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Old 12-25-2016 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BizZzatch350
Bad *** build, I remember that car from when it was at MTI way back when. More often than not, you wonder what ever happens to these cars, in this case I am glad some one rebuilt it better than it ever was in those days. Great build.
Thank you. Do you happen to know when MTI built the car?

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Old 12-25-2016 | 09:03 PM
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Love this car! Didn't even realize they made them this color so nice! Any updates?
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I put the ws6 hood on, finished the brakes and bled all the hydraulics but Thats about it.. been very busy with the hollidays and whatnot.
Old 12-26-2016 | 08:59 PM
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This car is insane. Keep up the great work!
Old 12-28-2016 | 01:35 PM
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So I come back to revisit this build a year later and I still love it! So much was done since I last saw it. Great Job!
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The eibach pro wheel spacers (PN: 906150331) did the trick! There is plenty of clearance around the ctsv calipers. There's not much left to do before the first drive!


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Old 04-29-2017 | 10:29 PM
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Little flame throwing.

I had a bleeder screw strip all the threads out of the front right caliper. So now I'm powdercoating a new caliper and then bleeding the system again. So hopeffully after this we can go on a test drive!
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Powdercoated the new caliper today.

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Old 05-27-2017 | 12:56 AM
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Line lock is done.

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Viking Performance coilovers are in and ride height is set!

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Old 05-31-2017 | 08:09 AM
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Absolutely beautiful car man, great job.
Old 05-31-2017 | 10:13 PM
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Thanks man.

I took it up and down the street yesterday. It's time out of the shop in over four years!

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Old 06-02-2017 | 10:19 AM
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I just wish your pics would load
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I just wish your pics would load
Hmm they show up every time I look at the thread.
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Old 06-06-2017 | 07:28 PM
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Holy crap! That is amazing!
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I will be starting my build soon. Thanks for posting these pics. I got several ideas from your build. Amazing work.
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Old 08-23-2017 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by blue04vert
I will be starting my build soon. Thanks for posting these pics. I got several ideas from your build. Amazing work.

Thanks! Unfortunately I was using photobucket for my image hosting and now they have limited the amount of images you can upload for free. so ALLL of my older build pics will not load. They want you to pay some crazy amount of money to share your own pictures now. Maybe someday I will go through the build thread again and upload as many old pics as I can. Great looking car btw!
Old 08-23-2017 | 10:00 PM
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HOLY!!!!! CRUD!!!!! That thing looks gorgeous on the ground man. I can't stop looking.....
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I like how you did your coil brackets, clean engine bay and congrats on getting her moving under her own power! always a great feeling to get one out of the shop with their own steam



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