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Luke
05-23-2013, 02:29 PM
Finally decided to start a thread with the progression of the car along with some random pics of work since that's all I do. As most know I've been contracting in Iraq so I've been trying to knock stuff out in the couple weeks I have home every few months.

'13 GT - Deep Impact Blue - A6 - Premium w/ Brembo's

Bought it in April 2012, went to the track with about 1200 on the clock and ran a best of 8.43.

Just purchased
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1st leave home I installed a DSS driveshaft, BMR loop, Lethal O/R X-pipe and a Bama tune. I hit up dyno day at True Street and made 394/391 and then back to the track and only managed 3 passes but ran an 8.07 at 88 with a 1.94 60'.

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Dyno Video
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Luke
05-23-2013, 02:30 PM
2nd leave: Installed (all BMR) lca's and brackets, springs, uca, panhard bar, sway bar relo brackets. Purchased a NX plate kit, MSD window switch, and the usual accessories. Removed DSS to have it warrantied due to vibration.

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/carsandparts817/13%20GT/2013-02-15_17-56-57_323_zpsc83f8060.jpg (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/carsandparts817/media/13%20GT/2013-02-15_17-56-57_323_zpsc83f8060.jpg.html)
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Which leads me to today... Currently have some 15" Weld RT-S' and 275/60 MT's waiting in the garage and will be ordering a Circle D converter in June. Hoping to run 10's on the bottle and mid 11's N/A and that'll probably do it for a while. We have some remodeling to do in the house and I need to do some work to my wife's car to finish it off.

They were shipped to my buddy at Ford who is a little jealous I'm sure!
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Lastly, I challenge everyone here to a race... I win, you buy me a beer, you win, I'll buy you a beer. :favorites13:
Phuck Phace
05-23-2013, 03:14 PM
Nice, going to look sick with those welds on.

Lastly, I challenge everyone here to a race... I win, you buy me a beer, you win, I'll buy you a beer. :favorites13:

Nice challenge, everybody wins.
Luke
05-23-2013, 03:31 PM
Ah, forgot the work stuff...

I'm "lucky" enough to spend ALL my time in Iraq, BUT I have been able to see some cool shit, visit the aquarium and tallest building in the world in Dubai, buy some car parts, and most importantly, provide for my family while my wife was in school. Now that she's done, I'm done! Here's some pics, would've had more but I had to replace my old laptop.

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http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/carsandparts817/2012-12-11_09-24-03_125_zps63502047.jpg (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/carsandparts817/media/2012-12-11_09-24-03_125_zps63502047.jpg.html)

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/carsandparts817/2012-08-13_08-33-54_99_zps31866c2d.jpg (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/carsandparts817/media/2012-08-13_08-33-54_99_zps31866c2d.jpg.html)

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/carsandparts817/2012-08-06_10-28-02_173_zps9a6f6b39.jpg (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/carsandparts817/media/2012-08-06_10-28-02_173_zps9a6f6b39.jpg.html)

What happens when the aircraft gets shot in the wrong place
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3 deployments with the military and 1 as a civilian... I've flown a Texas flag on every one
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Downtown Baghdad
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Luke
05-23-2013, 03:34 PM
Burj Khalifa, I probably chopped 20 or so floors off the bottom but it's the best I could do.
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/carsandparts817/eeb9d4d4-63b6-438e-8069-11b9f15af25f_zps624060fe.jpg (http://s907.photobucket.com/user/carsandparts817/media/eeb9d4d4-63b6-438e-8069-11b9f15af25f_zps624060fe.jpg.html)

View from 144th floor on Burj Khalifa, the taller hotels are about 80-90 stories for perspective
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White hotel is 63 stories plus the topper
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Grandpa
05-23-2013, 03:45 PM
Man, that is a crazy high tower!
jayman33
05-23-2013, 03:46 PM
Looks good, I'll race you anytime..... on a road course:)
Luke
05-23-2013, 03:59 PM
Man, that is a crazy high tower!

I wish I would have gotten a picture from the plane, it's the only thing you see from miles out. And that was floor 144 of 163. Fastest elevator I've ever been on too, ears popped 4 times.
Luke
05-23-2013, 04:00 PM
Looks good, I'll race you anytime..... on a road course:)

The closest I get to a road course is hot lapping!
Grandpa
05-23-2013, 04:09 PM
I wish I would have gotten a picture from the plane, it's the only thing you see from miles out. And that was floor 144 of 163. Fastest elevator I've ever been on too, ears popped 4 times.

How long did that elevator ride take?
Luke
05-23-2013, 04:36 PM
Tops out at 22 mph, it didn't take too long. Pretty cool ride though, the elevator goes dark, has a light show type thing and some jungle themed music that gets faster and louder as you near the top.
Midnight11
05-23-2013, 04:52 PM
Nice! I'm down to run too! We are pretty even in mods
Luke
05-23-2013, 04:56 PM
Nice! I'm down to run too! We are pretty even in mods

I like Dos Equis :signs8:
Midnight11
05-23-2013, 04:59 PM
Haha confident I see ;)
Luke
05-23-2013, 05:00 PM
Haha, it's an auto, all I gotta do is push the gas right?


