Tigawoods

#1081

When you photoshop that amount the quality of the image is considerably degraded. Actually any editing out of RAW the image quality is degraded. So higher quality camera....the better.

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JoshuaM

#1082

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QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Nov 7, 2013 - 7:16 PM)

>When you photoshop that amount the quality of the image is considerably degraded. Actually any editing out of RAW the image quality is degraded. So higher quality camera....the better.

Yeah.... trying to replicate professional publishing house photos is a little bit different to instagramming a point-and-shoot pic

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Box

#1083

Would think Photo Shop would just cover up any quality problems, therefore making a cheaper camera a viable option. I never really ventured into digital photography, back to the dark room!

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danmumo

#1084

I have been reading this thread for the last 2 days in between classes and on the bus and i must say that your car is an inspiration to me! i am pretty new to the 6gen and car world in general and your car makes me want to learn a lot so i can slowly but surely mod my car to my likes!

I am interested in seeing a recent picture of your interior

Tigawoods

#1085

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QUOTE (Box @ Nov 7, 2013 - 7:18 PM)

>Would think Photo Shop would just cover up any quality problems, therefore making a cheaper camera a viable option. I never really ventured into digital photography, back to the dark room!

Yes you can cover up certain things but the image quality is downgraded as soon as you compress the RAW file to jpeg or similar formats.
You can do wonders with the program though!

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QUOTE (danmumo @ Nov 7, 2013 - 8:41 PM)

>I have been reading this thread for the last 2 days in between classes and on the bus and i must say that your car is an inspiration to me! i am pretty new to the 6gen and car world in general and your car makes me want to learn a lot so i can slowly but surely mod my car to my likes!

I am interested in seeing a recent picture of your interior

Im glad that you find inspiration in the build! I wish you luck with your build and am curious to see how itll come out!

I dont have any recent interior shots, I have been meaning to, but I was thinking of holding off until when I re-do the door cards. I may do a before and after so i'll try and remember to throw up a pic in a few days.

but for now! this pic will have to be added to the build thread!

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Box

#1086

^That picture looks good, I like it. Screw JPG, TIF is where it's at.

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Tigawoods

#1087

Planning things to do for this downtime during the snowy season.

Looking to hopefully FINALLY resolve the oil leak and during that time also see if it is possible to mend the coolant leak a bit better.

If the coolant leak persists, I MAY either remove the engine and fix it the proper way......or do some sort of motor swap, BUT the would be next years issue as I would like to get ALOT of seat time at autocross this coming year.

Other than that
TWM Short shifter with extender
Sparco Suede Steering Wheel
Brake Ducting
GT4-Racing Poly-U Front Endlinks
Racing Beat Rear Endlinks


keeping a very light load this break so I can be ready to roll come the first race!

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Ted95

#1088

Sounds like a good plan Mike!

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RabidTRD

#1089

I'll finally be autocrossing this coming year. Pretty pumped.

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Tigawoods

#1090

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QUOTE (RabidTRD @ Dec 23, 2013 - 10:54 PM)

>I'll finally be autocrossing this coming year. Pretty pumped.

get ready to have a new addiction!

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RabidTRD

#1091

Hahaha. I've got too many. paintball, videogames, cars... Add autocross and I'm going to be completely broke

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Tigawoods

#1092

finally back at the garage this weekend to throw a couple parts in.


over christmas I got the chance to strip and paint the valve cover Fate gave to me at CSP
thought Id go vibrant with it! (wrinkled paint too)


mishimoto cap


TWM short shifter going in tomorrow


TWM knob with extender in the background


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 10, 2014 - 10:27 PM

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RabidTRD

#1093

Nice color choice!

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Ted95

#1094

Dude everything looks awesome Mike!

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Tigawoods

#1095

thanks fellers!
all installed and steering wheel has been taken off...waiting on the hub adaptor to come in from Sparco.

also moved the SAFC from around the cigarette lighter area to underneath the headunit. Fits perfectly there just need to put a small square of CF to fill the gap to the right of it.

Next week once the Sparco wheel is in I will take a picture of the interior, havent had a shot of it in a while

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Fate

#1096

uhm, can i have my valve cover back?

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Tigawoods

#1097

YOU MAY NOT!


late night browsing...
came across a dead thread about the EDFC issue that has plagued me for the past few years
supposedly it is just a hood clearance issue..
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=27306
Im going to do some digging and see if this can be done, maybe space the hood out some more

the new EDFC active is actually pretty nifty!


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 12, 2014 - 12:38 AM

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HectortheRican

#1098

I'm loving the valve cover finish and that knurled knob is killer. How tall is it?

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RabidTRD

#1099

Call me stupid, but what's an EDFC? Why does it require more hood clearance?

Never mind. That's really cool! Didn't know those existed lol

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Jan 13, 2014 - 12:13 PM

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Tigawoods

#1100

>>TWM SHIFTER BASE BUSHINGS > SPEED SOURCE>>
by alot

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QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Jan 12, 2014 - 4:29 PM)

>I'm loving the valve cover finish and that knurled knob is killer. How tall is it?

the knob? 4". Which when coupled with the height reduction of the shifter puts it just about a wee bit over stock height. With the 4" extender (which I accidentally ordered) its up to the in-dash player..and the throws are a bit longer than stock haha
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QUOTE (RabidTRD @ Jan 13, 2014 - 12:11 PM)

>Call me stupid, but what's an EDFC? Why does it require more hood clearance?

