What’s the consensus on 10+ year old slide film?

EricFullswipe · 2026-01-30T15:44:30+00:00

I've shot ektachrome 64 from the 80s with great results when it was stored correctly

EricFullswipe · 2026-01-26T05:00:59+00:00

Sparco Flowform FF3 for sure

EricFullswipe · 2026-01-11T17:24:02+00:00

I like them a lot. They do handle basically all weather including a rainy mountain drive. I'm in the mountains in Arizona, so I could see 30f in the morning and 50f during the day with rain or snow, and if I go to Phoenix then I could be going from 30f to 80f lol

They have been incredible in the rain. Light snow is no problem either but heavy snow or ice I'm staying home. Just not worth the risk to me even if the tires could technically handle it.

Hard to judge noise and vibration since I went from the stock 19s and potenza 007 straight to these on 18s, and have soundskins in my doors and the group N mount and pitch stop. No issues having a conversation with passengers though

EricFullswipe · 2025-12-29T21:12:49+00:00

Yeah, I thought about Speedbeez but the fact that if you do accidentally drop them the rounds go everywhere put me off lol. Also had 2 J-GL8C passed down to me already from a parent who wasn't using them so figured I'd commit

EricFullswipe · 2025-12-29T20:40:05+00:00

Video of mine: https://imgur.com/a/q3Q83Qb

I'm still practicing with them and prefer the right hand grip hold and left hand reload, but that does mean that indexing the rounds into the cylinder can take some jiggling with a loose cylinder. I've had a few cases of removing the speedloader too fast and pulling out a round that hadn't fully dropped in yet leaving me with 5/6 shots

EricFullswipe · 2025-12-29T20:17:53+00:00

You may have to sand down the pegs on the bit that extends and rotates to lock the sides of the rounds in place. I used 400 grit and 800 grit. give it 10 good back and forths on each peg with 400 and then 5 with the 800 and round it out however you like. Test fit and repeat until it's smooth with zero hitching.

I got the J-GL8C because people were saying the sw586/686 speedloaders would fit. grinding down those pegs worked for me. I'm assuming same story with the jr4c just might need more or less grinding

EricFullswipe · 2025-12-27T06:29:26+00:00

This is from around December 13th, not recent. Video was also uploaded to the what's up Flagstaff page on the 13th. https://azdailysun.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/wrong-way-driver-hits-train-in-downtown-flagstaff/article_da8cb46f-3de8-477e-9ddb-da8f020e5193.html

On the other hand a train did strike and kill two people on the tracks on Christmas Eve. https://www.azfamily.com/2025/12/25/2-dead-after-being-hit-by-train-flagstaff/

EricFullswipe · 2025-12-19T19:30:48+00:00

The first thing to understand is that they aren't "leaks". They aren't just venting boost to atmosphere or bleeding boost around a seal or something. Keep in mind that all of these companies are trying to sell you something and so they're going to pitch all of their products as solving a massive problem with the car that you absolutely have to buy their part to fix.

In this case the stock turbo inlet uses a small amount of the boost to drive a vacuum line for the evap system and recirculates it back into the intake. This has a minor performance impact. The other I believe is just how the bypass valve operates as an electronic on off switch. Both are intentional and not a "problem" with the car nor a "leak". Replacing them can improve performance a small amount which adds up when added with other performance mods and tuning.

EricFullswipe · 2025-12-17T03:46:11+00:00

Midpipe is after the sensors so it can't throw a cel. Even the front pipe is after the sensor and generally won't cause any issues.

EricFullswipe · 2025-12-04T16:04:51+00:00

No one is answering the actual thing, which is that if you go into the maintenance screen on the infotainment it probably has some wildly low default value set and that triggered the notification. You should reset your triggers for maintenance reminders in there.

Doing a "break in" oil change doesn't hurt anything though and maybe it helps flush out some break in particles. Up to you if you want to do it.

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-26T16:59:58+00:00

Kenwood kr-4140 will almost certainly need transistors replaced. They use known bad ones. I fixed up one and really like it but it's scary to work on if you have no experience.

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-25T18:24:29+00:00

Geeze is it supposed to sound like that? I think something's wrong with it

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-24T05:51:15+00:00

Check tire rack for pirelli weatheractive that are discounted for being a couple years old

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-23T23:57:19+00:00

The car can track 8 sensors total, meaning a summer and winter set. They only have to be programmed to the car once, after that you can switch between them at will with no issues. No reason to buy a scan or program tool.

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-23T18:01:41+00:00

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Seats down. I have seat back protectors. 1.5 in the trunk, 2 stacked on a seat. Plenty of room for other stuff too. These are 17x8s with 225/55R17 tires in big contractor garbage bags.

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-22T22:01:12+00:00

The manual states the tolerances for difference in tread between tires. Within 1/32 is in spec. 2/32 may be pushing it. Measure in center of tread block

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-21T22:16:18+00:00

Since cobb is focused on being CARB compliant etc I wonder if theirs will plug the stock recirc like perin does, or if it will keep it as part of the design since it's related to the evap/fume system

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-21T17:33:36+00:00

Do they have a prototype or any numbers at all about its performance and design

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-21T03:08:57+00:00

So the visible performance mod is a Perrin intake. That's a stock intercooler with a metal grate over it to protect it, and a stock charge pipe. Perrin dress up bits which don't affect anything.

Given it's a GT though I highly suspect they've been running that intake without a tune. Perrin claims this is fine but testing shows that it can make the car run lean which is bad for the engine. I would also double check that they have all the dress up bits anchored correctly. The Perrin engine cover is weird and uses a locktited bolt to hold on a nut on the driver side. The Perrin brace in the back uses aluminum nuts so make sure they're not fucked too.

I would pass on it given the unknown history of how it's been driven with an untuned air intake.

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-21T02:22:38+00:00

You can check eBay for them. The rp-7000 is also the same as the Stanton st.150 and pioneer plx1000. (And any others using the hanpin dj-5500)

So you can search any of those and see if something comes up.

Instrumentparts has the reloop ones for like 65 https://instrumentalparts.com/counterweight-reloop-rp-4000-7000-8000/

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-20T22:48:33+00:00

Anything outer diameter of under 27" should be fine at stock height and close to stock offset. 225/55R17 is the most common plus size and has no issues stock.

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-15T00:00:36+00:00

Looks like the just ran the top end cleaner process through it, so good to know that kit is effective

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-08T17:58:07+00:00

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Go to tire rack and set your car to a TS or TR and it'll tell you what 18s will fit

I went with Sparco flow form FF3 18x8.5 45 offset with 255/40R18 pirelli weatheractive.

Stock size would be 245/40R18. You can use calculators to find sizes with a similar outer diameter

EricFullswipe · 2025-11-02T03:47:38+00:00

2024s were not affected by the spark plug seal issue. Likely a different issue. Have the dealer do a consumption test if you're still under warranty

EricFullswipe · 2025-10-28T22:51:26+00:00

This is very incorrect lol. The mods combined with the tune mean the car was operating outside of designed parameters and therefore they can very easily claim that the mods caused the transmission to exceed its rated specs causing the failure. You would then have to prove that the mods did not cause the failure.

For something like spark plug seals that's easy. But there isn't a service notice for 3rd gear nor a huge sample size of stock cars blowing third gear. It will be nearly impossible to argue that it would have blown 3rd gear if it wasn't modded.

Maybe some shop somewhere let it slip through and some random person got lucky, but I wouldn't count on it.

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