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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 11:19 AM
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Nice shots, very clean ..
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 11:34 AM
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Looks great, love stock bodied FDs with some good sized wheels.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 12:27 PM
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Sexy car with a beast of an engine.

Only thing I don't like is the untuned sound of American cross plane crank V-8s.

Does anyone make flat plane crank kits for LS motors for less mass and that hair raising sound of an engine working in harmony or do you have to start with a race/European v8 for that?
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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No, not that I know of. The car sounds pretty slick with the heads/cam and Magnaflow exhaust. I have a cutout installed for when I want to "crank it up to 11". Here's a video of the build and some racing footage (drag, autoX), you can decide for yourself on the sound :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMyoj...layer_embedded
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 02:02 PM
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Does your hood not close all the way?
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 02:30 PM
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Looks good and it's good to see these cars have rolling shots. I feel that 9 times out of 10 the car is stationary.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by RXtacy
Does your hood not close all the way?
I have some difficult to fix gap issues which is pretty common with FD's.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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Love the color, can't stand what's under the hood. Sweet pics though.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 93rx74lyfe
Love the color, can't stand what's under the hood. Sweet pics though.
I wouldn't kick it out of the garage for having pushrods.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 03:39 PM
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^ +1 loved the car until I saw whats in the engine bay.... just kidding! cool car, good to see that you take it out to the track and make use of it!
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 04:51 PM
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Great looking FD! Only thing I would do is space out the wheels a tad bit but that's just personal preference. Cool license plate too
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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Great looking FD! Only thing I would do is space out the wheels a tad bit but that's just personal preference. Cool license plate too
Thanks Juan... that's your 'stage 2' brake kit, by the way! Yes, my next big purchase over the next few months will be coilovers so I can bring the front up just a bit.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RXtacy
Does your hood not close all the way?
I had the same question until I noticed the passenger side was higher than the driver side.

Originally Posted by mattster03
I have some difficult to fix gap issues which is pretty common with FD's.
Hummm, I've had three FD's and never had a hood issue I'm guessing your hood doesn't like what is under it
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 05:46 PM
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you must get alot of double takes when people hear you roll up.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by FD_virus85
RE-AMEMIYA: thanks!! where is your fd!
The one I had turned out to be a real piece of ****. I spent way more in a year trying to fix the thing than what I paid for it, and it wasn't cheap to buy. Still ABSOLUTELY LOVED every minute I was able to drive it, and i'll 100% buy another one some day, but things just haven't worked out financially as of late. I've been un-employed for over six months now, and trying to find a new job in a new state hasn't been easy so far either.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 08:15 PM
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Heres a few of mine.







old pic of interior, some slight changes but still stripped lol









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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 01:07 AM
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KenSpeC: Thanks KenspeC bro ur fd is always nice , love your rims!
Muibubbles: U.S boys go harder meng~ haha
RE-Amemiya: Come back with nice fd!

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Looks grey/ blue on rainy days! , Opend up my hood latch to adjust headlight kit..

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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 07:56 AM
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UGHHHH LOOKS SO NICE CLEANED hahahahahaa
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 11:56 AM
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Holy **** Virus !!!!!!
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 12:49 PM
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Canada is tearing it up.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mattster03
No, not that I know of. The car sounds pretty slick with the heads/cam and Magnaflow exhaust. I have a cutout installed for when I want to "crank it up to 11". Here's a video of the build and some racing footage (drag, autoX), you can decide for yourself on the sound :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMyoj...layer_embedded
Wow, sickkkkkk.

Are you on stock manifolds? Magnaflow is known to be on the quiet side and yours is a tad bit loud.

I was going to get a magnaflow catback for my goat but it was too quiet. I went with a spintech instead lol. Its loud but talk about drone city lol
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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that thing is sick! just picked something up myself today...

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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 09:16 PM
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that thing is sick! just picked something up myself today...
Oh snap! Sum 'merican powa! That cherry picker looks familiar I will PM you the info about the throttle cable. LMK if you need anything else bro, can't wait to see this thing running.
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by muibubbles
UGHHHH LOOKS SO NICE CLEANED hahahahahaa
muibubbles: not washed yet!!
ihavetwines:thanks!!bro
Fdmuri: nice ,time to drift around cn tower lol!!

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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Something that resembles a car?!?!
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