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#5121   2015-08-15 03:37          
Can't wait to see what you do with the miata! If you really want to sell the S14 I'll be glad to give it a nice home.

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#5122   2015-08-15 03:57          
haha thanks man. I decided maybe I won't sell it for now. I'm doing a 1JZ swap on the car and I feel it'll be helluva lot more fun with the much more powerful motor haha.
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#5123   2015-08-15 04:03          
I don't set limits for myself, I just "sell" cars to my shop B) :)) I currently have 5 cars in my name, that being the S4 Avant, R32 Skyline, S13, 240SX, & the new Porsche. I have two shop trucks though and I'm planning on putting the Porsche as a shop vehicle because I'm not sure if I really need to keep it on the road, but I've got 2 months of rego left so I'll take it to the shops every now and then.

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#5124   2015-08-15 04:17          
It's not that I need a limit in my life (i don't), but the space in my garage just can't accomodate much more than 5 or 6 cars. That, and with my drifting, costs run high with tires, repairs, the occasional big crash, and it eats away at my bank account hahahaha
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#5125   2015-08-15 04:39          
# marcus915 : haha thanks man. I decided maybe I won't sell it for now. I'm doing a 1JZ swap on the car and I feel it'll be helluva lot more fun with the much more powerful motor haha.
Sounds like a great plan! We should definitely get some pics together once you drop that thing in. 1JZ homies!

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#5126   2015-08-15 06:03          
Heck, you guys have so many cars! I have only 2; Or HAD. I wanted to fit the rear axle into the golf but it turned out to be rusted badly. (It's an actual problem with the MK3. My mom had a MK3 wagon and the rocker panels were rusty as f*. My dad had to weld on some sheet metal so it won't break in half!) Half of the frame was completely rotten. Took the 4A-GZE back out and scrapped the rest. Good thing I didn't do much on that car. (Actually I don't like the mod) Now I'll save money for the turbo swap. I need other brakes, the turbo kit of course and maybe other coilovers. I hope I can stick with the current internals when I go for low boost.

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#5127   2015-08-15 06:26          
Going later today to see the "GT" Mustang. It's a 2000, with some decent looking tips, some chrome brake lights, fake Cobra headlights, fake Saleen side scoops, and some 16 inch, fake, 4 lug-with-an-adaptor-plate King Cobra rims. No pics of the engine, so headed into this pretty wary. Also it looks like the rear driver side tire is different from the rest. Probably from lighting so many one tire fires. #opendiffprobs. The page says 160k miles, no spoiler, and she needs one hell of a bath. He has it listed at 9 grand which seems high, considering what I've seen in the pics. It has V6 mustang front and rear bumpers. When I talk to him, gonna let him think he's pulling a veil over my eyes, then at the last minute whallop him back to the real world and low ball the pos stang for 3 grand.

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#5128   2015-08-15 18:25          
so i have built a semi complete twin turbo ls3 240sx but its now running drag slicks which means i need a new street car for them block races :D does anyone have a suggestion of what i could build i have a budget of about 20-30k saved at the moment but i make quiet a bit of a night on the block but the cops may start looking funnily now i have slicks on the rear

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#5129   2015-08-15 18:29          
The Corrado G60 I was talking about a while ago is still there :D

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#5130   2015-08-15 18:40          
This is my new Daily Driver! Lots of Ford Racing and dealer options , ended up paying almost 60k but it's worth it. It's a Coyote swapped (not an Aluminator but a 312 ci forged , with a 10.3 : 1 CR , obviously running on pump gas , forgot to make engine pics) 2009 Mustang GT/CS , brand new , has Koni Maximum Adjustability shocks and springs , Brembo gold-plated (am I wrong ? Idk if it's just the colour or if gold is really involved for heat purposes) drilled discs - 330mm all round - , 19" American Racing wrapped in 255 street tires. For the body , mostly is factory optioned but I've optioned it with aftermarket tinted windows & lights , hood pins , rear black fascia for trunk and rear windshield louver. Exhaust has Coyote swap headers , Shelby H-pipe and Pypes muffler delete.



And this is my new LX. Ex daily driver , picked up almost as is (read : bone stock , 220hp engine , AODE trans , not many miles , no rust or damage except a few scratches on the front left quarterpanel. Only mod is a 5-lug SN95 Cobra conversion kit , and an aftermarket air cleaner just added by me because the stock one was cracked). Plans : since the Silvia is gone , street races are on LX's way. I will not strip the carpets , but I will put in a built BBF. Idk if nitrous or turbo route but it will be FAST. Planning on tweaking the body too , even if I like the simple and clean LX style.
Also pics of my week-end cruiser (997.2 Sport Classic) are coming! Stay tuned!

