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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 09:16 PM
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you're okay if you let the salt fall off the car dry. You're screwed if you wash it off, dissolving it in water.
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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 11:54 PM
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rotarygod, cool thanks for all the info.

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Just called Racing Beat about that chin air dam. They say it was a stock Mazda part back in '78 and it may still be available.
Perfect! Manntis, you kick ***
Thats the exact airdam I want!

I'd have to mod it to fit my FB but still...

Anyone have any idea where I can get one?
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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 04:40 AM
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has anyone seen the video of it banking to far and the left side becomig airborn and it flipping over coming to a rest upside down? If not, i'll host it and show it to you... it's a scary crash but the driver survived (it was this exact car too)

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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 04:50 AM
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I'd like to see that.

In a very loosely related incident I once launched an MLVW into the air.

For non-military types MLVWs (Medium Logistics Vehicle, Wheeled) are the 6 wheel drive trucks used by Canada (and a virtually identical one used by the US) to carry troops and supplies - big pickups, really, with a bumper slightly higher than the roof of a riced out Honda Civic (er... um... I'm just guessing, that never happened - okay, but you can't prove I was driving at the time that Honda got squashed! heheh.)

Anyhow, there I was flooring the bejesus out of the thing (0-60 measured in minutes, not seconds) when I happened across a bump in the trail.

An onlooker confirmed that, yup, all 6 wheels left the ground for at least 2 seconds.

Of course, the cargo area was empty at the time. The whole truck was just carrying a corporal and me with rifles and kit, laughing our asses off.
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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 07:21 AM
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actually i think the car tha flipped over was a 3rd gen. thats the video ive seen. if you got one with the SA flipping, cool.
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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 07:25 AM
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wrong video

Last edited by treceb; Jul 19, 2002 at 07:28 AM.
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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 08:27 AM
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Yeah, that front spoiler is stock.. Look at Any SA.. and it should have it i think.



Nice to see a 1st gen can hit 184MPH without even a rear spoiler..


-Zach
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Old Jul 19, 2002 | 11:24 AM
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Yeah, and I thought that FBs got unstable at speeds over 80!

(yes i am a noob)
come for a ride on the freeway with me @ 135 and say that
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 02:48 PM
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I was wondering where I could get a GTU body for my 1st gen that would be pretty damn cool I think.
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