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Old 08-28-2017, 01:30 PM
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Bought a new beater...


Needed a new project after selling my Ducati a few months ago - I was getting the itch to tinker... Picked this sled up from a buddy for a song - it needs a little bit of work to be back at 100%, but nothing too wild... Though after seeing how much aftermarket go fast parts have reduced in price, think I may see if I can get 500HP out of it. Should be fun (and stupid), right?



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Nice! How much?
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Old 08-28-2017, 05:23 PM
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Nice! How much?
Will be ~ $3k when the deal is done to get it in my posession. It was wayyy too good of a deal to pass up.

I do eventually need to fix the bodywork (it needs both fenders, a front bumper, and the two passenger doors replaced then paint. I'm debating just swapping all parts to good/straight and leaving them whatever color they are and leaving it as a mix of colors, but paint will come later. I don't expect to be more than like $5k into the car completely fixed.
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Old 08-28-2017, 05:51 PM
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Wooo hoo!
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Old 08-28-2017, 06:03 PM
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I bet that you could can just as easily pull 500 HP out of a Pontiac tri power...
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Old 08-28-2017, 07:13 PM
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I bet that you could can just as easily pull 500 HP out of a Pontiac tri power...
Of course.
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Old 08-28-2017, 07:21 PM
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Will be ~ $3k when the deal is done to get it in my posession. It was wayyy too good of a deal to pass up.

I do eventually need to fix the bodywork (it needs both fenders, a front bumper, and the two passenger doors replaced then paint. I'm debating just swapping all parts to good/straight and leaving them whatever color they are and leaving it as a mix of colors, but paint will come later. I don't expect to be more than like $5k into the car completely fixed.
Damn I thought I did well with my $1000 C320 wagon. You got me beat. Sounds like the work would be relatively minor. How many miles on it? Have you seen the 400k mile E55?
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He probably didn't feel like filing for bankruptcy six months down the road.

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