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Things I Did Wrong

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SublimeRT

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I should have:

- bought the headlights I really wanted in the first place instead of the ones I did get
- not bought Silvania Silverstars. Waste of money.
- put in a SFI bell housing while I did my TKO
- bought 255/40s instead of 255/45s for the front, because they are slightly bigger than my rear 275 Nitto DRs and it drives me crazy. I went with the 255/45s because it was the stock size on 94-95.
- bought some 17x9 Chrome 03 Cobras and 315 Nittos instead of using the stock wheels
- bought a Dr. Gas X-pipe instead of a BBK. I had to heat it up with a torch and bend it because it didn't line up worth a damn. I don't really like how it sounds either.
- bought a new laptop and Tweecer instead of buying the deal I found on ebay. The Tweecer has been fine, but the laptop is ancient and died on me so I can't tune and my car idles at like 1400 at lights for about 30 seconds. It was also too old to support EA which I had bought not knowing that and he doesn't do refunds, so I lost $50 and have nothing to show for it until I can get a new laptop.

This is all easily fixed though, so I'm not too bummed. The car runs great except for the high idle. I really don't mind the stock wheels much, but mine are beat up, so they just look crappy. TKO has been flawless, as has everything else.
 

Iggyshane

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Things I did wrong
- got a girlfriend so now I have no money for my car
 

Pokageek

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yobi1kanobi said:
Stroker motor conversion....

Griggs K member

Canton Oil pan
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Why was stroker a bad idea? Why was canton oil pan a bad idea?

Also , to the guy who said he burned up an alternator with a pulley..can you explain? I have neber heard this b4. Thx.
 

rj95svt

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Black95GTS said:
1. Didn't buy parts to grow into. I thought I would buy the street heat then step up to the track heat upper when I was ready... wish I had done that first. Bought the 65 thinking I would step up to the 75 when ready... wish I had done that first.

If I could do it over again I would have bought big and tuned accordingly...

Actually..

My number one thing I would have done over again was get the TwEECer for a first mod. That made me understand everything about the car, the engine, etc and would have made planning mods out completely different.

Adam
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That's the exact reason I bought a tweecer before doing to many mods.
 

MysteryMachine

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and everybody said no to me when I talked about going big off the bat. Go big or go home has stuck with me thanks to the fire company. I admit the TFS street heat aint "big" but its prolly big enough for anything I'll throw at the car. I thought about growing into stuff from the start. Buy once and be done
 
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