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ds442
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Humble Newcomer said: I'd like to join a driving school next time I move by a big city.
Houston had a school, MSR I think it was, high speed track with those 80mph go kart leagues on some days, all the car leagues on others. Have driving courses where it's half classroom and half in car instruction in your own car.
I want a 92 iroc to modify a little here and there, I'm so white trash, I wouldn't spend much money on it but I'd spend some time on it. I also want a Miata stick, I've always heard great things about them little cars on the track, affordable peppy and great dialy drivers.
I recently changed careers and don't make nearly as much either so a $5k car that's easy to work on and peppy with a stick, I'm sold.
I look forward to learning how to drive as a sport and then finding the limits of tbe car and then modifying it and seeing real time at the track how big of a difference it made.
I think I'd end up liking both fwd and rwd for their unique differences
I had an 87 Iroc. I bought it for $700 off my friend. I changed the runners on the TPI. Polished the TPI. It looked sick. The best looking intake ever. Installed 7.1 roller rockers. Headers and exhaust. Shift kit in the trans. A few other mods. It ran a 13.5. I sold it with 240,000 miles still running great. I beat the hell out of that car for 5 years.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442] 1
#25137275 - 04/13/18 11:32 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Shroomism that is one fast VW. Nice.
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ds442
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#25137295 - 04/13/18 11:49 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard I like that CBR. I was going to buy a VTX 1800 when they first came out. They wouldn't finance me even though I had $10,000 down. Then my best friend died on his Harley and I thought maybe it wasn't a good idea.
I would love to drive the Nurburgring. That track is sick!
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#25137345 - 04/14/18 12:37 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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1999 R34 GTT Skyline, got it pretty much stock as a fresh import from japan about 8 years ago.

I've upgraded the exhaust, intake, turbo, ecu, fuel pump as well as several other little things. It currently has 292 horsepower at the wheels @ 12 psi.
I took Jokeshopbeard for a little spin when he was over here ;p
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: wolfiewolfie]
#25137512 - 04/14/18 02:53 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Damn that is tight.
I havent seen a Skyline in forever! Since high school days. Glad they are still around.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#25137523 - 04/14/18 03:03 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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I was too lazy to drive to the shops so I tried using toothpaste and bi-carb soda to clean the yellow out of the passanger headlight. It actually came up pretty good.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: wolfiewolfie]
#25137533 - 04/14/18 03:13 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah I was wondering about it.
Thats some simple but effective DIY
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#25137795 - 04/14/18 07:47 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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I like that Skyline. 292 RWHP is pretty good.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25137862 - 04/14/18 08:23 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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G8 was a nice car.
I've totalled a few, if I remember when I'm at my computer I'll post pics of thr M5 before and after totalled our from heat damage.
I wreck a lot of cars too but I don't think I have pictures of most.
I rolled a 2000 Corolla off a bridge and the passenger side was crushed like that totalled white car, I think about that sometimes how wrecks like that happen where only the driver could have survived and only one person was in the car luckily.
Had a hit and run total out a Jeep Cherokee in the middle of rhe night. Someone t boned my Jeep into mu neighbors new Ford at an apartment complex and drove off in middle of the night. It was my last night there I had everything packed up ready to move out.
My first new car was a Kia Spectra stick, real nice actually, sporty w rear spoiler and real peppy and reliable til I exited the freeway too fast while gravely I'll and flew off the road and smashed into a light pole. I was so sick I didn't even care I just wanted to get home. Drove it with soarks flying from rim for five miles home.
I wrecked the M5 once before it was totalled in the shop fire thank goodness, had the M button on and hauling ass around in an unfamiliar area like an idiot and was hauling ass towards a 90deg turn with a raised curb. Got the car sideways and smashed both left rims so hard into curb it popped up and onto curb and my left front tire flopped out from a broken ball joint. 10k front subframe replacement was paid for by insurance. Smh.
I can't afford any of that shit rn. Major career change, about to sell my house and move.
