interchangeable?]. Any power increase from fitting a TII system?
 
3.)Anyone breaking an FC, I need some trim bits?

[dthebuk]

2) you free up most power by getting an aftermarket header and losing the emissions stuff. The racing beat header removes the baffles on the engine block (i think) and eliminates the cat. remove the air pump, and get a free flowing cat back and an air filter and its possible to see up to about 30bhp. I currently have a racing beat header and TII cat back. I did have a 3 inch single exit cat back with a jap can, but be warned, these get extremely loud