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No videos right now... I have the exhaust stripped off and a set of Buell headers being prepped for it..... of course, it has been like that for 3 months. I am an incredible slack-rear end sometimes.
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Xeno posted:Now with Gransport upgrades Be this the only Maser owned by a goon? 
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Thanks  The Legacy is a long, long story. Short answer, it's not swapped. You know that adage about mechanic's car's being POS's? I work support, and in my free time I was helping out a local Scooby shop. That's a mechanic AND someone who deals with computers and troubleshooting wiring and other BS all day - bad combo for wanting to rip apart two cars to merge 'em. I even bought a donor car from a goon, an '03 WRX wagon rollover, but I never got around to doing the swap, and through some bad BS at the shop, half the working parts on the donor were cannibalized when I finally started getting around to it, so I said "gently caress it" and bought the STi. Now I've got a ridiculous DD (the wagon has 270k on it, with a newish NA japanese drivetrain in it, Stoptechs, coilovers, Recaros, etc) and a fun weekend car that I don't have to troubleshoot constantly. The wagon shell is worn out; if I was going to try to put 400hp through it, I'd have to strip it to a bare shell, at least stitch-weld it, and replace just about every single part on it, which is more than I feel liek dealing with when it works as-is. Now, if something happened to the STi that left it with a running drivetrain.....
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1990 Ford Ranger 105,000-ish miles on this fella. Looks great for its age, doesn't it? My dad bought it when I was in kindergarten, and I started driving it when i was 17. I bought it from him almost a year ago, so its mine all mine. As of this weekend I've demoted it from DD to minor project status. I just got a job with a 30 mile round trip commute in Dallas traffic, the interior is slowly exploding, the brakes work like crap, and it leaks oil in a couple places. Its usual parking spot is over that patch of oil. 2007 Mazda 3 Hatchback  Bought this sweet thing this weekend. Driving a little peppy hatchback is great so far. It has more power and less weight than my ranger, and holy crap it shows. This is my 5th cage to drive and second I've owned. 2004 Kawasaki EX250  I picked this guy up last August, in acceptable mechanical shape but crappy cosmetic shape. Some dollars and plastic removal later, it's now an unusual looking wee streetfighter. Right now its parked until I get unlazy and put a new chain and rear tire on it. I need to get around to doing that. Touring on the thing works surprisingly well. I took this picture after I'd been riding for about 350 miles.
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sklnd posted:Why even keep the Ranger? Also: Cage 
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Trucks are handy for moving things, its dirt cheap to insure, its not worth much to sell, and I'm pretty attached to it. Also, I'm looking forward to doing things like fixing the leaky valve cover gaskets and getting the interior back up to snuff (leaky windshield has messed with the headliner and carpet) to work on my wrenching skills.
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2001 Infiniti I30, 105k on the odometer. Car has been through hell including being flooded in 4-5ft of water. Runs excellent though, only thing to replace thus far is the alternator.  Love this car, but I can't wait to graduate in Dec and get something new. ps. joining the jet bandwagon
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dreesemonkey posted:Sick JDM euro tuning, breh. Yakima isn't Japanese but American, breh, nice attempt at trolling though
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Contraband posted:Yakima isn't Japanese but American, breh, nice attempt at trolling though Haha, not often we get a good  in AI.
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meatpimp posted:Haha, not often we get a good As far as we know the Japanese and the Northwest Native Americans could be closely related, the Asia, Alaskan land bridge and all. That is a nice Salmoned up car though!
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Cross drilled rotors are a waste of money and do more harm than any good.
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I agree, but the rotors I have now are pretty much done and the cross drilled I got are from warehouse so they are cheaper than what I would find in an aftermarket shop.
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durzoblint posted:I agree, but the rotors I have now are pretty much done and the cross drilled I got are from warehouse so they are cheaper than what I would find in an aftermarket shop. You're telling me that cross drilled rotors are cheaper than blanks from like NAPA or some place? I really do not believe this.
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Belldandy posted:You're telling me that cross drilled rotors are cheaper than blanks from like NAPA or some place? I really do not believe this. Kids in china make brake rotors for like 14 cents a day
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Here's my baby as of about 10 days ago: 
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^^^^^^^ very nice 370ZBelldandy posted:You're telling me that cross drilled rotors are cheaper than blanks from like NAPA or some place? I really do not believe this.
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ab0z posted:Kids in china make brake rotors for like 14 cents a day No kidding, too bad we don't pay 14 cents for them.
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Belldandy posted:No kidding, too bad we don't pay 14 cents for them. Yeah, but even if we did... what would you do with a bunch of 14 cent kids.
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meatpimp posted:Yeah, but even if we did... what would you do with a bunch of 14 cent kids. have them make 14 cent rotors
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Merkmerk posted:Here's my baby as of about 10 days ago: The lines of that car makes me sexually aroused.
