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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 04:49 PM
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Will post more over the next week or so.

To kick things off, in the immortal words of DrBonz.... "I've got a secret..."
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In fact... I have several secrets... and there are more in this box than you might expect!
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I've got some very shiny secrets...
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... some secrets that will best be kept hidden away... hehehehehe....
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 04:56 PM
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Thanks to....

Jeff at Performance Nissan,
Doug at Crawford Z Car,
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Stephen at GMP Performance

... for helping me get all my parts together. Now to see what sort of beast we can create...

muhahahahaha....MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 05:07 PM
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Those Nismo boxes...they wouldn't happen to be Nismo Cams would they?
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 05:40 PM
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Originally posted by Rama
Those Nismo boxes...they wouldn't happen to be Nismo Cams would they?
They are.
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 05:42 PM
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McDuck!

Will these be ready for the meet on Oct. 18?

If so, Shotgun!

That's sweet dude!
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Will these be ready for the meet on Oct. 18?
That is the plan.

I have been told there is a chance that I may have a ping problem with all my upgrades. If so, I'll have to do an ECU upgrade immediately.

That would be the only thing that I could foresee keeping me from bringing Franken-Brick to the meet next Saturday.
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Got my fingers crossed .
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 06:00 PM
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McDuck- Are you still going to FI eventually like your sig says or going full out NA?
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 06:12 PM
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I hope I can still go FI next year.

Ultimately, it will depend on...

1 - how happy I am with the NA mods and if the "satisfy" my need for speed.

And

2 - what the GReddy and Power Enterprise TT kits turn out to be (& how problem free the installs are for others)
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 06:41 PM
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we got together on our wheels now your going into the motor. good luck and hope you like everything. i'm thinking of going with the procharger next spring.
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 07:15 PM
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Mcduck, Stephen at GMP is one of my friends. He was telling me about your Z. I didnt realize it was you. I did the system in his BMW that was featured in Eurotuner. They're good people at GMP. Im getting my wheels, and springs from them. Next time your going there Id like to go for a spin in your Z if that would be cool.
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 08:03 PM
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Encore...

we can work it out. I'll probably be there for their "Fallout" show.

Are you talking about the stereo in the BMW? Might need to see you about some audio upgrades for the Z after X-mas. Definitely want to put in some satellite radio.
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 08:21 PM
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Yes, the stereo in the BMW. I would be glad to sale and install whatever electronics you are interested in (alarm, stereo,etc). PM me whenever you decide your ready for something. Ill give you the best price I can.
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where did you get silver pulleys!??!? i've been looking for those, but they are supposedly on back order. AHHH!!
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GMP is tuning Z's? Well damn! I might have to stop by there one day. Nice mods too. GMP is a very good store, but too bad they seem to be closed to Saturdays.

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mcduck:

I was reading in your sig that you are planning on fi in the future. you know you will have to get rid of the cai and headers if you go turbo or the cai and pullies if you go supercharger(ati procharger). Just wanted to let you know before you install them
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where did you get silver pulleys!??!? i've been looking for those, but they are supposedly on back order. AHHH!!
GMP Performance got them for me. Call Stephen and tell him I sent you.

GMP is tuning Z's?
They're just now adding Zs to their mix.... all it took was some constant nudging from me. Expect my Z to be showing up at a lot of their events!!!

I was reading in your sig that you are planning on fi in the future. you know you will have to get rid of the cai and headers if you go turbo or the cai and pullies if you go supercharger(ati procharger). Just wanted to let you know before you install them
Yeah... I was aware of this.. .figured if I don't destroy the parts I'll have to remove, I can probably resell them for a few bucks to help pay for the next mod after the FI. Again, FI will depend largely on what I can get out of NA and how satisfied I am with it.
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