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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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My new Z

Well, I couldn't wait forever, and I didn't. I got a 90 TT w/ a 93 motor in it. Usually I like doing all the mods myself, but this was such a good deal, I couldn't pass it up. The car cost me $7500. Here are all the mods and info I can think of as of now. I don't have a digi cam anymore since it was stolen, so I'll have to borrow someone's and take some pics.
Repainted (boo) with white with a pearl blue clear (looks really good)
charcoal cloth (boo) interior
The mods are as follows:
93 motor taken from a crashed TT
sport 500 turbos
nismo 555cc injectors
single pop
scott hardpipes
greg dupree split dp's
3 in cats
sebring catback
koyo radiator
jwt ecu
boost jets (14 psi)
racing hart 17s w/ kuhmos
ss brake lines
underdrive pulleys
That's all I can think of right now. The car is decently clean. The interior needs some attention (drivers seat is a little ripped up on the side and the rear cargo piece has the carpet coming off). The dash is perfect! much cleaner than my other Z. It looks brand new! The exterior is very straight. Almost no dings! The front of the oil pan is oily (gasket) and the power steering return hose looks a little wet in some areas, only leaks I found from crawling underneath. So far the car is a lot of fun other than the fact that it's stranded in Castaic right now (so frustrating!).
So on my way down the grapevine, some stuff from the road got into my alternator and shorted in out. Luckily (and not) it died right accross the street from a 76 with a shop. well, long story short, for diagnosis, the alternator, and the labor, it's gonna cost me about $450 and I'm having the hardest time getting a ride back up there to pick up the car. Castaic is like 3 hours away from me right now! So, there's been some trouble in paradise. But it's nice to be in another TT.

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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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oh yea, almost forgot, 90K miles on the motor and 4K miles on an awesomely rebuilt 5 spd.....feels like a new tranny, it's perfect!
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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awesome! congrats on the new Z.
sounds like you're off to a rough tho.
looking forward to pics. Keep us updated.
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 03:15 PM
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WTF? No pics.....you suck.

JK....congrats.
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 03:17 PM
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what happened your other Z ?
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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It was a rough start! crap! oh well....I'lll get pics as fast as I can. i still have my 240z, my old TT got killed by a semi.
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 05:14 PM
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Congrats emo! I know you've been wanting another TT for a while now.
Best of luck with her.

oh yeah...pics reminder (as if you needed it).
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 08:16 PM
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WOW, I'm so jelous.... I bought my NA for 8....
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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nice! sounds like a good deal. has most of the upgrades i want can't wait for the pics.
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 09:27 PM
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yay emo finally got anther z!!!!!!

sounds pretty damn sweet man. congrats

and get those pics up asap...maybe some vids too of that sebring and high flow cat setup

what about the supra? are you keepin it?
Old Aug 24, 2005 | 11:21 PM
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Very nice man... congrats. I just bought my 1990 TT (first time Z owner)... and im in goddamned iraq! lol... can't wait to get home and lay down some rubber. Good job on the buy dude.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 02:38 AM
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The Supra is still having kinks worked out after the whole HG job. I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't idle. I quadrupled checked everything and took almost everything apart again trying to figure it out! I finally came to the conclusion that the TPS is bad. So I got to fix that and then sell the car. I need to get back down to one car! I'm 21 and own 3 cars!
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 02:47 AM
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you must be a balla
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 03:19 AM
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Niiice man, congrats
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 04:09 AM
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way to go you lucky bastard. now go buy a camera dammit.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 07:25 AM
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Way to go Emo, glad you finally got another "TT". Did you save anything off the old car????????
Where the hell is Castaic??
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 08:25 AM
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I sold my old car to a couple club members. Actually, my old car will be on the road again. One of the guys crashed his car after completely rebuilding his motor (chrome or powder coating everything), so he's gonna put his drivetrain in my old car. I still have the wheels and the stereo from my old Z. Castaic is right north of LA.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 10:40 AM
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damn, that car sounds like it rips ***.

congrats
Old Aug 26, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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Welcome back emo. Now post some damn pics.
Old Aug 26, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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I got the car back today. I'll try to wash, borrow a camera and post some pics tomorow or sometime soon! Dangit, it sucks not having my own camera anymore!
Old Aug 26, 2005 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by emo236
I got the car back today. I'll try to wash, borrow a camera and post some pics tomorow or sometime soon! Dangit, it sucks not having my own camera anymore!
cool can't wait to see it. with those kind of mods i would drop 7 5 for it. just curious what kind of camera did you have?
Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:40 PM
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And you guys never thought it would never come.....
(btw, it was an olympus...about $350....nothing great, just sucks....these were taken with a cannon...ok quality)


You can see the blue pearl a little in this one....there's also some steam from the sebring exhuast..






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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:42 PM
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Some engine pics!!









Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:43 PM
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I need to wax the car more....ran out of time tonight and put those Zdriver decals in the quarter windows! Also, does anyone know where to get those rubber strippings that go around the headlights...you can see I'm missing them. Also does anyone have any ideas on how to refresh the back stripe that goes around the bottom...it was masked off in back during painting and it appears that parts of it got torn off.

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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by emo236
Some engine pics!!








WOW...look at those before and after pictures. Way to clean her up emo

Looks good. Congrats once again!



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