pretty decent little update here.. with a **** ton of pics... so if you're 56K GTFO....

i guess i'll start at the top...

got the gray car finished... and running, albiet a little rough is a bad MAF, 6-7 mo old gallon of gas in the tank... but for proof that it's out of the drive....
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not too too bad if i don't say so myself....

and then, i finished putting my car together, to get it out the way, so here's the shots of the new FMIC core and freshing painted super black piping.... and T bolt clamps w/new couplers...
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and then, once the gray car and the black car was out the of the, time to get the S13 coupe in the "bay" to get started on it... i took a few shots, more close up and detailed to give you guys more of a view of what i'm working with here to start with....

here's some before photos...

i never buy a car that doesn't come loaded with a bucket/container of random nuts and bolts FROM the car i'm buying...
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super JDM tyte push button start, with custom cracked "bezel".. actually works tho!!
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tear down begins....
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whoa....
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****!!!
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fuuuuuuuuu.....
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cleaned out and fixed up.... clawhammer as a model... new s14 seats... vac'd, and cleaned!!!
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pretty much done... time for some hard parking shots.. welcome to mi casa!!!
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then clawhammer came over, and he gave my son Tyler a ride on his bike!! tyler HAD to wear his batman pajamas all day...
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sweet!!!
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don't worry, speeds were never in excess of 5-10mph (for those of you like "ZOMG HELMETZ!!!)..

and a couple random shots...

from a drfit event... i love this pic...
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and my new camera mounts... trying to get some decent footage for future events... i got these and told they were crap, and will fall off in 30 minutes... so far, they've held my point and shoot camera i use to take my pics, and my camcorder for about 24 hours... oh yeah, mounted em to my Black Tail Prairie Dogs enclosure...
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and a small update on the house....

Windows are trimmed!!! and we're putting siding on over the weekend and early this week...
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my own window trim design...
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and my own design, hand built flush mount entertainment "center", big opening up top is for the 50" plasma, the mid hole is for the Wii, 360, receiver, and DVR sat thing...
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standing in the kitchen, view of the "great room"....
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that's pretty much it guys.....

 

oh, and someone else on an other forum DEMANDED pics of the prairie dog... so here she is...

enter dramatic prairie dog!!!


OH HAI!!!


MOAR LIFE!!!!
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OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
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pics don't work bud...

 

wtf? they worked before? working on it....

 

OH SNAP!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX74wasIHTM

i hit tires.... ugh....

 

Nice vid man, well done.

Don't worry about hitting the tires. That just means you're pushing your car and yourself to get better. Goodjob.

 

post that video in the drifting video thread.

 

link? i looked for it, but no joy....

 

forgive me nissan enthusiasts, it has been a long time since my last update....


well here it is...

so, a brief read on what's happened since my photobucket went to ****...

bought a S13 coupe
sold S13 coupe to get another project car (still under wraps)
bought a gang of **** for next to no money (Nismo 2 way, 5spd swap, rare JDM wheels, S14 SE seats, and other ****)
went drifitng (vid already posted)
and got a lot of **** done on the house

only thing i really have pics of (as black car is pretty much done, or is it?), is the progress on the house... so here goes!

Great Room
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well work, Florida aquafir water is awesome, after it's filtered..
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master tub with a fixture that cost more than it should have (over $1k in bathroom fixtures alone... UGH)
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pre siding (had to throw a shot of the drift rig w/tires in the shot!)
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siding! with my own custom front columns, my own design, built by yours truely, simple, yet elegant!
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after paint, which i REALLY pissed off about, we had picked a light shade of brown, from the color palet, almost a beige... builder says paints all done, so we go out there for pics, and the house is ****ing SALMON!!! pink mixed orange?!?!?!!?! i rose some serious hell, so we're dealing with that issue now... you can't see the actual color in the pics, but it's HORRIBLE as i'm going with slate colored roof and sofit, white trim, and with a neutral beige for the walls... no way in HELL is SALMON PINK going to fly with the roof/sofit/trim...
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ether way, insulation is in, and they're gonna be hanging sheet rock on monday...

more car related updates soon to come when i get either my new project, or if i decide to sell all the parts i'm stacking up for it... in that case, i got some plans in store for the black car that'll be pretty sweet!