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#5131   2015-08-15 18:52          
lol if your talking about the one in the showroom @tom i bought one on my proper career and had the sell the engine then scrap the car as the seats and body were all one it wasnt changable

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#5132   2015-08-15 18:56          
I meant this one

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#5133   2015-08-15 19:00          
yep thats the mod i have i brought it in game it looks normal in the shop then at my garage the interior changes and it looks to be a traffic car i can buy them normally in the catalog but my money flow isnt that crash hot as i am actually racing and stuff for money

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just realised the proper cars come up in the catalog but most of my cars in the shops are just corrado's like the secondary racer aha all my other cars come up a lot less and the g60/reiger and vr6 never show up

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#5134   2015-08-15 19:43          
Well, it's not finished but it has potential

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#5135   2015-08-15 20:02          
yeah i know i have heaps of corrado's built on my fun save aha
back on topic I ended up buying a 2jzgte stagea for 22k i spent 6 on the 180sx so now im almost broke again but i have a daily and am almost ready to sell the 180 if anyones interested in a ls3tt drag car it does wheelies so it could use a wheelie bar needs a tune but its worth it

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here is the car when i got it and about 20 minutes later when my steering rack broke and i went into a fence and how its sitting now in my shed waiting for a new front end





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buy my 180sx drag car in the classifieds please some one with some doe :D

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#5136   2015-08-15 21:27          
Was dynoed at 480 @ 5000 and 500 @ 8000

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#5137   2015-08-15 22:49          
So I went to check out the car, and this was waiting for me.



The car is a completely different color, and its actually clean. He started up the car and it was a v6, to my dismay. He had one HELL of an exhaust system on it, so it sounded like a V8, but it wasn't deep enough.






The car, honestly, is a pile of shit. He was talking about it like it was some Ferrari GTO, and I let him go for about 10 minutes, and then, whalloped him by asking to see the engine and that I know its a V6. He dropped the price real quick, and got the car for $3,000 bucks. So, now I have a shit Mustang, that I think I may swap the 2jz into. and maybe the Watanabes from the Corolla.

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#5138   2015-08-16 00:39          
Just picked up this BEAUTY of a pre-owned Supra. What should I turn it into?
(Ignore the man sitting in my car, I forgot to disable it.)



Also my first post on Vstanced. I'm new here. :3
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#5139   2015-08-16 01:02          
# marcus915 : It's not that I need a limit in my life (i don't), but the space in my garage just can't accomodate much more than 5 or 6 cars. That, and with my drifting, costs run high with tires, repairs, the occasional big crash, and it eats away at my bank account hahahaha

You can store cars at my shop if you need, we have some back room space.

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#5140   2015-08-16 01:24          
# ThatBoostedGuy : Just picked up this BEAUTY of a pre-owned Supra. What should I turn it into?
(Ignore the man sitting in my car, I forgot to disable it.)



Also my first post on Vstanced. I'm new here. :3
Really nice car you got yourself! I'v just build a fairlady 370 Nizmo with the same engine just with some modifications!
Go and check it out! *LINK*
Drive it like you stole it

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#5141   2015-08-16 02:09          
Sent the supra off to have the rollcage fabricated and installed. In the meantime I need to get the Camaro out of the shed and swap in the LS3 crate motor that arrived today :)
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#5142   2015-08-16 02:43          
Currently, this is how the m3 is sitting. Got my broadway statics on..





and maxed low haha. tucking incredibly hard in the rear and rubbing the front silly. I went and picked up some rear camber arms so those may get thrown on here shortly so I have some adjustability in the rear. the front came with adjustable camber plates. BMW of North Valo has some m3 CSL panels In for me so tomorrow expect those to be getting fitted and some fender work. I am looking to pick up some wheels to do some testing and fender rolling for tomorrow anyone got a pair of 18x10s for sale? lug pattern is 5x120
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#5143   2015-08-16 06:41          
-->3 months later<--
I finally got the VR6 turbocharged. It has really low boost (0.3 bar) so I won't mess up the internals and got it dyno'ed: It has almost 350hp now. Because of that I've upgraded the brakes on it (nice brembo kit) and checked out a 1 mile long drag strip in east Valo. I'll post the time sheet, too.

Don't worry the intercooler isn't lower than the oil pan. Need to cut a bit on the bumper, tho.

Just a sticker and a remus muffler because the stock one was too small and rusty, too.

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#5144   2015-08-16 08:28          
# Haku : You can store cars at my shop if you need, we have some back room space.

