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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 12:32 AM
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Its a project my step dad and I are working on...so far we have a weaponR short ram intake, cat back exhaust, and just finished moving the battery to the trunk. Next on the list is the vfad delete...we have a Turbo kit we'd like to install but seems we may need to do a few more mods before that's installed. I'm a welder / fabricator and would be willing to trade work for parts and/or help
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 05:33 AM
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oooohhh a welder....hmmmmmm can you alter exhausts?
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 06:37 AM
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What kind of alterations you talking about?
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 10:21 AM
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Welcome aboard!! We? You and your wife? We (SARX) are doing a run to the Hill Country Saturday morning if you are interested. The name is Scott, if we can be of any assistance please feel free to personal message me or post up here.
where at in the hill country? My 8 is pretty beat up, but I'm down for a drive.... ;/ someone text ms about it. 210-289-0325
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by satx04rx8
Its a project my step dad and I are working on...so far we have a weaponR short ram intake, cat back exhaust, and just finished moving the battery to the trunk. Next on the list is the vfad delete...we have a Turbo kit we'd like to install but seems we may need to do a few more mods before that's installed. I'm a welder / fabricator and would be willing to trade work for parts and/or help
I would take that Weapon R out and put the stock intake back in. The factory intake is a cold air intake, buy going to a short ram you are losing HP by sucking in hot air. this will be a lot worse if you ever track your car or do a canyon run in hot weather. Keep the factory setup, just delete the VFAD and walls in the box if you want a "cool" sound.

And if you are thinking of a Turbo kit then you have a lot of reading to do because there are not many tuning options available. A custom kit would require a lot of time and money so do your homework. We can always use a welder so keep checking the boards and stop by when you can. I actually need a clutch pedal bracket welded

Originally Posted by cody205
where at in the hill country? My 8 is pretty beat up, but I'm down for a drive.... ;/ someone text ms about it. 210-289-0325
Look for the thread, it's a good drive and can be hard on the car depending on how your drive so if you are having problems I don't recommend it. But a stock 8 that is properly maintained can do it all day everyday. Just make sure you give it a good once over. I had my ride brake down a few trips ago do to a busted AC belt and it is not fun way out there

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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 11:15 AM
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Haven't seen what the clutch pedal bracket looks like but if its metal, i can weld it lol...pm me with your number so we can set somethin up if you'd like
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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It just clicked that we recently received a recall notice for our bracket, the factory has extended the warranty on all rx8's no matter what year.....where yall meetin up at for the hc run? we may not be able to make the run but it would be nice to meet up with you guys and get to know everyone...
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by satx04rx8
It just clicked that we recently received a recall notice for our bracket, the factory has extended the warranty on all rx8's no matter what year.....where yall meetin up at for the hc run? we may not be able to make the run but it would be nice to meet up with you guys and get to know everyone...
Yeah the recall is only for cars under 100,000 miles though and I have 117,000 on mine I have an extar clutch pedal assembly though that I bought in preparation for this.

These are the areas that fail.



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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 04:51 PM
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Oh yea i can fix that no problem, i like how they added that brace...just let me know when youd like it done, itll only take me about 15 min. to do somethin like that if its already outta the car of course
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 05:05 PM
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Cool, yeah it's out of the car, I bought a pedal off of a wrecked 8. that way I can just swap it out and then have my current one welded for someone else. Let me know what you charge, you can probably make a few bucks doing this for us all.
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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hell i could do it this weekend...how does $25 sound?
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by satx04rx8
What kind of alterations you talking about?
have an exhaust from an 09 that i want to modify the pipes to fit an 07, right now they sit too high and hit the shrouds.... you would have to see it in person, swing by some time
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 02:49 AM
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we are prebuilding an 8 for FI right now
???? lol who may this be?
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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???? lol who may this be?
Not sure but I did reduce that pile of parts in jay/scott living room last Saturday. They work well on a Shinka...










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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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^ That yellow bumper is going to look great on Hoss's car
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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HAHAHA im sure they would work real well on your shinka..... You are going to like my new guage alot corn.


Scott you have got to get a ton of pics of my McDonalds car before it gos out lmao.
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Grungepup
have an exhaust from an 09 that i want to modify the pipes to fit an 07, right now they sit too high and hit the shrouds.... you would have to see it in person, swing by some time
sounds good, hit me up so i can check it out...843-5904
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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So does that sealant he used look like a generic sealant? I'm not sure if he did it for the purpose of sound or just to be sure it's well situated.
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by hoss -05
HAHAHA im sure they would work real well on your shinka..... You are going to like my new guage alot corn.


Scott you have got to get a ton of pics of my McDonalds car before it gos out lmao.
MC Donalds?.....


I thought we were doing hello kitty on 32 blades?, if not then why did we send back the wheels for blades and order the pink paint for the car?
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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Well, the company that I'm getting my gauge pod/gauge set up from is having a black friday sale so I'm kind of glad I didn't buy it already.... 30% off.

Was thinking I would take advantage of that and pick up the gauge that does both boost and AFR, but the sender for the AFR is $200 alone so not sure I can afford that for the time being. Boost gauge will be useful at least.
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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8 maniac is there a good place to buy VW body parts/radiator ala Mazmart? Hit a dog on the way back to Waco. Car has literally 521 miles and had to be towed due to all the coolant spilling out. PS: Fukc retard dogs on the highway.

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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 02:00 AM
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8 maniac is there a good place to buy VW body parts/radiator ala Mazmart? Hit a dog on the way back to Waco. Car has literally 521 miles and had to be towed due to all the coolant spilling out. PS: Fukc retard dogs on the highway.
Ouch... that really sucks. I haven't come across anything quite along those lines... I think there's just so many VW's that they don't consolidate like they can with mazda's. It seems like there's a lot of specialization though I haven't really looked into OEM parts so there might be a more general site. Since I'm dealing with a car that's 8-10 years old at newest, the companies that provide parts are fairly specialized. I'll definitely browse around to see if I can find someone reliable though.
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 07:49 AM
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Thanks. I'll try to find somewhere too but I'm sure you will find something better since I don't cruise those forums too often yet.

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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 12:58 PM
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Thanks. I'll try to find somewhere too but I'm sure you will find something better since I don't cruise those forums too often yet.
The only forum I've really kept up with is audizine and I really only look at the B5 S4 section there lol. I honestly spend more time on rx8club still. The companies that sell parts for my car almost exclusively make stuff for my car.
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