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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 09:08 AM
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Jafro
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Originally Posted by Draconius
Do you have a possible finish date?
Yes. 2009.

Hahaha. If you only knew all the background on this and why it's taken so long. I've had this thing in the works for 3.5 years. I bought a house, $3000 worth of tools, blew up the GSX's tranny, lost a job, got a job, said peace to the ex and I'm single-incoming a house + car habit, and $4000 worth of dental work. So after a year and a half of owning the Colt, I decided not to go FWD with it when someone gave me an AWD car. The motor is rebuilt and ready to go. The car is mostly wired. The rear is in... but some expensive things will have to occur because I changed directions half-way through.

It needs new seats, a main loop, a harness bar, and a crossbar. I removed the powered seatbelts, so the racing seats and harnesses have to be done to fix that problem. I need a 10gal fuel cell, external pump (-6AN), battery, battery box, cut-off switch, an exhaust, an intercooler, custom IC pipes and new wheels & tires for the GSX so I can house the ones on it for the Colt. I hope that between my tax return and consulting income that I can pull off something mid-spring. I'll be finishing the brakes and mounting the motor next. Once that's in I can get the driveshaft shortened. Nobody makes bolt-on parts for this car, so everything has to be custom made. Just like you, I can't wait to see/hear it run.

Last edited by Jafro; Dec 30, 2008 at 09:10 AM.
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