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I used to be on here years ago! It's funny, it feels like i just logged in yesterday, like riding a bike. yuck what a stupid screen name! Well, if anyone cares, I was in the midst of a project with my Z. I think the last time I turned a wrench on it was 2007? Yea 2007. That's when i met my lovely lady and shortly after we got pregnant! But shortly before that i bought a 92 NSX( link, link2 ) and modded that to cure my need for speed while waiting for parts and work done for the Z project to finish. couldnt afford the NSX after the kid came and sold it, and now im selling off my project Z, starting with the greg dupree SS split downpipes, the ones that taper from small to big. and some gt2871r turbos (i think thats the model number). check classifieds. SO! I just browsed some posts and drama and it spurred me to solicit some advice. When you're gone for a while and are not involved in sports cars and priorities change, it really puts things in perspective. Its amazing, it like really opens your eyes very clearly to see reality, and makes you want to grab car enthusiasts by the scruff and say "look you dumb sonofabtch!" 1. there is so much infinitely more important things to life than customizing a particular manufacturer's mass produced vehicle. if this sort of thing is considered an art, it has to be the biggest stretch of the term as far as individual expression. if its about the thrill of gunning it down a seemingly safe empty street devoid of all dangers, you would be surprised how unimaginably horrific things can go wrong. your probably thinking "yea but i know what im doing. ive done racing school and track days" this is ego talking. ego is the single most destructive force to happen in mankind's history and is the reason for modern society's soulless environment that encourages self serving behavior. it is rooted in the animal kingdom. we are blessed that we are not animals and are smart enough that we can be above that. ego and sports cars driven on the street creates the absolute dumbest deadly shit ive ever seen. and its so so unbelievably deceptive. because of ego. like obama said about drones, "i promise you, you will never see it coming". my advice is if your going to do this to strictly do it on the track. imo there is no grey area = dont have a track car that can be driven on the street or even can easily be switched back to being street legal. the conditions are just so wrong. a track car on a track has the grace and beauty of a cheetah on a plain, whereas a track car, even a sports car, on normal streets has the clumsiness of a pinball in a pinball game. normal streets are slippy, narrow, with too much sht around to hit. its just the completely absolute wrong place that is opposite of its natural environment. even when you mod the hell out of a sports car, its still essentially a giant overweight heavy brick that when the traction breaks around a turn, the car just slides seemingly forever infinitely before coming to a rest. this is true even for an NSX. thats actually one of the most frustrating aspects to racing a sports car on a track, they're so heavy that they slide forever and into the tirewall and then the car is toast. and the road course in your area more likely than not doesnt have much runoff room because they want spectators close to the action. but better there than on the street. at least on the track you waste your money and destroy your baby and walk away from it (however, it truly is remarkable how easy these things turn into a barbecue after hitting a wall!). if i were to do it all over again, i wouldve invested in a go kart or miata. i mean, whats the whole point? for the thrill and to be able to compete! not just track times but head to head with no silly passing rules. but oh, you want to see the beautiful (Z/NSX/whatever) prove to the world/local community what its capable of! or maybe show them your smarter because you figured out how to make a car with a competitive disadvantage beat the other guy's 10 year newer car. its stupid when i look back! all that extra money to fit a square peg in a round hole! that all said, forum life is such a waste of valuable time on this earth. just like facebook. its a matrix trap. get in and get out using your time the most efficiently:
1. quit the drama
2. stick to facts, not insults (the nature of the subject matter here is so much more dependent on facts, the less emotional you guys get the BETTER and you will work together to a common goal)
3. talk to people as if face to face in the same room
"for each of us eventually whether ready or not someday it will come to an end. there will be no more sunrises, minutes or days. all the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. your wealth fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. it will not matter what you owned or owed. your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies, will finally disappear. so too your hopes, ambitions, plans and todo lists will expire. the wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. it wont matter where you came from or on what side of the tracks you lived at the end. it wont matter if your were beautiful or brilliant. even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant. so what will matter? how will your days be measured? what will matter is not what you bought but what you built. not what you got, but what you gave. what will matter is not your success, but your significance. what will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught. what will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched or empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example. what will matter is not your competence, but your character. what will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many people will feel a lasting loss when your gone. what will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those that loved you. a life lived that matters is not of circumstance, but of choice." - unknown
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(Rebuild started: April 2004. estimated completion: sigh) |
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