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xpndbl3 07-22-2007 12:14 PM

2 new pics that really show off the paint
 
http://a646.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...f0ff73ca35.jpg
http://a890.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...43ab99b5a9.jpg


discuss :nod:

slowfast 07-22-2007 01:03 PM

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nice, Iv always loved the way your maro looks

Demon355 07-22-2007 02:12 PM

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I want a set of those wheels. Once I do, we'll have the same car except mine is black...and doesn't go 11's yet :lmao:

Brisk 07-22-2007 03:31 PM

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looks good, and I need a trailer like that too!

2tonedmaro89 07-22-2007 03:36 PM

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wow lookin real good..

Stevo 07-22-2007 04:09 PM

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great looking car!

CYARS92 07-22-2007 04:28 PM

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Trailer = Racecar!
Just messin with ya, looks great.

xpndbl3 07-22-2007 11:44 PM

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it's a "showcar" besides I have 350-ish miles on the car this year, woo woo! :lol:

Stephen 07-22-2007 11:55 PM

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Hmmmm....Is that a 4x4? :lmao:

Looks like it is sitting kinda high.

xpndbl3 07-23-2007 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 3407469)
Hmmmm....Is that a 4x4? :lmao:

Looks like it is sitting kinda high.

this car still touches the front chin spoiler going up and down the trailer, it's low enough, I don't need some lowered ghetto cruiser that will bottom out my dual exhaust everywhere. Lowered cars don't weight transfer enough either.

85_ZED28 07-25-2007 09:51 PM

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wow, that is an incredible blue!

xpndbl3 07-27-2007 05:01 PM

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thanks, under certain light it looks like that and will change from blue to purple to black to green, it's pretty cool.

89N10GTA 07-27-2007 05:06 PM

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very good looking car

BADMAN 07-27-2007 05:18 PM

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Very Nice.

xpndbl3 07-27-2007 09:45 PM

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thank you very much, thousands of hours and thousands and thousands of dollars got me to where I am today ;)

I'll have more fun pics tomorrow of it from underneath that I took on the lift today

The Project 07-28-2007 04:38 AM

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Very nice indeed........congrats

mw66nova 07-29-2007 09:13 AM

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so, what size/brand front tire did you end up going with? i remember you were looking for a street legal, taller tire. i too will be looking for something in the 26" range and will need a decent front street tire.

L0tuS 07-29-2007 09:26 AM

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looks nice man,what % tint do u have on it?

xpndbl3 07-29-2007 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mw66nova (Post 3414701)
so, what size/brand front tire did you end up going with? i remember you were looking for a street legal, taller tire. i too will be looking for something in the 26" range and will need a decent front street tire.

28x7.50 M/T sportsman pro, I wanted taller than 26" to help clear the trailer a little better

Originally Posted by L0tuS (Post 3414713)
looks nice man,what % tint do u have on it?

5% limo tint all around, nothing on the windshield.

proxemics 07-29-2007 02:57 PM

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very nice love the paint

Red1992V6Rs 07-29-2007 03:17 PM

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Beautiful car man. Love the color and wheel combo.

mw66nova 07-29-2007 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by xpndbl3 (Post 3414817)
28x7.50 M/T sportsman pro, I wanted taller than 26" to help clear the trailer a little better

how do those tires handle on the big end?

xpndbl3 07-29-2007 04:24 PM

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they're fine, no issues, just like driving any other car with bias ply tires to me.

mw66nova 07-29-2007 04:36 PM

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i've actually never had the privelage lol! all my track passes have been on a drag radial. i don't even know what a bias ply slick feels like.

xpndbl3 07-29-2007 06:08 PM

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kinda flippy floppy on the top end you have to be smooth with the wheel I suppose is the way to put it.

xpndbl3 07-29-2007 06:26 PM

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Few more pics off my buddies lift

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...13_74_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...13_75_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...13_76_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...13_79_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...13_80_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...13_81_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...13_83_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...13_87_full.jpg

mw66nova 07-30-2007 05:01 PM

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how do you like that jegster torque arm? i just put an non-adjustable one in my car. i'm going to a th350 and had the ta laying around. i'm alittle concerned about the length, it's on the short side. what's the best 60' time you've been able to pull outta that?

onebad82z 07-30-2007 08:04 PM

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Gotta love zip ties...


paint looks killer.

xpndbl3 07-31-2007 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mw66nova (Post 3416106)
how do you like that jegster torque arm? i just put an non-adjustable one in my car. i'm going to a th350 and had the ta laying around. i'm a little concerned about the length, it's on the short side. what's the best 60' time you've been able to pull outta that?

Well IHI off the board was running 1.4s I believe out of his jegster torque arm and I know a guy who has been 1.32 on his so even though they're short they work, albeit stiff sidewall slicks seem to be needed.


Originally Posted by onebad82z (Post 3416289)
Gotta love zip ties...


paint looks killer.

heck yea, they hold up the brake lines on the front for the tubular kmember and the air bag lines for the rear. I tell people the whole car is zip ties and duct tape. :lmao:

5678TA 07-31-2007 01:37 AM

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discuss?? discuss what?? the fact that its beautiful?? the fact that your exhaust is very similar to my setup but i have no h-pipe?? the fact that you TRAILER YOUR CAR!!!! BE A MAN AND GET HER ON THE ROAD!!!!!! LOL just kidding.. IMO, i just find it alot more convenient to drive it..



Originally Posted by mw66nova (Post 3415047)
i've actually never had the privelage lol! all my track passes have been on a drag radial. i don't even know what a bias ply slick feels like.

when they say dont mix tire types on a car, they really mean it.. 235/55-16 street tires on the front and 14psi on my 26x8.5 slicks out back, i started swaying at half track.. like really moving around.. almost feeling like its gonna get up close and personal with the guardrail.. like xpndbl3 said, you have to be smooth with the wheel..

jizzo09 07-31-2007 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by xpndbl3 (Post 3413290)
thanks, under certain light it looks like that and will change from blue to purple to black to green, it's pretty cool.


haha sounds cool. Kinda looks like that in the first pic from the door and back.

seems I have too much fun with photoshop.

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/8919/xpndbl3lz8.jpg

xpndbl3 07-31-2007 09:39 AM

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nice pic there, I should move that to my new sig pic ;)
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Originally Posted by 5678TA (Post 3416671)
discuss?? discuss what?? the fact that its beautiful?? the fact that your exhaust is very similar to my setup but i have no h-pipe?? the fact that you TRAILER YOUR CAR!!!! BE A MAN AND GET HER ON THE ROAD!!!!!! LOL just kidding.. IMO, i just find it alot more convenient to drive it..

actually drove it 300 or so miles on the street so far this year, those trailer pics were me taking it to a show about 45 minutes from my house and I didn't want the car to get dirty. Once you start breaking things at the track, you'll realize how "fun" it is to be tired and broken at the track when your 3/4 ton truck is sitting at home with a trailer just waiting because you're a "man" and drove it. Besides I get better gas mileage trailering than I do driving. :eek: :lmao:

nelapse 07-31-2007 10:03 AM

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I always loved your color, I am torn between a similiar blue or white for my next paint job. I love blue and all, white screams clean, but too many people have white cars and my car is not an ordinary car.

$10k gets you were I am today.(Does not include price of car ) I am sure you doubled me even tripled it.

86NiteRider 07-31-2007 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by xpndbl3 (Post 3416900)
nice pic there, I should move that to my new sig pic ;)
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actually drove it 300 or so miles on the street so far this year, those trailer pics were me taking it to a show about 45 minutes from my house and I didn't want the car to get dirty. Once you start breaking things at the track, you'll realize how "fun" it is to be tired and broken at the track when your 3/4 ton truck is sitting at home with a trailer just waiting because you're a "man" and drove it. Besides I get better gas mileage trailering than I do driving. :eek: :lmao:

Yes you should...

Cadillac 07-31-2007 10:37 AM

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Done a quarter mile yet?

Purty car!

jizzo09 07-31-2007 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by xpndbl3 (Post 3416900)
actually drove it 300 or so miles on the street so far this year, those trailer pics were me taking it to a show about 45 minutes from my house and I didn't want the car to get dirty. Once you start breaking things at the track, you'll realize how "fun" it is to be tired and broken at the track when your 3/4 ton truck is sitting at home with a trailer just waiting because you're a "man" and drove it. Besides I get better gas mileage trailering than I do driving. :eek: :lmao:

Makes a lot of sense :D

mw66nova 07-31-2007 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by xpndbl3 (Post 3416633)
Well IHI off the board was running 1.4s I believe out of his jegster torque arm and I know a guy who has been 1.32 on his so even though they're short they work, albeit stiff sidewall slicks seem to be needed.

well i run a drag radial, so the sidewall should be fine. that's definitely good to hear.

great work on the car as always too!

xpndbl3 07-31-2007 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by nelapse (Post 3416925)
$10k gets you were I am today.(Does not include price of car ) I am sure you doubled me even tripled it.

around 24k or so, haven't added up receipts yet, but after the next motor project I'll probably deduct 2k for this long block, but add 5k for the next combo :lol: So just under 30k with no labor costs figured in since I did all the work myself, besides paint of course.


Originally Posted by Cadillac (Post 3416956)
Done a quarter mile yet?

sure have but don't post times.


Originally Posted by mw66nova (Post 3417503)
well i run a drag radial, so the sidewall should be fine. that's definitely good to hear.

great work on the car as always too!

thanks again, I'm running -2 pinion angle with chro moly tubular rod ended pieces that you see on the car and it seems to work best with that angle.

xpndbl3 07-31-2007 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jizzo09 (Post 3416673)
haha sounds cool. Kinda looks like that in the first pic from the door and back.

seems I have too much fun with photoshop.

thanks for the new sig pic hahaha

Demon355 08-01-2007 03:11 AM

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Should use photobucket to host pics rather then cardomain. You won't get that stupid tag in the corner of the pic.

Looks really good. How much was that torque arm? Can you use that with different rears or?

xpndbl3 08-01-2007 12:48 PM

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torque arm is for 10 bolt, 12 bolt, and 9" IIRC. $349 i believe for the adjustable one, check out www.jegs.com it's their house brand.

I don't feel like opening a photobucket account when cardomain is already setup ;)

jizzo09 08-01-2007 02:46 PM

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no prob =] I actually painted all those smoke clouds myself in photoshop :D

mw66nova 08-04-2007 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by xpndbl3 (Post 3417697)
thanks again, I'm running -2 pinion angle with chro moly tubular rod ended pieces that you see on the car and it seems to work best with that angle.

mine is "set" a little softer than that at -1*, though i can't really do anything about it as it's an OOOOLLLDDD non-adjustable unit. my dad bought it 7 years ago, ran it for 1 season and went to a spohn. i got it for free, i hope it works well enough for long enough till i can get the cash up for a BMR Trak Pak

maroon88iroc 08-05-2007 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by xpndbl3 (Post 3416900)
nice pic there, I should move that to my new sig pic ;)
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actually drove it 300 or so miles on the street so far this year, those trailer pics were me taking it to a show about 45 minutes from my house and I didn't want the car to get dirty. Once you start breaking things at the track, you'll realize how "fun" it is to be tired and broken at the track when your 3/4 ton truck is sitting at home with a trailer just waiting because you're a "man" and drove it. Besides I get better gas mileage trailering than I do driving. :eek: :lmao:

lol i was thinking when i looked at these pics that ive never seen pics of your car out of you driveway... looks very nice though btw.

xpndbl3 08-05-2007 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by maroon88iroc (Post 3422433)
lol i was thinking when i looked at these pics that ive never seen pics of your car out of you driveway... looks very nice though btw.

here's a video to prove that it moves :lmao:

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...ideoid=9631100

tourville 08-05-2007 05:05 PM

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car looks awesome! and quick question why wont you post times?

xpndbl3 08-05-2007 05:08 PM

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14.2 at 92mph better? :lol: Don't post times because I like going to the track and setting up grudge matches against other people, still leaves some suspense out there to see how I stack up.

tourville 08-05-2007 06:18 PM

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lol didnt have to post your time =D just was wondering if it was for the reason you stated or if you had something hidden and wanted to race and blow people away with a 10 second car! lol also you said you had plans for a new engine setup? what is it that your looking to get?!

xpndbl3 08-05-2007 08:18 PM

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just building another sbc engine, nothing too crazy, it'll be motor #7 into this chassis :)

maroon88iroc 08-05-2007 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by xpndbl3 (Post 3422999)
14.2 at 92mph better? :lol: Don't post times because I like going to the track and setting up grudge matches against other people, still leaves some suspense out there to see how I stack up.

you probably shouldnt post that time some people might actually believe thats what your car actually runs lol...


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