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Gonzo the Eternal
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: HappyHigh]
#25310358 - 07/05/18 05:32 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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My current car never had AC and for a while neither did my apartment and it's over 100 regularly. I feel your pain.
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The other day I was sitting at a light making a left. I look in the mirror and a LS1 Trans Am pulls up behind me. I could hear his exhaust and could tell he had a cam. Sounded sick.
So I turn and gun it. He was at least 4 cars behind me and when I hit 80 he was at least 8 cars ahead of me.
I pull up next to him and he says nice car. I was like you too. I asked what he had done to it. He said heads, cam, exhaust, and nitrous. I'm sure he didn't even use the nitrous. Those things are badass.
I put on one stripe and it looked lame. So no stripes. I put a Trans Am windshield sticker on that looks pretty good.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25343896 - 07/24/18 07:50 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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No AC in your apartment when it's 100 would suck.
Here's a short vid of me doing a doughnut. Love the exhaust sound.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25345406 - 07/24/18 11:54 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Gotta love them doughnuts! That one looked like some whiplash was involved haha a girl I went to high school with had a trans am just like that but black with the bird on the hood. It was her dad's but she got to keep it.
I need a garage so bad. I have so many plans in my head.
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Yeah it really spun around fast. I think it's making at least 350 lbs of torque. If I had somebody filming I would get down better.
You don't need a garage. I used to do all kinds of stuff to my 87 Iroc in my apartment parking lot. I would run an extension cord out to my air compressor. Get er done.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25347023 - 07/25/18 09:03 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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I got to drive a 2017 Dodge Charger 392 Hemi Scat Pack. It was white. I really liked the look of it. It sounded awesome. He wasn't really knowledgeable so I don't know what was done to it. When you let off it made a nice low rumble and popping sound. In manual shift mode it shifts fast. Nice! It would definitely smoke my car off the line. It's 485 HP. Nice car! The only bad thing is you can't turn the traction control all the way off. That sucks. You can probably change it with a tune.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25348031 - 07/26/18 12:06 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah I do actually need a garage. Cant pull out and reinstall a tranny and an engine and rear end on an angled driveway. Or at least not in any way I'm willing to. Flat ground is a must for me. I dont like worrying the whole time. And my apartment doesn't allow major work on cars. Engine swaps and rebuilds count as major work haha
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25348045 - 07/26/18 12:11 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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I played with a 2018 Jaguar F Type today. It was a red convertible. We were messing around for a while.
I got to the forest preserves where the speed limit goes up to 50 and the road has some curves. The Jag fell behind in traffic. I get an opening and hammer down and a VW follows. I don't know what kind he was in my rear view getting smaller. I had it up to 110. Next light it's me the VW and The Jaguar behind him. I floor it and of course I dusted the VW. The Jaguar caught me when I hit 90. It was a nice looking car. Good times.
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Gonzo the Eternal said: Yeah I do actually need a garage. Cant pull out and reinstall a tranny and an engine and rear end on an angled driveway. Or at least not in any way I'm willing to. Flat ground is a must for me. I dont like worrying the whole time. And my apartment doesn't allow major work on cars. Engine swaps and rebuilds count as major work haha
What kind of car is it?
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Quote:
Gonzo the Eternal said: Yeah I do actually need a garage. Cant pull out and reinstall a tranny and an engine and rear end on an angled driveway. Or at least not in any way I'm willing to. Flat ground is a must for me. I dont like worrying the whole time. And my apartment doesn't allow major work on cars. Engine swaps and rebuilds count as major work haha
I hear you I have all the tools to pull motor and replace my blown head gasket and no drive way to do it in.
-------------------- Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25350422 - 07/27/18 01:37 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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ds442 said: I played with a 2018 Jaguar F Type today. It was a red convertible. We were messing around for a while.
I got to the forest preserves where the speed limit goes up to 50 and the road has some curves. The Jag fell behind in traffic. I get an opening and hammer down and a VW follows. I don't know what kind he was in my rear view getting smaller. I had it up to 110. Next light it's me the VW and The Jaguar behind him. I floor it and of course I dusted the VW. The Jaguar caught me when I hit 90. It was a nice looking car. Good times.