Sweet, I could use the space haha.

Got pretty much all the parts off the wrecked Miata, and got them all onto the Mariner Blue chassis. Motor is going to go back in next, but it will be refreshed and given a little extra uumph in the form of a snail ;)







When I gave the Rotiform OZT's back to the friend I was borrowing them from, he let me know of an offer that sounded really good, so I went to go check it out. The guy was selling a set of Yoshihara Champions in 18x10 spec, for $2000. I could not turn down this offer as I have always wanted Champions but didn't know where to buy them.



Being 18x10's these are a step up from my previous 17x10 Rotiform MHG's so a little bit of adjusting was needed to get the 18's under my car. Fortunately I didn't run my 17's at a super low height so the 18's fit with just the tiniest of height adjustment.



the fitment is on point now, just a little rubbing under full load or when it squats exiting out of a corner.

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#5145   2015-08-16 08:59          
# Tom Diablo : Hi! I'm Jonathan but you can call me John. Most folks do that. I am originally from Colorado where my dad has a big-ass farm. I recently moved to Valo and got my new driver's license and new plates for my car. I was actually amazed that this old car would pass the emissions test!

This is it: A 1994 Corrado VR6. It's my first car and I take good care of it. It has a few rust spots here and there but it runs and sounds amazing. My plans for it? I will turbocharge that 2.9l bad boy. Already has almost 200hp but there is always room for more :D
But it's not my actual project. Where I came from I am known for doing crazy builds
why do you have a VR6 (!) corrado for your first car, it's too powerful. Second
why are you known for crazy car builds when it's your first car
makes no sense

but the pictures are nice, you've imporved

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#5146   2015-08-16 09:20          
1:Why the f* not? There are kids with muscle cars or big-ass BMWs out there! (What about the Cuda 340 from a previous RP? Noone gave a flying fart about it)
2:I built cars for 2 of my friends so technically they weren't my cars but let's not be picky, okay?
3:Danke :D I use the V2 of Coprone's ENB but I kinda like the shade effect of the V1

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#5147   2015-08-16 10:51          
@Soren123 : F&F replica!

Just done the suspension overhaul. MrSir arms , Optima Drag shocks and springs , Wilwood brakes and 15" Centerline (didn't go with skinnies and full slicks because it's not a track-only car , so I will drive it from box to races and vice versa) wrapped with Bias Ply tires. I did a run and the result is a 14.93. IMO the 2.73 gears kill the performance more than the AODE himself. I'll try with 3.73 and 4.10 but then I'm going to pull the engine off (Make an offer , consider it for sale. Bone stock except an air cleaner , 46k miles on it , comes from a daily driver , just a couple of passes on it. The AODE trans and the converter are stock too and included with the engine).

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#5148   2015-08-16 11:58          
Just got back from the track :D My Renault 12 is not that bad but it still needs some work done to be more powerfull. Does anybody know a shop from where i can get some new engine parts for my Renault's Inline 4 ?

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#5149   2015-08-16 15:41          
Should I try to supe up the ohv 3.8 v6 in the stang now. Or should I put my orphaned 2JZ-GTE into it? Or a 4A-GA?

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#5150   2015-08-16 15:54          

My current SLRR version decided to shit itself and break. So, in the sake of this thread. Let's pretend my house and garage burnt down at the exact same time and destroyed the cars, and killed my character. Sooo... Time to get a new SLRR version and make a new character. Pretend I have never posted here before...

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#5151   2015-08-16 16:02          
@dxg: You can have my 4A-GZE for 800$
@BoostedGuy: You cold just write that you had to restart your RP because SLRR went to hell and back; A hellfire burning everything down is kinda overkill XD

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#5152   2015-08-16 17:50          
Finally found a good engine and just came back from the track where i tested it. Only 4.2 seconds from 0-100km/h and got 9.2 seconds at the 1/4 mile track :D

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#5153   2015-08-16 19:00          

NEW RP STARTED

Took my two cars out last night. My bone stock Supra and my 800hp R34. The R34 is going to be sold as it has some major engine problems and it's too much of a pain to have around.

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#5154   2015-08-16 19:07          
Hi, im new in Valo. my name is Misha, and i just bought a Miata converted into a pickup truck. it was involved in a minor collision. pictures:

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More updates on the miata, i got new parts fitted.

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Hi! I'm back, and i got a new engine! so, uh... yeah! here you go!

