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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 10:19 AM
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What good shops are in the Orlando area? I am putting on flow tech headers and a y-pipe with no cats, so a little welding will be involved.

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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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What are you shopping for
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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no i need to find a shop to put on heads and a y-pipe with no cats.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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Try Next Level Performance. Jeff and the guys there know there stuff.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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Culpeppers Automotive on Forsyth just before Hanging Moss if you are coming from 50 and just after if you are coming from University. Same building as Carlitos Tires
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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hell if your will to skip the shop part i can help but i live in st.cloud
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 04:11 PM
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Yeah and St. Cloud is lame. LOL. Sorry, had to.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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eh its ok its quiet over here
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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I know. I used to work out there
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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****, get me a job around here and i`d be happy. i don`t even think mc.donalds is hiring right now
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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I got laid off out there. Its brutal right now
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Mr Muffler in Sanford knows F-bodies and his exhaust work is nice and clean, go with a custom fabbed y to get a really good merge.....save some $$$$ and put the headers in yourself, or round up a bunch of guys from here and we can help.
Also try Mike @ Norris Motorsports, good work, good guy, good tuner!
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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Mike Norris Motorsports in Winter Garden.

Awesome guy, awesome work.
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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geeteego & Titanws6,

Thanks for the mentions as always. Good seeing you today also Ronnie.

malekmb,

Feel free to call me and we can discuss everything. I am trying to figure out where the welding issue comes in.

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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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thanks guys, but i am going with next level the guy who had the ss before me went with them and they did that car right, i think it use to have something close to 500hp.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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What happened to the car, did he switch it back to stock before he sold it to you? That sucks if he did, 500hp takes some serious modding beyond headers and an exhaust. It woulda been sweet to buy it with all the goodies.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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I wonder if it was built back when I owned Next Level. There were a few 500 HP SS cars we did back then but I can not think of any of them that would have gone back to stock or close to it. Maybe it was forced induction previously? Who owned it before you? Not a big deal if you do not know or want to say. It should work out well for you and have fun.

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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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Derek horsemier owned it. Ive known him forever from church, hes an honest guy. But yeah the car was sick nasty, and the piston rod went threw the oil pan and he got it rebuilt. It still has the springs from when he had the cam, it also has the under drive pulley(s), the air intake, and the quad tips. all the visual stuff is still there like the wheels. So the installation went very well, they also fixed some minor problems with the steering, for no extra charge. I am not knocking on any other shops, but i just trust them more becuase they did every thing to it, from before. Also i am not totally sure if it was 500 or so but is was way over 400.

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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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Mike Norris Motorsports in Winter Garden.

Awesome guy, awesome work.
Agreed, he'll be tuning my car shortly.

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Agreed, he'll be tuning my car shortly.

damn that means i have work to do huh??


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