I fucking love jags. Mainly the e type and the new f types. They have an exhaust note like nothing else. Gorgeous too. But I would never own a Jag. Awful rep as far as reliability. But I'm jealous. I got to drive the v6 convertible l, also red, but for all of 100 feet when I did an inspection on it. I would have loved to get to 110 like you.
And it's an 88 Toyota pickup. I'm rebuilding the 22re in it and dropping a Marlin Crawler tranny and HD clutch kit. Mildly built little motor. Gonna be my daily/toy/work rig. Me and the lady are looking at places to move in together and I see one with a garage which looks to be the one. Hopefully we can make it happen and I'll actually get to make all my projes in my head a reality. Ls swaps and shit for days.
@ds442 what do you do that gives you the opportunity to be in all these nice cars?
@happy the worst haha knowing it can be done but you have no place to do it. That's been my life for like 3 years haha
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yeah I just cut the lawn for a reason to crank and move it 30 ft hehe
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: HappyHigh]
#25350787 - 07/27/18 05:06 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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I would find any reason to go sit in my truck for a few minutes haha looking for a told or a part or something but really just sitting and fantasizing about finishing it haha
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I feel you man I worked on my car 2 years, got 200 miles and blew a head gasket on first pass at track. I was using a mail order tune and I should have gotten a dyno tune simple. My cam is a drag cam have full edelbrock intake and a 4.10 rear was just to much for a hand held tuner.
-------------------- Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: HappyHigh]
#25351331 - 07/27/18 10:00 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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My truck has 4.10s too haha but damn that sucks about your headgasket. You got head studs?
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Yup when I did the build got reusable ARP everything. I'm just hoping that when the seal blew that my piston and valve didn't hit each other. i don't think they did but you never know...
-------------------- Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: HappyHigh]
#25352038 - 07/28/18 10:43 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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One thing I'm thankful to toyota for is they use alot of non interferance engines.
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ds442 said: I played with a 2018 Jaguar F Type today. It was a red convertible. We were messing around for a while.
I got to the forest preserves where the speed limit goes up to 50 and the road has some curves. The Jag fell behind in traffic. I get an opening and hammer down and a VW follows. I don't know what kind he was in my rear view getting smaller. I had it up to 110. Next light it's me the VW and The Jaguar behind him. I floor it and of course I dusted the VW. The Jaguar caught me when I hit 90. It was a nice looking car. Good times.
I fucking love jags. Mainly the e type and the new f types. They have an exhaust note like nothing else. Gorgeous too. But I would never own a Jag. Awful rep as far as reliability. But I'm jealous. I got to drive the v6 convertible l, also red, but for all of 100 feet when I did an inspection on it. I would have loved to get to 110 like you.
And it's an 88 Toyota pickup. I'm rebuilding the 22re in it and dropping a Marlin Crawler tranny and HD clutch kit. Mildly built little motor. Gonna be my daily/toy/work rig. Me and the lady are looking at places to move in together and I see one with a garage which looks to be the one. Hopefully we can make it happen and I'll actually get to make all my projes in my head a reality. Ls swaps and shit for days.
@ds442 what do you do that gives you the opportunity to be in all these nice cars?
@happy the worst haha knowing it can be done but you have no place to do it. That's been my life for like 3 years haha
You posted about the Toyota truck I didn't know it was you.
I like the 50's Jags and the newer ones. Hate the 80's and 90's. My dad had a 50's Jag. Red convertible. It was a 6 cyl. Nice looking car. It just sat in the garage. He never drove it.
I didn't get to drive the Jag. I raced it. The charger was my neighbor's friends. He just asked if I wanted to drive it. Hell yeah.
There was a small car show by me Sat. Nice 65 impala, 67 GTO, and a 72 Chevelle. A few sweet newer vettes too.
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Re: Anyone into modifying cars on here? [Re: ds442]
#25362579 - 08/02/18 05:01 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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My buddy is a tech at a Chevy dealership here and he was showing me the new zr1. Wow. The last zr1 was a fucking monster but now it's just a flat out supercar. Definitely up to par with most supercar makers.
An old 60s e type is top 3 most beautiful cars in my opinion. The other 2 have the same shape haha
I really need to get out to more car shows and the drags. I could use some car therapy.
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