Journal
for year 2001

In this section I will record the experiences I have with my 1995 Acura Integra GS-R. Keep coming back because this page will be updated constantly.

(11-8-00)
It’s the day after election day and I just finished the paper work on my new (used) 1995 Acura Integra GS-R! I know this journal is for 2001 but I decided to start it now.
Well I finally got it exactly what I wanted and more! It is a Black 1995 Acura Integra GS-R 3 dr, with 75,000 miles on it ($9,500) and the engine and interior is in great condition. I am ready to start work on my Integra project. First I went to the auto store and bought all kinds of goodies and such for my car (ex: car wash) So I get home at 7:00 and finally finish my work at 12:00 at night. I am very pleased with the car. I cleaned the rims, filled washer fluid, installed a Kenwood CD player, and slapped in some 12" subs....POS! These subs suck they are used. One was in so bad condition I gave one of them to my friend! I am about to order a 2 Kenwood or Polk audio 12" subs to give me my free daily massage.

(11-9-00)
Well I am back at it today I got home from school and drove it over to my friends house to give it a bath hehe. I just learned how to drive a stick shift last night and I am doing pretty good so far I think cause today I just drove down the interstate and to the gas station =-). Well my best friend Shawn came over and we worked on getting my car in decant condition again by waxing the outside and doing a single wiper conversion (pix coming soon!) tomorrow I plan on painting the calipers and some interior stuff. Oh yeah I forgot to mention what I ordered from www.autodynamic.com (I highly recommend them to anyone!) I got clear corners, red "A" emblem and some sweet Ion Blue low beam lights (some people hate them but I love them!).

(11-18-00)
Received some car goodies in the mail from autodynamic.com. Well I installed the ion lights (they look real good but it lowers visibility) then I forcefully ripped off the Acura emblems to be replaced with the sweet Red Acura Type-R style "A" emblems. Ohh and then I opened up the last box. And out come some sweet looking chrome housed Bumper lenses well I put them in and..... what the crap they don’t fit?!? So I take it out and see if it goes in the other side... Nope. They send me 1998 Integra style bumpers oh well I guess Ill just send them back for some other ones.
I still haven’t painted the calipers or any of the interior but I haven’t had a chance to but I will soon and when I do Ill post pics!

(11-19-00)
Well I switched out the ion blues for stock cause I could not see crap. I am about to order super whites though so it’s ok. I got some new wipers the old ones were making an annoying sound and the door has developed a small leak that I am in the process of fixing. I am also about to order an AEM Cold Air Intake when I get my next paycheck. And I bought some meguires leather conditioner. I am also still waiting for the guy to send me the master key and alarm thing so I can enable my Acura alarm now! I still am preparing to send out my euro clear bumpers for some that actually fit my car! Cause auto dynamic sent me the wrong ones.

(11-28-00)
I will be brief cause the host of this sight (angelfire) is screwing up and not letting me update so updates may be slow. I have already written in this journal 3 times since 11-19-00 but angelfire does not work rite and dose not save the page. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.
About the car. I got rid of the single wiper and ion blues. Well I painted parts in the interior and it looks real sweet now. I just need a shift knob and pedals that match. I am sending the clear corners back to autodynamic and I am biding on some more on e-bay. I will have picks of my interior up soon. I also am going to paint the calipers soon cause I love the look of painted brake calipers! I am awaiting my superwhite headlights in the mail cause the ion blues don’t allow me to see shitz with them they suck and are dangerous. I don’t recommend them at all a big safety hazard! I also met a guy on the superhonda web board that lives in savannah also and I may purchase some stuff from him he seems like a real cool guy!

(11-29-00)
I got my AEM CAI in the mail today (huge grin!) and I plan on installing it tomorrow. I am still waiting for my superwhite headlights to come in and the type R key I ordered (my oem key got bent real bad other wise I would not have gotten this key!) I also am bout to order some 2 color indigo gauges =-) my project is coming along now..... Finally!

(12-01-00)
Well me and my best friend Shawn were chillin at meh hizouse when we got bored playing Gran Turismo so we were looking 4 something to do and I was like "I got my AEM CAI wanna install it???" 30 min l8er we are at his house and getting reddy to slap it on (only wish it would just slap on) so we open the hood and start to work. We try to put it on jack stands but his jack was broken and it delayed us 30 min and we could not find any of the tools we needed if our life depended on it -an extra 30 min. And we had to take off the strut tower bar and some other unexpected things witch set us back even more. It took a grand total of 3 hours. It would have went quicker but this is the first mod I have ever done, we did not have the rite parts, we kept loosing stuff, and I was getting real frustrated. The AEM instructions were real good but we had to do some makeshift work to get it together. Then we slapped it together and put on the tire and wala! Presto changeo we did it!!! So I took it for a spin and immediately noticed a huge difference. Mainly in throttle response but sound and pick up improved a bunch! I am very satisfied.
PS: I got the hook up and got mine new for 165 bucks!
Would I buy again?? HELL YES!

