The FL5 has taken me extremely long to modify because it's REALLY good stock. I regret not doing a more aggressive drop, H&R springs ride fantastic but another .25 inches would probably be perfect.
265/30s work fine in the snow. Just had a squal out in Pittsburgh that I drove in this morning. I was actually kind of confused at the lack of sliding in the R.
In my experience, which is pretty much every single car in the Type R segment, having an experienced shop dial in your coils is the way to go. I told my race shop I wanted an aggressive street setup for my 370Z Nismo on Tein Mono's, and it rode perfectly. The shop also races Porsches on the...
You will have a significant amount of break in metal in the first 20k miles. Unless you do a handful of changes in the first 5k miles you will gradually see wear metals trend down. If you open an oil filter after break in you will see metal all over the filter element
I live in a part of the country with castle law and specifically a neighborhood where a majority are Veterans. A home invasion would be considered very unwise and doesn't happen 😅
One thing forsure is don't base an oils performance on flash point.... flash point is used so first responders know in the even of an accident. NOACK is a test used to show an oils evaporation, not flash point. Even that is still up for debate on if It really helps valve deposits.
Motul 300v...