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Old 12-15-2008, 06:36 PM
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Yeah def. I'm gonna get a full exhaust and intake on it, some coilovers, rear sway, HIDs and call it a day i think. Should look pretty clean.
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Old 12-15-2008, 06:54 PM
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hmm jus alil motivation for yee



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Old 12-15-2008, 06:56 PM
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damnit rose. now everyone knows what I'm gettin. Lol nah that thing looks sexy as f^@#

BUY MY CAR!
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:03 PM
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lmfao it was inevitable lol that car looks soo good man i hate that i crashed my car the weeknd before trading it in im ____ed lmao.

sum1 buy his car BUT without his parts cause im taking them lmao
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:03 PM
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Oh man, that's so hot, it's not even fair.

I saw one the other day, gold, slammed and on steelies. The steelies were dead flush, it looked fantastic.
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:05 PM
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u really dont even have to do anything else to the outside of the car it looks amazing as it is even stock wheels look great on it lol powder coated black black out the tails dark tints and ur set lmao
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:08 PM
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Yeah. I think i'm gonna go the murdered out route. Do a little work on it. Def replace the BOV cuz the stock one leaks like a ****. People have gained 20whp on these replacing the stock BOV.
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:10 PM
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there u go man that car is awesome black on black nothing more to be said stockies and ur set maybe alil more goodies for the engine and ur good to go
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:10 PM
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Don't plan on driving it hard or increasing the power too much. I've seen the motor mounts/tranny mounts break on those, and it is not pretty. It's a fairly common issue.
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:12 PM
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^^ yeah I heard that. I figured warranty could just cover it and once the warranty runs out either move on to something better or get aftermarket mounts. No big deal.
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:14 PM
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nd4spdtc on here traded his rs 1.0 tc for a speed3 i think the first things he did was change the mounts hes from huntington so not to far from u he has a shop in his backyard. but besides that it shouldnt be to big of a problem
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One of these days, I'll get a fast car. It's hard to beat 35 mpg though.
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:37 PM
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^^ thats one thing im not looking foreward to with the MS3. 18MPG city with premium gas
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:50 PM
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ugh man that does suck 18mpg isnt great at all=/ but hey atleast prices r goin down
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:51 PM
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Yeah, the days of enjoying my old Toyota Land Crushers getting 12MPG (on a good day) are long gone. Still, I do miss the very first one I had...



(Not all that fast, I'll admit, and with a redline at 3600 RPM, not all that elegant a powerplant, either, but it sure liked climbing mountains.)
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And looks that kill!
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haha redline at 3600?? wow the car looked great though what year was that thing? 12mpg too lol
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That was a '74 (got it in December of '73)

Yeah, the 2F engine was pretty much a 4.2 liter tractor engine. The 6 cylinder gas engine produced 135HP @3600RPM and 210 FT LB torque @1800. Add in something like an 8:1 first gear, a 2:1 reduction transfer case, and a 4.21 rear end and you could put the front bumper up against the side of a solid building, put it in compound low and it would sit there with all four big tires turning on dry concrete as it ground them down. One of the few things that could stop it was running out of gas.

"Built like a bridge girder, reliable as an anvil."
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What was the top speed on that thing?
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