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#5155   2015-08-16 23:50          
# Tom Diablo : @dxg: You can have my 4A-GZE for 800$

I want to try to keep it a Sixer. Probably just gonna throw the Jun into it, and keep the V6 for some other project. I got a lead on a thrashed sileightey, and gonna look at it. Wants $1500 for it, no engine, so may put the Essex V6 into it if its good enough to be kept. Would make a show car out of it.

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#5156   2015-08-17 00:43          
im r34 front converting my stagea and putting some te37s on it before i take it to the workshop for a new turbo and tuning

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#5157   2015-08-17 01:28          
my Champions were rubbing pretty bad, so I took my fenders off and hammered out the guards. No more rub ;)



While I was drifting earlier today, the motor let go in a huge plume of smoke. Turns out the head gasket went bad, and I lost compression in two cylinders. I let the car run a little more and there was oil in my cylinders, and basically shit went really bad. Since I am (or was) running on a stock bottom end with stock internals, I decided I'd spend a little more money and upgrade to a built bottom end.



Stripped down the motor, took off all the good parts, and swapped in a new reinforced JUN block. Installed a set of lower compression JUN pistons, and HKS connecting rods, then reinstalled my Powerhouse Racing ported and polished cylinder head with all the goodies on it. Gonna throw it on the dyno soon and see what power it's making, now that I can turn up the boost.

Also done a lot of work to the Miata. Went to the local wreckers and picked up a trunk and rear bumper, and bought an OEM set of tailights on Valolist. Installed my K-Sport 2-way coilovers. Mad rub on the stock 16's so I need to hunt for wheels and lower profile tires. Also bought a Bride LowMax bucket and installed Takata harnesses.



Motor is also back in, but not before I bolted on a Garrett GT35R on a custom low mount manifold. Running low boost, making around 300 whp, which is more than enough for this little car.




And I have a rollcage mocked up in the car, and the car is off to have one installed.



Now I can't decide if I want to run overfenders, or fender flares..

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#5158   2015-08-17 01:56          
I bought a Sileighty...














The good thing it has going about it, is it came with a Rocketbunny wing for the back, and I can mount it onto the BN Sports inverted trunk, so it blends nicely with the painted rear windows. This car is going to be awesome. I'm thinking of supercharging the 3.8 V6 and fitting it in here. ITs got one of the worst Rising suns EVER on it, and I may make that right in the final show car. In other news, got the 2JZ mounted in the SN95 'Stang. 386 HP on 11 psi. for drifting gonna turn it to about 36 psi, but for now, this is fine. Put the 4 lug Watanabes onto it, with the adaptor plate behind them, but if I plan on bigger brakes, then gonna need to get bigger wheels. AS IS, the rims are only a few centimeters from the Calipers xD (Changed 2j mods because the other one was fugly, and not all the parts were available)


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#5159   2015-08-17 07:07          
Fox update!
With the old stock 302/AODE combo and 3.73 gears I went 15.22 , 15.35 with the 4.10s and 15.39 with 4.56s. As said , make an offer , they are for sale.
New engine : Dart 351W Pro-M block , Eagle 454 stroker kit (engine has 9.9 : 1 compression ratio) , Brodrix Track 1 heads with blue valve covers , Trickflow Trackheat-R upper & lower intakes , an Anderson B541 camshaft , Accel distributor , Fast 105# injectors , FRPP fuel rail , a silver ford oilpan , an E85 kit , and an On3-style single turbo intercooled kit with 76mm turbo. Also has an FRPP Low Pro alternator , FRPP crank pulley , and a silver timing cover and electric fuel pump. At 20 psi he's making 923 tq (1256 nm) @ 4500 rpm and 1377 hp @ 7500. Transmission is a built C4 with a 3.55 final gear and a Ford NealChance torque converter that stalls at 4500 rpm. Another particular thing is that AC & PS are still there.
Body has HID front lights & smoked LX rear ones , Cervini bumpers , 5.0 badge on the quarterpanels , Cobra grille , Cowl hood , small ducktail spoiler , painted trim instead of the black one and plastic side windows , also has chrome tips.
Interior has Sparco Corsa black suede front seats , no backseats and a rollcage , and car weights 3346 pounds / 1521 kg.
First run , 9.48. Then 9.54 with 3.27 final ratio and a 9.52 with 2.73s. I'll tune the gear ratios or maybe I'll switch to a Powerglide trans , I was expecting better times than mid-9s from a 1300+ hp turbo fox.






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@Marcus915 : So , what pistons have you choosed ? JUN or HKS ? :wtf:

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#5160   2015-08-17 12:20          
so the stagea smashed a piston out the side of the block so now im looking for either a rb30 bottom end or a whole new engine any recommendations?
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