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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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19 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

lol. good to know. I have an Amazon special Techstream and VCM cable.

 

Yeah, the equinox has had several batteries, and the dealership keeps saying nothing is wrong. ?

Think its time to try a different dealer

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So weird seeing one of your old photos pop up as an ad 

 

 

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Took a ride to the center of Sweden today!

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The fearings are off because they need repair but the bike runns really good :D

Would definitely appreciate some tank grips though, my synthetic bike pants don't have much grip

 

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31 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Took a ride to the center of Sweden today!

 

The fearings are off because they need repair but the bike runns really good :D

Would definitely appreciate some tank grips though, my synthetic bike pants don't have much grip

 

Dead cow ftw.

 

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1 hour ago, 711jrp said:

Dead cow ftw.

 

Yah i have a leather set, it's just lacking proper armour so I don't take it if I'm going outside of town. Tank grips are cheaper than a new set of pants too :P

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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I love cars.

 

My two cars.

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89' TransAm GTA.  LT1/T56 swap, heavily modified, never dyno'd but makes north of 400whp.   AFR 195 Comp, decent 231/239 110 cam, ported everything, suspension and brake goodies for road racing.

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Loving all these speedacademy collabs.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Thirdgen89GTA said:

I love cars.

 

My two cars.

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89' TransAm GTA.  LT1/T56 swap, heavily modified, never dyno'd but makes north of 400whp.   AFR 195 Comp, decent 231/239 110 cam, ported everything, suspension and brake goodies for road racing.

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Behold racing inspired fan grills because boredom

 

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Installed foot lighting today. Pretty happy with the results. I got this for Christmas but haven't gotten around to installing them till now. (Highest end models have this, but mid and basic ones do not) 

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@TVwazhere I know it’s like the hardest thing ever to clean up and keep clean but looks about time to clean up your cars floor/mats lol

 

any luck on the transmission project yet?

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7 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

@TVwazhere I know it’s like the hardest thing ever to clean up and keep clean but looks about time to clean up your cars floor/mats lol

 

any luck on the transmission project yet?

Yeah those will get cleaned out soon. Most of that is salt from this year. 

 

Gotta call them back Monday (transmission guys don't work weekends apparently) last time I called was Wednesday and they still haven't gotten back to me. 

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1 hour ago, Bitter said:

Auditioning for The Fast and The Furious 12?

I'd need underglow neon lighting and vinyl livery for that ?

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11 hours ago, Thirdgen89GTA said:

I love cars.

 

My two cars.

41443144795_916efba767_o.jpg

 

89' TransAm GTA.  LT1/T56 swap, heavily modified, never dyno'd but makes north of 400whp.   AFR 195 Comp, decent 231/239 110 cam, ported everything, suspension and brake goodies for road racing.

7990500556_99d5287f87_o.jpg

 

2017 Focus RS, bone stock daily.  Had a 2016, got T-boned, today is the 2016's 3rd birthday today.  :(

 

 

 

 

I love the Pontiac, been looking at picking up a 3rd Gen Firebird in the nearish future

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oh boy lol

I've been looking at 2006 Impala SS's and Pontiac G8s in Nashville for when my boyfriend and I meet up because I have low hopes of a Saab 9-7X being available when him and I end up in Nashville.

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8 minutes ago, pinksnowbirdie said:

oh boy lol

I've been looking at 2006 Impala SS's and Pontiac G8s in Nashville for when my boyfriend and I meet up because I have low hopes of a Saab 9-7X being available when him and I end up in Nashville.

As long as you keep in mind the Impala SS of that gen is FWD, and the G8 is RWD, G8 also came with either a V6 or a V8 . So keep those in mind

 

Not a fan of that gen of Impala personally. Been dailying one for the last few years. The fit and finish just isn't there for the price IMO

 

I'd keep my eye out for a XWD 9-3 , either an Aero or the 2.0T would bring a lot of fun for the price

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Progress of my built 1.9:

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Work done to block by Scroggins Machine:

 

Decked .004"

Overbore to 84mm and Hone

Hot Tank and Magnaflux

Crank was cleaned and lightly polished, using STD size bearings

 

Cost for the machine work was $450.

