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1993 240SX vert(sold) 2006 Xterra , 1982 280ZX , 1984 300ZX
Weeki Wachee FL
9-3-2007
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| « Re: My 87 300ZXT (evildky) | 4:40 AM 12/8/2008 |
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Great story! Car looks sweet,nice numbers too. Representation of a lot of hard work. Congrats! And thanks for sharing 
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Perrenial Badass
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1973 240Z
Lake Alfred Florida
6-4-2008
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| « Re: My 87 300ZXT (evildky) | 9:56 PM 12/8/2008 |
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Yea, that's what I call stripped...  You didn't happen to go to ZCON Daytona did you?
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Leegamer
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1986 300zx GLL 5-speed
Beaverdam Va
1-29-2008
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| « Re: My 87 300ZXT (evildky) | 8:31 AM 12/9/2008 |
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What an awesome transformation. You have some of the sweetest cars I've ever seen.
1985 300ZX Turbo GLL 5-Speed
1986 300 ZX GLL N/A 5-speed
1987 200 SX XE Hatch 5-Speed
2008 Toyota Yaris 5-speed
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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yes I was at zcon, thats where I gotr the car running right, and polished it (poorly) in the parking lot, you saw me there?
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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minnesotazcar
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1972 dautsun 240z
rochester mn
10-6-2008
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| « Re: (evildky) | 4:33 PM 12/9/2008 |
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that looks like probabbly the most fun you could have on a budget nice job with the car man.
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Perrenial Badass
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1973 240Z
Lake Alfred Florida
6-4-2008
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| « Re: (evildky) | 9:26 PM 12/9/2008 |
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Yea, you brought it in on a trailer shortly before I left. Saw it as I was literally driving out the gates.
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nsrZ32
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90 300ZX TT, 78 280Z, 71 521 Pickup, 98 Sentra 2.0 SE, 02 Altima 3.5 SE, 01 Focus s2
Cleveland Ohio
10-15-2004
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Good story and pictures 
-Jerry
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sek8031
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1980 280zx
Houston TX
6-13-2007
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| « Re: (evildky) | 1:21 PM 12/10/2008 |
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That sounds like tons of fun. Where do you find the time to do all this stuff?
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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i actually drove taht car into my garage as a driving automatic n/a and stripped it bare and built it back up as a turbo 5 speed and dove it out of the garage 1 month later, evenings and weekends, it was an intense buildwhen taking on a big project, like rebuilding a car or remodeling a house, it usually goes better if you just tear it down bare shell then work your way up, it tens to make everything go faster smoother and easier
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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buddy0484
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1987 nissan 300zx turbo
clearwater fl
5-17-2009
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| « Re: My 87 300ZXT (evildky) | 5:40 AM 5/17/2009 |
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hey i wanted to ask you how hard was it to change your car from auto to 5 speed? is there a place i can buy a kit to change it over? or should i just try and find a car to swap everything over to? i have a 1987 z31 with about 71k miles all stock mint condition
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84 Z31 AE, 88 Z31 Vert
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8-4-2003
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| « Re: My 87 300ZXT (buddy0484) | 4:52 PM 5/17/2009 |
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| Quote, originally posted by buddy0484 » | | hey i wanted to ask you how hard was it to change your car from auto to 5 speed? is there a place i can buy a kit to change it over? or should i just try and find a car to swap everything over to? i have a 1987 z31 with about 71k miles all stock mint condition |
Buy a "KIT" from a junkyard.
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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mine was a bit mroe difficult than it should have been, I put a T5 into the 87 chassis, so I had to frankenstien the trans mount, otherwise pretty straight forward, the clutch pedla stop on the floor also isn't exactly right as my pedals also came form an 86 donorwhen dealing with these cars it's generally easier to start out with what you want, if you can find a manual trans car these cars are cheap enough that the cost difference is minimal I bought a complete car form a junkyard for $450, the engine was tanked but it donated the trans, pedal box, driveshaft, strut housings and whatever else, I then sold off the stock turbo engine manament parts and some other goodies and actually recovered more than the purchace price of the car
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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NSR_s30
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'99 Ford F250 7.3L Diesel, '71 Datsun 240Z
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10-8-2004
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| « Re: (evildky) | 7:07 PM 7/31/2009 |
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Definitely a sweet car, got a chance to see it in person and meet Dave. 
