[Chris05STi]

Or are you looking to get another car like the GT-R??!? EXPLAIN.......

[evilSTi7]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal Racing

my inspection plan for cutn edg has hit a major snag that might not get solved. i started contacting nissan dealers about the gt-r. the first wanted 20k over msrp, which is no surprise. looks like i may need to wait it out but i'm not done yet.

so i guess you're going to have to speed up your plans by a little?

[Neanderthal Racing]

settadown now settadown!

what i'm saying is, my inspection plan is completely derailed. unless i can come up with an alternative... and fast, unfortunately cutn edg will be, by necessity, a track dedicated car. jake can attest to how difficult it is to disguise what it has become. my paperwork needs to be in order.

[evilSTi7]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal Racing

jake can attest to how difficult it is to disguise what it has become

yea it's hard to convince people that Gravedigger is just a regular ford

[Flycaster]

Are we talking environmental (as in State) inspection, here?

$20K over msrp? Oh **** that. Buy a new M3 and pocket the $30K leftover. Or, buy a 335xi, get it tuned (400whp, easy), and pocket the $40K leftover. Either way, it's a complete no-brainer.

[superhero06]

Would you do it all over again???

[Neanderthal Racing]

Originally Posted by superhero06

Would you do it all over again???

you mean, knowing what i do now, i.e., that two separate aftermarket motors from two different companies would be doomed before they started - to an estimated personal loss of probably 25 thousand dollars?

that i'd suffer the disappointment of only getting to drive maybe 90 days total in 3 years; leaving my heart broken most of the entire time?

having to live with the wretched embarrassment and endlessly trying to explain how it all went wrong... while stuggling to hold my head up?

...good question.

[Neanderthal Racing]

Originally Posted by Flycaster

Are we talking environmental (as in State) inspection, here?

we are, fly.

Originally Posted by Flycaster

$20K over msrp? Oh **** that. Buy a new M3 and pocket the $30K leftover. Or, buy a 335xi, get it tuned (400whp, easy), and pocket the $40K leftover. Either way, it's a complete no-brainer.

i'm not paying over msrp so it could be a year. an m3 is also on the short list.

[Flycaster]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal Racing

...an m3 is also on the short list.

It ought to be, but go down and take a 335xi for a spin while you're there. $4K for a tune and exhaust and it's right there with the M3, at least power wise, and gets much better mileage. All wheel drive too. Don't get me wrong: it won't be an M3, but if tuned, it's the sleeper of the bunch.

[RFFG]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal Racing

you mean, knowing what i do now, i.e., that two separate aftermarket motors from two different companies would be doomed before they started - to an estimated personal loss of probably 25 thousand dollars?

that i'd suffer the disappointment of only getting to drive maybe 90 days total in 3 years; leaving my heart broken most of the entire time?

having to live with the wretched embarrassment and endlessly trying to explain how it all went wrong... while stuggling to hold my head up?

...good question.

Dude, I honestly hate the fact that you had to go thru all that...sucks how life goes sometimes...

I'm dying to see the finished product...


Best of luck to you (again) and keep your head up, you're a fkn inspiration to most people in IWSTI

[Neanderthal Racing]

Originally Posted by RFFG

Dude, I honestly hate the fact that you had to go thru all that...sucks how life goes sometimes...

as i said before, rffg, take it up the ass but, whatever you do, take it like a man.

i found a thread here with a link to cobb's forum on the new ap tuning software theyre working on for the gt-r. when i tried to post an automated message said banned for life.

[Neanderthal Racing]

i sent an email to trey and it was fixed in a couple hours. mystery solved.

[Chris05STi]

Hope you get the car back and running soon!!!!!! I miss her already!

[STi_1212]

So there's no possibility of passing emissions legally? No bribing possibility whether monetary or sexual (if your into that last one ). I don't know how your state tests emissions but I know in Canada you just go to one of many shops and the possibility of a bill of large denomination falling into the tester's pocket "accidentally" is quite high (not that I've ever done that *shifty conspicuous eyes*) . I mean you've come this far and jumped so many hurdles - or gone face first into them in some cases and emissions is whats gonna put the brakes on your project.

[solovus]

Originally Posted by STi_1212

So there's no possibility of passing emissions legally? No bribing possibility whether monetary or sexual (if your into that last one ). I don't know how your state tests emissions but I know in Canada you just go to one of many shops and the possibility of a bill of large denomination falling into the tester's pocket "accidentally" is quite high (not that I've ever done that *shifty conspicuous eyes*) . I mean you've come this far and jumped so many hurdles - or gone face first into them in some cases and emissions is whats gonna put the brakes on your project.

I can just picture it..."How much for the inspection?" ..."OH Geez...What ever am I gonna do with all this EXTRA money I've brought?"