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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 04:18 PM
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Congrats on the front page!
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 04:41 PM
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Sohhhh yeah another SC on the cover page
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Old Feb 12, 2015 | 05:13 PM
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Yep, congrats on the cover! Nice!!!
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Old May 19, 2015 | 10:51 AM
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Whats next mike?
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Old May 19, 2015 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by CatManD3W
Whats next mike?
cant do much in a emissions state so the next thing is to register back in florida then BPU.
probably next year or 2, go single. then wisefab, wheels, new bushings all around.
carbon hood and trunk lighter seats maybe, I might get a suckerpunch shifter soon

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Old May 19, 2015 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mikef
cant do much in a emissions state so the next thing is to register back in florida then BPU.
probably next year or 2, go single. then wisefab, wheels, new bushings all around.
carbon hood and trunk lighter seats maybe, I might get a suckerpunch shifter soon
Ah man thats a bummer.....emissions suck...

I have yet to get my car inspected or emissions......I just drive around without it inspected or emissions....lol....I couldnt pass emissions and unfortunately the Pittsburgh city it is required...if you fail one...you dont get the other....I passed safety inspection no problem

But about a 20 min drive out side of the city the surrounding counties are emissions exempt....

I really dont care.....i'll pay the fine if I got caught.....but have yet to get pulled over for no stickers...
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Old May 19, 2015 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by CatManD3W
Ah man thats a bummer.....emissions suck...

I have yet to get my car inspected or emissions......I just drive around without it inspected or emissions....lol....I couldnt pass emissions and unfortunately the Pittsburgh city it is required...if you fail one...you dont get the other....I passed safety inspection no problem

But about a 20 min drive out side of the city the surrounding counties are emissions exempt....

I really dont care.....i'll pay the fine if I got caught.....but have yet to get pulled over for no stickers...
true, im lucky that my title is florida and I can just register it to a family house. Im sure the sniffer will pass but its not the point, I dont want them to grind my gears or even touch it.
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Old Jun 6, 2015 | 11:15 AM
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painted the cover today, high heat primer, then oem base coat, high heat clear coat, wet sanded then buff. then polish.


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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 04:30 PM
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looks great man, What did you do to get the mishimoto radiator to fit so good?
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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 04:33 PM
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I had to bend the bottom brackets up a little and the top brackets I had to bend down a hair, fits great.
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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 04:55 PM
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Cover came out nice.

Are you still on stock boost on those twins ?
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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by gerrb
Cover came out nice.

Are you still on stock boost on those twins ?
I had to leave the stock down pip for emissions but now Im registered back in florida Ill be going BPU. From that point in a year or so Ill be going single. I might wait till the twins blow.

I might just leave it bpu and go Wisefab first

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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 05:21 PM
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went up top of a parking garage







































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Old Jun 9, 2015 | 06:38 AM
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Nice touch with the spark plug cover....

I knew you would go single....everyone does at some point....the stock twins are fun for awhile but a single hits so hard

And it clears up so much space on the exhaust side of the bay making stuff more accessible and easier to work on
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Old Apr 3, 2016 | 09:36 AM
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here is a photo about a week ago, I dropped the transmission to fix the rear main seal, look how clean it is. after the build the car never seen rain or snow


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