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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 06:21 PM
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my girlfriend washed her car today too probably one of the best cars i have driven in snow.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Love it! Nice job!

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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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very cool.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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LOOKS GREAT!! jumping the MAZDA LOL? and like that house in the back....love to have 3 car garage....mine consist of my trunk here lately LOL...all the work on the fly LOL....
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:41 PM
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I love it! Are you planning on painting the hood or leaving it flat? Just curious.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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Bad ***. Now if it just had a 6.6 or 400....
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Very Very Nice Paul well done
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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Hey our 325's would burn most of the old TA's. I want to try and get 400 n/a crank hp out of mine.

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Shouldn't be too hard to get 400 hp with the headers, new intake mani, and such.

Paul, looks good. Think you could get a shot of the shaker from the inside of the car?

And Mike, might wanna check your sig for a spelling error.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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Any underhood shots?
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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Awesome!
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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Looks good but lower it!
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 03:52 PM
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ha maybe i was actually thinking about rear hightening springs better launch and i think it would resolve some of the weird tire wear back there
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 04:00 PM
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Love the shaker hood! is it staying mat black?
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 04:38 PM
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for now... ill get it professionally painted some day for now its good
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 06:58 PM
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Looks great. Love the shaker hood. These cars needed something. Great job.Show the underhood shot if you can. Thanks
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 10:40 AM
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wow...that is pretty damn sexy!!!
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 07:14 PM
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Man... get that hood painted bud
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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video of it shaking?
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 07:32 PM
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ha i sure hope not! my motor does not shake at idle does yours?

but really the motor mounts are not soft enough maybe under heavy throttle it will torque forward

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