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Contraband posted:Yakima isn't Japanese but American, breh, nice attempt at trolling though  JDM - because they're subarus Euro tuning - because they're slammed and have roof racks - just like the any VW I see It wasn't trolling, it was more a joke about identity-crisis tuning. But I forgot, internet = serious business, and all.
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   98 Twin Turbo GTS 76mm Turbo's Striker Race Heads Cage Certified to 8.50 20" HRE's w/Nitto Invo's I'll be running it on Pass Time this wednesday at Zmax, not sure when the show airs. I'm a mopar guy, so most of my cars are old mopars, but this is the "main" toy.
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Sweet jesus. I'd like to see the rest of your garage, too.
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SmartPowders posted:98 Twin Turbo GTS  God I miss Greensboro. Do you know that guy whose yellow Lambo was wrecked by a mechanic joyriding? Now he's got a white replacement with the plate "WUZYELLO"
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I haven't seen that car around. I'm actually in Burlington, NC, which is a podunk town. I've grown up about racing and cars my whole life. This is by far the nastiest thing I've ever owned. I'll race anything, including bikes from a roll. A dig is a different situation. I weigh 3800lbs, so I don't move worth a poo poo till the turbo's kick in. I ran the 1/8th the other night, on 17lbs of boost (can run 32) I went 6.32 at 123 on those Invo's you see on the car. When I run past time, I'm hoping to hit about a 9.60 or so on those Invo's. I'm not going to turn the boost up, just leave it around 17. Here are a few others, I don't have pics loaded up for most:  63 dodge 9 passenger 880 station wagon. Has dual AC's, 2 gas tanks and a 413 with push button trans.  66 dodge A100 van. Everyone needs a Scooby Doo van. Slant 6 / 3 Speed and a ton of fun  NHRA/IHRA Super Stock avenger. In the middle of doing a new motor for it now. Also have a 67 Coronet Station wagon that is IHRA legal, being made into an NHRA car. Just bought a 70 challenger to build an NHRA/IHRA stocker from the ground up. Throwing a motor into a 72 duster we have to get it ready for IHRA this summer. I just sold a 59 dodge wagon on ebay, have a 71 440 demon going on end of week. Got a few other cars around, but I'm not one much for pictures.
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SmartPowders posted:I haven't seen that car around. I'm actually in Burlington, NC, which is a podunk town. I've grown up about racing and cars my whole life. This is by far the nastiest thing I've ever owned. I'll race anything, including bikes from a roll. A dig is a different situation. I weigh 3800lbs, so I don't move worth a poo poo till the turbo's kick in. I ran the 1/8th the other night, on 17lbs of boost (can run 32) I went 6.32 at 123 on those Invo's you see on the car. When I run past time, I'm hoping to hit about a 9.60 or so on those Invo's. I'm not going to turn the boost up, just leave it around 17. I misread and thought you were talking about the wagon being turbocharged and putting those numbers down. I almost fainted whilst clapping.
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Doctor Bud posted:Just a bit of a Mopar guy aren't ya? My dad raced for chrysler back in the day. To own anything outside of a mopar will result in death in my family.
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SmartPowders posted:My dad raced for chrysler back in the day. To own anything outside of a mopar will result in death in my family. Holy poo poo dude, welcome to AI. Your Viper is absolutely insane, please post more pictures!
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SmartPowders posted:Is the cupholder thing on the passenger side the air intake? Also 
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SmartPowders posted:7 I am a sucker for the 60's vans... Very cool!
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SmartPowders posted:Join date: May 18, 2009 I think I speak for all of us when I say we will happily overlook the "lurk more" rule in this instance.
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SmartPowders posted:My dad raced for chrysler back in the day. To own anything outside of a mopar will result in death in my family. How's did the family deal with the Mitsu partnership, then the Mercedes buyout, and now the final nails being driven in?
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Octopus Magic posted:and now the final nails being driven in? Part Canadian ownership? 
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I joined the site for the nutrition section as it seems people are visiting my site from here. Just trying to figure out from where. I'm a car guy first though. I just love old cars, obviously mopars. Although I really like certain off brands, such as nash. I just like oddball cars. My dad can't stand what has happened to the chrysler. The performance division went to crap a long time ago. It has always bothered him. At the end of the day, it's just common sense. They didn't make cars people wanted. We aren't big on new cars in my family, hell even the viper is 11 years old. We're into all the old stuff. I've got a lot of racing experience to add to the board. Dad was world champ, brother was world champ, hell even my 8 year old nephew won his division in IHRA and has won 5 out of his past 10 races. I owned a race track for 18 months and sold it in december. I'm not the technical person in the family. It's my job to make enough money to pay for all this poo poo.
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SmartPowders posted:I joined the site for the nutrition section as it seems people are visiting my site from here. Just trying to figure out from where. I'm a car guy first though. I just love old cars, obviously mopars. Although I really like certain off brands, such as nash. I just like oddball cars. I think I speak for everyone when I say that it would be really cool to post a thread with some more info and pictures and things about your family and their racing if you have some time. I know everyone would love to learn more, it's kind of rare for us to have real race guys around the boards.
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