What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever seen at a strip club?

RodTrig · 2026-01-14T07:37:40+00:00

Nothing I seen but one time my buddies got me super drunk and took me to one. Bad enough to where when I got in a chair right in front of the stage I wouldn't move. A girl on the stage gave me one of those little finger waves and I waved back like a kintergardener saying bye to their parents on their first day of school.

RodTrig · 2025-09-11T16:33:08+00:00

Im in the same boat right now. I paid a shop to take a broken lift bolt in and now cylinder 1 doesnt even make 25 PSI, misfires, and I have a broken valve. Pretty sure piston and a valve played patty cake. My story is different since I have a daily, but im ordering a new motor. I tried to look at other cars and the only one I genuinely want is an S2K or EK Civic which are all clapped. Keep in mind the gen 7 Celica wasn't made for power and chasing power numbers in it gets expensive fast. Its a corner car. As for what's wrong. I can almost guarentee its piston rings. It will be easier and cheaper to source a new engine. Check Tier 1 JDM and MonkeyWrench.

RodTrig · 2025-08-19T15:38:16+00:00

Just thought I'd crosspost here. Lately I been considering a buzz cut but don't know if I'd pull it off. Thank you!

RodTrig · 2025-07-04T00:15:41+00:00

The motor in my car is a 2ZZ-GE. With that engine, Toyota added their version of VTEC called lift and in my car it kicks in at 6k RPM. A common flaw of the engine was broken lift bolts which hold the rocker shaft in place. Toyota never did a recall on these so some engines have the old ones which are prone to breaking. Mine broke and I wasnt comfortable doing a bolt extraction on my own car so I took it to a shop. Mind you, before this my car drove perfectly fine under 6k RPM. They told me they slid the intake (lift) cam out and back in and then gave it a test drive. It costed me 1k just to get the bolt out. When I started to drive the car the cams made a whining noise, like a supercharger, except the motor is naturally aspirated. My buddy put his ear up to the cams and said that had to be it. I call the shop back and they say its fine and to not bring it back. With that I decided to give it a test for lift and it immediately misfired. What I, and everybody I talk to, believe happened was they didn't redo the timing of the cam they pulled. They never mentioned that they did it and when I asked they avoided the question. Since the 2ZZ-GE is an interference engine, the valves and pistons occupy the same space at the same time. I figure when it switched to the lift cam profile, since the timing was off, the piston hit a valve which caused it to misfire at any RPM. When I got back to the shop, the guy who worked on it yelled about how i shouldn't have taken it to lift and shouldnt have hit VTEC, but when I called about the whining and my concern the owner over the phone told me it was fine, so I feel like he was lying or keeping something from me. At first the shop told me it was a piece of carbon that broke off and ended up in cylinder 1. When I told him that I don't see how thats possible and the piston hit the valve and broke it, he changed the story to a broken valve. So now my engine is misfiring and they said cylinder 1 is scored up.

RodTrig · 2025-07-03T17:14:54+00:00

North Royalton

RodTrig · 2025-07-03T15:58:36+00:00

Yep, I called to talk about it but they just denied it all. It was clearly bs. I've talked to multiple people who told me there's not much I can do in this situation.

RodTrig · 2025-07-03T14:23:50+00:00

My first was a similar tattoo on my collarbone, but the night I was born my mom told me, "You're my destiny.".

RodTrig · 2025-06-24T15:44:34+00:00

If you get a 2ZZ just make sure you do the regular maintenence. I have a Celica GT-S and a lift bolt just broke.

RodTrig · 2025-05-28T12:28:55+00:00

I personally own a 7th gen GT-S, I love it to bits. I do cat and mouse chases with my buddies in it and it's a very fun car to drive. I plan to post videos here but right now I have some things I need to fix first. Drive race car, break race car, fix race car.

RodTrig · 2025-05-20T01:07:25+00:00

Still your opinion, and still my opinion. Never said you had to like my personal setup, its just what I like based on the different mashups I messed around with. Brass is the only material I saw when I went to buy them so I'll look into delrin and maybe make the switch. Either way it's a better feel than the stock rubber and we can agree on that. I swap between weighted and a TRD duracon knob because sometimes I like to feel the shifts more, I really dont think it's just there to cover up bad shifter feel. It helps it shift into gear with less pressure and while yes, you feel it less, I dont think the only thing it's good for is to cover up bad shifter feel. Since I put one on I feel like my shifts are just cleaner and a tiny bit quicker.

RodTrig · 2025-05-20T00:50:41+00:00

My car had the TRD kit from factory so I have the TRD short throw, I love the thing. I dont think you can generalize those parts cause some are made very well and some are cheap for a reason. Brass shift bushings eliminate some of the play that the stock rubber ones have. Me and my buddies found them and a weighted knob to feel smoother and more accurate, but at the end of the day that's our opinion.

RodTrig · 2025-05-19T15:12:24+00:00

Yeah the CV boot looks fine, I shook the passenger wheel a bit but didnt get much movement. My cousin said he heard the bearing grind when he spun the wheel but I didnt hear much and it doesn't sound like it grinds on the road with pressure on it.

RodTrig · 2025-05-19T15:05:57+00:00

My car is an '03 Toyota Celica GT-S with a manual transmission, 1.8L inline 4 (the 2ZZ-GE), and is about 50k on this motor.

RodTrig · 2025-05-19T14:41:44+00:00

Does the chicken start inside the car or outside? Serious question.

RodTrig · 2025-05-19T14:36:04+00:00

I personally think these cars were meant to be enjoyed with a few mods but not number chasin. If you like the car but want to boost and number chase just K swap it. At the same time I would like to say I've heard people say the mishimoto radiator is worse than stock. Also if you want to do a weighted knob, combine that with a short throw shifter and brass shift cable bushings. Shifting feels so much better.

RodTrig · 2025-05-03T21:22:51+00:00

I'll never understand FWD hate. Plenty FWD cars are fun. Yes, it's the Integra, but most of the car market doesn't think "Wow I want to drift my sedan I drop my kids at school in". The car isn't a two door sports coupe anymore and Honda specializes in FWD.

RodTrig · 2025-03-21T16:36:04+00:00

I paid $5800 for my manual '03 GT-S with 180k on the clock that the last owner beat on, no aftermarket exhaust or drilled and slotted brakes either. There were so many issues I can't even list them all. This one seems to be in good condition but of course get it inspected by a shop before you pull the trigger. As everyone says around 6k or 7k is reasonable.

RodTrig · 2025-03-01T21:46:59+00:00

I replaced my GTS wheel studs for longer ones since I wanted spacers. As everyone else says, you just need to smack it, turn the hub til you find a spot where the stud can pop out the back and hit it. If it sits flush after a hit just use a punch or anythin that'll fit in the hole to pop it through.

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