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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just got back form the Grassroots Motorsports $2009 Challenge, placed 7th overall, my best finnish to date
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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mtnhighus
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2005 350 Z anniversary silverstone, 83 280 zx turbo, 90 maxima
Scottsboro Alabama
10-7-2008
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| « Re: (evildky) | 5:58 PM 10/13/2009 |
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congrats dave, you are our mentor and hero...lol. i have never heard of the grassroots challenge, any ino on it? and we know you will do even better next year. keep up all the hard work and thanks for all you do for us on here. 
THIS CAR "ROCKS"
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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http://grassrootsmotorsports.c...enge/
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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mtnhighus
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2005 350 Z anniversary silverstone, 83 280 zx turbo, 90 maxima
Scottsboro Alabama
10-7-2008
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| « Re: (evildky) | 3:11 PM 10/14/2009 |
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1st place was a 1959 "zamboni" !!! thats too funny.
THIS CAR "ROCKS"
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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lol, when they unveiled that car a few years ago it was truely amazzing, it's basically a locost with a sbf, the zamboni body is just for show, it comes off to race
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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rico05
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1992 RMS13 w/ CA18DET
Carrollton Texas
6-23-2003
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Congrats on the nice finish! My buddy's were the Texas A&M SAE team with the white turbo EG that came in 5th.
SR20DET = 189cc Wasted.
| Quote, originally posted by dickie » | | some hard gheyness in this thread. |
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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that was a very nice car, very clean and well built, if only i had a team actually ther tem was small compared to georgia tech and gutty, georgia tech has like 50 pople and a non running car
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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found
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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car nut
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1991 300zx
Philadelphia PA
10-12-2009
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| « Re: (evildky) | 8:51 AM 2/20/2010 |
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Just got my new issue of GRM and saw your car on page 54. Looked like a lot of fun, cogratulations man!
| Quote, originally posted by NolimitZ32 » | | cause it could cause you to pre-detonate, its kinda like premature ejaculation except with much worse consequences. |
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evildky
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71 240ZT, 87 300ZXN/A-T, 91 300ZXTT
Louisville KY
1-31-2004
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thanks, I forgot when I calimed 7th that the locosts were classed sepperately so that one that outran me (the zamboni) brought me up a sport
"if I had all the money I ever spent on cars........I'd spend it all on cars"S30: "The Rusty Mistress" stripped bare and getting rebuilt from the ground up,
Z31: 315 whp 416 lbft, placed 7th at the GRM $2009 challenge
Z32:sold
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car nut
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1991 300zx
Philadelphia PA
10-12-2009
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| « Re: (evildky) | 5:09 PM 2/21/2010 |
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Its good that they did that, locosts would've eventually dominated the challenge if they didn't. The whole event is basically set up for them lol.
| Quote, originally posted by NolimitZ32 » | | cause it could cause you to pre-detonate, its kinda like premature ejaculation except with much worse consequences. |
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dJohnn
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1987 Nissan 300 ZX non-turbo, automatic trans
upland ca
2-6-2010
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| « Re: My 87 300ZXT (evildky) [<---same but n/t dJ] | 10:01 PM 2/26/2010 |
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Nice story, lots of work in the rebuilding but it paid off, right? Looks real sweet.
Mine had been stolen and sat in a garage for almost 3 years. The police were investigating a burglary ring in El Monte (like LA), they found the car. The drive train stripped, gutted, it was lucky to still have the axles. Even though it is an automatic, n/t it can still aspire to being something FASTERRRrr when it grows up.dJ
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