I'd totally partner up on an exotic car if someone would be willing.

Destroyed the demon bolt in 30 seconds with minimal effort. The car has 100K miles and has been sitting for a year. No PB Blaster or nothing. That's what having the right tools will do :rock:

Gotta finish up some work. I'll post up pics later :tup:

Good write-up. Part of why we didn't go that route was reading about the ringland failures. I also detest the idea of a car coming lean from the factory. I was doing some additional reading yesterday, and I guess I'd thought they would be an easier car to make power in. Everything I read suggests a pretty low upper limit before you start having to build the engine.

Anyway, I was asking more out of curiosity than for any other reasons. I dd my Z, and love it. Have a truck when the weather demands it.

Dude, definitely RTV the gaskets! don't be dumb like me and have to go back and fix it haha.

Oh and I bought a set of Hotchkis billet sway bar bushing brackets from a local forum member the other day. I knew I wasn't going to need the rears, but little did I know... I don't need the fronts either.

Yesterday I pulled out the front sway bar I purchased last summer and the previous owner had left the billet brackets on there :facepalm: :icon17:

Yeah, i guess to clarify the WRX is much better than the STi in terms of reliability. from what i've read, people get in trouble when they try to crank the boost up on the FA20. It's already running a 10:6 compression ratio with about 20+ PSI of boost flat out.

Supposedly, you can eclipse the STi in power easily in a WRX because of the direct injection system. STis need fuel upgrades to get back in front of the WRX.


Edit: the other option is to wait for the 2021 model being released soon.

I've got the ZSpeed copper gaskets. They should be fine. Unless the exhaust header flanges are warped - they don't appear to be from what I can feel but I'll know better once the cats are off.

normal basic mods. def exhaust for sound/power and a tune to clean up the A/F

not sure what else you can do to those aside from i see people finally doing turbo upgrades on them now.

also, i'm conflicted would i was the regular or the GT slant back one. basically do i want the engine covered or exposed lol

I was thinking I was just gonna drop the go pedal and not let them get close enough to read em :rofl2:

I made the trip without incident but the state boys were out in force! Sneaky sneaky sitting on the entrance ramps shooting the rears.

EW and I have popped 4 sets I think now without any issue. Take your time to make sure 6 pt socket is seated on bolt head and crank 'er. My fat *** puts all my weight into it and they just pop.

:tup: :driving:

For the alignment being all kitty wompus, car drove and felt great! I need to load the new tune Seb sent for a bit more power. :rock:

haha good point.

he is buying to flip anyways probably retails around 170ish. sticker was around 200k

What springs are you running in your WG right now?

Yeah it doesn’t have the nicest options...wheels are not black, no ceramic breaks CF pieced etc.
I would say its a more like base one..

160K is still a good price for a 2019 model. With 2K miles
I think your Dads bid for wholesale is generous.

Because a 16 or 17 models sells at that price range retail 135K to 150K
The maintenance will kill you. $800 for oil change.

But If I get a super model GF with that car I would say worth the money!

Your lawn mower breaks windows. :eek:

it does have ceramic brakes but yea no CF and whatnot which i would want.

Money is money. You're lucky I haven't received the text yet.

7.5# spring. Gauge shows ~8.5#

McLaren prices depreciates as bad as Covid19 economic meltdown!

Reliability is a big issue with British cars!

Ask Asht! Lol

Melord you mean your gonna bring me down too?

What happened to the guts and gory we had?

Until now I still have crabs!

The leasing costs for Mclaren’s last year were ridiculously cheap for the car.

Reliability isn’t as bad for Brit cars as they used to be, but then most British car manufacturing is either Japanese or German - it’s not like the old British Leyland days

Saying that German reliability isn’t great either (Bentley Continental is based on a VW Phaeton which has dodgy electrics as does the Audi A8) have cars got too complicated for their own good?

Although....

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So....... you're calling yourself "Fatman Slim"?

You have about a 1,200 mile head start.

I think just fatass.

I'll just call you Slim.

Zoren this would be my pick:
2014 - 24k miles - 104k

Time to put in the next size up! Especially with that fuel system you're running! You need to give me something to aspire to! :icon17:

Its in the works. We will see what direction I want to go after spooler gets his motor installed.

Here's a nice one I came across when I was out on my bike.

A contract is a contract..... nothing personal... :tiphat:







:rofl2::rofl2:

Damt I have to make use of my skills that I learned from Vietnam!

I need to find some banana leaf to cover my azz!

With money on your head.., you have no friends!
Lol

Maybe Spoiler would hide me on big Sharon’s undies!

hmmmm new winter beater?

55k sticker was 83k

505hp should get through snow lol

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Bucket seats? I see no ceramic but that would work.

Bucket seats is a must...I like hard staff on my arse!:ugh2::ugh2:

options are limited theres only a handful at the auction currently.

downfall of the auction and something specific is you gotta wait.

sometime autotrader and raping someone on price is a better option.

i went to a dealership for my GTR lol

I didn't even have to lean into it. Just a little bit of arm effort and the thing cracked loose. Another 1.5 turns and and it broke off. All of a 30 sec job including climbing under the car to make sure the socket was fully seated on the bolt head.

The 3/8 drive 14mm Harbor Freight socket cracked like an egg a while back. I knew it would lol.
The Snap-on 1/2 to 3/8 drive adaptor/36 inch extension along with Snap-on 14mm swivel socket were doing ok but I could tell the 3/8 drive wasn't quite enough. I had a Harbor Freight 3/8 drive impact universal swivel that was in between them and as soon as I put any force on it the thing broke apart (repairable but not able to withstand the demon bolt torque).
Success came from a Snap-on 1/2 drive 14mm impact swivel socket and 1/2 drive Snap-on impact universal swivel along with a smorgasbord of 1/2 extensions and a 24 inch Harbor Freight breaker bar.

Dinner was simple but amazing. I love these warmer days! low-mid 60s here today.
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Magma red peaking through the shadows. Dog does NOT like the car turbo'd. I hit the gas and he slid back into the seat and was planted there, wide eyed and tongue hanging out. :rofl2: :rofl2: I took it easy after that and let him stick his head out the window and smell the world going by. :rofl2:
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What offset on your rear wheels and tire width?