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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 09:18 AM
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hey guys, names mac im 17 and im from branford connecticut. going to be a senior in highschool, i play football and lacrosse, love the ladies but my cars come first. i raced a junior dragster from 12 to 16, ive been buying fixing and selling cars since i turned 16, ive had 8 cars and i finally got my hands on a 98 z28 6 speed. (this ones a keeper) bought the car stock from pensulvania on mothers day.. and now my room is packed full of parts ready to go in next week. slp long tubes, slp maf, slp lid, slp loudmouth -for sale, spec stage 4 with billet flywheel, 5.0 short shifter and quater stick, texas speed ms3 114lsa, texas speed chromemolly 7.400 pushrods, lunati 660 dual spring kit, ls7 lifters, and a nitrex wet kit. looking for an ls6 intake mani and 42lb injectors before i build. zo6 wheels for now c6's coming soon. power acoustik double din, pioneer 760w amp, 800w 10" sub. and yes i paid for everything myself.. ls1 tech has been a HUGE help so far but now id like to be able to post in classifieds and get to know people
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 09:26 AM
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hey man nice build. I'm only 20 and its getting hard to find kids like us that dont have mommy and daddy pay for their ride or have people do their mods for them. I like doing things myself too and everything thats ever been done to my car was done by me, your sig is right theres a certain sense of pride when you do and pay for things yourself sadly it seems like we're a dying breed of kids today especially since most think their 2dr civic with an intake and exhaust is the new "fast" ride
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 09:33 AM
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hey man nice build. I'm only 20 and its getting hard to find kids like us that dont have mommy and daddy pay for their ride or have people do their mods for them. I like doing things myself too and everything thats ever been done to my car was done by me, your sig is right theres a certain sense of pride when you do and pay for things yourself sadly it seems like we're a dying breed of kids today especially since most think their 2dr civic with an intake and exhaust is the new "fast" ride
definatly, there isnt one other kid in my school of 1700 kids that has a modded car that they work on, 2 integras and a few jeeps maybe.. and not one of them knows what a fast car is.. most of my car friends are your age or older and in college, my girl gets mad when i stop and see them cause we'll bullshit for a halfhour about cars but there really the only ones i can talk to about that lol besides my dad. he taught me most of what i know
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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ya man I hear ya my high school was pretty similar but my friends in high school knew about cars and we all drove nice ones, I had the mustang in my sig, my buddies had mach 1's and a couple ls1's also I got my z the summer after I left high school. In college a lot more kids seem to get it haha they have some nice cars one kid drives a terminator, a lot of gto's etc. What part of CT are you from I have a buddy who Rockville HS.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:32 AM
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nice looking car bro. i used to play football against ur school when i was in high school and i worked w/ a few kids that went there
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:33 AM
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Welcome to the forums! I am from Naugatuck, I got my car when I was 17 and still have it. Just about to put it back together after huge motor build. I agree about seeing more kids these days having mommy and daddy pay for their stuff. Thats OK though, more and more kids are having Mom and Dad buy them Honda, Accura, BMW and Infinity garbage. I remember when I was in HS, there was only 5 of us who had American Muscle, the rest had Street Racing Syndicate crap with big wings and go fast stickers.
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ya man I hear ya my high school was pretty similar but my friends in high school knew about cars and we all drove nice ones, I had the mustang in my sig, my buddies had mach 1's and a couple ls1's also I got my z the summer after I left high school. In college a lot more kids seem to get it haha they have some nice cars one kid drives a terminator, a lot of gto's etc. What part of CT are you from I have a buddy who Rockville HS.
branford just out of new haven
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Welcome to the forums! I am from Naugatuck, I got my car when I was 17 and still have it. Just about to put it back together after huge motor build. I agree about seeing more kids these days having mommy and daddy pay for their stuff. Thats OK though, more and more kids are having Mom and Dad buy them Honda, Accura, BMW and Infinity garbage. I remember when I was in HS, there was only 5 of us who had American Muscle, the rest had Street Racing Syndicate crap with big wings and go fast stickers.
kids dont even have street racing stuff! no one cares about going fast. im into everything but was raised to have a muscle car. my dads got a regal with a 548 BBC and he woud always just be like dont need all that **** when i would hop up a lexus or honda. now hes talking to me about setting up my nitrous LOL ls1 and all of a sudden hes all about it hah
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:52 AM
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gotcha I'll see if he knows it, have you thought aboout upgrading the stock clucth master to a tick unit with the new clutch and power
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friend me and if any of you ct guys here of any meets or anything let me know for sure
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:50 PM
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gotcha I'll see if he knows it, have you thought aboout upgrading the stock clucth master to a tick unit with the new clutch and power
whats a tick unit lol?
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:57 PM
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Tick Adj master cylinder. And welcome! Im 17 from Jersey. Im just like you in the fact that I pay for EVERYTHING. The car itself, insurance, gas, mods, etc. It may take a little while but the satisfaction in the end is all worth it...
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 11:59 PM
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nice camaro. thats what i was tryin to get but got a 99 trans am. very happy with it. im 20 bought the car myself. mod with my money. but no major mods yet. school loans to pay an others. plans for next year though.cam,suspension,trans rebuild.
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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welcome from shelton, i would be down for an ls1 meet if we get people to show.
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 05:09 AM
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this is a tick master cylinder lol. The stocker is barely enough for the stock clutch let alone now that its older and your putting in a better clutch. My buddies have this in their cars and it makes the car so much nicer to shift. its worth every penny lol
http://www.tick-performance.com/cata...ymasterkit.jpg
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 09:09 AM
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Welcome bro! I'm 18, and I'm from Greenwich. I recently bought a 94 Z as a project to work on. Hope to see you around, and good luck with your car.
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 09:35 AM
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welcome from shelton, i would be down for an ls1 meet if we get people to show.
same here i just dont know people with ls1s around here lol
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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sorry guys i was on vaca ill definitely look into the tick, if u guys want to start a thread i would love to have a ct meet. thatd be awsome
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Originally Posted by coolmanvette75
Tick Adj master cylinder. And welcome! Im 17 from Jersey. Im just like you in the fact that I pay for EVERYTHING. The car itself, insurance, gas, mods, etc. It may take a little while but the satisfaction in the end is all worth it...
amen to that
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Lol I'm 18 and parents didn't pay for ****. I went to school with around 2000 kids and basically all 1900 kids parents bought there cars. All you gotta do is work hard. c6 wheels look ******* awesome on your car. You got quite the mods for being only 17, Good work!!
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