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Old 12-20-2011, 09:42 PM
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thanks guys. i appreciate the good words... especially since when i started this project i had never welded before haha.

and if any one is interested in this car i'm thinking about selling it once its done. looking to get a cts-v
Old 12-20-2011, 10:09 PM
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lol get the sweet car done and sell it, don't you know project cars don't typically make money? They're to keep for a long time and personal pleasure haha.
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ive worked on it to long and its kinda turning into resentment. dont care about making money just want to break even or close to it
Old 12-23-2011, 12:42 AM
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Wow man, great work.. This car is full of win.. ****** bad ***..
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pic of my finished trans and my black shaft.. ha



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got the floor welded in. going to make a trap door for the fuel fill and battery box and cover it all in some kind of cloth



Old 01-11-2012, 08:05 PM
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pulled the engine today to do the finish work on the subframe, trans tunnel, motor mounts, and engine bay. also installed the trans while its easy it get to lol





ps. yes i know i need to paint the poor sti's front bumper
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Truly impressive. Keep up the good work.
Old 01-11-2012, 11:13 PM
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That is AWESOME!! Just like when I saw the civette! My mind is blown!
Nice work. Like everybody else I cannot wait to see it run down the road!
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pics of my shinny cleaned up engine bay


some better pics of the frame/tunnel/crossmember area




took some better pictures of the trans cooler




cramming something big in a small hole
Old 01-15-2012, 09:19 PM
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Still wowing me! keep it up then drive it for a while and sell it to move on to something as cool, not a CTS-V... CTS-v r for daily drivers...
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Wow, nice build would love to see an ET/MPH on that Steriod Infused Roller Skate.
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Originally Posted by N2OBaby
Wow, nice build would love to see an ET/MPH on that Steriod Infused Roller Skate.
Haha yeah me too.

Redid my tranny crossmember for the third time. I'm happy with it this time.
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updates?
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In for updates to.
Looking forward to seeing some vids of this bad boy in action.
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car is up for sale or trade. asking 10k or trade for equal value car
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I was thinking about your car the other day tim (if i remember correctly haha), you lived in jonesboro a few years back right? May be confusing you with another guy, but i think you are the only one that would attempt this.
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is it finished? waited a long time to see this bad boy roast some rubber!!!
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Car is now in my shop...


It is running and driving... Working the tune out and looking to get it to a track for the first race Feb 9th at Thunder valley raceway just outside of Oklahoma City,Ok... BUT only if I can get the tune worked out... This is a No prep/ No times race so I won't have numbers or times till sometime in the summer of 2013 so keep watching for them!
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This is so cool!!!!


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