yeah he still has it. one of his daughters has been driving it ever since she wrecked the gsl a while back. the gsl isn't damaged too bad at all. he just hasn't had the time to make repairs to it. he keeps himself covered up with work but i'm hoping he'll be able to make the meet.

 

Crit, what I hope to do is a complete axle swap to gain disks and LSD at the same time. The SA is a bit of a Frankenstein already so no harm will be done. I will be crawling under it next week and looking around good. I will see what I can figure out about the rear. I think any thing but an 83 rear will just slide in? More re4ading we certainly be required before making a purchase. Thoughts?
No time for RX7 this week end....http://www.americanlemans.com/.

 

The boys toys at our house.

 

Paris Auto Show today. I died a little inside.

Haven't seen much from Mazda other than their Shinari concept that's old news anyway.

 

ill contribute.

 

ill contribute.



before i put in new window trim, rims and lowered it, so it looks different. lol

 

The big-bearing axles that came out in late 83 have a different-sized input flange. If you want to use an S3 rear axle with LSD, you'll need to grab the driveshaft and parking brake cables from the donor. If you stick with 81-83.5 hardware, you can swap the LSD in separately, or just swap the axle and parking brake cables. If you do find an 83.5 to 85 rear end, though, just make sure it's out of a 12A car, not a GSL-SE, at least in the case of an easy swap. If you do find a GSL-SE, you'll want to swap the whole suspension.

Keep in mind, too, that all 81+ cars have different brake fittings than you do, so you'll need custom brake lines, which we can source for you locally on the cheap, in order to put a Series 2 axle under your Series 1 car.

 

Cankles

 

Cankles.... and Cankles' cankles...

 

Ray, that picture makes me laugh every time! Chris Rowe looks extremely worried about...something... and I'm staring at something on the ground. Reminds me of this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7flK3NUgzfQ

 

lol @ ray, and drift wood, and brett. yeah Simon's a pansy, before i got my seven, he was searching for one, he used to talk all this good **** about how his was gonna be faster, and he was gonna out drive me blah blah blah, and he couldnt even drive a stick shift....


then i get mine, and start building, and he gets his, then next thing i know blam... its for sale. i was like WTF?!

and he buys a Jetta.... how gay, if your going to buy a VW atleast get a good one. Gti Vr6 or 1.8t FTW any other??? FAIL!

and IDK if im going to make it tot the ogta meet this time in a rotor guys... i was putting in a new clutch with geraldo, and found one of my pressure plate bolts were stripped, and so for the last 3 weeks my car has been sitting in the garage on jack stands, un drive able. and idk when ima find the correct bolt and get it all put back together. =(

 

That's what weekends are for Carleton, get that thing put back together!

Yeah I agree Collin, that is an interesting picture, those OGTA's are an intense group, even when they're just looking at the ground! You got any snow up there yet? How's the Crown Vic doing?

Pics of the GF's and wives are looking good guys, keep them coming!

Pics from the Paris Auto Show:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...or-show-1.html

I agree Tim, not much to get excited about. But this Lamborghini doesn't look too bad:

 

Tell that bitch to get off your spoiler

I've got a few more pics of my woman with the FC, but she doesn't approve of any. Oh well

 

luckilly she isnt my GF.

 

WOOOOOOOOT for ***** and Hood scoops!!!

bahahah. =P

 

Wow... Not only does the cooler weather bring out the best in the rotaries, it seems to really get the OGTA crowd chattering. I take a day off and you guys have filled 2 pages on the OGTA thread.

 

I threw up a bit when I saw the new Elise. Plus, it's heavy now (2400 lbs). I do like the new Elan and the Elite though. And the new Esprit looks real nice, and will be nasty with the 620hp LFA motor.

 

Yep those old lotus' are going to be worth a lot of money someday, an internal combustion engine-powered rocket of less than 2000 lbs. A Fantasy, for sure.

At the OCT OGTA meet, I'll be sporting a couple new FB's I recently added to my stable, ebay purchases:

 

WOOOOOOOOOT! OGTA in 2 days!!!!


idk if ima make it. well know tomorrow, got a friend coming over today to help me finish the clutch.

@Ray do you have the left front side marker light? i still havent found one. >__<

 

will bring.

 

WOOOOOT! and ill be there guys! loud and strong, cuz my car is finally done... well it will be after i put the sifter back in and take her off the jack stands. but shes all done! im so happpy! lol

 

^excellent!!

 

Finally fixed the wiring issue so i will be there

 

Congrats dudes, be good to see your work at the meet tomorrow.

Here's the Evora, good to know at least somebody still knows how to make a decent sports car for Old Guys:

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/au...evora.html?hpw

Slide show: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...ef=autoreviews

 

Anybody coming out to Johns Creek to drink beer with me and ogle some FINE servers tomorrow night?