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B. Whisky

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  1. i got rid of the little cup and made it flat. msa replacement seat belts dont use it. I just made sure that i kept the hole for the bolt and tied that metal in well.
  2. I used angle steel to create a lip along the length of the rocker, so as to align the floor with that. The floor now sits a half inch or so higher but I think its for the better
  3. 1x3" 14 gauge tubing for the rails. Used a wide flat vise grip and some beer to bend the edges.
  4. In the middle of the very same thing myself.
  5. http://images.craigslist.org/00m0m_dHnq4JkObei_600x450.jpg Someone allegedly offered him $1500. I'm inclined to believe it.
  6. Rebuilt an f54 block, didn't touch the head w/200k or so on it, t04b-25, >10psi, front mount ic, stock turbo efi tweaked with the aid of a uego controller to handle the deletion of the emissions and idle speed hardware, 16gal fuel cell, spec aluminum flywheel, stock turbo clutch (MISTAKE!), vintage air, new brake hardware all around, skimped on the suspension (mistake #2), no head unit, just an amp with a headphone to RCA adapter, and a nice kill switch. It has served me quite well, but honestly, having recently purchased my mostly stock all-trac the z has become my lady on the side, and driving it less has made its foibles so much more evident. The clutch does not tolerate the new setup at all. As soon as the wastegate dumps I lose all acceleration. The I caught the efi leaning out up top under wot, the suspension is poorly suited to handle Philly streets, my windshield leaks on me, and I have less than desirable driveability in the low rpm, light throttle range. But that car is still the s@#t of s$@ttown around here.
  7. Jeez. I work as a smelter at a precious metal refinery. One of three at a company of just over 30. There are two people who are charged with "supervising" our activities, neither of whom are smelters and one of whom has ever melted before. With gold prices backing down as they have our business has taken about a 65% hit compared to the last 3 or so years. So the owner hires a guy who used to manage some function at a gold mine as his COO. He's worried about selling paintings. He worries that he might have to sell one of his 30 exotic rides. So he has this guy find the problem and implement solutions. Its been a year now and his conclusion is........ the market is down. After spending months wreaking havoc getting us to change our method of melting, because of course WE THREE were the root cause of the decline in business. It must be my job to acquire and maintain customers then, not the sales people. I mean who leaves base metal and wax and stones and mercury and lead in the melts? Not the processors, who's job it is to spot and remove it, oh no! But then, what else should I expect from a place where you report to self important charlatans, who don't know your job, or why we couldn't pour two molten metals off each other. A place where the custodian, the CLEAN UP DUDE, has more insight on melting than those two. We get big lots of silver trinkets (candelabras and knives and such) that have more steel and wax in them than silver. If you don't know what moisture does when suddenly submerged into molten silver and flux, well neither did I. But then that's why the processors are there, two of which are our supervisors. And do they make sure this doesn't make it to us? No. They ignore it exists so that another processor takes responsibility for it. One whos hands are wracked with arthritis, who can't use a hammer, or see straight for that matter. And no one questions the lot until we melt it...
  8. Looks like a toothless old man, or a catfish. Nice shoes though.
  9. Z3. Idk why someone said to stay away. I drove a high mileage 2.5 unmodded and I loved it. Smooth power, small chassis, overall i am smitten with that car, despite my aversion to its appearance. This is coming from someone who has sworn against anything sold later than 1996.
  10. Just received the disk. Thanks to Zentech for the great part and the prompt shipping.
  11. That sounds good to me. Pm me with details please.
  12. Im pretty sure the hub on my disk is broken, so I am in the market for a replacement. Stock or upgrade, either will be considered, but its gotta be a 240mm turbo disk. I daily this thing, so the sooner the better. Thanks.
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