Street Life Auto Club

2000 Acura Integra Type ROwner: Steve BensonLocation: St. Paul, MN

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A few body treatments were next on the list, K Style wide front fenders, followed by a carbon-fiber hood and new paint-Integra Type R yellow, no less-by Sunny Styling. After these cosmetic treatments, Chang turned his focus back to the suspension. He effected a five-lug hub swap with Z brakes, added the camber plates, a Nismo Power Bar 2, front tension rods and all new Nismo front bushings. The difference in handling, he says, was like night and day, as was the chassis' overall solidity. On the track, the bigger brakes also became a factor, and got Chang thinking about a Skyline Brembo kit as the next upgrade-though he hasn't acted on that impulse just yet. The new five-lug pattern made it necessary to upgrade the wheels again; this time he chose gunmetal Skyline R32 wheels because they were big enough to clear the Z brakes.

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It's interesting to consider that the two most trivial things in life can also be the most important when it comes to stroking a man's ego. The tales of men and their historical conquests over the number of women they've shagged throughout their lifetime, and how frequent, always manipulates the male testosterone to flow just a wee bit faster. Forget about your promiscuous behavior. Nothing inflates the male ego faster than the random chatter of comparing who's got the larger horsepower number. The battle of who's packing the most ponies tends to overshadow the importance that import enthusiasts don't know squat when it comes to high performance engine tuning. It's one thing to bolt on thousands of dollars worth of parts to your turbocharged/ high compression naturally aspirated vehicle, but another to be able to properly tune the engine to last for more than a week.

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