I have an announcement to make!

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:32 am

hey guys. been away for a while.

mainly because i was plannin on selling my car. .

but...

plans have changed, nina's staying. and coming back with a vengance.

gimme a few days i'll catch back up with you guys

juicyjay504 · Post by **juicyjay504** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:51 am

make up your damn mind man....hehehe

no seriously im glad your not getting a damn Cobalt, I mean a Neon is nothing special but Ive seen a few Cobalts lately and boy are they ugly

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:40 am

We need pics and info!

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:00 am

didn't someone say this was gonna happen?

kevo · Post by **kevo** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:00 pm

Louie wrote:hey guys. been away for a while.

mainly because i was plannin on selling my car. .

but...

plans have changed, nina's staying. and coming back with a vengance.

gimme a few days i'll catch back up with you guys

i knew you would be back. Nina has you wooped! LOL!!

i have built up a collection of mods here. I was feeling all alone for a while. Spoke to eddie yesturday and things were really lagging for both of us. Bout time something good happened for neons in S.FLA.

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:16 pm

hehe, I knew you couldnt let your car get the best of you.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:49 am

haha. i was thinking about it. .

and as much as i would like a new car just to get rid of the little troubles i was having with mine it just didn't make sense to leave her.

you guys will see some soon.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:38 pm

YAY! you're not a traitorous bastard!

while we are on the announcement stage.... i have one as well, after 2+ years of driving a SLOW ASS AUTOMATIC i have decided to build my car into a beast. i'm not expecting some amazingly fast speed racer, but sumthing to put up a little fite with the local hondas. more later as plans start to pan out.... damn i hate myself for selling that shit to you linkinevo. lol

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:02 pm

theneonkid wrote:YAY! you're not a traitorous bastard!

while we are on the announcement stage.... i have one as well, after 2+ years of driving a SLOW ASS AUTOMATIC i have decided to build my car into a beast. i'm not expecting some amazingly fast speed racer, but sumthing to put up a little fite with the local hondas. more later as plans start to pan out.... damn i hate myself for selling that shit to you linkinevo. lol

why, what?! ohhh.... ummm.... yeah

and louie, thank god, good decision

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:55 pm

Welcome back... finally!

Don't worry... he'll change his mind again.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:37 am

Diablo0 wrote:Welcome back... finally!

Don't worry... he'll change his mind again.

psh. ..

thats why im not telling anyone what im doing till it's done

2k2patriotblueneon · Post by **2k2patriotblueneon** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:30 am

Louie wrote:
Diablo0 wrote:Welcome back... finally!

Don't worry... he'll change his mind again.
psh. ..

thats why im not telling anyone what im doing till it's done

You're no fun.

msm5spd · Post by **msm5spd** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:39 pm

Damn you,
You indecisive person, now through all your ever changing plans, I am too sucked into your capricious void. Do I boost the lex or start an NA build all over again? This time with a more custom header and stuff?
I hate you and your neon.

ps
You never beat me!!!
Nah just kidding. At the peak of your NA game you probably would have won.

SO
NA or BOOST for me
and
NA or Boost for you?

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:47 pm

im going na.

i cant boost, i like na too much but i make sacrifices you might not want to make on the lex. im cutting metal out of my car, and losing a few things to optimize the power/weight ratio.

i want to go a step further than last time too. custom header, custom intake manifold, i have them designed already. just waiting on a few more answers so i can finish the design and start working on getting them built. custom grind cam is coming soon. i'll probably buy a spare magnum motor and put it in my shed and build it little by little. until it's ready to go in. my current motor can't be doing good. i topped out my car yesterday and the whole time i got on it i was burning oil out of my exhaust. my tips are black.

if you get your hands on a team lex header go na. there's plenty of things you can do that no other is'er has done. it just takes a little $

i'll most likely be spraying too.

msm5spd · Post by **msm5spd** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:00 pm

I have a honda-tech guy making me 2 merge collectors.
Team Lexus header is an impossible dream. They best I can do is get a header (xerd) and then have it modified with a stepped piping, equal or close to it length piping, and merge collectors with a 3inch exhaust. Loudness.
Emanage ultimate.
I dont know.
I drove an evo8 yesterday and boost is awesome, so is allwheel drive.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:07 pm

if you can get two merge collectors do that. modify the xerd. i've been researching dump vs. merge colectors a bit and i've seen the merge ones pick up a nice chunk of power over the dump ones.

msm5spd · Post by **msm5spd** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:12 pm

Where are you trying to get all your custom work done?
The machine shop by my job? Or you know of another place?

Also I could do a sc430 throttle body with a larger intakemanifold and that would give me better throttle responce and a few extra hp.
You know the guy that had the Teamlexus header...and gutted his car... he made 230whp and his car weight almost 50%-50% and he took off 400lbs of his car.
I would do that I dont much care about form, but function is important.
I think I will buy the xerd header tomorrow, if i get paid.

Also for my bday i will have mad flow, should i get some new shocks and put then on my skunk2 coils or just get tien flex for 700?

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:19 pm

most likely the shop by your job. i know of another place that works on automotive parts exclusively, but i haven't checked them out.

get that tb and the intake mani, we'll port it out. or send it to get ported.

im having extrudehone do one part of my intake manifold.

there have to be a few things you can remove too without affecting comfort too much. but even then. gutted ain't too bad.

the tein flex would be more forgiving. you'll have a smoother ride and they're matched. if you get shocks you'd probably have to go with the koni yellows to get a nice ride and good handling. and they;re around $600 so you might as well go flex.

msm5spd · Post by **msm5spd** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:22 pm

That is if I find flex for sale used.
If I find konis I will get them.
All depends on what I find for a good deal.

I think the shop might charge an arm and a leg for modding the header.
You know the other shop near the dealership, we should check that one out too.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:25 pm

what header is that?

i wont be modding a header. i'm doing one from scratch. im going to try to do as much of it myself as i can. like the basic mock up and the bends and what not .

just let them take care of the welding.

msm5spd · Post by **msm5spd** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:27 pm

That is the xerd header that I might get tomorrow.If my funds come through.
You dont have a welder or anything, and thats how you are gonna put the header together. We should invest in one!
After learning how to weld we could save a crap load.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:31 pm

i thought of that the other day. welding classes aren't alot. .

even then i did some welding in HS. it's not too difficult. its one of those practice makes perfect things.

msm5spd · Post by **msm5spd** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:36 pm

A moderately nice welder will run ~500 or less dollars. A gas one. Should be good for whatever application we decide to use it for. Since you want custom intake manifold and exhaust manifold, and probably race cage or various fasteners and weld some of those holes in your body. I think we should get one.
And I am gonna need your help if I decide to get the header to plan out how its gonna looks and mock up fitment and shit.

http://my.is/forums/showthread.php?t=26 ... team+lexus

look at some of the designs for my header.

2GN.ORG

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