MOONSR Jnr. Build

todays update, i removed c pillar bar from the monkey setup.. and zip tied a beach towel over the top.. I chucked in rear seats and then drove to endeavour hills to pick up my track wheels... :)

949Racing 6UL's
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came with 195/50/15 tyres on, which if you have been reading my thread are the same specs as the NS2's Ox got for me... so once they wear out - these new cheapies will go straight on...

Just on the hunt for some good track tires now :) max. 205/50/15

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Originally Posted by NeedVtec

Honestly loving the build so far, lots of quick progress. Need them pictorial action man

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Thanks man.. and yeah good advice.

Im gonna go take some pictures late tonight. They will be on thread around 2am :)

Meh to ignoring police - clearing defects gets old, especially with current nannystate roadworthy conditions.

Tint would be a wise investment though, there's a chinaman who does good work in blackburn. Did s14 in 20% for $200 lifetime warranty.

looking forward to pics!!! did you notice much of a difference with your interior out?

^^ adding to the above statement, how loud was it without interior for daily?

Federal RS-R's get a good write up, and one of the few to do 205/50 15's in a street legal semi. Got quoted $159ea from Bob Jane up my way.

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Originally Posted by hondapop

Federal RS-R's get a good write up, and one of the few to do 205/50 15's in a street legal semi. Got quoted $159ea from Bob Jane up my way.

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thanks hondapop good to know... i would prefer a racing slick, but ive been looking at advan A048 in the meantime. I will however have a little research of the RS-R.. cheers

Hey guys I took a few quick snaps tonight :)
I was drawn the the rear end of car and only took 4 pictures of the front, which all were dreadful. Ill take a better photo of front soon

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Sex. I dig.

Absolute perfection.

Amazing!!

The MOONSR plates look soo good on it, looks truly amazing :D

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Originally Posted by dnapol

The MOONSR plates look soo good on it, looks truly amazing :D

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seriously?

nice work bennet...now we need to go for a photo shoot together....

yeah 100% tom! that would be awesome... when my car is worthy we can go out and ox can take photos :)

ballin' out of control man.

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Originally Posted by bennet654

yeah 100% tom! that would be awesome... when my car is worthy we can go out and ox can take photos :)

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Im down, once we roll the guards and go lower ;)

good work on the quick makeover! really has come along way over the past couple of weeks! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by 6thgear

good work on the quick makeover! really has come along way over the past couple of weeks! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Thanks mate.. Yeah it's nice to be able to build something relatively quickly.. Although savoring it is also nice too

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Originally Posted by Oxer

Im down, once we roll the guards and go lower ;)

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This guy, always with the lows!

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Originally Posted by bennet654

Thanks mate.. Yeah it's nice to be able to build something relatively quickly.. Although savoring it is also nice too

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Save the savouring for the driving, it's much tastier than suckin' your lip (and i did say lip) while waiting for it to get finished.

Anyway quick update.. Still waiting on purple lug nuts, blox lca's to arrive from states.. And can't put Whiteline sway bar + subframe brace in until the lca's arrive... I picked up the strut bar on Friday, sorta gave a quick ten minute look at it and the A/C piping runs stupidly to close the the strut tower.. Brace won't fit in easily, quickly tried to shift the piping when it was unbolted, but it gave to much resistance.. so I'm just gonna wait for Tom to take a look at it.. Don't wanna go busting A/C piping :)

Ohh and tomorrow @ 10am me and x10hz are driving up to tullamarine to visit Jap Warehouse and check out their array of brides for my new rails.. Some times will be had, haha

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Originally Posted by bennet654

This guy, always with the lows!

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You chose 15"s.... so now the lows will occur.

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Originally Posted by bennet654

Anyway quick update.. Still waiting on purple lug nuts, blox lca's to arrive from states.. And can't put Whiteline sway bar + subframe brace in until the lca's arrive... I picked up the strut bar on Friday, sorta gave a quick ten minute look at it and the A/C piping runs stupidly to close the the strut tower.. Brace won't fit in easily, quickly tried to shift the piping when it was unbolted, but it gave to much resistance.. so I'm just gonna wait for Tom to take a look at it.. Don't wanna go busting A/C piping :)

Ohh and tomorrow @ 10am me and x10hz are driving up to tullamarine to visit Jap Warehouse and check out their array of brides for my new rails.. Some times will be had, haha

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The ac piping will move with enough force, Otherwise remove it all together. Extra light weight... Pretty sure we've already had this discussion.

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Ohh and tomorrow @ 10am me and x10hz are driving up to tullamarine to visit Jap Warehouse and check out their array of brides for my new rails.. Some times will be had, haha

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drive had much more drama that it should of.... cops following us for like 15mins -__-"

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Originally Posted by x10Hz

drive had much more drama that it should of.... cops following us for like 15mins -__-"

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What! you didn't ask them for copies of their rolling pics ?