 

well small update, once again more house related than car related, but don't worry, last part of the update is good for the lulz...

house finally painted the right color, looks a bit darker in the pics than it really is, trim still needs finishing tho...
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i built this for my 50" plasma, came out pretty nice now that there's drywall on it! should look pretty nice and present well once plastered and painted..
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view into kitchen/dining area...
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view into living/great room..
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GARAGE!!!!!
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now here's the kicker, been working on this **** for the second half of the day, welding, and fabbing up piping and ****... getting this ***** of a car ready for the Dec 5th Desoto drift event... not my design, i just helped with the welding, and fabbing...

Mazda MX-5 Miata... dubbed frankenmiata V2.0!
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went from a not running roller, to running, 10lbs, half tuned, and throwing some boost down... should slide nice come the 5th... next up for it is some beefy sway bars, and some springs! i'll post more updates on this crazy *** car as the progress goes along... "custom" cut hood, scoops, and all!!!

 

I may be late about the Prairie dog but wow. I thought you couldn't get them anymore. did they lift the ban? My little girl (Leeloo, named after the girl on 5th element) lived to a bit over 5 years old. I miss the darned animal so much, lol.

Also, where did you get the camera mounts? I've looked at a few places but the designs of them look sketchy. Or are those the "professional" outrageously priced ones?

 

i'm not as big a fan as of the prairie dog as my girl is, but yeah, it's a pretty cool lil animal..

and the camera mounts were from ebay, like $6 shipped... i was told they were junk, but they worked out AWESOME, you just have to make sure to clean BOTH surfaces, the surface it's going on, and the cup it's self...

 

well, another update, not much of one tho....

finally got some new front tires to match my rears... they're Goodyear Eagle GT's... pretty nice, the rears i've had on for a week or so are grippy as ****, so i wanted em for the front as the Bridgestone Potenza run flats were straight **** for drifting.... understeer/sliding out mid drift sucks *****...

so here's the new run...

245/40/18 up front
255/40/18 out back

pics...

YAY!!!!
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some shots of the tread design and stretch, which i LOVE the way 245's sit on a 9.5 wheel...
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fitment pic...
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rear pre-roll rubbing.... OH NOES!!! brand new rears, and already got some shredding...
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i love getting free tires, YAY for drift spares!!!
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and my new camera, i got tired of the low quality video my point and shoot camera had, so i wanted something a bit better that was a true camcorder, and shot in higher res... so i got this, it shoots in 1080, and 720 HD, and it has 8mp snap shots, which is just as good as the camera i normally use.... so hopefully my drift videos from here on out will have a higher quality than a point and shoot...

small/light enough to not put too much stress on my single suction cup mounts....
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pretty much it for now guys... new alignment on Sunday, i have to adjust some camber and caster for the upcoming event @ Desoto on the 5th....

 

I love the stance of your car. Nothing beat that. Also, can't wait to see some of HD videos!

 

well, just a small update, changed out the Diff fluid in the KAAZ 2 way, and put some parts on i've been sitting on for a while...

1.5qts of 80w90 and one bottle of Ford Friction Modifier... from what i've read, it should help with the clunking, clanking, rattling, and all the other misc noises my diff makes... and new oil should help it grab a little harder... yet to do a test drive yet as my driverside rear knuckle is bent at cracked...
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then i finally got my Megan rear lower bar on, been sitting on the parts shelf for almost two months...
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and i also FINALLY installed my police issue wig wag head light flashers, i was going to put them on my HIDs but after reading up, it has a tendency to burn the ballasts, and the wig wag control box out, so i wired em up to my high beams, and tucked all the wiring... might come in handy with slow ****ers on the back roads!

here's the vid, taken with my new Flip Mini UltraHD camera i got so i can have higher quality videos of my drift events...
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so yeah, not much, just posting as i go....

i'll have the car in the shop tomorrow to replace the knuckle, then ANOTHER alignment, and then i should be ready for the drift competition at Desoto Super Speedway on Saturday... time crunch!!