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Old 02-15-04, 01:17 AM
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Fun with a welder! (pics)
I decided to give myself a valentines day present today and do some seam welding on the FD Fun was had by all... eventhough I didnt get finished
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last one...and why the hell are they all laoding as an attachment?!
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Originally posted by TitaniumCranium
last one...and why the hell are they all laoding as an attachment?!
Because you're attaching them.









If you quote my post, you can see how to link to them to have them show up in your post. The link to the image is found by clicking the attachment and using the URL given.
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Yea, I'm a retard.
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So... when's the V8 going in?
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pure sex!

i always though mig welding was better then jsut spot welding.

btw: your gonna cage it as well right? also, your welding both sides right?
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So... when's the V8 going in?
haha. Could be a 20B transplant too
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Maybe it's one of those 1,000+ RWHP Japanese 13Bs I've been hearing about in another thread...
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Do you have no friends?? J/K Dano. Looks good. Better get that 13B back in there before these guys corrupt you!!
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Old 02-15-04, 08:22 AM
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v12
V12 or a 4rotor would be overkill for most of us as a V8 and a 3rotor would be lighter and put out just as much power. if they are not, just turbo them. haha i bet only a small hand full of people on this board would not kill themselves with over 400rwhp on a FD. im not talking about straight lines top speed stuff, i mean come on, how much skill does it take to shift up and hold the wheel straight? (I know I'm not in this small hand full and can admit it, perhaps one day I might but I have enuf trouble trying to control the stock power levels at the edge)
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Put a Jag V12 in it....those are alloy and quite light! Only 70 lbs heavier than the Jag 4.2 litre in-line six.....
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Now it matches my chassis since I had to replace the front clip last month!
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how come you had to replace the fornt clip ?
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Originally posted by SpeedKing
Selling for dick???

NO, No, it says "for sale for dicking"...as in gettin laid

I wish I had the money to do a 3 rotor...mabey I'll just sell the GTI and walk everywhere till I get the car done
btw: your gonna cage it as well right? also, your welding both sides right?
Yea, I still have to strip the inside of the fenders which should really, really fun!
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so why did you do this? To replace or what?
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Originally posted by c00lduke
so why did you do this? To replace or what?
THe seam welding stiffens the chassis tremendously, but most people dont do it cause it is a ton of work...especially with how much goddamn seam-sealer Mazda used on these things When I get it done (in 8 months or so) I will check chassis deflection compared to stock and post the results.
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That looked like it would be a WHOLE lot of work.
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are those my nippers?!?
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yea, its definatly not a weekend job. Good for a winter project though
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how long did it take to grind down all those points?
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Does the rear of the car have the same issue?
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