(12-10-00)
I got my superwhite headlights in and everything and they look tight. 100w output from a 55w light and I just ordered some for my high beams! I got my 94-97 clear corners in also and quickly installed them. I left the front facing light clear and the wedge shaped bulbs on the side orange so the punks in blue don’t bother me! It is getting close to Christmas so I wont spend any more money on myself other than what is in the mail until after Jan 1.

(12-13-00)
Well it’s my b-day! I have a bunch of stuff in the mail that I am waiting on and other than that no updates. Still waiting to paint my brake calipers.

(12-15-00)
Today I also got some falken tires slapped on the front(99 bucks) to replace the shitalin v4 pos's. The falkens ride real smooth. Oh yeah and when the guy took the rim off he said "did you know these tires have never been balanced!" I must have been lucky cause it was a great ride for unbalanced tires! And I got some more car care products and a really cool airbrushed silver Integra shirt. Looks phat! Still haven’t gotten around to painting my calipers ERRRRRRRRR!

(12-17-00)
I painted my brake calipers yesterday they came out real good the only prob is that some of the over spray got on to the part of the rotor that the brake does not use so it is still there and I am going to hafta get a chizzle after them. I also got my superwhite high beams in and they look real sweet. Remember that guy in my area that I met off of the superhonda web site? Well last night I went to his car club meeting. All of those cars made mine look like a piece of anus! I swear there were the following cars there...
White type-r , Two white turbocharged AWD Eclipses , Supersonic Blue Integ , Supercharged Civic , Red 95 model Prelude , Black 98 model prelude , and much much more!!! , Put it this way I have seen 4 of these cars in mag's! [Import Tuner and Super Street] They are some badass cars!

(12-26-00)
There is a funny noise coming from my AEM CAI like a soft whistling sound. I hope that it is not leaking air around the filter! I got Sony xplod speakers, money for headers and a bunch of clothes and other stuff for Christmas! More on that soon!

(12-26-00)
The noise turned out not to be anything big. I installed some Sony xplod speakers today (6 1/2 in the front) that turned out to be a huge project! I am in need of a new front window and I think we are going to fix the one I have this weekend. I am working to save money for an exhaust system for about $500 for DC Headers 4-1 or 4-2-1 and a cat back apex dunk system combo. I also am thinking of taking a few bricks out of my cat =-). I’m going to get some picks of my interior up soon 4 all to see. I have detected a very small oil leak in the front of the head. prob just need a new gasket or something.

(01-01-01)
Happy New YEAR!!!!
Well I got my window fixed!!! It cost $100 Bucks (but well worth it!) Now I can actually see when facing the sun going down streets. I still am thinking about removing some bricks from my cat to let the air flow easier through there! But I don’t know how to do it?!? But GUESS WHAT!!! I ordered my exhaust! I got a 5 Zigen Boarder Exhaust and it should come in b-4 the end of the week! I was going to get the fireball Exhaust but I was scared that the n1 muffler would make that gay / annoying buzzing sound I think the 5-zigen boarder will hopefully sound like the DC Sports low tone rumble sound! I love that sound of exhaust! Also the Mugen shift knob was sent back to the sender so he must send it to me again but I am willing to wait cause Mugen is worth the wait. (Even though it is only a shift knob!)

(01-05-01)
I drove up to the local NOPI store and bought some pedals for my Integra. I ended up getting some cheapo 25-buck pedals. I also looked at some RAZO 45 dollar real carbon fiber pedals but I am happy with the cheap ones I got (very shiny and grip very well). I also went to fill my tank up today. (Put in 9 gallons and it was on empty... for a 13-gallon tank?!?) Well I turned out getting about 25.33 MPG city driving. I think that is great when I think about all the times I bring my car to WOT and redline the engine. On the way to the NOPI store I noticed a yellow sports car. On second glance I realized it was a NSX. I went to take a look at it. The sales guy was like "give me your Integra and 40,000 in cash and we got a deal" It had sweet fittapaldi (spelling?) rims I asked the price and the salesman said 4 grand for the wheels!!! Also the tires were specially made for the NSX and the back tires were 275 35 18's if I remember correctly???(Just for reference my bigger than stock Integra tires are 205-55-15)
still no shift knob & no exhaust but still waiting.

