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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 12:32 AM
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sweet - it's been a loooooong time . Hope you finally get some enjoyment from your new beast
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 12:34 AM
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sweet - it's been a loooooong time . Hope you finally get some enjoyment from your new beast
Yeah I am trying not to go to jail, I need to get her ready for a track day ASAP.
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 04:59 AM
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i thought it is not illegal to turbo over there?
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 08:55 AM
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It isn't, however running 120 MPH on the freeway is...
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 09:10 AM
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Been there done that, I try and keep on the track or in the hills where no else is.
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 09:18 AM
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KANE, we must finish my tune. so I can enjoy it until it sells
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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whatever you do, keep it out of the bottom of the canyon ... or rather, don't take the direct way down
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 08:10 PM
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I want a ride in a boosted 8. Come to houston
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
whatever you do, keep it out of the bottom of the canyon ... or rather, don't take the direct way down
I will try, no guaratees

Originally Posted by J8635621
I want a ride in a boosted 8. Come to houston
Bring your *** here man. As a matter of fact, I wanna do a SARX Houston meet anyway.
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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Some stuff I picked up. I got new tires and new headlights.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/8010711649/http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/8007881158/
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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Dam dude your car is gonna look clean.

I can't wait to start working out the visual mods on mine.
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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Thanks man, living out my child hood dreams. It's not the stunner FD I dreamed about in high school but it's getting close
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 09:31 PM
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Thanks man, living out my child hood dreams. It's not the stunner FD I dreamed about in high school but it's getting close
I dreamed about a 67 cherry red mustang with a white leather interior.
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 10:01 PM
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Nah, my 82' 280ZX turbo sealed the deal for me. I owned a Z28 due to pressure form my dad and I hated that car and so after that I never owned another domestic. When I do buy American it will be a tow vehicle.
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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 09:01 AM
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mine was a 57 chev convertible and shortly afterward a 55 two door hardtop ( not sedan) and I dropped a 396 big block with a muchie trans/hurst shifter and a 4:11 posi trac rear end--jardine headers and a custom tune. I was a bad *** 18 yr old-LOL. It also had vacuum assisted windshield wipers and 4 wheel drum brakes !! Those were the days. I sold it for $500 2 mos before I had to go to vietnam. Sigh....
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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 09:56 AM
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mine was a 57 chev convertible and shortly afterward a 55 two door hardtop ( not sedan) and I dropped a 396 big block with a muchie trans/hurst shifter and a 4:11 posi trac rear end--jardine headers and a custom tune. I was a bad *** 18 yr old-LOL. It also had vacuum assisted windshield wipers and 4 wheel drum brakes !! Those were the days. I sold it for $500 2 mos before I had to go to vietnam. Sigh....
Man, I bet you wish you had that car now. I grew up around muscle cars, my dad had a 64' Impala SS before going into the Marines in 69' and then when he came back in the early 70's he bought a 69' Mustang, then he had a Le Mans GT, a Fire Bird Formula 400, a 69' Vett, and a Corvaire. For bit he was also into MG's. It wasn't until the late 80's that he got on his truck/Jeep kick and never owned a real muscle car again.

I'd like to do a muscle car project with him in the next few years, maybe a 70's Firebird or Trans Am.
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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 10:43 AM
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I need that 67 stang, that and a pearl white 98 3000gt VR4.

Oddly enough when I was in middle school the 3000gt was my dream car high school was the mustang.

Somehow I ended up with a 1996 celica :/

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Old Sep 22, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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Tell your Dad that I have ran the MGA MK II and MGB-GT and I too had a 69 vette ( before emissions ruined everything)
The MGA was a really fun car it didnt have door handles. Just a cable inside the door you pulled.
Yea-- I do wish I had kept some of the cars I have had.
I will never sell my 8--i dont think.....
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 04:49 PM
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I doubt I will ever sell mine unless I total it or something.

I mean look at that face, how could I ever sell her.

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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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My roommate is moving to Aus next spring and is trying to get me to buy his '11 Camaro SS... said he'd give me a good price if i promise to boost it haha..... I LOVE my 8 but i'm contemplating...
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 05:52 PM
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I hung with one at only 6psi. Now at 10psi I think I could take one. They can be beasts but the interior is horrible in my opinion.
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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Camaros are butt ugly--come on man---dont!
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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I pulled on an STI today... but he didn't know we were racing.
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by shadycrew31
I pulled on an STI today... but he didn't know we were racing.
lol
that's because you weren't "racing"
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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sad that you have nothing else to post about or discuss but this BS ...
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