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Die honda die!

I'm not a huge fan of hondas :D

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Well, I finally got around to getting a new car (see my post above for details...). It's a 1985 300zx naturally aspirated (no turbo). It's a GLL model with all the cool electric gizmos that all like to break. Digital gauges (complete with an accelerometer), power seats, power windows, power mirrors, a little voice box thing that tells me when my lights are on, lots of cool options. My favorite option has to be the t-tops! Gotta have those especially in Florida.

With the good comes the bad. The odometer says 107,000 miles but it doesn't roll over so I'll guess its some where in the 170,000-180,000 range. It also has a lot of rust. The car was sitting in the back yard of the previous owner half covered by an orange tree so moisture from the tree almost constantly dripped on the car. That led to a good portion of the rear tail light panel being rusted out. The leading edge of the roof on the passenger's side also has a nice series of rust holes that let water in. Because the roof is leaking, the passenger's side A-pillar has a 4 inch rust gash on it.

All in all, it was a good buy for $500. It runs and drives and has a set of almost new tires on it. It'll definately be an ongoing project but it can still get me from point A to point B. Hopefully I won't flip this one over...;)

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new gear. a brushgaurd, grill, lights, shop air system, and a very loud horn

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I had an encounter with a deer while driving on I-65 coming home from Purdue a couple weeks ago. The results:




Radiator & fan were smashed nicely into the rest of my car, and really it wasn't worth the money fixing. So here's my new ride:



94' Nissan Maxima, pretty nice for how old it is actually.

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http://cars0.ipixmedia.com/abc/cars/...JPG?t=tr/w:400


Thats my baby

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WOO for bringing back an old thread!

I was going to start a new one, but it's easier to just put it here.

This is my new project. It's a 1990 Ranger (my third ranger), and it's bagged and bodydropped. I drove it for about an hour and a half, then it decided to overheat. Pulled the heads saturday and discovered a cracked head, both head gaskets blown, and a hole in one of the pistons. So, looks like no more 2.9 v-6, this baby will get a ford 5.0 (302cid) and aod or c4 tranny.

any questions? it's laying body btw, not frame. when i do a dash swap i'll rewire the truck also. I'm thinking i may keep the three link in the rear, but set up the front for side to side, instead of just front/back.

oh and a low quality video is necesarry!

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rocknthehawk Talk about lowering, nice work!:cool:
Here is my car. My dream car from 8th grade!

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I'm having a little trouble placing that model. The hubcaps seem to indicate Lexus, and my guess within there would be the IS line, but I'm just not sure. What is it?

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Yup that's an IS300. Excellent car with Lexus build quality and reliability.

I finally got around to taking some better pics of my car outdoors.

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I never could figure out why people do that :)

Be sure to get as big a radiator as you can in it, or you'll face the overheating problem again! Should go better with all 8 pistons....

did you do all the work on the truck? looks like a great job!

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Well...i bought it to drag....the frame that is! haha on closed roads of course.


I've already found all the V8 parts i need, it's just matter of getting the money.

I didn't do any of the work...It actually needs some help. It looks pretty good, but i'm going to do a dash swap to probably an early 50's ford dash. I'm also rewiring the truck. When the front clip is off to do the motor swap, i'll be bracing the frame, because it has been z'ed and not reinforced to the extent i would like. I think i'll redo the upper link in the back, just to clean it up. It gets a ton of lift out back, so i'm not too concerened. Other than that...relocate battery to clean up underhood, molded center console to sub box, and new paint/bodywork.

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Awesome thread; just found it.

Here's my 2002 PT Cruiser, with too many modifications to list...newest thing is a custom turbocharger system and Megasquirt stand-alone fuel management. I love to race it in Autocross (SCCA Members, anyone?), as well as on the street. This wasn't a turbo when I bought it, hah.

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living on a true dairy farm i drive an 83 6.2 diesel GMC Sierra 2500.
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i have two parts trucks for it and plan on adding a lift kit, hopefully 6 to 10 inches, and some BF goodrich mud terrian or all terrain. right know i have no stereo, but i want to get rid of the bench seat so i can put subs in. I also hope to add a jake brake if they make one for this old of a truck, a compound turbo and some 8 inch stacks coming up the side of the cab. Maby some day a 2 speed rear axel too. Diesel is the way to go. I hope to someday own a 10 to 12 second diesel but for know this dose well for going to school and and burning rubber, even though the engine is really a 350 with injectors.