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[motorheadmike]

That about sums up my status on Pro-Touring.com regarding mega-dollar poseur builds/owners; the car is becoming a bit more popular as parts appear in the marketplace. I'll never consider it Pro-Touring... who needs a label? Those looking to belong? Ha...



This is the short list of parts & performance:

High-Mileage 3.8L (Stock) SFI V6,
MAFT Pro (Speed Density),
Extender Pro Chip,
LC-1 WB02,
PowerLogger Datalogger/Scantool,
PowerPlate,
Garrett T63e Turbo,
Low-Z 83pph Injectors,
Modified International Semi FMIC,
MPE 3" Down Pipe,
4" Single Exhaust w/Magnaflow,
Dual In-tank Pumps,
ProPain Propane Injection,
Built 200-4R w/3000 Stall,
8.5" Rearend w/Welded Axle Tubes & 3.08s,
Tubular UCAs & Boxed LCAs F&R,
1LE (F) & LS1 (R) Discs,
36mm 1LE & F41 Swaybars,
KYB Shocks,
800lb/in (F) & 200lb/in (R) Springs,
17x9.5s w/275/40s & 325/45 M&H Drag Radials
& an HKS Turbo Timer...

Just scratching the surface going 12.1 @ 113.27mph w/1.79 60' (0-60mph in 3.8 seconds).

It is prep'd for Auto-X and has been used as such; however the drag racing is getting it tuned in using a realtime environment with actual load feedback (not a dyno).

Recently all of the gauges have been pulled and sold in favour of pressure transducers & temperature translators so that the oil & fuel pressure and EGT can be datalogged. I feel you are kidding yourself if you think you can watch five gauges and run short circuit tracks (ie. Drag and Auto-X) at the same time and remained focused; besides I can have a full panel of gauges displayed on the datalogger if I so desire.

Natasha drives (and I mean drives!) this 2002 B4C Camaro:
http://whitetrashdesign.ca/images/camaro/camaro1.jpg

Plus, I have the other cars in the signature below for kicks.

[Stuart Adams]

Huh.

[Jr]

[QUOTE=motorheadmike;184717]That about sums up my status on Pro-Touring.com regarding mega-dollar poseur builds/owners; the car is becoming a bit more popular as parts appear in the marketplace. Those looking to belong? Ha...QUOTE]

Motorheadmike,
Welcome to Lateral-g.net.

What a way to say hello.?

I would like to build my car form scratch, but I, and many others on this site, do not have the skills to build a car from start to finish. You do have a cool project...keep the pics coming.



David

[XLexusTech]

welcome I have read a few of your Threads on PT.
Here is some advice be a bit more open over here. I find it allot more friendly / less confrentational in these parts.
In addition although their are some of those high $$ ride here there seems to be less Vendor Hype here.

Good luck and pretend like you are in a new girlfriends fathers house. A hot one...

[Kendall Burleson]

Welcome I hope it better and you get the love over here

[motorheadmike]

Originally Posted by XLexusTech

welcome I have read a few of your Threads on PT.
Here is some advice be a bit more open over here. I find it allot more friendly / less confrentational in these parts.
In addition although their are some of those high $$ ride here there seems to be less Vendor Hype here.

That's what I am hoping for... I find vendor driven sites and their members to be a little irritating and to be easily butt-hurt. I may have already touched a nerve with Mr. Adams as he has had more than a few cars built for him in recent years.

The misconception is that I don't like expensive cars; I do. There is no denying the innovation of the artist who built it. I just can't hold a conversation with a person that doesn't turn their own wrenches, as there is no common ground or stories to share.

[HAULNSS]

Originally Posted by motorheadmike

I just can't hold a conversation with a person that doesn't turn their own wrenches, as there is no common ground or stories to share.

That sounds short sighted and a somewhat closed minded approach to a car website with such diverse members.

Good luck,
Randy

[Vegas69]

You have to keep in mind that not everyone has the knowledge or skills to build their own. Hell I can't sing or dance. I leave that to the professionals. Sometimes you have to pass the torch. I will have completed 75% of my car but I know better than to try and do body work and paint or some interior because I just don't have the skills at this point. I highly doubt I will ever because I don't have the desire for either.

[Nvrenuf]

"If you didn't build it, its not yours"??? Can't have a conversation with someone who doesn't turn wrenches? Man, if you created the world, it would be a boring place.
What an intro. So I assume you built the house you live in? The cars you daily drive? The toilets you use? etc. etc. Man, you have a lot more time on your hands than I do. Short-sighted is an under-statement.

[Flash68]

Wow. What a piece of work....