Never mind. That's really cool! Didn't know those existed lol

The new EDFC Active has some kind of adaptive response system...supposedly. And its wireless. Thats what I am very interested in.

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 13, 2014 - 12:44 PM

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HectortheRican

#1101

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QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Jan 13, 2014 - 10:43 AM)

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QUOTE (RabidTRD @ Jan 13, 2014 - 12:11 PM)

>Call me stupid, but what's an EDFC? Why does it require more hood clearance?

Never mind. That's really cool! Didn't know those existed lol

The new EDFC Active has some kind of adaptive response system...supposedly. And its wireless. Thats what I am very interested in.

Just looked up a promo video for the EDFC and I'm really impressed. I had no idea those were out there either.

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playr158

#1102

I thought EDFC just allowed you to electronically adjust the dampner.. its cool but I don't know why you'd be playing with them that much. unless you want to rock harder settings for autox then soften it up for the way home.

Tigawoods

#1103

http://www.tein.com/products/edfc_active.html

well the new EDFC Active system actively adjusts during driving, so I thought that may be beneficial since each corner may not require the same settings ya know?


this member had it on his GT and his SS coilovers seem to have Tein top mounts...
http://www.6gc.net/members/3844


im getting closer...


BOOM!!!!
look who the knew owner of that members car is!!!
http://www.6gc.net/celicas/gt-turbo-hatchback-10459
Mr.RoyO!!


i love you google

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 13, 2014 - 1:11 PM

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playr158

#1104

hrm pretty cool if it's evolved into a more active type deal!

Tigawoods

#1105

The next issue I face is with what shock design should I go with
mono-tube or twin tube. I am trying to decide what would be the best application for what I use my car for.



TEIN SS - TWIN
TEIN Type Flex - TWIN
TEIN Mono Flex - Mono
KSport Kontrol Sport - Mono
KSPort GT Pro - Mono
BC BR Type - Mono
Megan EZ - Mono

If I want to get EDFC and also go with the mono-tube design, I could (or have to) get a custom TEIN Mono Flex setup, but the cost would be around $3k+ for the coilovers (made to order)


Apparently Tein as made an announcement of an EDFC Active Pro model that will be coming out this summer
http://teinusa-blog.com/edfc-active-pro/
With independent 4 wheel adjustment along with longitudinal and lateral movement adjustments as where the EDFC Active non pro only has longitudinal. All this for a "few" hundred buck more they say....

Also looking into if it would be possible to adapt the EDFC to another brand coilover. There isnt much info on the web on this

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 17, 2014 - 10:14 AM

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playr158

#1106

Honestly, I would get tooo involved in all the gimic type stuff that you can possibly get.
Suspension, especially when you're not a race only super dedicated team, does not get changed very often.

The active EDFC is a nice touch to the TEIN SS, especially if its all off the shelf and bolt on for your car. But since you're autox and street driving I wouldn't waste the extra couple hundred in the uber fancy EDFC pro move in 100 ways toy.

your cost to benefit ratio would be very unbalanced to little benefit.

This post has been edited by playr158: Jan 17, 2014 - 10:27 AM

Tigawoods

#1107

I can understand how the first version of the EDFC can be considered as more of a convince item since all it is doing is relocating the adjust-ability to the cabin and nothing more.

I think there is much more benefit for my application with the new Active, and even more so the Active pro. A single stationary dampening setting on all 4 corners is like covering all your bases with a blanket setting which may run perfectly on one corner but crappy on another. Ya know?

And right now, yes the car is an auto-x street car which it will stay for the next 2 years max while I get back into the groove of racing, but I hope to get into track racing down at Summit Point immediately after that.

An unbalanced cost to benefit ratio has been the motto of my car

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playr158

#1108

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>An unbalanced cost to benefit ratio has been the motto of my car smile.gif

please proceed sir please proceed. :clap:

Tigawoods

#1109

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QUOTE (playr158 @ Jan 17, 2014 - 10:53 AM)

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>An unbalanced cost to benefit ratio has been the motto of my car smile.gif

please proceed sir please proceed. :clap:

The only thing that can put a damper on this idea is time. Since I dont plan on getting or doing any of this until next winter at the earliest, maybe something else will come into my life between now and then and distract me.

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 17, 2014 - 1:00 PM

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SwissFerdi

#1110

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QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Jan 17, 2014 - 11:00 AM)

>The only thing that can but a damper on this idea is time. Since I dont plan on getting or doing any of this until next winter at the earliest, maybe something else will come into my life between now and then and distract me.

Ha, damper damper.

So I imagine EDFC should increase feel by a lot? The unbalanced nature of the car makes the body sway, if the body sways just a bit less then more grip and feedback should theoretically be present.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jan 17, 2014 - 12:46 PM

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