Spring 2012 - The Beast is out of Hibernation...

Awesome looking car. Obviously you don't drive it in the snow, but have you ever had it out in the rain? How do the summer only tires handle under wet/damp conditions?
 
most summer tires actually outperform most all seasons in wet conditions

can't wait til it gets warm enough to put my summer's back on...
 
Mustang81 said:
Awesome looking car. Obviously you don't drive it in the snow, but have you ever had it out in the rain? How do the summer only tires handle under wet/damp conditions?
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HAHA.. SO funny you asked this question. I will apologize in advance for what I am about to say... don't laugh ;)

I have ZERO experience with how any performance tires "perform" (pun intended) in the rain/wet conditions. Nor do I care. Why? In all 15 years of owning toy cars, NONE of them have EVER EVER EVER seen any drop of rain. EVER. Did I mention EVER? Let me add one more... EVER. Or snow...

hehe....

Rain is for my beaters. My toy cars don't come out if it's 20% chance of precipitation.
 
sportscarhiatus said:
Ah you go thru the front. I see. I just jack up the sides via pinch welds, then stands on frame then voila.
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So you do one side at a time? I guess that isnt much diff than I do. I do pass side pinch welds, then go to crossmember under oil pan. Once I am up, I put stands under the sides of the cross member. Reverse it all when done.
 
sportscarhiatus said:
HAHA.. SO funny you asked this question. I will apologize in advance for what I am about to say... don't laugh ;)

I have ZERO experience with how any performance tires "perform" (pun intended) in the rain/wet conditions. Nor do I care. Why? In all 15 years of owning toy cars, NONE of them have EVER EVER EVER seen any drop of rain. EVER. Did I mention EVER? Let me add one more... EVER. Or snow...

hehe....

Rain is for my beaters. My toy cars don't come out if it's 20% chance of precipitation.
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No problem at all! I'm looking at a used 2011 with the Brembo package on it, but I'll have to take the car out in the rain sometimes, possibly the snow. If I did get the car I would drop some snow tires on it during the winter but was unsure of what wet handling would be like.

It's not like I'd be racing or anything so I'm not sure if it even matters!
 
embolism said:
most summer tires actually outperform most all seasons in wet conditions

can't wait til it gets warm enough to put my summer's back on...
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:iagree:

All seasons are compromise tires. Jack of all trades, master of none, with emphasis on the latter. Max performance summer tires can be better in the wet than all-seasons are in the dry. They should be called summer and rain tires. But ice, snow, NO! They are dangerous in those conditions.
 
I have yokohama s-drives which are summer tires on my alti.

They have monster grip in corners dry and still grib well very in the wet. It never feels dangerous or out of control even when taking corners quick.
 
5.4 Shelby said:
So you do one side at a time? I guess that isnt much diff than I do. I do pass side pinch welds, then go to crossmember under oil pan. Once I am up, I put stands under the sides of the cross member. Reverse it all when done.
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Yeah, I just do 1 side at a time. I jack up on the pinch welds, then place the jack stand on the frame on the same side. Then repeat on the other side. I never use the front crossmember.

donb said:
Marilyn is beautiful! :dblthumb2:
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thanks Don!!!
 
monito said:
Noooo!!! That is actually a good thing you get to wash your car daily :autowash:
:buffing:
p@
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The more times you "touch" your car, no matter how careful or swirl free you try to be, the chances of putting swirls on your car increases, even though minute. It will build over time. So the less you touch your car, the better :props:
 
Your Stang looks great! I love that colour too. I will definitely use the oil filter baggie trick next time...thanks a ton for that tip! I use AMSOIL too and have for many years..in every gas engine I have down to my leaf blower!
 
richy said:
Your Stang looks great! I love that colour too. I will definitely use the oil filter baggie trick next time...thanks a ton for that tip! I use AMSOIL too and have for many years..in every gas engine I have down to my leaf blower!
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Look into a pig form-a-funnel too. Nobody seemed to notice my suggestion above. I found out about them from an aircraftspruce email, but amazon and other places sell them too. You can basically form a contained path from the oil filter mount to a drain pan to catch all the oil that would dribble onto your engine block. Careful use with that baggie will be good for catching that initial spill. Wish I had thought of that one years ago.

http://www.newpig.com/us/pig-reg-form-a-funnel-reg-flexible-draining-tool/TLS703
 
Rix6 said:
Look into a pig form-a-funnel too. Nobody seemed to notice my suggestion above. I found out about them from an aircraftspruce email, but amazon and other places sell them too. You can basically form a contained path from the oil filter mount to a drain pan to catch all the oil that would dribble onto your engine block. Careful use with that baggie will be good for catching that initial spill. Wish I had thout of that one years ago.
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I did. I saw the video on their webpage. It looks interesting. How does it attach itself to the filter?
 
richy said:
I did. I saw the video on their webpage. It looks interesting. How does it attach itself to the filter?
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It's a bendable sheet of aluminum alloy (they used to use lead sheet) covered in what I imagine is a grippy nitrile rubber. I think one end has a bit of extra rubber for forming a good seal. So to answer your question, it's a friction fit.

PIG® Form-A-Funnel® Flexible Draining Tool at New Pig | TLS703

There are four different sizes of this tool. Here's a pic snagged from their website of one of them.

TLS703O2_W_Z.jpg
 
Don't mean to hijack this thread :nomore:

but thanks a ton for the info!
 
Oops, sorry about the :hijacked: OP. Your mustang is one of the most beautiful I've seen.

You're welcome richy!
 
Griots carries that funnel too. I cut a piece of cardboard and wedge it between frame and oil filter to achieve the same function.
 
richy said:
Your Stang looks great! I love that colour too. I will definitely use the oil filter baggie trick next time...thanks a ton for that tip! I use AMSOIL too and have for many years..in every gas engine I have down to my leaf blower!
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thanks Richy. Yeah, no credit due to me for that baggie trick. I read it from another guy on my stang forum. I 'm sure he heard it from someone else too.
Rix6 said:
Oops, sorry about the :hijacked: OP. Your mustang is one of the most beautiful I've seen.

You're welcome richy!
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thank you for the props!!!
 
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