(01-06-01)
I got my pedal's put on and they look real sweet! I am going to another "velocity" car club meeting so ill tell ya how that goes. I also am still awaiting the arrival of my exhaust and other stuff. I am about to buy some indigo gauges for my car today from a guy in the car club named chip. I think I am going to trade him my old Ion blue headlights and like 50 bucks for it. More on that later.

(01-07-01)
The meeting was great I ended up buying some indigo gauges from a friend there named chip for 70 bucks. I love them! I have played 50 so far so I am kind of in debt. I also talked to a guy about buying his carbon fiber mirrors (I prob will cause they look real sweet.) On the way home a Pt (piece of trash) Cruiser pulls up next to me at a red light. I look over and he REV's!!! I laugh and think it musta been an accident like his foot slipped. I was thinking of revving but then the light turned green. This guy takes off and floors it. I can just hear him winding out first. When we both hit second. I floor it and get beside him and shift into fourth so he cant hear my engine (he is still flooring it I guess he thinks he is about to beat me.) So I let him inch ahead like 1/2 car length then with a smile I drop back down into 3rd and zoom bye him laughing my ass off! Someone please tell me why peeps in these Pt cruisers think they are fast?!? (I also have done the same thing to VW bug drivers numerous times!)
I also changed my amber turn signal/ bumper lights out to the stock white ones. Looks much better still looks amber compared to my superwhite headlights. Thanks for the tip chip! (From the car club!)

(01-08-01)
The new Integra (RS-X) was shown to the press today. I think it looks so sweet. Acura put some bad rims and seats on it and no spoiler but other than those things it looks real good. If you want to see picks of the new RS-X (the car formally known as "Integra") then go to www.vtec.net/news
took my friend home from school today. he lives on a dirt road and I had some fun with my first experiences with controlled drifting (no parking brake) It was soooo much fun!!! Don’t try this on a road where people or your self could get injured!

(01-17-01)
Opps Forgot to update. Well I put my exhaust on and it sounds sweeeeeeet. I am trying to work out a deal to buy the carbon fiber side view mirrors we'll see how that goes! My friend Jason helped me put on my exhaust (5zigen Boarder if you forgot) and he also did the power for my indigo gauges a few days back. He is going to get his car back today. I am getting up a crowd to go to the car club meeting with me this weekend it should be fun.

(01-29-01)
Quick Update
I got a breather filter and a red oil cap from pep boys. I also took off my DOHC VTEC sticker off of the back of my car so it now looks like ls! I also ordered some MUGEN emblems off of autodynamic.com. I did not get the Side View Mirrors cause Dan sent them back but I will buy some from somewhere just give me some time.

(02-13-01)
Well I finally got my Mugen shift knob in the mail It looks sweet and I am very pleased. I recently blew my other 12" Vega so I decided to get rid of all of my speaker stuff so I sold most of it. I just sold my old shift knob on e-bay for 40+ bucks so with this lil extra spending money I think I am going to go get some carbon fiber m3 style side view mirrors. I also plan on getting the following... Paint Job, Type-R strut tower bar, Headers, middle piping, and some real little things so I don’t currently have any money. But hey that’s the price you pay to have a sweet car. I think just for the following months I am going to go for show a lil more than go just to make my car look better starting with a paint job and some lil extra's.

(02-13-01)
Well today was my first day of auto X-ing it was tons of fun. I am not yet a member of scca but I will be soon. I managed to get a pretty good tan (more like sunburn) I also ordered some Carbon Fiber mirrors they should be in this week and I am getting ready to install side markers. Nothing big has really happened other than that.

(02-24-01)
I have been meaning to update just have not found the time but here it goes. In the stereo department I traded my Kenwood head unit for my friends JVC Kamelon Head Unit (pictures soon) I also took out the subs and box and I am about to sell my amp next week. I am going auto crossing this Sunday. I am in serious lack of money right now (one reason for selling stereo equip.) and as soon as I get another job I will go ahead and get the greddy headers and Mugen wing. All of the red stuff in my interior I am thinking of making it white. I am not sure but I think I am going to leave my breaks red and red will be like performance / engine related stuff and white will be looks related parts and so on. The only prob is that trying to get all of the red off by sanding with my hand will not be easy I know but really nothing is. I also about 2 weeks ago got a nail in my tire. I wrote about it in my journal but it did not save because of probs with angelfire I guess??? I am looking for something car related in ATL this summer so my friend and me can drive up there and stay with my sis for like a week. More info on that later.

