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ultimateforce posted:Well, I had a killer deal for a 2003 Corvette lined up for not much money but the deal isn't going to go through as planned. I am now thinking about getting another 300D. So Rich now owns two Corvettes, eh?
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He already owned both.
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mafoose posted:Doesn't look that bad. I've done a 240 heater core. It sucked for sure, but at least the windshield stayed on the car.
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ultimateforce posted:He already owned both. Wait, you made a deal with Rich to buy one of the Corvettes and the deal fell through? Rich is not your friend.
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meatpimp posted:Wait, you made a deal with Rich to buy one of the Corvettes and the deal fell through? Rich is not your friend. He wants the money up front, not in payments, which I understand. He also has to pay for school and medical bills so I can't really blame him for not wanting to wait another year for me to save up the rest. Edit: I applied for a loan for the amount of the car and was denied so that pretty much killed that deal.
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http://www.smythkitcars.com/ Edit: http://www.smythkitcars.com/#!Gallery/cee5  ultimateforce fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Feb 3, 2014 |
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818 given your access to Subaru parts http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/project-cars/2013-factory-five-818/
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Is referring to the panel gap (or just straight misalignment and non-fitting panels)? If so, I agree.
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As terrible as that Jetta truck is, Corbin Goodwin (of RX-7 infamy) beat him to the punch with the "Jettamino" concept: 
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I think i'm the only person in AI who actually likes Corbin and his ridiculous projects. Still stoked on the drift Rolls he's building.
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Corbin is a friend of a friend, and I like his projects - to a point. The RX-7 was kind of a cute novelty, and it was great that it got picked up by /DRIVE, but everything since then from him has had overtones of "Now that I'm famous and everybody loves whatever I do, I shall deign to grace lesser mortals with my enlightened vehicle modification techniques" Dude is in danger of disappearing up his own butthole.
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ironblock posted:Dude is in danger of disappearing up his own butthole. Most people his age are in danger of that regardless of internet fame.
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CENTRAL FLORIDA JERKS: Want to go figure 8 racing?
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Pay my entry fee.
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Hamster on a piano, eating popcorn on a piano. This is me listening to the radio.  Here let me fiddle around with this stupid rust bucket.  Wow these mounts fit great. No wonder the RB aftermarket for S30s is terrible. I am making my own soon.    Got the fit for the turbo today, this is harder than you'd think.     One of my favorite customer cars. SUPER practical.    Waiting on parts. 
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Why the hell would someone want a right hand drive XB? The conversion is kinda cool tho.
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Ha, conversion! They came like that in Japan.
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Yeah, it's an xB OpenDeck or whatever. Cool car but they can't have made many. How's he driving it around legally?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Yeah, it's an xB OpenDeck or whatever. Cool car but they can't have made many. How's he driving it around legally? I have no idea how these things happen. I don't ask too much other than it has a legal VIN in Florida.
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ultimateforce posted:Ha, conversion! They came like that in Japan. Haha. It looks cool, but gently caress RHD.
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LOL McKinney mounts have always been terrible. Have they fixed the transmount yet or do you still just drill 2 holes through the passenger floor and call it good?
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By the grace of God the transmount fit. Note: If I didn't put those metal spacers in there would be no room for an oil pan.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Yeah, it's an xB OpenDeck or whatever. Cool car but they can't have made many. How's he driving it around legally? I'm going to wager that they ganked the VIN off of a scrapped xB. Highly illegal, but unless either vehicle was actually stolen, not really wrong.
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I will bet you $1,000 right now he didn't. Edit: No VIN swapped cars come through the shop ever, period. We don't deal in or with stolen cars. I know actually when the car came to America and how it got legalized but it's definitely through loop holes so I won't say anything else about it again in this thread. ultimateforce fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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ultimateforce posted:I will bet you $1,000 right now he didn't. So he claims he uses it for racing but drives it around anyways? That's just about the only loophole I can think of other than importing it as a scrapped XB or in pieces then re-assembling it. Pretty neat little car, though.
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Ahhh yes, the "I want to have a pickup truck but I don't ever want to be able to actually use it like one (or like an SUV either) so a SUT is the chassis for me!" rationale. I never understood that, though it does look... kinda cool? At least it isn't a hummer SUT or an escalade SUT I guess. Those mounts are awful, holy poo poo.
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In Danish, "sut" translates to "suck". It also means "pacifier", and it's a slang term for an alcoholic.
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Very cool! I'm curious, how does all the emissions equipment fit in, is it all just part of the motor or do you have to run vacuum lines for the evap, etc?
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It has two cats and all the modern smog controls. I'll post more when I get it all out of the crate.
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Fucknag posted:Very cool! I'm curious, how does all the emissions equipment fit in, is it all just part of the motor or do you have to run vacuum lines for the evap, etc? Modern GM stuff really doesn't have much beyond cats and evap, and their ECUs are incredibly easy to program to work as stand-alone (no BCM, no TCU, etc). Even my IonCobalt<newerCavalier> lacks EGR, PCV, and FITV. It has a cat and a very basic evap system.
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some texas redneck posted:Even my IonCobalt<newerCavalier> lacks PCV. That seems so weird to me, does it just vent to atmosphere or does it handle it a different way? And it never occurred to me that a crate motor came in an actual crate, just never thought of it before  it's so obvious when you spend more than a few ms thinking about it.
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Looks like I'm sort of wrong. There's a PCV system internal to the head + intake manifold, with a breather hose connected to the intake ducting. There's no PCV valve to deal with, at least...
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The LS3 has PCV and an evap system. It's just all pretty compact, and in order to be CARB certified as a crate motor it probably has all that stuff on it from the factory.
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Raluek posted:in order to be CARB certified as a crate motor it probably has all that stuff on it from the factory. We hope you enjoy your new GM crate engine! Instructions: 1. Pull yellow quick release tab to remove emissions equipment 2. Install
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