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Old May 17, 2006 | 04:44 AM
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4hrs 41 min drive away from me am in California and am thinking about it can you Pm me some info on what would i have to do on my behalf besides giving you my car please ?
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Old May 19, 2006 | 12:22 PM
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Old May 19, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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yummy, look at that wastegate!
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Old May 23, 2006 | 12:13 PM
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I can't believe no one is interested...
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Old May 23, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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I'd be interested but I'm not shipping my car anywhere :b
I'd go insane without it...
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Old May 23, 2006 | 02:50 PM
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I can't believe no one is interested...

I don't think it is a matter of no one is interested, but of who can do without their car. And also, we've seen how long development has taken for this car. To me, it seems like a large undertaking with a lot of headaches to volunteer my car.
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Old May 24, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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How much do you want, and how long would I have to be in a rental?
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Old May 25, 2006 | 11:22 AM
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We just want the customer to cover the parts. I would say atleast $5,000 if not more. An interceptor X alone is $1600, a BB garrett turbo runs around $1400, its going to need a better fuel pump, clutch, injectors, a custom fmic, etc etc. It gets rather expensive quite fast if you consider an entire kit with a good ecu...

To be safe I would say we are going to need the car for a couple months.
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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 01:32 PM
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Just picked up enough 321SS to make several manifolds..
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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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Looking at the 8, do you think it's possible to do a V-mount between IC and Radiator like on the 7? I haven't seen anyone else that is building a kit talk about that option yet.
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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I'm not sure, I'd have to look at the chassis in person, with everything removed...
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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so what happens if something goes wrong and you blow the engine or any other parts? Is that covered?
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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Man I wish the price for the parts wasn't so steep. For that amount I can almost buy a kit. If it wasn't because of that I drive there next weekend and drop off the car.
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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I am not aware of any " kit " that includes everything that I am talking about here, what kit includes a new clutch? What kit includes a bigger fuel pump, injectors etc? The term kit is used quite loosely; in the rx7 world a turbo kit can be a turbo, manifold and wastegate...

Doing things the right way costs a lot of money. We aren't going to cheap out on anything, most " kits " include a lot of cheap parts. For example we aren't going to use an SS braided rubber hose, only TFE hose...


If the engine blows up at its our fault, we will rebuild it. Its pretty hard to blow an engine on a R&D engine dyno however. We are by far not inexperience engine builders or tuners.

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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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What would it cost to just custom fab me a midpipe with o2 dongle? :P
If you let us use your chassis to make a turbo manifold, we'll build that for free.
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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Do you accept payment plans? if so im there
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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I will ship my car out there in a second. But I need it for the summer Winter you can have it for six months.
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Turblown
I am not aware of any " kit " that includes everything that I am talking about here, what kit includes a new clutch? What kit includes a bigger fuel pump, injectors etc? The term kit is used quite loosely; in the rx7 world a turbo kit can be a turbo, manifold and wastegate...

Doing things the right way costs a lot of money. We aren't going to cheap out on anything, most " kits " include a lot of cheap parts. For example we aren't going to use an SS braided rubber hose, only TFE hose...


If the engine blows up at its our fault, we will rebuild it. Its pretty hard to blow an engine on a R&D engine dyno however. We are by far not inexperience engine builders or tuners.
Sorry didn't see the part that you said that you include a clutch and a fuel pump.
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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Do you accept payment plans? if so im there
We sure will, just as long as it doesn't string out for a year +. All it will come down to is, we will only be able to advance as far as we can based on how much money you have given us. I have our phone number and address on the website, just look us up.
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 10:04 AM
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he estimated a couple months, to be safe
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 11:16 AM
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How long would you need my car for?
After I have the flange cut, it really depends if a new motor mount needs to be fabricated or not. I'd say 1 weekend to 1 week...
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Old Jun 14, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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Here you guys go :D

http://www.enhanceloans.com/
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Turblown
Here you guys go :D

http://www.enhanceloans.com/

screw that it's 5-7K that's what a 0% credit card is for....

honestly I'd let you guys have my car if I wasn't in florida.
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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Well we got everything ready for the manifold, but still no car
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 12:55 AM
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Ready when you are, hopefully this will jump start this project and I can show you guys we plan on making a real performance system....
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