(03-18-01)
Well I got my 2nd gen Integra "GS-R" emblem for my G3 GS-R I think it looks real good. I also painted all of the stuff that was red in my car white. I think it looks a lot better and nicer. I will have pics up soon. The camera that I used to take the pics with may not even get developed because It was St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah Ga yesterday and I got some pics of some girls flashing us and hopefully my friend in the photo lab will secretly print them for me. I think I got 21 pics of girls and the rest were of my car and my friends civic and green truck. (The camera had 27 exposures haha) Well I am selling my amps out of my car for 90 bucks and I think that I am going to get a cheap digital camera with the money for 80. I am very pleased with my car as of now but there is always room for improvement. EX: Headers, paint, spoiler!

(03-29-01)
Me and my best friend (Shawn) were riding through Savannah today and went to his friend’s house. She has a real nice lightly moded black Lude with a WW kit and hood and all. Well ne ways I managed to race her and she got the start (I am guessing that was the torque of the 2.3l) but after that we were dead even she did not loose me at all in fact at around 6+ grand I was gaining very slightly but when we hit 80mph we slammed on the breaks. I was impressed but not surprised I think she beat me by a few feet but that was all from the start. Later today I went over to chips house again and switched out his center (White vinyl) arm rest and we are both happy with the switch. We were considering the shift boots later but never did. I am still planning on getting his Mugen (R.S. racing) spoiler but I need to come up with the paint and money first I am hoping to get the spoiler in a bout 2 weeks. But I will not be able to install it for another few months until I can get the (Oreo as chip said relating the black and white interior and exterior) painted.

(03-30-01)
Earlier I forgot to mention that I had put a Mugen Integra Banner on my windshield. Well it came out real good and looks nice. Today I am working on the stereo stuff in my car trying to get that all worked out and selling all of my old stuff. I also am going to get the side markers installed soon.

(04-01-01)
I got a white shift boot from chip for my interior. It was a pretty long installation (45min) just for a little shift boot. Mainly just removing screws and such. I just got word from my dad that we are going to go to a nation car show in Charlotte (spelling?) N.C. and I cant wait he even told me we could drive my car! There should be all kinds of sweet cars there I cant wait! When I went to Velocity yesterday I had tons of fun just hanging out as usual. I got to drive that prelude that beat me and I must say the power that they have below 4 grand is amazing! Top end was almost identical or even less than mine. I also got to ride in chips Integra and that thing is fast / nice. At the time he was riding on his friends I think 17 or 18 Toxxin rims and he said that they slightly hurt performance.

(04-04-01)
Well I got my first ticket. I am sick and I was not going to go to school but I had to take my friend. Well, when I dropped him off I was leaving the school parking lot this morning and the officer waved me out. I hit second and stayed in second until about 6,000 rpm. And then skipped to fourth. Well I got up to speed and I look in the rearview mirror about a min later and there is blue lights. So I pull over. He walks up to the car and says license and reg. So I pull out my reg. and give it to him and realize my license is in my wallet at home. So I freak out and explain why it is at home. He goes to his car and checks and says that there is not a license for Joe Alford (my name is Joseph but I am not worried) So I say "I promise it is at home I can prove it" and he walks back to his car and about 15 min later walks back to my car and hands me two tickets. One for quote off of ticket "Too Fast For Conditions In School Zone" the other one says "No License on Person." Well, I drive home pissed off as hell. When I get there I decide to read the ticket. Well everything about me was correct until I read the stuff about my car. Quote (look at the spelling and stuff) " Year: 95’ Make: Aucra Style: GS-R Color: BLK" I think that’s funny he did not know the model of the car and he wrote down the trim level maybe if I put Z28 stickers on there he would have wrote that! Well I am guilty and we will just see how I do in juvenile court but I think I am going to remove the Acura Badges and Put up all Honda stuff in carbon fiber and really confuse the cops. Or even like an Alfa Romaeo emblem or something haha.

(04-17-01)
For short-term fix for my paint. I got my dad to buy a buffer for my car. Man this thing is awesome I have taken almost all of the scratches out of my paint and I got rid of the white spots from where the clear coat was going bye bye. I also just bought an HKS Mid section exhaust system for my car. I am not positive if it will even fit yet or not but I will know tomorrow when I go to pick it up. I also raced a fellow GS-R driver at velocity a few nights back. We raced 3 times and I only lost once. The reason was because I was not ready and I bogged the hell out of first gear but after that he said that I was still gaining. I also am about to purchase a mugen spoiler this weekend for my car =-) cant wait!

