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Old Aug 14, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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damn suspension bling... very nice
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 11:45 AM
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^^^ Thanks

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Here is a little tease of what I have been doing last night. Car is ready for its new home now...

Sidenote: (those are not my wheels, had to borrow my friends to move)
 
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Old Aug 18, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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Loving your build man. How hard was it to learn how to drift I really want to do this in the near future any tips and or advice or websites to join?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrildo
Loving your build man. How hard was it to learn how to drift I really want to do this in the near future any tips and or advice or websites to join?
Thanks for the kind words.. As far as learning how to drift, I think you are always in a learning state when it comes to drifting.. But what I did was go to our local drift events and started practicing. With the help of other drivers you start to understand what to do and what not to do. I know in Texas Aaron puts on some really good Drift Clinics where he teaches you and also helps improve your driving.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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Just a little tease of what was done this weekend.. Nothing much just put everything in to move my car to its new home, which is my new house. Garage is stupid dirty due to the move need to clean it and epoxy the floor, but its home for now.. Next update will involve all the fittings and running the hoses.



First time the car has seen light in the past months.





Loaded up on the trailer and heading to its new home.. And Tow hook works, so that was a good test...lol



Packed away in its new two car garage. Can't wait to re-Epoxy the floor and clean it up. Also I know my wheels are backwards, just placed them on to move the car.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 04:22 PM
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Here is a little tease of whats to come Toby Broadfield did such a awesome job.. Its all in the details..



 
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 04:23 PM
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work of art
 
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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Speaking of paying attention to details... Having a custom shifter and a pistol grip made for my ASD Hydro, in ebony and ivory wood.. Can't wait on this.

 
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 09:19 PM
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just a tease until I get all my interior pieces back..



This is my new Hydro E-brake handle. Custom Ebony and Ivory wood Can't wait to see it mounted up..

I also got my Motordyne sway bars in..
 
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 10:28 PM
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damn....just read through this whole thing....in for the final result!!!
 
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 04:39 AM
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The most epic of epicness.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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Okay everyone here I am with another update, Sorry it took so long to bring you another update just been really busy. So to let everyone know I am getting close to start up on this thing, just need to go pick up my T56 in Houston, then head to my Fab guy to make my custom oval exhaust and then head to stew's house for final wiring. I would say a good 4k will finish the project. So hopefully very soon.

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So lets kick this off with a beer shall we. Beer of choice is Circus Boy "The Hefeweizen" by Magic Hat. Now if you know me by now, you would know I love Hefeweizen beers, so this is no different. A very good beer.

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First up to bat were my new sway bars. Motordyne hooked it up with a nice setup sway bars I must say. The quality of these things are top notch.

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I paired the sway bars with some Whiteline endlinks.. Love the gold...lol

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Fit is money, have to test my -20 AN fitting just to make sure it fits. I will post pic later when I do.

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Good clearance..

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Stamp of approval right here..

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I think these Whiteline endlinks just look so fresh.. I did how ever have to drill the holes out some to fit them, probably due to powder coating but they fit like a glove now.

I thought I took a pic of the rear to but I guess I did not, I will have to post that up later as well.

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Now I don't think I have posted up the Sikky Shifter yet, so here it is.

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The quality on this thing is flawless in my opinion. I also love the fact that they made the thread work with Nissan 350z pattern.

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The only down fall to this shifter is that they made it to work with all GTO T56 transmissions. Which causes some problems for guys running Camaro T56s. It tends to pop out of gear due to the difference in shifter location on the transmission.. To solve this problem you will have to purchase the new guild plate from a GTO and also mod the mounting points to make it work with your application. At the moment they are working on the solution for this and I will be sure to update my blog when they do.

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Other then that I think this thing looks sick...

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Next up is my new custom Ebony and Ivory wood shifter. Made by Andrew Martin. A work of Art this thing is, to me its the little things like this that make a car stand apart and the two pieces Andrew made me did just that in my opinion.

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I mean look at the detail,,


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Close up... So crazy to think something like this started from a block of wood.

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Mounted on the shifter, it just looks like it belongs there.

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No words...



Next item Andrew made for me was my Hydro grip. I wanted it to match my shifter so Ebony and Ivory wood was selected again.

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And yet again Andrew out did his self with this damn thing...

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I mean seriously look at this thing...

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Here is a good pic to show you how big it really is. From pics it looks too big to grab but it fits my hands perfectly (that is what she said)... I know someone was thinking it....lol

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Top view

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Side by side view of both

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Perfect match up....

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So I have been working on finishing up my interior.. Only things left are my CF door panels (Which I have to cut) and make some floor boards so my feet can set level and then I can place my floor mate were they need to be.

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Again its the little things that make the car...

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And the work that Tobby did on my dash just completed and complemented the look I was trying to go for. Clean and simple.

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Tobby in my opinion makes nothing but art when it comes to his dash work. He takes on each piece like its his own and I for one can really appreciate that.



So thanks Tobby for making something I will use day end and day out..

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Here is a striaght on pic with my hydro and shifter mocked up... Looks good

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So before I can call the interior done, I have to do a few things like: re-wrap my shifter cover and fix the whole that I have there now. Which was used for my old CNC hydro. And also clean up all the edges I cut to fit the dash or and center console

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Also I mocked up my Stack gauge just to give me a idea how it will look. I will be making a bracket to raise it up some but you get the idea from this pic.

So that is it for the update today. Hopefully I can do another update soon and something that is more exciting.

But I would like to thank Andrew and Tobby for making some awesome pieces for my build. I think those little items will set the car apart.

If you guys are interested in any wood work please hit up Andrew Martin on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...ref=ts&fref=ts and check out his website: http://drewbuildsstuff.blogspot.com/

And if you are interested in getting any work done by Tobby, check out his website: http://broadfield.wordpress.com/
 
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 06:29 PM
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Looking DOOOOOPE Edafe. Ya know...it wasn't until JUST now, that I realized you're doing a full drift build. Is this car going to be a FDSpec car (cuz it looks like it)? I mean, that's a lot more involved then just dropping an LS in and sliding around Turner field for a few hours. This is top notch stuff. Good to see it broseph. Can't wait to see your car back on the road though. Definitely one of the game changers in the Z/G field.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 10:22 AM
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Thanks bro for the kind words..

To answer you question, yeah everything is FD spec, but I don't plan on doing FD anytime soon. I just wanted to build a legit drift track car and have a blast with it. And were every that takes me then so be it.

But come 2013 I will be driving at a lot of events, and going to try to drive at least one on the west coast and east coast.
 
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