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Hey everybody, I'm Dane and I hail from Lubbock, TX. The land of cotton, cows, dust and straight roads. Looking forward to picking up on some good information on this board.

I own a 2000 V6 Firebird and a Mazda3s GT which is my wife's car. I have had a love for road racing, but have yet to take part in any trackdays. I don't race on Sundays so that is probably one big contributor.

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The bird has a bit of a lengthy mod list, most of them bought second hand through part outs or abandoned builds. The engine rebuild started off as a basic cam install and replace the leaking intake gasket until I popped the valve covers and found oil sludge in the 135K mile engine. Here's the rundown:

Mods:
Whisper Lid
60*Inclusive ported Heads and Intake
Intense S1X NA Cam
Yella Terra 1.7 platinum roller rockers
Manton pushrods
FFF Longtube headers
TSP Rumbler Catback

Yank Torque Arm relocation
TCI 3800 stall
Aluminum driveshaft
Trans cooler

BMR 32mm front, LS1 19mm rear
QA1 12-ways WS6 rear springs
UMI LCA's & Adj. PHB
PA Racing Tubular K-member
B4C power steering Cooler

I have recently picked up a set of Speedline Mistrals from a guy on Racingjunk. They were campaigned on their 94 Camaro and they are stationed in the Fla area. I've got to get them cleaned and powdercoated as the paint they had on there is flaking off from mounting and dismounting so many different sets of tires. Anybody ever seen these? I haven't heard from Speedline corporate yet on how many of these they made but I'm looking forward to running them.

17x9.5's
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This post has been edited by WarShrike: Feb 26 2010, 05:55 PM

WarShrike View Member Profile	Feb 26 2010, 05:52 PM Post #1
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 102 Joined: 26-February 10 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 8,943	Hey everybody, I'm Dane and I hail from Lubbock, TX. The land of cotton, cows, dust and straight roads. Looking forward to picking up on some good information on this board. I own a 2000 V6 Firebird and a Mazda3s GT which is my wife's car. I have had a love for road racing, but have yet to take part in any trackdays. I don't race on Sundays so that is probably one big contributor. (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/backdoorbird.jpg) The bird has a bit of a lengthy mod list, most of them bought second hand through part outs or abandoned builds. The engine rebuild started off as a basic cam install and replace the leaking intake gasket until I popped the valve covers and found oil sludge in the 135K mile engine. Here's the rundown: Mods: Whisper Lid 60Inclusive ported Heads and Intake Intense S1X NA Cam Yella Terra 1.7 platinum roller rockers Manton pushrods FFF Longtube headers TSP Rumbler Catback Yank Torque Arm relocation TCI 3800 stall Aluminum driveshaft Trans cooler BMR 32mm front, LS1 19mm rear QA1 12-ways WS6 rear springs UMI LCA's & Adj. PHB PA Racing Tubular K-member B4C power steering Cooler I have recently picked up a set of Speedline Mistrals from a guy on Racingjunk. They were campaigned on their 94 Camaro and they are stationed in the Fla area. I've got to get them cleaned and powdercoated as the paint they had on there is flaking off from mounting and dismounting so many different sets of tires. Anybody ever seen these? I haven't heard from Speedline corporate yet on how many of these they made but I'm looking forward to running them. 17x9.5's (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/Wheels/100_0943.jpg) This post has been edited by WarShrike*: Feb 26 2010, 05:55 PM

WarShrike View Member Profile	Mar 3 2010, 07:03 PM Post #2
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 102 Joined: 26-February 10 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 8,943	Thanks for the warm welcome! Here's a few shots of the before and after on the engine: 140K mile engine, I am led to believe the previous owner skimped on some oil changes as they put 65K miles on it in two years time (West Texas & New Mexico open roads). Teardown pics: (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/Teardown/100_0526.jpg) (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/Teardown/100_0527.jpg) (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/Teardown/100_0528.jpg) (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/Teardown/100_0529.jpg) (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/Teardown/100_0540.jpg) AFTER! (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/100_0768.jpg) (IMG:http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/WarShrike/100_0772.jpg)