But when I settle down and rebuild my life again I'm gonna do it right this time. Start with a 3rd gen Camaro or a Miata or some beater, learn to drive it at a track, mod it as my skill improves and then upgrade cars as my skill allows.
Ive even driven my pickup off a cliff in vedauwoo, Wyoming when I was a mechanic student up there, wtf am I doing buying a 500hp car I can't handle
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Wow that's the dream to build up an iroc like that and beat it like the white trash slut it is for years, hell yeah
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Wolf - I dunno where u live but I got the 3m headlight restoration kit for like $30 or $40 from O'Reilly or somewhere it's a 3 step sanding kit from 600 grit to 3000 grit or so u hook the final polishing wheel into your drill and polish it with included compound.
I did both headlights on my old truck andt ehyre like new and tbe kit can probably do 2 more vehicles
Sweet skyline btw I know plenty of poeple in the states that would be jealous
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Ya the 3M kit works good... but toothpaste is essentially the same thing (more or less..) the toothpaste acts like a polish, works fine but you'll get slightly better results with the 3M kit.
And ya that's a nice R34... things are rare as fuck in the states. I know a lot of car guys get jealous of the stuff Australia can get. They got a pretty killer car scene down there. We're pretty limited in Commifornia.
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The Trans Am. It's raining, Chicago weather. It's might snow monday. The hoods flat black right now. Getting it painted as soon as the weather warms up.
I wanted the next gen. one but the couple I looked at didn't happen. I like this one though. I get compliments all the time. It's got the t-tops for the nicer weather. Sweet.
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#25137925 - 04/14/18 09:04 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Humble Newcomer, Let me know when your driving I will stay off the road
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#25161560 - 04/24/18 04:01 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Well I have a 2002 mustang Gt with a fully forged stroker and edelbrock intake, 4.10 rear, comp drag cams, upgraded fuel system. All I need is a turbo/supercharger she be sitting 550-600hp. Gotta upgrade my suspension first, she can barely grip after the 4.10 rear.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: HappyHigh]
#25161613 - 04/24/18 05:12 AM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Holy shit, thats legit! 
American muscle baby
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#25168304 - 04/27/18 03:13 AM (5 years, 8 months ago) |
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Sweet Mustang! I like superchargers more because of the low end torque.
American cars are the shit. They are not just muscle anymore. They out handle and out brake most cars. Check out the Camaro ZL1 or the Corvette ZR1. There aren't many cars that could touch them on a road course. Magnetic adjustable shocks are awesome. Even the Camaro SS 1LE is a beast. Ford has been stepping up their game as well.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25168807 - 04/27/18 09:41 AM (5 years, 8 months ago) |
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yeah my low end is GONE lol my idle is 1300 and daily driving I shift 1-3-5. 2nd is like riding a bucking bronco. My cams power curve is 3000-6300. I was looking in to a centrifugal blower and vortech's hp fall off at 5800 my cam peaks at 6200-6300, 75mm turbo should carry me all the way to 6800rpm.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: HappyHigh]
#25172721 - 04/29/18 01:29 AM (5 years, 8 months ago) |
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That's why I put a supercharger on the G8 instead of a big cam. I wanted the low end and keep stock like drivability. A cam would have been way cheaper. I wanted to road course my car so I wasn't really looking to make huge power. I looked into a twin turbo setup but decided on the supercharger. If I would have put a cam in it, I could have easily been over 700 hp.
I love the acceleration. Every time it would put a huge smile on my face. Even my TA does and it's only 310 HP. I love the way the exhaust sounds. I will just cruise with the stereo off and listen to it. Nothing like the sound of a V8.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25193445 - 05/09/18 12:59 PM (5 years, 8 months ago) |
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I just got my hood painted and the front clip. It looks sweet. Got a 2 step polishing kit coming to buff out the swirl marks on the rest of the car. I will post some pics when it's done. It will be shiny.
I cleaned the interior and all the black trim and treated it. It looks almost brand new.
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