DemonZ

Andrew, sent you PM and email.

LOl!!! That totally rocks!! I love it!

I do believe tubing is OD. This is somewhat related. I have some concerns about safety in the event of a crash. SS lines are supposed to be a pain to work with, and I'd like to do this only once (yeah right). Would SS hardline be the toughest most practical tubing (would it tear and leak vs. a fexible SS braided would give)? And what kind of joints to use? I have an inertia switch that will cut power to the fuel pump, and an FIA approved Fuel Safe cell. Reason I would like to design some good safety into the fuel system is, I recall a vid of a fatal accident involving a Porsche that got t-boned on a track and burst into flames, and also Don Schroeder (of Car and Driver mag.) was burned to death when his test car crashed and flipped. Normally I would like to design a little "head room" into everything, but realized that would just be more fuel to get spilt in the event of an accident. So don't want to go too big.

Is that an "Ansa" exhaust tip? That is old school

Pop N Wood read my mind.

240hoke's car. Clean. Not too much bling. Weird I used to think those pop rivet flares were ugly, but now they kind of grew on me.

I've used these guys when they had a store near me years ago, http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRHM?KNC-DV6174368836 Their site is not very good right now, the old school catalog works much better!

I'll let you know in a couple more days. I'm having a car shipped from FL to WA. They picked it up Sat night 2/24 and it's supposed to get here 3/1 (I meet them somewhere for quicker delivery). The door to door sevice can be misleading as the transporter is some 60 ft long and not all neighborhoods can accomidate a big rig. I was quoted, 1090 open trailer and ~1400 for enclosed. I needed a rush job, so ended up paying 1190 (open transporter). Normally it would be around 890, but for some reason this route has been busy lately, so I was told. That's a 3,700 mile trip. If the driver makes it on time, that is smokin. I don't know how they do it. We shall see. http://www.autotransport4less.com/

I always wanted a WRX...visions of back roads rally, four wheel drifting throwing gravel at triple digit speeds... but alas the woman would not have it. She prefers the Hondu accord! Not much fun. So, I've been shopping over 3 months for a Boxster, and finally scored a great deal on a 02 S. It's on a transporter from FL right now. I can't wait!!! It's not real fast, but the balance of power, brakes, and handling is hard to beat for the money. Plus I'm a rag top man. Woohoo! This sounds hokey, but the engine sounds in the back are pure magic. Supposed to arrive sometime late this week. I feel like a kid before Xmas. Hard to sleep.

It happens to everyone. Glad you made it back home with all your teeth. I agree that big SUV/hi pickup drivers seem to like the intimidation factor. A while back, minding my own biz, merging onto the freeway in early morning rush hour driving my tiny Miata. Everyone is doing the orderly let a car in, go, let a car in thing, when I spot in my rear view this dick in a big black jacked up pick up agressively scootching all the way down to the LAST possible merge point and cut everyone. I hand the nose out a little and block his move which he inturn tries to play chicken with me. I have position and there is no way I'm going to let him in, so he gets behind me, rides my arse and hi-beams me which I respond to with the bird. Traffic is a parking lot, and there are plenty of witnesses I figure if he pulls a gun (of course this does me no good if he's a nut job). All kinds of scenarios are going through my mind at this point and I always wondered if those years of MA training was ever really going to work for real, guess I'm going to find out, and so I made up my mind I wasn't going to be intimidated by this dick. Dude looked big too. He sat behind me for what was a few tense minutes and proceeded to take the next exit. Whew! Who knows, maybe he knew himself better and took the "higher road" and cooled off. In hindsight, it prolly wasn't a smart move on my part, but hell it felt good to stick it to this wiener.

Um, hate to burst anyones bubbles but the dual downdraft webers are not so sought after. Infact the round top SU's will out perform them. The side draft triples weber are a different story.

One of those little "while I'm at it" considerations. If it's going to get tanked, I suppose it's only a day of die grinding. Ultimately, unless it's a race motor +5k it's probably not worth it IMHO.

