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Daytona Coupe progress

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SVTaslinger

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Joined
Nov 5, 2002
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Location
Decatur,TN
Been doing bodywork for awhile now, Im pretty much over it. Trying to get it into paint, dyno, and registered before spring driving time.
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My newly painted FR500s
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My driveway last weekend
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Take this as a complement You Suck :drool::drool::drool::drool: I love those cars
 
Decatur is about 30 miles north of Chattanooga on Hwy 58. Its been a PITA doing bodywork, its my first time working with fiberglass and filler. I've spent about a week a piece on each door getting them perfect. I will say I set a new lap record around my neighborhood the other day, top end of third is moving on pretty good.
 
Looking forward to seeing the Daytona as our "Grand Marshall" next year on the Dragon Run. I really like the white wheels over the black, especially since the Halibrands are out of the question for you Josh. I wanna be behind that car when its going through the gears on the Skyway, just need something a bit faster so I can actually hear it and not be so far behind in the Fit:o:shrug:

Thanks for all the pics over the past couple monthes, I almost felt like I was there during the building process, to bad I live so far away, I'd love to help out with something on that car, I know there's something I could do to help out, not turning a wrench though, you want it to actually work:crazy:
 
Im sure you could go pick up pizza and tend the bar. The only thing I had help with was putting in the engine and tranny. I found out wrestling an 8.8 solid axle rear end in by yourself is not that much fun.
 
I could pick up the pizza and beer and hand you a tool and even help lifting things, I don't mind getting dirty, just tell me where to lift and I'm good!
 
Ha, nobody but me will lay their hands on this one. Im about to purchase $350 worth of front end set up tools cause I dont trust anyone to do it right for me.
 
Well, the guy I ordered the front brakes from called me today and talked me into a package deal. I went ahead and sprung for the 4 piston rears also.
 
Congrats on the brake upgrade Josh and your going to have alot of people calling "shotgun" when you run with our group Josh, just becareful when they say that, you never know what they "REALLY" mean!

I can't wait to just hear that car and while I'm thinking of it, was there a single sidepipe option instead of those two?
 
Some people build there own sidepipe out of a magnaflow straight through muffler, but I prefer the double pipe of the Coupe. Im probably gonna have a custom set made for mine out of glasspack blanks that dont have any glass in em. I could care less about how loud it is. Im not gonna give up HP for quietness. The stock sidepipes supposedly give up 20-30hp. Im also gonna have a crossover pipe welded into the tri Y collectors to help scavenge the exhaust pulses between cylinders. BTW Roger, theres not enough room to put a shotgun in my car, theres barely enough room for 2 size 12s in the footbox.
 
Hey Josh, my size 9 Piloti's fit in there just fine, if you've got a problem with "fit-ment" while we're out there on the Dragon!
 
My new size 12 Pilotis fit in there fine. My size 12 Under Armour didn't though.

Size 9s?? I bet you have to stomp a bug twice to kill it.
 
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