(04-17-01)
I went to court today and all charges were dropped!!! That’s the good news the bad news is the HKS mid section does not fit and for installation and a new OBX rear section is going to cost me like 90 dollars more!!! I also am still planning on getting chips mugen spoiler this weekend. But I can’t put it on yet unless I want to drive around with a white spoiler. (I guess it would match the rest of the Oreo theme haha) So yeah there are good and not so good things going on in my car life. I am anticipating buying my next car already! I am going to get a Subaru Impreza Sti (i think that’s the new trim for 2002) or the Acura RSX Type-R (if they decide to bless this 1/2 of the world with its presence!) I also am planning on going to go see "The Fast and the Furious" and "Driven!"

(05-06-01)
I went to the movies and saw Driven. A lot of people said it was bad but I liked it and it made me appreciate open wheel racing a lot more! I also G-teck'ed my car. It read out that I had 169hp to the wheels but the weight was more than likely not right and the g-tech prob was incorrect ne ways? I also painted my Mugen spoiler black but there is one problem it is flat black so it looks real ghetto but oh well my car's paint job is ghetto so who cares? Also I was riding with my friend in his Del Sol and I must say that their seats are the most comfortable OEM seats that I have ever sat in! I think I am going to get some from a junkyard somewhere he said that he saw them sell on e-bay for 50 dollars -shipping but still that’s a steal!

(05-07-01)
I was talking to my dad today about my exhaust and he was asking why is it laying around and I said, "that’s cause I need $100 to get it installed" He asked why it did not bolt rite up and when I answered him he said ok. So we were watching speed vision and I look over and he hands me $100 bill and says "well this is some of the money I owe ya from last summer" Glowing with joy I said "THANX!" I love getting money and it is even better when you forget that you are getting it.

(05-13-01)
Well I am finally getting a cat back exhaust put on my car tomorrow! I am getting ripped off with the price I am paying but oh well. I will give every one a little word of advice. When buying stuff for your car go ahead and save up and pay the total amount for the product that you actually want! I should have just saved up and gotten a Greddy cat back exhaust system but nooo "I must have my exhaust on now and axle back not to mention!" that’s why I ended up with the axle back 5zigen exhaust. I have spent enough so far to buy the greddy system now! And I still am getting something that is not as nice and prob have lower HP!!! So that means that from now on I am going to go ahead and save up and get what I want instead of getting something that is 1/2 ass and cheaper!
Sorry bout that just had to blow off some steam.

(05-15-01)
I got my make shift HKS exhaust put on and I love it. After I got over the smell of the heat breaking in the piping and that quit I loved it. It sounds 10X better than the 5zigen and looks better to (IMO). I did notice a little rattling sound but I think that was just one of the heat shields a lil loose and it fixed its self I guess??? I went over to Laurens house and got her to take some more pics of my car so I will put them on here ASAP! I think my car is coming along nicely. I have had my eye on some Kosie K1 white rims on tirerack.com for a few days and to get them (17") with tires is going to be like 1035 shipped! I think I will start saving now! I also just found a good summer job that I am going to take so the money should start Rollin in no time!

(05-21-01)
Today I ordered some goodies for my car off of Autodynamic.com again. I got an Anodized aluminum red e-brake handle w/ a real carbon fiber insert ($20)! I think I am going to be very pleased! I also ordered some Tom's Racing Brake pads ($90 but on sale for $59) cause mine are starting to squeal and I hate that sound. In the future I plan on getting some Racing rotors also!

(06-8-01)
My best friend (Shawn) and I went to savannah today to look at his possible future car. A Turbocharged CRX with a J-spec ZC engine in there. I the engine in it now am blown (turbo spooled to 30 psi and threw a rod) but he is getting a new one and the car is pushing close to 220 hp at the wheels. And in a car that light that is one quick lil car!

Later that day.....
Shawn and me leave a red light and we see a mustang 5.0L revving up and taking off fast and then there was an SHO behind him revving. SO I think ok I can beat the sho but I don’t know about the (flame throwing) mustang? So I rev a lil and they look over and laugh in my face! So we take off at normal speed and along the other side of us (3 lane road) a Z28 pulls up next to us and he revs. That when I realize they all have track times on their cars and my heart really starts thumping. So I start to go a lil quick and drop it down to gear and let them hear my screaming vtec 4banger. So we get to a open spot in the road and the mustang made its way to my right with the SHO behind it and I gun it along with the other two. We both pull away from the SHO and leave him in the dust and the Z28 is stuck in traffic. As I hit 2nd power shifting I look over and as I max out second gear I realize I am pulling on the fire shooting 5.0! With a grin on my face I realize that I am about to run into the back of a slow moving car going 60 so I get on the brakes and the rustang goes flying by in shame! Then as I pull up along side of him again at a red light he looks at me rolls up the window and turns into a parking lot with the SHO and the Z28. I just wanted to wave a giant Japan flag! SO I slowly take off laughing and have a greater love for imports! I just wish Shawn could have bought the crx by now and been w/ me! that would have been awesome! But oh-well Ill prob see the rustang again you never know!

