biweekly update
2nd Gear
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,489
From: San Mateo, CA
RE: biweekly update
Tom, just wanted to let you know that your car now adorns my desktop. I've actually got the same shot as you have in your sig line (sans mods). I pulled it out of your album. NICE! I can't wait to see/hear about the finished product... but then again, a car is never finished. 
Good luck with all the work, and by all means, stay safe. Do you have another car you drive when your beast isn't running?
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Goldenchild, IMO you need to shut up and respect the work he's done. Maybe you can weld a better one for him? If I recall correctly, the real manifold he copied costs a pretty penny, thus making your own saves the cost of buying one or having someone else make it. Besides, I would love to pop the hood and have someone ask who does all my work, fabs all my parts, etc. and say, "I do it all myself." I don't think the point was to make a cosmetically perfect manifold, rather make one that mimics the function of the real thing.
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Good luck with all the work, and by all means, stay safe. Do you have another car you drive when your beast isn't running?[rant]
Goldenchild, IMO you need to shut up and respect the work he's done. Maybe you can weld a better one for him? If I recall correctly, the real manifold he copied costs a pretty penny, thus making your own saves the cost of buying one or having someone else make it. Besides, I would love to pop the hood and have someone ask who does all my work, fabs all my parts, etc. and say, "I do it all myself." I don't think the point was to make a cosmetically perfect manifold, rather make one that mimics the function of the real thing.
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Senior Member
Joined: May 2005
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RE: biweekly update
ORIGINAL: goldenchild
imo i think once u get that manifold made take it to someone that knows how to weld to get a better one made.
imo i think once u get that manifold made take it to someone that knows how to weld to get a better one made.
1st Gear
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 355
From: Tampa, Florida
RE: biweekly update
ORIGINAL: goldenchild
imo i think once u get that manifold made take it to someone that knows how to weld to get a better one made.
imo i think once u get that manifold made take it to someone that knows how to weld to get a better one made.
Tom, dont worry we still love you
2nd Gear
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 848
From:
RE: biweekly update
ORIGINAL: goldenchild
imo i think once u get that manifold made take it to someone that knows how to weld to get a better one made.
imo i think once u get that manifold made take it to someone that knows how to weld to get a better one made.
FYI, below is a list of just some of the things on Tom's car of which I would say about 98% of it, he did himself. Until your ready to have a crack at this title... shut your pie hole.
Exterior
s4 side skirts
painted front lip
painted rear valence
m3 trunk lip
painted calipers
cleared corners
debadged
Wheels & Suspension
rh 18x9 wheels
dunlop fm901 235/40 tires
Wheel locks
stock wheels with winterforce snow tires
s4 h&r ultra coilovers
Interior
homebrew a-pillar pod
homebrew hks turbo timer install
homebrew v1 remote display in gauge cluster
homebrew relocation of temp disp to rear mirror
ipod
ice-link
spearco boost gauge
valentine 1
stratmosphere ss
vag-com modded central locks
Drivetrain
gt28rs .86 turbo clocked
homebrew intake
homebrew tubular exhaust manifold
homebrew spearco fmic
relacoted dv
forge 007 dv
homebrew oil lines
homebrew coolant lines
southbend dxd clutch
2.75" id maf (in use)
3" maf (soon)
440cc injectors
walbro fuel pump
adjustable fpr
atp beta file
part of the atp bt test pipe
homebrew downpipe
atp ves dump valve
awe/borla rear resonator and muffler
greedspeed snub mount
new motormounts (blown after 2 months)
homebrew skidplate
crankcase breather filter
all new vac lines
all new charge pipes
manual boost controller
vag-com
autolite 2923 plugs