I love the style of your car builds Bennet.. simple, clean and JDM :P keep up the good work!

Just read the whole thread ben, sick as build.... good to see that ur keeping it clean an stylish... Though honestly, u should prbs keep the cross bar on at the track lol.... saves u less hassle with the po po....

good to see that its building real fast! lol.... were itd take me an some ppl 2-3 yrs to get to that stage, u in couple weeks!

Bride is in :)

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Originally Posted by hondapop

What! you didn't ask them for copies of their rolling pics ?

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only becuase I didnt want to get done either.

also bennet, loving the pics of the seat ;) cant wait to put mine in.. its gonna be so damn low :P

great choice for wheels!

Remove A/C and save weight, you wouldn't use it anyway - uses extra fuel :)

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Originally Posted by brybry

Remove A/C and save weight, you wouldn't use it anyway - uses extra fuel :)

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you and ox are both pushing for me to remove A/C, but what happens if I wanna go for a spirited drive in the mountains and need to use it... Bwahahaha

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Originally Posted by bennet654

you and ox are both pushing for me to remove A/C, but what happens if I wanna go for a spirited drive in the mountains and need to use it... Bwahahaha

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Or it's just extremely got and you need cold air :P ^^

its called a window.

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Originally Posted by x10Hz

its called a window.

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LOL, weather doesnt really faze me in car.. i drive with window down even when its pooring rain..

Hey bennet, can you PM me how much you got that bride for? i'm lookin at heading down to jap warehouse soon for seats as well

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Originally Posted by bennet654

LOL, weather doesnt really faze me in car.. i drive with window down even when its pooring rain..

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Well then!? **** it off!

Looks like an awesome Build man, sad to see your DC5R go though =(

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Originally Posted by charliebrown

Hey bennet, can you PM me how much you got that bride for? i'm lookin at heading down to jap warehouse soon for seats as well

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$650 for 2. comes with universal rail. Its on firesport, or you can call them for a price.

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Originally Posted by Oxer

Well then!? **** it off!

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agreed, if you dont need it, get rid of it.

aircon is staying until i have asked 10 more questions in regards to how its removed. eg if its gonna take 2 hours to remove id rather keep it. plus its my daily, yeah.. so it will be needed to demist windscreen

in another update I have located tyres for the EK... found a set of 205/50/15 Advan A048, which will suit the car in dry conditions... if its wet on track, im just gonna roll around on track with enkei's and get someone to take some wild pictures

Dunno if you get the same sort of humidity in melbourne that we get up here, but I did find just recently that the heater demister just made matters worse and the only way I got the screen and side windows clear was to put the A/C on full with it set to demist.

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Originally Posted by bennet654

aircon is staying until i have asked 10 more questions in regards to how its removed. eg if its gonna take 2 hours to remove id rather keep it. plus its my daily, yeah.. so it will be needed to demist windscreen

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It takes all of 10 minutes.

aircon out shouldnt mean the vents dont work, just open them, crack the window for front windscreen. for rear the de-misters should still work...

lotta hassle with no aircon esp when raining and it fogs up your interior glass. winter times mostly

anti fog take care of that for me

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Originally Posted by mocchi

lotta hassle with no aircon esp when raining and it fogs up your interior glass. Winter times mostly

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i have been in situations a few times like u say and the fog was outta control

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Originally Posted by Riced_Civic

anti fog take care of that for me

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black rain x?
doesnt work that nice for me.
it starts to condense and dews big droplets.

in saying that, i dont have ac in my cibik

AC is for pussies, just turn the heat up and let the windows demist. it takes a little while but it works, just crack the windows if your car feels like a sweat shop. Though really the only times fog n shit is horrendous is in winter anyway and you'll love the heat.

i wanna see u do a couple of laps with aircon on and see if u can match ur time without aircon on...lol

If theres a photoshoot happening I wanna be there ;)

Keep the A/C - you'll regret it mang.

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Originally Posted by Vicks

Keep the A/C - you'll regret it mang.

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finally some sanity :) im gonna leave it in for now... keiichi respects a proper touge car

in other news, i was worried that the LCA's had not been shipped yet, because I hadnt heard back from the supplier, but the Blox LCA's arrived today at 4pm. Im heading up to winton from friday till sunday night, so I wont have time to install. Soon as I wake up on Monday my new gold bling will be put in. Win Win Win

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Originally Posted by Vicks

Keep the A/C - you'll regret it mang.

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I agree. I took AC out of my EG and now i refuse to drive it when its hot and lately is either been hot or pissing down rain. Lucky its not my daily. AC is a must in a daily

Matsuri?

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Matsuri?

