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Oct 17, 2010 | 07:47 PM

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My super progress/build thread

Well I started with this.

Then I was cheap so I chopped my springs.

She had 69,000 miles on it. Factory 5 speed. It was seriously still in mint condition.

Then we played in the rain.

Threw on some z wheels.

Then I got a little more serious. My first drift day at Oreilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis.

Then I did some things im not so proud of . . .

Actually I was replacing a wheel bearing at my second drift day. Speedrome in Indianapolis. I drove the car to the track, 4 and a half hours, on a totally shot bearing. Picked up the parts that I ordered at the Indy Lexus, then threw them on the morning before that event. And by this time I had Stance coilovers and a welded diff.

So then I did my thing at that event. Midwest Drift Union was holding a compitition for non caged drivers in which the winner gets a free cage.

I ended up winning this comp so it was cage time for me!

Then I raced at Gateway International Raceway in St. Louis. Amazing event but no time to get the cage installed yet.

Oct 17, 2010 | 07:52 PM

SCDanny

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Then i tucked my bumper and cut out my spare tire well.

And now this is where I stand.

No heat. No air. No radio. Not much dash. And a lot less wiring.

Oct 17, 2010 | 07:59 PM

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so serious! you sc is going to live a harder life than most

Oct 17, 2010 | 08:00 PM

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I hope you are selling you black interior, those are hard to come by! Looking good, any engine work?

Oct 17, 2010 | 08:19 PM

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Nice! I like it. Good job on winning.

Oct 17, 2010 | 08:27 PM

ZachTriggs

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Really good start man, good luck!

Oct 17, 2010 | 08:38 PM

HEWJsc4

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Any idea what it weighs?

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Oct 17, 2010 | 08:51 PM

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nice set up. talk about bare necessities

Oct 17, 2010 | 08:54 PM

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Wow good job man, anything done to the engine?

Oct 17, 2010 | 09:05 PM

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You should at least put a boom-box in there...Otherwise very very cool

Oct 17, 2010 | 09:44 PM

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From a mint 68000 sc 5-speed black interior to gutted and chopped, you should have passed this one to someone who wants to baby a car and just buy a beat up one to play around with. However, I do respect someone who drives their car like it's meant to be driven, just sad to see a mint one go this route lol