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Old 11-21-12, 11:57 AM
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I cant wait till next season!! Local Road course just repaved most of their track

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Finished trimming & rewraping the Body harness

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Look what I just picked up from Elliot at Turblown!! This Bullet compressor wheel will be a nice upgrade to my TD61!!

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Old 12-08-12, 02:14 PM
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awesome. Now I really cant wait to see what this car does on the dyno.
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There will be a very large amount of Car **** coming mid January iv been stock piling!
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Awesome build, sub'd
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The future beast has been caged!!

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She is finally home in her new garage!

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Old 12-31-12, 05:25 PM
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New relay kit & test fit on new rims

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Weekend project!!

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Geez man you're just going all out on this thing
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wow nice fd! like to see how it turns out.
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Geez man you're just going all out on this thing
im sooo pumped for this summer!
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Done preping the wiring.... Going into the car this weekend!!

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Buddies helping me with da car!

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old struts out!

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Rear toe links & trailing arms!

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I had to remove it all because of........

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Both bolts on the passenger side caliper sheared right off Bringing to local shop to get drilled out now!
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Old 01-13-13, 10:42 AM
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you can buy a reverse drill bit at lowes or home depot that you can drill those out with.. it'll end up catching though and then you should be able to back the sheered part off. It'll save you $$ for sure.
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Alright, Ill check it out. but I think I am going to have the shop blow the pistons out of the calipers so I can rebuild them.
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Old 01-13-13, 05:19 PM
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nice Build!!
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Awesome build. My FD is also my first turboed car. I'll certainly be rereading this again for some ideas when I start my build this summer.
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Small update no pics:

Parts I just ordered

Front & Rear sway bar links - from Improved Racing
Front sway bar brace - from Racing Beat
Transmission brace - Banzia Razing
Differential brace - Banzia Racing

Waiting to show up still

Koni strut's with eibach springs 720F & 550R
Billet turbine wheel for my turbo (the install of it)
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Some updates

powder coated / rebuilt brakes

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Adjustable sway bar links

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pulled out the diff - already got it sandblasted (pic's tomorrow)

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Some unfinished wiring

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Old 02-19-13, 02:36 AM
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nice ABS Delete kit you have sir!!!!

lol looking good bro keep up the good work
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Intake Heat-shield is done!!

Are you really running this with half of your air filter covered?
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Old 02-19-13, 10:31 AM
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^ it's actually pretty smart. sucking hot air is counter productive. I'm sure the filter breaths plenty good =-)
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We are testing this once the car is completely together. We will do Dyno's with it on and Dyno's with it off. The filter is 11-12" long and about 6" wide. so stay tuned in the next couple of months the car should really start to come together

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Are you really running this with half of your air filter covered?
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