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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 07:11 AM
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Out on Saturday night and decide to see if my old WS6 TA was in the apartment complex parking lot that it is listed to be in with it's new owner. Didn't have to look hard, it was parked outside the complex gates, right there in the front. Anyway it was my old car, the chip on the front of the hood between the nostrils was still there, he's changed the exhaust, got rid of my loud mouth exhaust, can you believe that? Anyway he had a sticker in the back window A.R.D., can't pull up anything on it.

Anyone know the ride? The owner? What A.R.D. stands for??
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 07:16 AM
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Advanced Racing Dynamics I belive. What APT was it in, that might help find the owner. I have a few ideas.
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by IRace2ChevyII
Out on Saturday night and decide to see if my old WS6 TA was in the apartment complex parking lot that it is listed to be in with it's new owner. Didn't have to look hard, it was parked outside the complex gates, right there in the front. Anyway it was my old car, the chip on the front of the hood between the nostrils was still there, he's changed the exhaust, got rid of my loud mouth exhaust, can you believe that? Anyway he had a sticker in the back window A.R.D., can't pull up anything on it.

Anyone know the ride? The owner? What A.R.D. stands for??
Hi Kim!
I did a search too with no results. Maybe it's his name? Was it like gangster style lettering? Could be that he and his buddies made a local car club. Speaking of local car clubs... Kim I think that you should slap a big ol' B.C. on the back of your corvette... "Beltway Cruzers"
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 08:44 AM
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Contractkiller is the winner. Thoses guys do pretty good work from what I have seen at G-force. They use them for tunning. The guy is a little strange, but very nice none the less. Seemed very proud of there 408's. He is real big into useing coatings on everything in the motors think it is a pretty small shop. I liked talking to him and comparing ides etc...That is all I can really tell you.
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 12:29 PM
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I used this shop to build my wifes blown ls1 and my 86 Iroc ls1 conversion. top notch place and stands behind everything they do. great builder of 4l60's also. he puts a one year warranty on all motors and trannies i think also. just had a cage done in my 86 by him and it was awesome
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 12:31 PM
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blown ls1 with ard built intercooler
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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Yeah, I had them rebuild my 4L60E a few months back. Really good work by those guys over there.
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 12:55 PM
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huh?? they have more than one bay..they have all kinds of cars there..they work mostly on domestics but Owen also has one of the fastest old school supra out there..

and they stand by their products...

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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:11 PM
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i guess when one bay garage's start having 5000 sq ft with two lifts, storage for 12 cars inside of it and two bay doors with a porting room and tranny room and a second floor then thats what they got

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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:12 PM
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yea they are a good place...had my tranny done there and have had no problems...

bout to get a engine built by them!
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:13 PM
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only reason you dont hear about them more on here is because they are not a sponsor and everytime one of these threads gets going it gets deleted or locked
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:14 PM
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yea why is that?
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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hey crazy z28, are you the guy i went with owen last year to pick up your car when the fuel pump went out and we drove over to missouri city to pick it up at 10pm on a sunday night?
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by regal
hey crazy z28, are you the guy i went with owen last year to pick up your car when the fuel pump went out and we drove over to missouri city to pick it up at 10pm on a sunday night?
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:28 PM
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just wondering, sounds like your lt1 is running good
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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was until i shattered my piston and put a hole on the side of my block and a smiley face on my oil pan!

ran about 30 bottles of n20...

had fun at the time, but now its time for a bigger and stronger engine
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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Its only been 3 years since i have seen their shop, lol But thats how it was back then. Get off my back!
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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no problem, they moved off of addicks satsuma and have anew place thats pretty big
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by regal
only reason you dont hear about them more on here is because they are not a sponsor and everytime one of these threads gets going it gets deleted or locked
Because people start posting up their contact info, which is not allowed unless they're a sponsor.


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