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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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You mean you have a girlfriend who likes to work on rotaries and drive fast... and you haven't married her yet!?!?!

You may be the luckiest guy in the world, hombre, but 'smartest' is reserved for the guy who gets a rock on her ring finger first!
agreed!
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 01:28 AM
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hahaha well i got to finish college first, Got some progress we found housings in pretty good conditions got them cleaned and painted, still waiting on the corner and apex seal springs.

Pic of the plates and housings

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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 10:16 PM
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Oooh that thing looks so good! And that girl has some amazing taste!
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Yea she does lol today she put together the rotors and now shes waiting on me for the port job I finished the housings and now im on the irons
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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She painted some other things



heres some pics of the engine that im building for my dads blue rx2



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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 09:13 PM
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Its an Rx2 Capella
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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Finished porting the housings and irons and the gf put it together just got done with it going to try to put it in this weekend
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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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pics of the port job?
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 03:12 AM
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Forgot to take pics but its a small bridge port since she's wants it for the street
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 07:45 PM
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I didnt like the rx7 flat black any more so i tracked down one of my old rx7s and bought it




Completely forgot about taking pics of the ports! any way its bridged


Baffle pan and super seals




Only pics i got were from the rx2 engine built both of them in one night when i work on engines i cant sleep sometimes lol stayed up til 5am


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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 08:11 PM
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Its all just so beautiful!!
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 07:44 PM
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Thanks engine got put in last week before we left to PR for spring break just got back yesterday and finished it up and started it sounds really nice ill put a video in later

before we left to pr




After PR





Still need to clean it up a bit but its almost there she got to move it around sounds really good for a stock exhaust but thats going to be changed soon
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 11:46 PM
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Video sucks but here it is still working on the timing and carb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85mw_ef2jak
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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 06:18 AM
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awesome work man. i'm not a huge fan of those triangle air filters, had a friend's car go up in smoke with a backfire because the filter media is directly over the carb. he had a fire extenguisher luckily, but still quite a scare...
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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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Damn don't want that lol i guess i need to find a different one i really dont like the racing beat ones
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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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me and the gf have been taking the car to the street alot its running really good
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Old May 21, 2011 | 12:18 AM
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Video of me and the gf racing the car only vids were of me out of track lol

http://youtu.be/3EhNDFxglDs
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Old May 21, 2011 | 12:31 AM
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Basically got wheels for it heres a pic of one side with them and one without and the flares im putting on ( held with tape)







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Old May 21, 2011 | 09:29 AM
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Those will be sick once they're attached. Thought about lowering it?
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Old May 21, 2011 | 09:47 AM
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im puerto rican too! nice miata!!! and marry the girl!!!!
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Old May 21, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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yea i am going to try to find a way to put ground control lowering springs on it
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Old May 21, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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haha planing on it cant wait for the miata to be done im just waiting on the super seals
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Old May 31, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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So i lowered the car and put the flares on with tape to get an idea on how it looks before cutting the fenders im planning on making custom coilovers



I think it looks pretty good let me know what you think



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Old May 31, 2011 | 03:04 PM
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I love that stance!
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Old May 31, 2011 | 08:20 PM
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Looks good!!
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