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Dec 9, 2004 | 11:48 AM

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EvoSlr

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Hey where in texas are you.. If in Houston, we have a 15 member car club check out www.evospeed.net we could help that install be finished in a few hours..

Dec 9, 2004 | 11:53 AM

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That would be sweet....but I'm 20 min. north of Dallas.[img]images/icons/icon9.gif[/img] Thank you though!

Dec 9, 2004 | 12:10 PM

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hey man, best of luck to you getting all that work done! Keep us updated on your progress!

Dec 9, 2004 | 01:23 PM

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Another update

All my parts aren't here yet, but I took off work anyways! Here's another update.

Shorty Antenna - DONE
Vortex Generator - DONE
Ventvisors - DONE
Rim mounted on tire
Rotors
Downpipe
High-flow cat
Cat-back
Fuel pump

TurboTrix flash & Tune

Dec 9, 2004 | 01:33 PM

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Wow man, that ^^ way up there totally sucks.....

Dec 9, 2004 | 04:14 PM

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Thursday night and my rim, downpipe, cat and fuel pump are still not in!

Dec 9, 2004 | 05:27 PM

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Woohoo, rim got here at 7:20 and I'm picking up the downpipe and cat tomarrow morning at 9:30am! Only thing left is the fuel pump which is coming FedEx tomarrow.

Dec 10, 2004 | 08:25 AM

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Shorty Antenna - DONE
Vortex Generator - DONE
Ventvisors - DONE
Rim mounted on tire - DONE
Rotors - DONE
Downpipe - DONE
High-flow cat - DONE
Cat-back - DONE
Fuel pump - DONE

TurboTrix flash & Tune

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Dec 10, 2004 | 10:53 PM

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Yeah, it was one hell of a day, but we got everything done!!!! The car feels and sounds A LOT different with a true 3" turbo back exhaust on it. My TurboTrix flash/tune got rescheduled for tomarrow at 5pm, and now I can't wait!

Dec 11, 2004 | 04:58 PM

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Shorty Antenna - DONE
Vortex Generator - DONE
Ventvisors - DONE
Rim mounted on tire - DONE
Rotors - DONE
Downpipe - DONE
High-flow cat - DONE
Cat-back - DONE
Fuel pump - DONE

TurboTrix flash & Tune - DONE

It was a pain, but well worth it and I'm very happy with the way everything turned out. Mark was able to take my 219.2WHP up to 295.9WHP!

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Dec 11, 2004 | 06:02 PM

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Then, I ordered a new rim to be here by thursday (friday mount & install) and jacked the car up with the jack in the trunk and got the messed up rim off. Just as I was about to stick the donut tire on, the jack just tipped....dropping the entire car onto the right-rear rotor!!! There my car sits, a couple INCHES off the ground mushrooming the rotor as I frantically wedge the jack out, spin it back down, shove it back under and start spinning like a mad-man to jack the car back up enough to stick the donut tire on and spin the lugs so i could lower it back down.

You're lucky as hell you didn't get hurt. Learn a lesson from this and go to Sears and pick up a floor jack and a set of jack-stands before attempting any other work on the car. Factory jacks are barely adequate for even changing a flat tire at the side of the road...let alone doing any serious work on your car.

I bought this lightweight, aluminum jack for only $80 at Harbor Freight:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91039

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if you've toasted some of your rear suspension components. The aluminum control arms might not have stood up to the abuse.

Good luck.

Emre