(06-8-01)
Today I was driving through town and I just happened to look to my left and I saw what I thought was a 2001 civic in the "Si Blue" color. And then as it gets closer I read the "A" emblem on the hood and realize it is an Acura RSX Type-s not to mention! Soon this will not be a big deal but the reason that I was so amazed is that there release date to the public is almost 20 days away and this car had a licensplate! I don’t know what a RSX was doing in a Hickville town like this and that’s not even to say that they are not even released for a another 20-30 days

Other news, my antenna broke! And my fender lining came off driving down the road so now I have an exposed Cold Air Intake!!! And we are in the middle of a tropical storm!!! errrrrrrrrrr =-(

(06-8-01)
I wrote my friend chip (the guy that sold me the gauges) about seeing the RSX and look what he responded with!

"Hey I saw one too tonight it was black but I couldn’t tell if it was a type s or not. Had some older guy driving I think. I couldn’t tell cause it was dark. That makes 2 in town. They might be doing a test at Roebling or Hutchinson Island for the magazines. That’s why there were 3 wrx's in town months before they were released. They were here because of the magazines at Hutchinson I think. Don’t worry about your intake being exposed just don’t drive through any lakes. By the way Dan sucked up some water the other day and his car cranked right back up...he did it twice and he said the car wasn’t happy cause it blew smoke for a little while but he said its all fine now. I will talk to you later"

that’s pretty cool huh! well ill tell ya if I see ne more Acura RSX's!

(06-19-01)
Turns out Motor Trend was testing the cars at Roebling Road.
I have rotated my tires, gotten a new battery tie down, changed oil, and fixed A/C and I also started a new job so I am going to be getting more stuff in soon after I load up on my paychecks! Some bad news though, After a lil Bitch cop followed my car for 1/2 mile at the most 2-3 feet behind my car so to get him off of my butt I changed lanes, so did he so I did it again, and so did he! SO then (I had my cruise ctrl set on 45 mph) pressed the decel button and he was not paying attention to my slowing car and almost hit me and when he did that he turned on the Blue lights and pulled me over!!! And 30 pissed of minutes later I ended up with a ticket for Illegal Window tint!!! I could not believe it this pissed me off so much. There was something up with the cops that night cause on the two visible streets I could see from velocity (the car club) 7 people got pulled in 2 hours!!!! So I know something is up with the cops around here cause that’s got to be a record! Or harassment 1 or the other?

(06-23-01)
I canceled the order of Tom's Racing Brakes and E-brake handle due to the time it was taking to get here! I think they were out of brakes but I will re-order the handle at a later time!

(06-25-01)
I went to the movies to see "Fast and the Furious" the night before last with my friend Adam from Velocity. (He drives a tight lil del sol) And if you have not seen that movie at the time of reading this make a mental note to go see it!!! Every car in this movie had a Turbo, nitrous, graf-X, and Neons! : The turbos are the only ones I really like:

Today I went to a local Audio shop called Audio Link and finally got my side markers installed ($60 gran total). As if that wasent e-nuf for one day my dad took my car to a local body shop to get its passenger side door worked on due to a leak in the seal. (Very bad when it rains on leather seats) and in 10-15 min it was fixed! (Free! I think he owed my dad a favor) Once I get Paint and a new antenna my car will be back to 100% condition!
Score. I think I have decided on what rims to get I am getting Kosie "Racing Senaka" 16" rims with 205/40/16 Kumho tires strapped around them. I was going to get 17" but they will slow down my car too much. I am also going to order Greddy Headers and some fog lights when I sell my rims and tires!

(07-13-01)
I went to court yesterday for my window tint and showed the judge that I had taken the tint off and he let me go and he did not even make me pay court fines! I also installed some bright fog lights. The housing was blue so I thought the light that they project was going to be blue or white. But it turns out that they shine a bright orange color! Well that’s ok cause I can get over it. I also am waiting for my grill to come in for my front bumper. Should be here any day now!

(07-16-01)
Ever sence I rode on the back of my firends Katana my car seems soo quiet and slow. The Bike Bug has got me and I want a bike real bad. But it will be a year and 1/2 before I can puchase one. I orderd a Grillcraft grill for my front and I am currently waiting on its arrivial! Cant Wait!!!!