 

I haven't had much time to work on it, but so far I have filed the Wiseco rings to a .017" end gap on the top ring, .019" second ring. I've put the rings on the pistons and installed the Eagle connecting rods to the Supertechs. Sore thumbs from those wrist pin clips :(

 

Tomorrow I am putting the block back on the stand and finishing the rotating assembly. I was waiting on that Wiseco ring compressor since I have had poor luck with those 'universal' ring compressors. These rings were not cheap either -_- There's still a lot of things I need to get, totaling about $750 still to have it ready to drop in. But the engine in my car is still running okay after fixing the vacuum leaks, so I've bought some time..

 

Still have to get:

 

Boundary oil pump gears

Gates water pump

Cometic .040" MLS head gasket

Mazda OEM engine gasket set

VS855 valve springs

Alternator, small accessories, etc.

 

And speaking of valve springs, I'm dropping off the cylinder head at Scroggins on Monday, I have it all apart but like I said before I don't really have time especially with a cylinder head lol and I'd rather let someone more experienced than me do it especially with how much power it is going to make.

 

Appreciate any feedback, let me know what y'all think of the build :D

 

 

 

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8 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

As long as you keep in mind the Impala SS of that gen is FWD, and the G8 is RWD, G8 also came with either a V6 or a V8 . So keep those in mind

 

Not a fan of that gen of Impala personally. Been dailying one for the last few years. The fit and finish just isn't there for the price IMO

 

I'd keep my eye out for a XWD 9-3 , either an Aero or the 2.0T would bring a lot of fun for the price

yeah, the G8s I've seen are V6s which doesn't bother me too much.

 

the Saab 9-7X Aero would be sweet but frankly I accept that I'm probably gonna either get the lesser V8 or the same Inline 6 that's in my mom's trailblazer. Which I mean the Vortec 4200 (LL8) as it's called in the trailblazer is a fine engine it seems but man an LS based engine would be super cool.

 

Frankly being a 19 year old male who's just gonna be getting their full license sometime this year after being on an instruction permit for the last 4 years, insuring an inline-6 or V6 is going to hurt a lot less than insuring any type of V8 lol

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@byalexandr looking good! I love how good they make aftermarket parts look. Stinks you never get to see them in the end product though xD 

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1 hour ago, pinksnowbirdie said:

yeah, the G8s I've seen are V6s which doesn't bother me too much.

 

the Saab 9-7X Aero would be sweet but frankly I accept that I'm probably gonna either get the lesser V8 or the same Inline 6 that's in my mom's trailblazer. Which I mean the Vortec 4200 (LL8) as it's called in the trailblazer is a fine engine it seems but man an LS based engine would be super cool.

 

Frankly being a 19 year old male who's just gonna be getting their full license sometime this year after being on an instruction permit for the last 4 years, insuring an inline-6 or V6 is going to hurt a lot less than insuring any type of V8 lol

The 9-7X Aero is super cool, and I'd love to own one. But even the 5.3 equipped one is good to throw some power at if you wanted to. I'd strongly recommend looking at some Saab 9-3s and 9-5s. Super comfy, make good power stock, and can make even better power when you turn up the boost :D

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11 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

@byalexandr looking good! I love how good they make aftermarket parts look. Stinks you never get to see them in the end product though xD 

I like how you can't even see the seam where the connecting rod caps go lol

 

Not really worried about the looks though, more so that it will hold a lot of boost!

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1 minute ago, byalexandr said:

I like how you can't even see the seam where the connecting rod caps go lol

 

Not really worried about the looks though, more so that it will hold a lot of boost!

boost for daaaaays. I look forward to the day I will actually have enough money set aside to do something similar to mine

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15 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

boost for daaaaays. I look forward to the day I will actually have enough money set aside to do something similar to mine

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