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Roll Bars???
pws > wrote:
>Leon van Dommelen wrote: > >> Can you clarify this? >> >> Leon > >Over $1500.00 total on the exhaust, that is if you don't count the turbo >manifold, then it breaks $2100.00, or about half the blue book value of >the car at the time. >The previous owner was a real spender. Not to mention an idiot? $1500 on an exhaust?? Even I can install those in a few hours. Leon -- Leon van Dommelen Bess, the Miata Bozo, the Miata http://www.dommelen.net/miata The only thing better than a white Miata is two white Miatas |
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Roll Bars???
Leon van Dommelen wrote:
> Not to mention an idiot? $1500 on an exhaust?? Even I can install > those in a few hours. > > Leon Not this one. Custom downpipe by Corky Bell with flex sections and wastegate joined in at the catalytic converter. The receipt including the flex sections, etc. comes out to over $1000.000, then there is the Enthusa Racing Exhaust, the Mazda Racing 3" catalytic converter, and the exhaust temp sensor and gauge. Closer to $1600.00. The exhaust is 3" all the way and it barely fits. It looks like it was a job to get it hooked up, I wouldn't want to mess with it. 11.75 hours does seem like a lot, and this guy spent a ton of money on the car before selling it, even doing things like a $350.00 performance-cut valve job, a port & polish, etc., but he wasn't wasteful from what I can tell, just a perfectionist. Pat |
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Music Videos
pws wrote:
> XS11E wrote: > >> Gotta give Michael Jackson credit for making music videos what they >> are today, "Thriller" was amazing when compared with other videos of >> it's time. >> I'm not much of a fan of his but that video did influence future music >> videos. > > > You mean like this one??????? ;-) > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pdz38TIwqIQ They have way too much time on their hands. |
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Roll Bars???
pws > wrote:
>Leon van Dommelen wrote: > >> Not to mention an idiot? $1500 on an exhaust?? Even I can install >> those in a few hours. >> >> Leon > >Not this one. > >Custom downpipe by Corky Bell with flex sections and wastegate joined in >at the catalytic converter. >The receipt including the flex sections, etc. comes out to over >$1000.000, then there is the Enthusa Racing Exhaust, the Mazda Racing 3" >catalytic converter, and the exhaust temp sensor and gauge. Closer to >$1600.00. > >The exhaust is 3" all the way and it barely fits. It looks like it was a >job to get it hooked up, I wouldn't want to mess with it. > >11.75 hours does seem like a lot, and this guy spent a ton of money on >the car before selling it, even doing things like a $350.00 >performance-cut valve job, a port & polish, etc., but he wasn't wasteful >from what I can tell, just a perfectionist. OK. It did seem incredible at first thought. But I can understand perfectionism. Leon >Pat -- Leon van Dommelen Bess, the Miata Bozo, the Miata http://www.dommelen.net/miata The only thing better than a white Miata is two white Miatas |
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Leon van Dommelen wrote:
> OK. It did seem incredible at first thought. But I can understand > perfectionism. > > Leon Heh, I went ahead and scanned the invoice for the heck of it. It was actually 12.37 hours of labor, my memory is failing, so it was more expensive than I thought. It was also done 3 years ago today, interesting. http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/pat/invoice.jpg Pat |
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Music Videos (was: Roll Bars???) Absolutely NMC
XS11E wrote:
> pws wrote: > > You mean like this one??????? ;-) > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pdz38TIwqIQ > > Cool, you filmed a meeting of Iva's club celebrating the installation > of a roll bar! <G> You do realize that now you've discovered our secret Roll Bar Installation Celebration Dance, we're going to have to kill you. <G> I saw lots of different bars on Miatas this Monday and Tuesday up at Pocono Raceway. It was the 10th anniversary DelVal track days and I was *very* pleasantly surprised at how well Vixen held the road despite the pouring rain on Monday! I kept trying to get the back end to break loose and it never did. She was smooth as silk on the curves and really kicked butt on the straights and in the bowl. I had a VERY big grin at the end of the 2-day event. Iva & Vixen 2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata |
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Music Videos (was: Roll Bars???) Absolutely NMC
"Iva" .> wrote:
> XS11E wrote: >> pws wrote: >> > You mean like this one??????? ;-) >> > >> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pdz38TIwqIQ >> >> Cool, you filmed a meeting of Iva's club celebrating the >> installation of a roll bar! <G> > > You do realize that now you've discovered our secret Roll Bar > Installation Celebration Dance, we're going to have to kill you. You can't catch me, I have a WHITE Miata! Leon explains: "It is the preferred color everywhere. It looks better, is easier to maintain, and goes faster because of less photon drag and improved aerodynamics." -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html |
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