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Old 03-10-2014, 05:22 PM
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Got the intake tubing and throttle body this morning!

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sweet!

so who's helping you out? and you got your car from padlock?
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I didn't take his post that away, but I could be wrong.
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Its being built in padlock's garage but I didn't get my car from him lol
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I want to do this bad to my 2.2 base sedan. Looking forward to the install process! Please keep us updated how you did everything.
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Originally Posted by sandman
Its being built in padlock's garage but I didn't get my car from him lol
Nice! Padlock is good people.
Old 03-11-2014, 03:03 AM
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we need to strip that ugly red paint off the intake piping.. that can be a simple project to do this week at my place, a can of aerosol aircraft remover along with some mineral spirits should do the trick. I can grab latax gloves from work
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I didn't care much for the red either but I had some extra and its better than the faded black
Old 03-11-2014, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by padlock


we need to strip that ugly red paint off the intake piping.. that can be a simple project to do this week at my place, a can of aerosol aircraft remover along with some mineral spirits should do the trick. I can grab latax gloves from work
lets do it haha
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That red is barf
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Originally Posted by BlackielawlessSS
That red is barf
You should see my valve cover paint job
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Haha epic fail?
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yup haha
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Pics or it didn't happen
Old 03-24-2014, 05:56 PM
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Injectors and throttle body pigtail have arrived! Now just waiting on harness and I'll order a boost gauge soon
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Whts mileage on car?
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Sounds like it is going to be awesome!
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Originally Posted by Quad-coupe07
Whts mileage on car?
63.5k
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Le epic powa time!
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Le epic powa time!
soon.

These ebay coupons are really doing me some good
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Holy ****.
I completely forgot about that harness.
I will send it priority today.
My bad.
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Its alright haha
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Are you going to do it in a weekend Sandman? Or wait until summer?
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I most likely won't be able to do it during the summer. Hopefully next weekend works out to get it done
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Nice! I can't wait! Who is tuning you?


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