Oh, and warm the bottle!
Midnight11
05-23-2013, 05:20 PM
So u dont have to shift and I do like I said similar mods and no drivetrain loss ;)
Grandpa
05-23-2013, 05:26 PM
So u dont have to shift and I do like I said similar mods and no drivetrain loss ;)

But you lose a car length on every shift while he's still pulling. :driver:
Luke
05-23-2013, 05:31 PM
Sometimes I shift from Drive to Sport to feel cool, lol
Courtesy Flush
05-23-2013, 05:39 PM
From a dig it'd be a good race. Off a roll, not so much. Auto's with 3.15's are dogs off rolls without a power adder.
Grandpa
05-23-2013, 05:44 PM
From a dig it'd be a good race. Off a roll, not so much. Auto's with 3.15's are dogs off rolls without a power adder.

Unless it has a proper stall convertor and those always wake up auto cars in a big way! :waytogo:
Luke
05-23-2013, 05:45 PM
From a dig it'd be a good race. Off a roll, not so much. Auto's with 3.15's are dogs off rolls without a power adder.

And you forgot about the nitrous, I never said anything about NA! There's beer on the line, I'm in it to win it!
Courtesy Flush
05-23-2013, 05:46 PM
Unless it has a proper stall convertor and those always wake up auto cars in a big way! :waytogo:

Indeed.
Courtesy Flush
05-23-2013, 05:48 PM
And you forgot about the nitrous, I never said anything about NA! There's beer on the line, I'm in it to win it!

Well i figured you'd wanna keep it fair. guess not hahaha
Luke
05-23-2013, 05:55 PM
I'm down with NA if the beer run is at the track, I think that would be a good race.
Zeek
05-23-2013, 07:18 PM
Are you a A&P mechanic working on helicopters over there? I'm a A&P mech and would love to go overseas contracting. You should hook me up
Midnight11
05-23-2013, 07:35 PM
And you forgot about the nitrous, I never said anything about NA! There's beer on the line, I'm in it to win it!

again im still down to run even with your bottle ;)
Grandpa
05-23-2013, 07:37 PM
again im still down to run even with your bottle ;)

:wtf:
Phuck Phace
05-23-2013, 08:14 PM
I'll run you also, you can use that bottle too.
Doug1227
05-23-2013, 09:47 PM
I like free beer!
Luke
05-24-2013, 05:02 AM
again im still down to run even with your bottle ;)

Hmmm, what are you hiding

I'll run you also, you can use that bottle too.

I'll have to spray just to not look bad, but I'm down

I like free beer!

I'm a generous person, lol

So now we just need to setup a date where we can all make it to Kdale or Northstar, everybody ok with that?
Doug1227
05-24-2013, 09:14 AM
I'm planning on hitting Crandall next weekend if all works out as planned.
Courtesy Flush
05-24-2013, 10:21 AM
again im still down to run even with your bottle ;)

Putting the cart before the horse?
Midnight11
05-24-2013, 10:28 AM
Putting the cart before the horse?

nope
merlinmol
05-24-2013, 10:51 AM
I'll run you also, you can use that bottle too.

You will need to do an 90 roll for your traction issues... less you get some new gripping power soon. :bleh:
Luke
05-24-2013, 11:03 AM
Putting the cart before the horse?

He mentioned boost on facebook, care to share some details Nic?!
Phuck Phace
05-24-2013, 11:24 AM
He mentioned boost on facebook, care to share some details Nic?!

That fool ain't gettin no bewst.
TrueStreetMotorSports.com
05-24-2013, 12:41 PM
And you forgot about the nitrous, I never said anything about NA! There's beer on the line, I'm in it to win it!

again im still down to run even with your bottle ;)

I'll run you also, you can use that bottle too.

Hmmm, what are you hiding



I'll have to spray just to not look bad, but I'm down



I'm a generous person, lol

So now we just need to setup a date where we can all make it to Kdale or Northstar, everybody ok with that?

Did someone say free beer? :big_banana_Dance:
Luke
05-24-2013, 12:43 PM
Did someone say free beer? :big_banana_Dance:

Hell ya! Discounted bottle fill? ;)
Luke
05-24-2013, 03:41 PM
Are you a A&P mechanic working on helicopters over there? I'm a A&P mech and would love to go overseas contracting. You should hook me up

PM'd you
BLK2012GT
05-24-2013, 06:29 PM
:pedobear:
Stangmaster281
05-24-2013, 11:57 PM
:rotflmao:Give me 15 car lengths on the 1/4 mile and my Nike's will smoke you. Just wait till my new Nike air shocks come in, I'll take you from 10 car lengths. LOL :yaoface2: And I want a ride in one of those helicopters instead of the beer. Great car btw.
Luke
05-25-2013, 04:43 AM
:rotflmao:Give me 15 car lengths on the 1/4 mile and my Nike's will smoke you. Just wait till my new Nike air shocks come in, I'll take you from 10 car lengths. LOL :yaoface2: And I want a ride in one of those helicopters instead of the beer. Great car btw.

For a while we were trying to get rides too, but they've been getting shot more often in the last few weeks. We had two close calls, one went through the windscreen a couple inches over the pilots head and the second came through pilots chin bubble.
Stangmaster281
05-25-2013, 07:04 PM
:gasp: On second thought.....how about a ride in your car instead. lol
03MachMe
05-25-2013, 07:22 PM
I'm planning on hitting Crandall next weekend if all works out as planned.

I guess the sale of the track did not go through as planned so they will not be open for the near future...
Luke
05-25-2013, 10:30 PM
I guess the sale of the track did not go through as planned so they will not be open for the near future...

I saw that too, they all need to get their shit together over there
03MachMe
05-28-2013, 05:31 PM
I saw that too, they all need to get their shit together over there

I guess they listened lol

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emery2483
07-07-2013, 11:10 AM
I don't wanna race cause id only see your taillights but thank you for serving sir:patriot: