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Old 12-15-2016, 09:26 AM
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Wife had been bugging me for years for a two seat convertible.. (HAD to have a manual trans too .. )

Finally told me, now that we have no kids left at home, I have to find her something before I spend ANY more on the boat (My main hobby.. or should I say obsession)


Drove a Miata.. Felt like a toy to me. S2000s in my area all seem WAY too expensive.. Was at a loss what to get her..

Ran Across this Z on Ebay at a local Mercedes dealer.. Turned out to be EXACTLY what I was searching for..




After our first time out with it, my wife asked if I could make the exhaust louder..

Looks like I'll be ordering an Invidia Gemini system for it shortly ..


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Old 12-15-2016, 09:28 AM
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Welcome and congratz!
Old 12-15-2016, 10:00 AM
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Cool wife.

Oh, nice pick up of a Z too.

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Invidia is barely louder than stock, get the motordyne tdx2..... trust me
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Originally Posted by travlee
Invidia is barely louder than stock, get the motordyne tdx2..... trust me

I saw you've owned the Invidia before


Was thinking of possibly adding high flow cats in the future so didn't want to end up TOO loud in the end... or will it STILL be too quiet even with the cats with the Invidia ?

(keep in mind my wife IS 57 years old )

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Old 12-15-2016, 02:25 PM
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Let me get on my computer and i will link a couple videos of my old z
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alright, here they are. i had art pipes, fancy resonated test pipes, so if you did cats it would be quieter. i think tdx2 with like berk hfc would sound good

gemini with art pipes


same but on dyno


art and tdx2


same on dyno

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Hey Doug, welcome to the forum




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