MDVACM Squad (Maryland and Virginia)

[Abailey4]

By the way I guess this question is directed to Ryan but some of you guys that are lower than my car. How the hell do you get the car up in the air besides with a lift to do anything?  Our car doesnt seem that low to me but I couldnt even get my floor jack underneath it yesterday from the sides or the front.  I had to drive it up onto 2 2x4's in order to get enough clearance!

The stock Jack is low enough to go under the hfp side skirt.

Oh shit, fuck that! I hate using those things. I'll just stick with my 2x4's then. LOL!!!!

[Anonymous]

By the way I guess this question is directed to Ryan but some of you guys that are lower than my car. How the hell do you get the car up in the air besides with a lift to do anything?  Our car doesnt seem that low to me but I couldnt even get my floor jack underneath it yesterday from the sides or the front.  I had to drive it up onto 2 2x4's in order to get enough clearance!

The stock Jack is low enough to go under the hfp side skirt.

Oh shit, fuck that! I hate using those things. I'll just stick with my 2x4's then. LOL!!!!

it aint that bad man. takes me less than a minute to get the car lifted up, should only take you a few seconds.

[Anonymous]

you can also have assistance, in terms of have you or someone else lift the car up enough so that the car would actually go up a few inches or two, enough for you to slide the Jack to the Jack point.

[Bobsk24]

I never can get my jack under the front jack points!  Your idea with 2x4's will work.  I usually just have someone lift up my car while I slide the jack under like Ryann said.

[Abailey4]

For some reason my knuckles always scrape the ground when I use those things. Also no assistance is usually available when I do stuff. Since I usually do it on my days off nobody is at home so it's just me. Either way though the 2x4's and floor jack made it quick and easy as well. Our lugs are supposed to be torqued to 80ft lbs right?

[Anonymous]

For some reason my knuckles always scrape the ground when I use those things. Also no assistance is usually available when I do stuff. Since I usually do it on my days off nobody is at home so it's just me. Either way though the 2x4's and floor jack made it quick and easy as well. Our lugs are supposed to be torqued to 80ft lbs right?

show us how you use those 2 x 4's. not sure how many ft lbs of TQ the lugs should be and I should also invest in a TQ wrench one of these days...

[Abailey4]

For some reason my knuckles always scrape the ground when I use those things. Also no assistance is usually available when I do stuff. Since I usually do it on my days off nobody is at home so it's just me. Either way though the 2x4's and floor jack made it quick and easy as well. Our lugs are supposed to be torqued to 80ft lbs right?

show us how you use those 2 x 4's. not sure how many ft lbs of TQ the lugs should be and I should also invest in a TQ wrench one of these days...

Well the manual stated 80 but I just wanted make sure. Yeah I bought a TQ wrench yesterday for $50. Not one of the ones with the needle gauge thing but you twist the handle til you reach the specs you want. Then it locks up when you get to the spec you set.

[Anonymous]

For some reason my knuckles always scrape the ground when I use those things. Also no assistance is usually available when I do stuff. Since I usually do it on my days off nobody is at home so it's just me. Either way though the 2x4's and floor jack made it quick and easy as well. Our lugs are supposed to be torqued to 80ft lbs right?

show us how you use those 2 x 4's. not sure how many ft lbs of TQ the lugs should be and I should also invest in a TQ wrench one of these days...

Well the manual stated 80 but I just wanted make sure. Yeah I bought a TQ wrench yesterday for $50. Not one of the ones with the needle gauge thing but you twist the handle til you reach the specs you want. Then it locks up when you get to the spec you set.

sounds good, which TQ wrench is that and where did you get it?

[Abailey4]

I think it's called Powerbuilder and I got it from Pepboys.

[Anonymous]

I think it's called Powerbuilder and I got it from Pepboys.

sounds good and I'm making a trip to pep boys then. (I need to run some miles)

[BliNx197]

Oh crap! I completely forgot about that! Hows it running? A whole new animal or just noticably faster?

[Anonymous]

Oh crap! I completely forgot about that! Hows it running? A whole new animal or just noticably faster?

its running pretty damn good so far. Of course with any new performance HP/TQ mod, its still too early to tell how much more the car really is. Paul has recommended to keep it under vtec for the next 200-300 miles I believe, but either way I can already tell the difference its making.  I can tell its faster than a stock 5AT. So I'm gonna at least say it is noticibily faster and more importantly very happy with the investment. Thanks for the hard work and time as always Paul.

Profile and Pics updated. check out link on my sig.

[NVA-AV6]

Hey guys, one thing to do with those cheap TQ wrenches, never store them with the TQ set, they basically use a internal spring to set TQ and it will stretch over time, especially if you leave it set a specific TQ setting, so always turn it all the way back to relieve all pressure on the mechinism.

[Bobsk24]

I love having a qualified mechanic in our squad!

[Anonymous]

Hey guys, one thing to do with those cheap TQ wrenches, never store them with the TQ set, they basically use a internal spring to set TQ and it will stretch over time, especially if you leave it set a specific TQ setting, so always turn it all the way back to relieve all pressure on the mechinism.

Thanks for the tip Paul.

I love having a qualified mechanic in our squad!

+100!