(07-24-01)
Today I accomplished alot. First I went to NOPI to get a price on a grill craft grill. (had problems with shipping the other one to me!) And then they told me it would be $130 I said HECK no! So I just picked up some "City Lights" these things are cool they hang below your stock bulb and when you park you can turn them on and they make your headlight housing glow! Then I went home and Recieved an emblem in the mail for my car. Its a 1.8L emblem and it looks factory.(this way the 5.0 cars know what just beat them!) I also got online and orderd a E-brake handel from autodynamic.com cause I canceled the order b4 due to my brakes taking forever. (now my back brakes are starting to squeel) And then I went to stylincompacts.com to price a grill craft grill, It turned out to be 127 bucks! 115 w/o shipping I guess I should have spent the extra 3 bucks and only wait 2 days not 10! DOH! but oh well it could be worse!
PS: still saving for my hood and headers and other small goodies just give me time!

(07-29-01)
School is startin back =-( so money will be no where in site again! I went ahead and ordered my hood and Grill Craft Grill. I also found somewhere to get my car painted and make it look real good for cheap! So thats all good! Well some other bad news Chip (they guy that told me about velocity) is moving away so I wont be seeing him anymore. Thats the fastest integra in savannah (with a mugen engine -hehe) I had money for headers but then I had to spend $350 on school clothes but Sh*t happens I guess?~?

(07-31-01)
I got a local audio store to Install two 15" blacklights into my rear side windows and I must say they look sweet. I also installed some city lights in the front of my car in the turn signal housing and I love the way they look now I just gotta install some in the reverse lights and I will be done with all of that! I am still watin on my hood and grill!

(08-7-01)
Turns out that I was giving the wrong ex. date on my credit cards so the hood and the grill were not sent. SO I am gonna get my friend from velocity to get me a deal on the grill. I got the hood worked out (I think) and I also orderd a shift light by VDO and I think this thing looks sweet! I had plenty of money and had all of the stuff worked out but then I got to pay 50 dollars out of thin air for my domain name (www.gsrspeed.com) for 2 years! grrrrrrrrrr not to mention all of the mony i just spent on school stuff! that really made me mad!

On the flip side I removed all of my seats and spare tire for a fun night of drag racing so my currently 1 seater car will hopefully breakinto the low low 9's so me and christan rado will be fighting for 8 second time slips with all motor engines just he will be going twice as far as mecause im on the 8th of a mile! haha.

(08-13-01)
School started today =(
my shift light came in the mail and I tried to install it but then I finf out that it only works with an aftermarket tach or ignition box. So now I got to buy a RPM activated switch from MSD. I also got a grill from grillcraft in the mail today and went to my friends house (Janson) to install it (I owe this guy like so much help to be able to pay him back!) and I must say I love it! I am still awaiting my hood! I am gonna put it on if it is remotely black but if it is white I wont til I get it painted. I also went drag racing. I won 3 out of 4 races due to a quick 240 sx and me grinding 3rd with a horrable shift.

::SIDENOTE:: I beat the cavilear due to his red light so UHH paul! :)

(08-15-01)
I am still waiting for my hood for my car. I talked to my dad and money is becoming a problem now so my paint job is going to be a problem now so I dont know how long it will be now. I am going to a quarter mile track tomarrow in Jackson SC, and I cant wait. Hopefully if I can get the video thing worked out I will post some video of the races.

(08-23-01)
Well had a great time at the track best time was a 15.7 (judging by my mph I am preety shure I can get a 15.0 I just need to launch alot better!) I also got my hood in the mail and it looks sweeeet. other than being white =-(. I also got a guy that will paint my car for one grand so Maby I can get my paint job b4 nopi! I hope so!!!!

(09-20-01)
Did not get my paintjob b4 nopi =-( but thats aiight cause I had a blast!!!! My friend shawn just got a 91 prelude and he has started to work on it. I just got a job thats why I have been slacking on doing the updates! I also am putting all of my money into new rims and tires that I will be getting very very soon cant wait! I am getting look a like Racing Heart cp-035 16" silver rims with kumho tires and the paint job will follow soon after. Other than that nothing much has changed with my car other than I am noticeing that my master and slave cylinders are begging to show their age and I may replace them soon.

(10-1-01)
I had to replace my battery and now I am down $60 but my car starts like a wind up doll. I also installed my VDO shift light and this thing is hella bright!!!! No worries as to when to shift now hehe. I also got my paint job worked out I am getting it the 15th and it is gonna look real good. Ill throw some pics on the site asap. (no more oreo car or racing spots!) I also am ordering my Rota Rims which should come in around the same time. I bought some 14" steel rims and I am gonna throw some slicks on them for drag racing. Finally the car club that I am in is getting up and running and I slapped the velocity sticker in my quarter windows and it looks real cool when light hits it (wont be able to see in pictures).

