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Old 05-17-2011, 01:40 AM
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It livess!! He needs to get a tune.
Old 05-17-2011, 01:59 AM
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think i pissed the neighbors off tonight. my buddy came over to do some tuning and um well it ended up bein 10:30pm and yeah the car is open header right now. we had to let it run for maybe 10-15 seconds. afterwards we were heading to go get some Denny's and as were goin through my neighborhood we see a cop cruisin through with no lights on at all. lol

heres a vid of the first fire up (last thursday) with vats. will try and get a video tomorrow of it rollin hopefully.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5rZt1O0Ni0

some pics from today. just waiting for my power steering reservoir. gotta get some coil pack brackets and exhaust work. oh and clean up the wiring.




my hood im building:



the 1 (and probably only) 6le 3rd gen overlays:
Old 05-17-2011, 03:41 PM
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well car drove. need more trans fluid at the moment. its prolly goin to the exhuast shop tomorrow afternoon and maybe be out by friday.





this guy stopped by:


Old 05-17-2011, 04:02 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZhuUIVBoko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwg7YceqW9E
Old 05-17-2011, 04:26 PM
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Congrats! That fluorescent pink intake is still tripping me out.
Old 05-17-2011, 07:42 PM
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thank you sir. if all goes well i should be able to take it out friday night to Bobs
Old 05-17-2011, 09:42 PM
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Good ******* job man!! Glad to see it all came together so nicely. Can't wait to see it in person.
Old 05-18-2011, 12:25 PM
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Very nice job. What was your budget? and how much have you invested? Thanks
Old 05-18-2011, 12:34 PM
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budget was no job, no income. lol. i maybe have $1500-2000 into if that.
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Old 06-06-2011, 09:38 PM
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What a cool thread, good job.

I like the C4 too.


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Old 06-06-2011, 10:53 PM
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thanx.
Old 06-07-2011, 01:15 AM
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now i wanna do something like this lol
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well guess some more updates for you guys. hood has been finished, painted the intake a different color, got new wheels, and about to start buyin parts for a turbo setup.









Old 09-01-2011, 01:49 AM
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Damn that hood looks great man. It's good to see something unique for once!!!
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Sweet ride. Seen your ride @ spot 28.
Old 09-01-2011, 09:55 AM
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Clean setup.. Howcome you just didnt do the 5.3 in the Miata in the background ?
Old 09-01-2011, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Vette310
Clean setup.. Howcome you just didnt do the 5.3 in the Miata in the background ?
because that miata is going to be a collector car some day.
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Car looks sick bro, love the hood. Reminds me of the 03/04 cobras.

Now just needs paint =) it look killer white with those scoops done black@
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Miatas my bros. Plus the miata swap cost waaay too much.built this car pretty much for free.


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