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Old Sep 29, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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Does anyone local have a set of 18's they don't want or they don't need, or whatever? I'm very interested in some cheap wheels. I don't care if they're curbed or rashed.
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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That is pretty awesome man. You have to take me for a ride. What's the story on the boost? Wastegate not tight enough? BOV leaking? What are you controlling boost with?


No clue, there is a 16psi spring in the 44mm wastegate, and a BRAND new TIAL Q BOV. The MBC could be a problem (its a basical ball/spring forged piece from SBR, but made 900+ whp on TPG's 2G) SoOoO i am hoping it something around my intake manifold area because there is an EGR block off plate like on denny's car and he just found a HUGE boost leak there. Just sucks because 30PSI is just about where that turbo wakes up, and it did not get a chance to make the power it deserves, or could have...

Should be good soon, going to test it tomorrow at some point, and hope to get it back on the dyno before the weekend!

thanks for looking tough! oh, rides will be given! next meet.
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by garcia10
yea i def want a ride in that thing....idk when ill be home again from dental school...when i know for sure ill let u know in advance and we can meet up somewhere local.....i cant wait to have the financial stability to do something like that.....i told myself as soon as im done with dental school...im turning my evo into something like that... ...but that wont be for another 7-10 years...ahahaha
ha by then when you are baggin a couple hundo grand a year an evo will be the last of your worries.. You will be driving things like a twin turbo f430 or something.
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Peteypab2133
ha by then when you are baggin a couple hundo grand a year an evo will be the last of your worries.. You will be driving things like a twin turbo f430 or something.
hahaha ummm trust me its not like that. but it is a great career choice, people will always need a dentist
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Oki Panoki
hahaha ummm trust me its not like that. but it is a great career choice, people will always need a dentist
i did not know you were a dentist. siiick. only reason i suggested it was because the dentist my sister worked for has like 2 sti's an s2000 like 3 audi's a bmw x5 and of course a huge house... he bought all these cars for his sons/wife etc. etc.

Maybe he makes dough selling nawz on the side lol
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Gtr

Just saw the new GTR in person for the first time in North hills on 3 degree road. It was a black one. As is the case with most expensive cars, it was an old dude driving it, probably in his 50's or 60's. I used to think that I would confuse it for a souped up 350Z if I ever saw it. Boy was I wrong! that thing is HUGE !!!!!!
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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oki...wait your a dentist?....i thought you said your dad was one?
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by CatalystGod
Just saw the new GTR in person for the first time in North hills on 3 degree road. It was a black one. As is the case with most expensive cars, it was an old dude driving it, probably in his 50's or 60's. I used to think that I would confuse it for a souped up 350Z if I ever saw it. Boy was I wrong! that thing is HUGE !!!!!!
Very big, looks like a Z to me but just wider/longer... Dont get me wrong i cant afford any skyline, but the R34 is just sooo pretty
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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gas price

Guys, I was just calculating gas prices relative to the barrel prices and there seems to be a disconnect. When we were paying almost 4.8-5.0 USD per gallon of 93 OCT, the price per barrel was 145-147. Recently the barrel price has been hovering around 95-105. That's only 2/3 of what it was at its peak. But gas price today is not 2/3 of what we paid at the peak. there's almost a 30-40 cents/gallon difference per the calculation. What am I missing????
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Peteypab2133
Very big, looks like a Z to me but just wider/longer... Dont get me wrong i cant afford any skyline, but the R34 is just sooo pretty
It definitely seems to borrow a few styling cues from the Z, but boy was it big. Looks like a juggernaut. I guess I just wasn't expecting it........
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by CatalystGod
Guys, I was just calculating gas prices relative to the barrel prices and there seems to be a disconnect. When we were paying almost 4.8-5.0 USD per gallon of 93 OCT, the price per barrel was 145-147. Recently the barrel price has been hovering around 95-105. That's only 2/3 of what it was at its peak. But gas price today is not 2/3 of what we paid at the peak. there's almost a 30-40 cents/gallon difference per the calculation. What am I missing????
All the other "hands in the cookie jar".
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by garcia10
oki...wait your a dentist?....i thought you said your dad was one?
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yeah thats what i was about to say. maybe what i wrote was confusing. But my brothers going for dentistry as well. its a great career like i said but the bills after school, as you can well imagine, are . then setting up a good practice (which is key), buying a house and having a family. it just takes a while to get yourself secure enough for the fun stuff. like anything thou, hard work will pay off. and jeff (correct?) is a smart dude obviously


and to the gtr post, personally when i saw it i thought it was alot smaller than what i had previously imagined from photos
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by CatalystGod
Just saw the new GTR in person for the first time in North hills on 3 degree road. It was a black one. As is the case with most expensive cars, it was an old dude driving it, probably in his 50's or 60's. I used to think that I would confuse it for a souped up 350Z if I ever saw it. Boy was I wrong! that thing is HUGE !!!!!!
I think that is the car my buddy got to drive. I guess the "old dude" traded in an SL65 or something Mercedes to get that. I hear they are pretty wild to drive, he said it chirped all 4 from 1-2 and that was only at like 4k rpm.
Old Sep 30, 2008 | 05:37 AM
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somehow it would suck having to reach into peoples nasty mouths..... It would not be the career choice for me
Old Sep 30, 2008 | 08:28 AM
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hey guys im comin home in couple weeks, lookin to put a evo/dsm meet together in pit area, waterfront was discussed...weve been discussing this on buschurs forum....were thinkin the 18th, anyone in?



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