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Old 05-03-2012 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by r1forever
Pat post a pic of the one u need and ill take a look. Is it the pillar bolt? Or?
Ya its the pillar bolt. I'll post a pic when I can.
Old 05-03-2012 | 06:39 PM
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So for my birthday i got my belts on the harness bar and made a small welder rack for the mig. Now if I could just make the welds look like they do on TV I'd be happy. Fun practicing but frustrating.
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Old 05-04-2012 | 07:48 AM
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Sent you a PM steidz.
Old 05-04-2012 | 08:21 AM
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Old 05-04-2012 | 01:21 PM
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Well shiet, I went and picked up that bolt from nissan today and its the wrong fugging bolt I'm not even gonna waste my time getting my money back though since it was only a dollar. Cost me more in gas to return it lol. R1forever, pm me your number since i suck at putting pics on the forums and i will text you a picture of the bolt. that or send me an email and i will send it that way. whichever you prefer is fine by me.
Old 05-04-2012 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by mikes10
Skrilla - i'm going to bump up to 305's on the works but probably not for a while $$

Steidz thank you for sharing your experience on the alignment numbers and tire pressures - i may try to read a bit on these re11's before track day to see if i can juggle any logic out of the internetz -

so now - alignment party and fender rolling party -

305's very nice, I'm currently looking for an inexpensive commuter car....is it bad I'm looking at WRX and Evo's lol

Originally Posted by steidz
Sweet- I liked mine. You will notice a bit more peddle travel before they bit due to the bigger pistons but you wont have to push as hard to max out the brakes.

I am still game for the alignment get together. I havent had much extra time off on the weekends so my timing isn't great but still game.

Hickory Creek is just north over the Lake Lewisville bridge on 35E. I think i am north of most everyone.

I'm holding you to this alignment party! and Good job on the welding, I'm looking at your equipment and dont see gas, if you are using at flux core wire no gas and current from a plug its damn near impossible to get good looking welds, for you its all about penetration, but trust me it will hold!
Old 05-04-2012 | 01:31 PM
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Skrilla, my personal favorite for a commuter car that is cheap and gets awesome gas mileage would be a jetta tdi. people argue that diesel is more expensive, which it is, but the major increase in fuel economy more than makes up for it. If I were to get a new dd car, that's what it would be. I built and priced one the other day on vw's website and it was $25,850 fully loaded with nav for a new one. obviously it would probably be a bit more after dealer mark up but im sure you can find a good used one for well under $20k. And remember, it's a diesel, so it will run forever. A former coworker of mine drove his for 15 years and put 250k miles on it and the engine was still running fine and he did not keep up on his maintenance at all. He would go 25k miles before changing his oil and would never check on it periodically. I believe the service intervals for oil changes are less frequent as well, at least they were on my ram 2500 diesel that i had in kansas. 7500 miles if you drove off road alot or 15000 miles if you drove on road the whole time.
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Well gents I may have been wrong about the bolt. I just found a diy and the guy bought new bolts that were a bit longer and he used 7/16-20 bolts. I guess that size and thread pitch is just very close to the m11x1.25 that i thought it was. I will try it out either today or when i get back this weekend and see if it works and will keep you updated. and yes I know I'm retarded for not searching earlier lol
Old 05-04-2012 | 03:07 PM
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^told ya lol pat pm sent Just txt me
Like i said earlier all the seatbelt bolts are 7/16 kinda weird when everything else in the car is metric. the bolts in the pillars, lower pillars, bolt on the seat holding the buckle and the rear seat belts bolts are all the same thread. When you get the eyebolts for the harnesses they are universal for most cars that i have seen

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Old 05-04-2012 | 03:13 PM
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Oh got built engine on an engine stand today. Will have old engine on the other stand tomorrow and hopefully have the upper oil pan and greddy pan installed along with the t/c and valvecovers. I want it ready to drop in on sunday. Doin a single intercooler swap on sunday
Old 05-04-2012 | 03:41 PM
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Nice..swap me fronts
Old 05-04-2012 | 04:08 PM
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dont need ur crappy front but u can buy mine
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Delete all that license plate mess and the middle and i'll think about it lol
Old 05-04-2012 | 04:19 PM
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ha go buy a crappy hd front which u wont do cuz ur too cheap. lol
Old 05-04-2012 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Skrilla
I'm holding you to this alignment party! and Good job on the welding, I'm looking at your equipment and dont see gas, if you are using at flux core wire no gas and current from a plug its damn near impossible to get good looking welds, for you its all about penetration, but trust me it will hold!

yea I know the rig is basic and your going to get basic results. I still need better control on my speed and tip angle. I am all over the place sometimes. Nothing a few thousand feet of practice won't take care of

I am still up for the align party, i am thinking a saturday might be best for people. Dont know how many are really interested! May is shot for me as far as free time so maybe june.

Allstar just came by to checkout the jig and see what it takes to make one. Nice to meet you Eric and hope you make the AutoX.
Old 05-04-2012 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ppat1989
Well gents I may have been wrong about the bolt. I just found a diy and the guy bought new bolts that were a bit longer and he used 7/16-20 bolts. I guess that size and thread pitch is just very close to the m11x1.25 that i thought it was. I will try it out either today or when i get back this weekend and see if it works and will keep you updated. and yes I know I'm retarded for not searching earlier lol

Wow thats just crazy Pat. Thanks for passing on the info. 7/16 - 30 tap and die I have at home if you want to just chase the threads
Old 05-04-2012 | 04:44 PM
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AllstarE4 we have a Facebook page for Z and G guys for autoX meets. Come and join.

Everyone is welcome if tracking's your thing.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/VQAutoX2012/
Old 05-04-2012 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by steidz
Allstar just came by to checkout the jig and see what it takes to make one. Nice to meet you Eric and hope you make the AutoX.
Thanks for letting me come by Scott. Your knowledge just saved me a bunch of alignment costs. I'm going to make one of those things as soon as I have a free day. Finding the free day is going to be alot harder than building the thing. LOL

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AllstarE4 we have a Facebook page for Z and G guys for autoX meets. Come and join.

Everyone is welcome if tracking's your thing.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/VQAutoX2012/
I'm going to join for sure. Will check on registering for next weekend.
Old 05-04-2012 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 3hree5ive0ero
I've had a few close calls myself. I love watching myself get out of tight situations on video.

BTW, I think I'm coming back to TX sometime soon. I'll be joining you guys at the track events.
Will be a great time for sure.
Old 05-06-2012 | 04:54 AM
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skrilla, my wife loves her wrx - but it has a fully built motor wilwoods 6front 4rear coilovers full sti interior rays wheels bla bla bla...... its the family daily driver car but it gets track day duty as well -

oh and thanks for the votes those of you that pitched in - she won that contest - on Thursday -


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