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    Remember the "Serious a$$ 240z Turbo on eBay"?

    in Turbo / Supercharger

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    Here's the original auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4532699117&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

     

    This car was an AWESOME deal. It came with a TON of parts:

     

    -- GC Coilovers, Tokico 5-way Adj. suspension; fully adj. control arms from Arizonazcar

    -- Wilwood 4 piston calipers with 12" rotors front AND rear conversion

    -- Autometer Ultralite guages

    -- Electric Waterpump

    -- Tec2

     

    The list goes on and on

     

    -- Replace the Aeromotive RRFPR, which doesn't like to raise the fuel pressure level with boost after it warms up.

     

    -- Running a bit rich, so it could use some tuning.

    Need some help in Houston, car check anyone?

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    Oh yeah, I wouldn't hesitate to trust that guy one moment. I bought a TPS (functional -- I tested continuity) and a head temp. sensor from him for $5 -- I was gonna buy some used turbo injectors and turbo AFM from him, but he didn't want to sell them to me because he didn't know their condition. Anyways, he was a pretty cool guy -- I also bought a pair of mint Mr2 seats from a guy that works with him for $100. So far, that place has earned a great reputation to me.

    Need some help in Houston, car check anyone?

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    I actually checked it out last weekend when I was visiting my uncle up there. The interior, from what I remember, is pretty clean. I know it's a five speed. I talked to the owner about it (It's a Z yard, BTW, and the guy is pretty friendly) and he was telling me about the parts he replaced on it to get it running properly. I wasn't interested in buying it, so I didn't really heavily examine it, but from what I remember, $1500 seems like a pretty good price for it. The guy listed his phone number -- I'd give him a call.

    Ditch the L28ET for a LS1???

    in Gen III & IV Chevy V8Z Tech Board

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    Only thing is, once you go LS-1, you have to hunt down a tranny for it (unless it's included), it'll take a different setup than the turbo, and if I remember correctly for the LS-1, headers/exhaust kit for it is a PITA. I'd say, you already have a turbo engine that fits in there well, it should be plenty reliable (if you put it together right :-) ), and it's very easy to do maintenance on it. However, since you already have the Hulk, I'd say it may be funner to throw in the LS-1 to experience something different (like low-end torque :wink: )

    LS1-Edit and Dyno session on My Vette Yesterday

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    I'm jealous...wish I had one. I used to think "eh, just another vette" when I saw one, but for some reason, the C5's REALLY grew on me. I don't really like the C6 (well, exterior anyways) but that C5 is just downright SEXY while looking aggressive and having the performance to back it up. Those cars have so much potential, it's unreal. Now stock, a C5 really isn't much to brag about IMO, but after some minor upgrades, those babies will really open up. Congrats

    Anyone need anything from Nissan ASIST?

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    Yeah, in my 1982 280zxt, everytime I hit a pothole, or any little bump on the road for that matter, it sounds like the back half of the car is going to fall off. That, and at about highway speeds I can hear squeaks coming from about 7 different places. :lol: Just kidding man, thanks for the offer though -- I'm sure plenty of people could use the help

    2004 Darwin Awards

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    Just got this in an e-mail -- I remember Darwin awards being posted on this site, but from what I recall they were the 2003's. If these have already been posted, I apologize. I think I remember snopes.com revealing some 2003 awards as phonies, but I don't know if the same holds true for all or just some. Nevertheless, it's still a good read:

     

    Once again, it's time for the Darwin Award Nominees. The Darwin's are

    awarded every year to the idiots who died in the most stupid manner,

    thereby removing themselves from the gene pool (thank God).

    Note: no politicians and only 1 lawyer made the finals this year!

    This year's nine nominees are:

     

    Nominee #1 [san Jose Mercury News]: An unidentified man, using a

    shotgun like a club to break a former girlfriend's windshield, accidentally

    shot himself to death when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his gut.

     

    Nominee #2 [Kalamazoo Gazette]: James Burns, 34, a mechanic from Alamo,

    MI, was killed in March as he was trying to repair what the police describe

    as a "farm-type truck." Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a

    highway while Burns hung underneath, so that he could ascertain the source of a troubling noise. Burns' clothes caught on something, however, and the

    other man found Burns "wrapped in the drive shaft."

     

    Nominee #3 [Hickory Daily Record]: Ken Charles Barger, 47,

    accidentally shot himself to death in December in Newton, NC. Awakening to the sound of a ringing teephone beside his bed, he reached for the phone but

    grabbed instead a Smith & Wesson 38 Special, which discharged when he drew it to his ear.

     

    Nominee #4 [uPI, Toronto]: Police said a lawyer, demonstrating the

    safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper, crashed through a pane

    with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman

    said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank

    Tower early Friday evening as he was explaining the strength of the

    building's windows to visiting law students. According to police, Hoy had

    previously conducted similar demonstrations of window strength. Peter Lawson, managing partner of the firm, told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was "one of the best and brightest" members of the 200-man association.

     

    Nominee #5 [The News of the Weird]: Michael Anderson Godwin had spent

    several years awaiting South Carolina's electric chair on a murder

    conviction, before having his sentence reduced to life. After being

    moved from death row, while sitting on a metal toilet in his cell, attempting

    to fix his small TV set, he bit into a wire and was electrocuted.

    (South Carolina entrants are always perennial favorites)

     

    Nominee #6 [The Indianapolis Star]: A cigarette lighter may have

    triggered a fatal explosion in Dunkirk, IN. A Jay County man, using a cigarette

    lighter to check the barrel of a muzzle loader was killed Monday night

    when the weapon discharged in his face. Sheriff's investigators said

    Gregory David Pryor, 19, died in his parents' rural Dunkirk home at about 11:30

    PM.

    Pryor was cleaning a 54-caliber muzzle-loader that had not been firing

    properly. He was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the

    gunpowder ignited.

     

    Nominee #7 [Reuters, Mississauga, Ontario]: A man cleaning a bird

    feeder on the balcony of his condominium apartment in this Toronto suburb slipped and fell 23 stories to his death. Stefan Macko, 55, was standing on a

    wheeled chair when the accident occurred. "It appears that the chair moved, and he went over the balcony," said Inspector D'Arcy Honer of the Peel

    Regional Police.

     

    Finally, THE WINNER!!! [Arkansas Democrat Gazette]: Two local men were

    injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near

    Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County Deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday. Thurston

    Poole,33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to

    Des Arc after a frog gigging trip on an overcast Sunday night when Poole's

    pickup truck headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the

    headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering column. Upon inserting

    the bullet, the headlights began to operate, and the two men proceeded

    eastbound toward the White River Bridge. After traveling about 20

    miles, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated,

    discharged and struck Poole in the testicles. The vehicle swerved

    sharply right, exiting the pavement, and striking a tree.

     

    Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident but

    will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which

    will never operate as intended. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was

    treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when

    Thurston shot his balls off, or we might both be dead," stated Wallis.

     

    "I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this

    is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how the

    accident happened," said Deputy Snyder.

     

    Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia (Poole's wife) asked how

    many frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck?

    Though Poole and Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure, as

    normally required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that Poole

    DID, in fact, effectively remove himself from the gene pool.

     

    Edit: I already found the lawyer incident on snopes.com -- It said that the story is true, but it happened in 1999 :-/ So, I apologize if the rest are old news.

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