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ir us tam

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Got back from Matsuri late last night.. still have drifting in my vains.. gonna take a couple days before i get my head back into grip. I'll keep you all posted

niceeeeeeeeee!

I installed the LCA's with all my strength pulling up the drum brakes inline with the pivot bolt 3 times while trying to figure out the whiteline brace and sway bar.. At first I thought the inner lca bolts from the kit didn't fit.. But it just required a sh!tload of grease and some WD40 :)

MOONSR JNR is looking pretty cray at the moment! Defect will be coming shortly...

Anyway today I shot round to bry's to use his soldering kit to put in my swoosh tachometer gauge.. At first it seemed simple and it worked.. But once I mounted all the trim back in it decided to not work... Bry checked all the fuses, and everything appeared fine.. And 20 mins later it randomly started working again. So I'm praying that it continuos to function properly.

ben just a word of advice, i was running blox lca with buddy club N+ 10kgF 6kgR (i think) and within 3 months time the lca shock mount bushings (middle one) was a goner

went back to oem lca and it lasted a few months until the car got hit.

them blox bushings aren't best imo, might have to replace it with hardrace bushings

other than that we need to get some photos together, enkei brothers ;)

hey bennet...
i told u i have gli cluster with stock rev tacho ....

omg tom... can i buy :)
the tacho is faulty

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Originally Posted by bennet654

omg tom... can i buy :)
the tacho is faulty

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Ofcourse...lol
will talk more later

The best build

Service complete.

Bennet, amazing nuff said.

Can't wait to see it again in the flesh. It's just so damn clean!!!

Had a lovely weeked at winton with the wontons.. Ended up with a 1:49.634..
Honestly didnt think it would break the 50's. I was aiming for 55... Every session i would do 2 laps warming the tires and not touching the brakes. Then do 1 hot lap, a warm down and then back in the pits.. My issues were the brakes, the drums couldnt lose the heat once i used the anchors. Thankfully ievaq8, ox and toli have been jotting down an oem upgrade for me :) which im really excited for! Big thanks to the wonton boys for the accom, food, support, 801 crew for assistance and ox, tom and toli for the love and setup advice

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love ur work bennet....

i'll keep u posted on the brake upgrade & setup today ;)

Your EK was hard to keep up with. Good BMI battles all round ;)

broke the 1.50, nice... cant wait to see it in person... been a long time

yeah true :) track pics above

nice work bennet with the 1:49, great stuff. i was the asian guy in the white ep3r. :D

1:49 in a d series? PWOAHHHHHH give a few b series a run for their money.

Congrats Bennet, 1:49 is amazing!!
I think Ja was taking about you when he said..

"It's not how you stand next to your car, it's how you race your car"

that shit cray!!

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1:49 in a d series? PWOAHHHHHH give a few b series a run for their money.

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I'm not gonna lie quang ur car was my inspiration, a few years back i spoke to you at winton about ur civic and i loved that u were putting down good times with a carby honda engine. So it took a couple years but finally im getting to do something similar. The goal was to leave the engine like ur breeze was, untouched and original; will improving the cars stability to eventually break into the 1:40's at winton.. To be honest I didn't think this would happen the first time out, so now I'm just gonna see where it takes me

Track setup

Parts:
BC coilovers 14k F - 10k R
Monkey Cross Bar
Blox LCA's (to fit sway bar endlinks)
White line 22mm Rear Sway Kit (soft setting)
6UL's 15x7.5 +42 with 50% A048's 225/50/15 (lotta meat)

Tyre Pressure:
32psi Front
31psi Rear

Damper Adjustment:
Front 29 clicks
Rear 23 clicks

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Originally Posted by Eskimo_firefighter

nice work bennet with the 1:49, great stuff. i was the asian guy in the white ep3r. :D

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Hey mate which ep3r. There was 3 white ones off memory

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Originally Posted by bennet654

Track setup

Parts:
BC coilovers 14k F - 10k R
Monkey Cross Bar
Blox LCA's (to fit sway bar endlinks)
White line 22mm Rear Sway Kit (soft setting)
6UL's 15x7.5 +42 with 50% A048's 225/50/15 (lotta meat)

Tyre Pressure:
32psi Front
31psi Rear

Damper Adjustment:
Front 29 clicks
Rear 23 clicks

Driver's Skill:
Godly

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Originally Posted by bennet654

Hey mate which ep3r. There was 3 white ones off memory

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Peter is the white ep3 with gold RGs and a mugen front lip and Wing :)

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haha igor..
thanks mate, but we all know that God doesnt affiliate himself with motorsport.
Hes more of a lawn bowlsy type of dude. Sometimes on TV you'll see them make a pitch shot
and land the bowl right next to the jack after smashing away 2 opponents. Now that my friend, that is God at work
in humans.. do you believe in god? ah yes!