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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 11:31 PM
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RX187 : Actual fighter jet??? Look Cessna A-37 See, they used them as light attack fighters back in Vietnam!

I see. I'm talking about maybe like F-16.

How was the trip in the 7? Absolutely prob free?
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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 11:36 PM
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How was the trip in the 7?
3800lb FD
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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 11:46 PM
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Originally posted by fitzrx7
Savage Tactical : University of Central Florida, 05/2003

Dorifter_LEXX : I actually have the JDM side lights right here on my desk, never installed them because after looking at a few cars like this IMHO I think it detracts from the lines of the car.

BOTTLEFED : Mazdacomp used to only sell drivetrain parts to autocrossers, but recently has lifted that restriction. I still don't understand how more people don't know about that program. My next new car will probably be a Mazda of some sort just because I know they are there to hook us up like that. And that damn wing was about $900. And yessss, $350 for the bumper (of course w/ the license plate, body shop fixed that).

phsst........ phsst...... : Dimensions? I don't know, I just measured under the bar and then made the rest of the sides work for the volume I needed. It hit 132db with that little 10" Eclipse, does that answer your question?

suganuma : Wow, casual at an Army base...ouch...hehe. Yeah, T-37 still, hence the pic w/ the car. Have fun down there on the Rio Grande, and good luck to you too, get ready for the pain

RX187 : Actual fighter jet??? Look Cessna A-37 See, they used them as light attack fighters back in Vietnam!

I'm really missing Florida and all of you folks down there. No worries, I'll be back someday

Oh, I am at Vance, I definately want to meet up with some of you OKC guys one weekend here, better sooner than later. I'm sure I'll be there at least once a month for drunken foolishness

Heattreated : NICE CAR MAN!! those CW's are very rare, good find. Have you figured out how to run that power wire yet though? PM me if you haven't.
hmmm 350 for the bumper but 900 for the wing?? the wing doesnt come out any cheaper than retail.... as far as the bumper what did the 350 include? rebar etc? ... i may just become a member for that price... and you can register as a "work in progress" racer as long as you give them a projected end date
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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 12:49 AM
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Nice, I hail from Enid, currently up in Alaska, hoping to get back this summer. Have my eye on an FD as a project car, but till then the RS-T will have to surfice on the snowy roads. Always did like the tweats by the way...
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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 01:14 AM
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Is there any where you can get a 99 spec bumper without the shoebox?
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Old Mar 2, 2004 | 01:22 AM
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pettit sells a replica 99 spec w/o the shoebox but it is made of fiberglass I believe.
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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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At least I have company here at Vance, another pilot that lives in the dorm next to me...great minds think alike!


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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 05:37 PM
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That car is an inpiration to us all.
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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 09:08 PM
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I agree with FD, wanna trade cars?!?
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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 09:19 PM
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Real nice, love it...
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Old Mar 3, 2004 | 10:02 PM
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Originally posted by fitzrx7
At least I have company here at Vance, another pilot that lives in the dorm next to me...great minds think alike!

Cool...I bet you were surprised. Did you expect to find another rotorhead especially an FD person?
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 05:29 PM
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Jon, when did u move to deland
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 06:20 PM
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Orlando, what's up man?

I grew up in Deland (actually Orange City), hence the "hometown DeLand, FL"

Moved to Orlando for college and then to Panama City at Tyndall AFB as a "casual" officer, and now at Vance AFB for SUPT (specialized undergraduate pilot training), and a year from now, only God knows where I will be.

If I put where I'm living I would have to change that crap every year or 2, I put DeLand, that's home.

Jon
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 07:16 PM
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damn..nice car...
next time i am in OK..visiting the girl.... might wanna check it out...
my friend is in the air force there too.. his name is SUNNY.. half white half korean.
anyways...beautiful car!
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Old Mar 4, 2004 | 08:19 PM
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You guys probably have 2 of the 3 FD's in Enid right, rare car in that area of Oklahoma. There was a silver one for sale in the area, figured it was a PT from Vance, but it was listed as being a few miles outside of Enid, probably in Waukomis. How long are you going to be at Vance? I should be back in Enid around May if all goes well, we will have to get together sometime.

Kyle
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 12:17 AM
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Such a great sight to spot a series-6 updated to series-8 specs.

Very popular conversion for our Aussie series-6 & series-7 guys over here.

Great taste too. Doing yours as the "Spirit-R" version. Only 1500 done in that "Titanium" colour in late 02.

Now to top it off, are you going to update the interior with the series-8 dash & Nardi sports wheels too.............???
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 12:50 AM
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Would that be possible in a LHD car?
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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awesome color!
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 06:30 PM
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Yeah, I was thinking about doing the Nardi wheel (but I think cruise control would be tricky to pull off), and I am definitely looking into the red thread on the shift boot and e-brake, and maybe the steering wheel, but the cheapest I have seen the Recaro Carbon-Kevlar seats is $7000, and that is just asinine, so that will never happen. I would put that towards a NA 26B (pipe dream) before I would buy seats. The dash would be nice, but they have a boost gauge where the oil pressure is in our cars, so that would require some serious tweaking, also probably a pipe dream.

And I personally think putting the badges on it and the side marker lights is just as bad as the Honda guys putting "Type R" on their cars and side marker lights, so I will refrain from that.

Honestly I was happy with the old SSM paint and the stock body, but a friend did me the pleasure of smashing in the rocker panel on a wayward chunk of cement at an autocross and I had a couple of extra bucks to do the '99 update. I mainly did it for the extra cooling, better aerodynamics, and cool blinkers.

It's Friday, I must go, and in the tradition of pilot training it's time to

Jon
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 10:33 PM
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Originally posted by RotorMotor
as far as the bumper what did the 350 include? rebar etc? ... i may just become a member for that price... and you can register as a "work in progress" racer as long as you give them a projected end date
I would like to know what the bumper includes as well...
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 12:46 AM
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OK, $350 is just the bumper cover, you don't need the rebar, just borrow a sawsall, hack off the ends of the stock one, and viola, fixed. who cares anyway, if you hit someone at 40mph you are screwed anyway!

Jon
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 01:27 AM
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love ur car man, im a big fan of black cars but damn yours looks amazing
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 06:55 PM
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You want to order me a 99 spec bumper??
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 07:42 PM
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how bout a group buy for the 99front bumper. will they let you order about 10 of them?
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