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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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hi, my name is Jordan and I'm an...oh wait, wrong place...

I'm from Manitowoc, WI(about 30 minutes southeast of Green Bay/an hour and a half north of Milwaukee). My car, well the fun one anyhow, is an '87 RX7 Sport(think stripped down bare bones factory lightweight) that currently has a troublesome LT1 and T5 in it that are fairly soon going to be yanked in favor of an LS1 and T56, along with Turbo model brakes and differential; basic but fun. My other toy is an '08 SV650SF with minor upgrades, Racetech springs and cartridge emulators, fender eliminator, Pirelli Angel ST tires, and Scorpion high-mount exhaust

My day job is making car wax.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 07:41 PM
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Sweet. I want an RX7 with an ls1 at some point. Have any pictures of it?
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 09:43 PM
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welcome from a fellow Wisconsinite
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:45 AM
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Welcome! I've seen some LS1 RX7s on the net. They are bad ***! Be a nice project.
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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welcome. any pics? i used to have a turbo 5.3L w/t56 in a 87 TurboII
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 12:23 PM
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nice i have a fc 5.3 swap in the process
if you have not yet check out the norotor.com fourm lot of helpful guys there
if you going to buy ur swap mounts there is a guy named pez that makes some very nice ones
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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I've been slacking on getting over here, thanks for the welcome guys
yes, I've been with NoRotors since Blake started it up, and V8RX7Forum before that




and a couple "before" pictures


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