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Old 02-21-2004, 12:01 AM
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Guess who's engine went BOOM tonight? mine did... yay...

Was driving it after finally getting it running again and was on it.. was running so good, then boom.. get it home on 1 rotor.. push it into the garage.. an injector clip for the primaries had popped itself off while i was hauling ***...



******* sucks.
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Old 02-21-2004, 12:19 AM
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sorry dude your postitve its blown? if so time to go single
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Old 02-21-2004, 01:45 AM
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thinking i might go V8...
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sweet!



At least you know what a single turbo FD feels like...
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Sorry to hear that man. Good luck with the V8 swap.
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Old 02-21-2004, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by jspecracer7' date='Feb 21 2004, 12:43 AM
sweet!



At least you know what a single turbo FD feels like...
true didn't even remember that i already had the T78 car..lol



I'm not in any type of rush.. just trying to weigh my options for now.
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damn, sorry Pete!



no worries though, with your knowledge you'll have another monster breathing soon





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Old 02-21-2004, 06:31 PM
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heh thanks fritz.. hopefully have it up and running by the summer time.. i've owned the car for like 3.5 months and only driven it 5 times... i think its telling me something lol..



but i'm pretty set on the LS1 swap.. so i should be parting out my car here soon.. so look for "for sale" posts..lol
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That sucks.

So the electric connector popped off?

Anyway keep me in mind for the block.

Good luck man
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Old 02-22-2004, 01:13 PM
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How did the injector clip pop off? Was someone in there messing with it?
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