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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:32 PM
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The after math

Well I had a wonderful time at the track this past Friday at Firebird!!!

Enjoy!!!!




Link to my for sale thread to help me out guys LMAO!!!
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/parts-66/clean-out-203391/

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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:37 PM
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Lsd + dual posi ftmfw!

actually get the trans out of the ion

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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:40 PM
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ouch
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:40 PM
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Haz l33t wheelz.
 
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man, you've got some cleaning to do....
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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ee iwant lsdddd
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:44 PM
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and to think I thought I broke something my first race at the bird....******* bog...
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:57 PM
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I have videos of the hop but not the break I left right before, let me get home and I'll put em up
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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Clutch is F'ed bad. Slips of course. I'm pretty sure I cracked the trans casing which is why its leaking fluid. I'll be pulling it soon to evaluate the damage. If its done I'm looking for a G85 trans and a new clutch/flywheel set.

Plus I killed it racing at the track. Wheel hop took its toll after several hard track passes. Time for OTTP mounts
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:08 AM
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Ouch dude. Sucks.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:09 AM
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dam that sucks

what were your times though?
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 12:13 AM
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Ouch dude. Sucks.
Yeah my car hates me lately. Been pushin it hard.

Originally Posted by Wolf117
dam that sucks

what were your times though?
LOL!!! Did a 14.3@102mph w/ 2.365 60's and the clutch was slipping on that run. I'm having trouble breaking 13's again cause everytime the track is prepped the clutch slips.

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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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damn richie that sucks hope you get it back running soon i left early gf was with me and they kept prepping the track every 5 minutes literally so i was irritated lol
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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damn richie that sucks hope you get it back running soon i left early gf was with me and they kept prepping the track every 5 minutes literally so i was irritated lol
Yeah I know us too. We usually get like 7+ runs in. Only did 4 that night.

Bad news is I got under there and cleaned it all up and checked for the leak. Coming between motor/trans.

Well good news is I have been sourcing trans and found some for some good prices w/LSD Looks like car will be back on the road with G85 and new clucth and flywheel




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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 04:24 PM
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Ouch Ouch Ouch
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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damn....

trans for me? lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2alBPk2gkPo

this will give you some lulz
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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I'll be pulling the car in soon now and taking it apart. I'm surprized we made it home on how bad it's leaking.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 01:36 AM
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Eh, some stop leak will fix it.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 08:22 AM
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sucks to see that richie. GL
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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sucks to see that richie. GL
Thanks bro. I won't let it stay like this long. I'm really excited to tear it apart now. At least now I'll have a soild drivetrain after I'm done.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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get me a g85 tranny too!
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 01:31 AM
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lol ok i'll order 2
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 02:41 AM
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Funds finally came in. I will be ordering my trans tommorrow. Already ordered my gmpp clutch and new stock flywheel. Gonna order mounts this week, so my TTR upper one will be for sale soon
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 04:07 AM
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glad to see you getting it back together so quick and so you can come down and tune my car lol
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by SSfamilywagon
Funds finally came in. I will be ordering my trans tommorrow. Already ordered my gmpp clutch and new stock flywheel. Gonna order mounts this week, so my TTR upper one will be for sale soon
Oh boy time to battle

Now are you gonna do this at the shop or in the drive way?

Either way, hit me up when you need help. I only demand maybe a whopper from BK like Chris got me on saturday and maybe some cherry dr. pepper.

ALSO THE FINAL DEMAND WE MUST PLAY HANNA MONTANA ON THE RADIO!!!!!111!!!!1
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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Yeah us too. It broke down at the right time LOL!! I'm gonna have my hands full though cause I gotta put 2 cars back on the road now along with school, work and trying to tune and sell all my stuff to make some extra cash.

It'll be fun though. We can still drive up there to tune in the good ol Ion
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