Wow, this last weekend was a tough one! Yeah, I'm not going to go into great detail, but let's just say it was filled with rejection and heart ache. It was one of those weekends that you would rather have a debilitating sickness or get in a car accident... something other than what you had just been through.
You know, after these types of times, it really makes you appreciate the bland lives we lead. There are people who live everyday of their lives in these situations. I'm glad I only have to experience them every now and again.
One good thing that came from this weekend is that I sold one of my guns :-] That was a good thing.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
The Supra is BIZZACK!
Well, after a long year in the shop, the supra is back in the stable! I'm so excited that I get to have it back! It's a new and improved car ;-]
After the whole Discount Tire fiasco (they tried to remote start my car while it was in gear, so the car drove into a ditch... doing about $10,000.00 of damage and then wouldn't own up to the responsibility to fix it). The supra is finally finished with a new single turbo and some other goodies that I upgraded as we needed to replace some things. It was actually cheaper for me to make my car faster that it would have cost me to put my car back to where it was before the "accident". I'm pleased with the results. My car is now making 521whp and about 500ftlbs of torque. It is definitely a fast fast car!
Now, there is still a long laundry list of things to do to the car to have it where I want it, but they are relatively small things in comparison. Some of the things include:
- Replace headlights
- Tweak the tuning
- Fix the stereo
- Bolt the passenger's seat down (apparently that could pose a problem)
- Fix the track on the driver's side window to roll up properly
- Replace the rear diff with a LSD (that's more for the safety aspect of things
- Replace the wheel bearings
- Put new carpet in it
- Put gauges in so I can monitor my engine better
- And a couple of other little things.
Yeah it seems like a long list, but it really is a tiny bit compared to the stuff I have already done to it. I'll have to post a picture in a little bit.
After the whole Discount Tire fiasco (they tried to remote start my car while it was in gear, so the car drove into a ditch... doing about $10,000.00 of damage and then wouldn't own up to the responsibility to fix it). The supra is finally finished with a new single turbo and some other goodies that I upgraded as we needed to replace some things. It was actually cheaper for me to make my car faster that it would have cost me to put my car back to where it was before the "accident". I'm pleased with the results. My car is now making 521whp and about 500ftlbs of torque. It is definitely a fast fast car!
Now, there is still a long laundry list of things to do to the car to have it where I want it, but they are relatively small things in comparison. Some of the things include:
- Replace headlights
- Tweak the tuning
- Fix the stereo
- Bolt the passenger's seat down (apparently that could pose a problem)
- Fix the track on the driver's side window to roll up properly
- Replace the rear diff with a LSD (that's more for the safety aspect of things
- Replace the wheel bearings
- Put new carpet in it
- Put gauges in so I can monitor my engine better
- And a couple of other little things.
Yeah it seems like a long list, but it really is a tiny bit compared to the stuff I have already done to it. I'll have to post a picture in a little bit.
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