That's some of the cleanest welds I've ever seen. Nice workmanship.

Well done! It looked kinda slow until you got going!

I certainly agree with the reverse drill method. Right tool for the right job, you pays your money and takes your chances. In a pinch, a vice grip substitues for the proper 6 point socket, and a wrench for a hammer work just fine. But that's not really the best way to wrench. My machine shop doesn't use EO exactly because of what happened to me. Machinist said he sees this all the time, and " I don't know why they sell those things." So his costly machinery is not a luxury, it's a necessity. If they could extract broken studs RELIABLY and quickly with cheap EO, it would be silly of them not to. My experience is that often shortcuts add up to long cuts in the end. False economy. IF you can afford it, HF lefty drill set was like 5 bucks, and a cheap tap and die set (if it doesn't come out with lefty) is under $50. That will pay for itself with one machine shop visit. It's no sweat off my nose either way, I've been there done that both ways.

Nice car Paul. Ceremonial burnout pics?

I'll never use "easy outs" again if I can help it. I broke one in a brake caliper bleed nipple. I then took it to a machine shop for removal, where they told me I was hosed because the metal bit is VERY hard (and brittle), so they couldn't drill it out. They also said they don't use "easy outs" either. I've had decent luck with left handed drill bits, HF has a cheap set that works ok.

I kept anticipating some wreck or some mishap, and was exactly as you said,........WTF? LOL! Some very dedicated craftsmen.

Coly cow! That's got to be more than half the fun right there.

I had a good time just watchin. Thanks for sharing!

Sunw...

1 tuff z, This was a good read, http://www.amazon.com/Fiasco-Inside-Story-Street-Trader/dp/0140278796 Did you have to be series 7 certified?

I haven't seen any SW out that would be worth it (to me). I'm skeptical any of those companies or infomercials have any validity otherwise they'd be trading themselves instead of teaching. Why sell a couple thousand dollar courses when they could be making millions? They don't seem like philanthropists to me. A small statistical edge can compound into substantial gains. An example, start with only 1k and double that each year. Do that 10 times. You hit a million the tenth year. Simple objective, double your money every year right? Sounds easy, but in reality EXTREMELY difficult to do. There are commercial charting programs out there, however free web based stuff, or the brokerage platforms are good enough for all but the most active traders. I use ameritrade, just because they bought out daytek which I grand fathered in on. Etrade looks about the same now or better. Investopedia.com is a decent site for general background. I use bigcharts.com and have used clearstation.com but would never trust any of them to do the analytics. Bigcharts has had basic data errors, and I've complained to no avail. Hey I guess you get what you pay for. The investment universe is immense and treacherous. Many methods and opionions but all agree, never play with money you cannot afford to lose. If you are a "gambler" like the kind who plays blackjack yet has no dedication for card counting, this will kill your bankroll in short order. My suggestion to anyone who wants to pursue this is after much research, if and when you are convinced you can turn a profit, paper trade and keep detailed records religiously. Do that for a year and see how you fair. As witnessed, in a bull market almost everyone can make money. It's weathering the downturns that proves your worth. Do that consistently, in bear and bull markets, and you'd be a very wealthy man indeed. It takes a toll on your health though. No matter how much you try and detach yourself emotionally, it gets to you. Losing thousands of dollars a day can do that to a person. The market always has you thinking defensively, otherwise you're toast if you don't. It can make you a little paranoid.

Online stock trader for last 9 years. My style of trading I guess is between a momentum trader and swing trader. I hold my position(s) from days to weeks, sometimes months, even years. Have made a few day trades, but not a "day trader". I was the strict investor type before the crash, now I'm more in and out. I can't tell you a sure fire way to make money in the stock market, but I can tell you FOR SURE the ways to lose it! After getting wiped out during the y2k tech crash, I dealt cards at a Casino for about a year. Before that I was a realtor, before that a waiter and student at UW.

That had me cracking up! The guy in front looks like he's about to drop it.