Found a slicktop. Going to go pick it up this Saturday.
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Milo (San Antonio)
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freakonaleash1187
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Milo (San Antonio)
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Re: (freakonaleash1187)
Daily for the next few months and them do it something like my project TT...body wise. Shave the body lines/antenna/rear wiper and may throw a stock TT wing on but not sure, Jspec lights all around.
For the suspension - foam inject (probably use Graingers 2 component slow rise with a Foam Seal for the pillars) the whole body for extra rigidity, throw in an Autopower rollbar that I got laying in the garage. Plan on autocrossing it on the weekends here and there so I'll probably throw a few goodies from SPLparts.com in there as well.
Engine - Plan on buying a spare NA engine and rebuilding it, got a line on a few of them for around $200-$300 on the average. Probably light internals, but I don't plan on throwing more than $2K at the most into the engine.
Interior I'll leave pretty much stock.
For the suspension - foam inject (probably use Graingers 2 component slow rise with a Foam Seal for the pillars) the whole body for extra rigidity, throw in an Autopower rollbar that I got laying in the garage. Plan on autocrossing it on the weekends here and there so I'll probably throw a few goodies from SPLparts.com in there as well.
Engine - Plan on buying a spare NA engine and rebuilding it, got a line on a few of them for around $200-$300 on the average. Probably light internals, but I don't plan on throwing more than $2K at the most into the engine.
Interior I'll leave pretty much stock.
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freakonaleash1187
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Re: (freakonaleash1187)
Milo I have a question, you have a beautiful Z right there(actually 2 beautiful Z's) The one in your sig, What king of TT spoiler is that? looks very nice just wondering as I'm looking around for Tt spoilers for my Z.
By the way I'm from port arthur, pretty sure you know where that's at, seeing as your from San Antonio lol.
Edit: You said you were gonna buy a spare N/A engine and rebuild it. Why would you do that? I thought the N/A Engines lasted easily over 200k miles.
By the way I'm from port arthur, pretty sure you know where that's at, seeing as your from San Antonio lol.
Edit: You said you were gonna buy a spare N/A engine and rebuild it. Why would you do that? I thought the N/A Engines lasted easily over 200k miles.
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Milo (San Antonio)
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Re: (LIBRILZ)
Yeah, been to Port Arthur a few times...great place.
I actually have the TT modded to hell. But the NA is going to be a daily driver and I wanted to keep it super simple and reliable. The NA is a very good engine and capable for 200K if well maintained. I just wanted an engine that I know was done correctly (ie, the way I like to do them). Plus, I plan on doing a few things here and there to free up a few extra ponies and add a little bit of reliability as well.
I actually have the TT modded to hell. But the NA is going to be a daily driver and I wanted to keep it super simple and reliable. The NA is a very good engine and capable for 200K if well maintained. I just wanted an engine that I know was done correctly (ie, the way I like to do them). Plus, I plan on doing a few things here and there to free up a few extra ponies and add a little bit of reliability as well.