(10-8-01)
Installed the shift light it works great but it turns out that the 8K autometer pill I orderd does not give me enough time to shift so I need a 7.8 or 7.9 pill, back to the drawing board. I also orderd some hood pins hopefully they will come in b4 I go to get my car painted this way he can do the pins for me! PS: the paint is coming in 7 days! I cant wait my car will look much better! The rims are gonna come in a little later than I thought they were but thats ok cause the paint is gonna make me plenty happy!

(10-16-01)
I installed the hood pins and they look and function great. I do have a warning tho APC hood pins are hella hard to get aligned! I got a ride in my friends VW (rabbit or golf cant remember) 1.8T and I love it! All he has done was chipped it and just from riding in it I am shure it will outrun my GS-R and the money he has spent on his car is much less than mine! errr. I think my next car will be either a RSX Type-R or a VW turbo.

FINALLLY: I AM GETTING MY CAR PAINTED AS I TYPE THIS!! when I get my car back I am gonna take tons of pics! Cant wait! I Will post them ASAP

(11-5-01)
I love the paint job! Looks sooo much better. The pics are up now for your viewing pleasure. And after some research I decided to go with the comptech headers and I also know someone who can get me them for very cheap. I Installed a new fenderliner to keep all of the water off of my intake and when I went to clean my filter there was hella high amounts of dirt on the filter!
:WARNING: DO NOT DRIVE WITH A CAI W/O a fender liner!!! I injested water but did not cause the engine any probs so all is good. I also am going racing at the 8th mile soon so I will post up some times from that and I cant wait! It will be lots of fun! More on that later!

(12-3-01)
Today I got DC Sports 4-1 Ceramic Coated Race headers. Hard as S*** to install. I guess I am a novice or sumthin or maby just cause it was 4-1 1 peice header I dunno but one thing is certain I am pissed. After all that time working on the car, my dad was helping, and then a bolt was broken off in the top when tightening it! NOOOOOOOOO, It is ok cause my friend can fix it and there is no leaks. The same cannot be said for the headers connection to the cat! ughh. my exhaust sounds like crap now cause there is a huge exhaust leak at the connection to the cat cause I did not know there was a required gasket for the connection. Tomarrow I am going to go to the local parts store and slap on that damn gasket!
This will probably be my last mod until january due to christmas expences. I plan on gettting an Apexi VAFC next.

(12-3-01)
Header is on leak free! I am very happy with the improvements in acceleration. Also the car seems to rev more easily which is another plus and the exhaust has a slightly deeper note. Above 6K RPM the exhaust screams quite a bit louder.
Would I buy again? HELL YEAH! (just save the money and get stainless steel!)

On another note my car just rolled over 100,000 miles just great =-/

(12-3-01)
I washed my car and decided to park it by the road. I had spent 1 and 1/2 hours cleaning it and then I go inside to celebrate my birthday with my best friend and family. So I come out and I am ready to go to Velocity with my nicly clean car when I notice water drops all over my car. "Crap, It must have slightly rained when I was in the house." So I get in my car and turn on the windshield wipers and WTF? The drops are sticky and are makeing my W/W's jump as they try to wipe the liquid (sprite!) off of my window. So I look out of the car and there is a cup sitting on the ground and the sprite is spashed up the front of my hood and made scratch marks up the front of it. I was extremely pissed I managed to get all of the sprite off cause it was not completly dry but I was very pissed that someone had commited this act of violence against me for no apparent reason. More on this later.

(12-29-01)
Merry christmas to ALL~!~
I only got one or two car related things for christmas. The first is a JVC video camera that takes still pictures also so that means many more pics of my car more regularly! I also got a 50 dollar gift cartificate to nopi. Using the gift card I Got a Air Fuel Ratio guage. I like the guage alot but it took me 3 days to install because I have a 95 gsr and it is OBD1 and I could not find any information on this ecu but now I know. (if any one else is going to install a A/F ratio guage on a 94 or 95 integra then u use the white wire with a red strip in the engine bay. It is located near the shock and the battery in a cluster of wires. There will be 3 clusters and it will be located in the 3rd cluster down) That is 2 days worth of hunting for info but now I have it and now I have a cool looking and functional A/F guage!

Other news I got in a race with a galant, well lets just say that when we were done his headlights were a speck in my rear view mirror hehe.