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  • Birthday 05/09/1964

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    Frisco, Texas
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    '05 ABP LGT 5 door 5MT

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  1. After posting, I was trying to delete it but couldn't.
  2. Gauging interest Located in Frisco, Texas. 180,744 miles You can smell coolant in the engine compartment and inside the cabin once operating temp is reached. Possible heater core failure? Worse? June 2019- Head gaskets Head bolts Valve job Thermostat Denso radiator + hoses Clutch Spark plugs Timing belt July 2019- VF40 turbo Oil cooler Intake manifold turbo inlet Oil pan Breather hose Used starter September 2019- A/C compressor The rest of the story, I am the original owner, CA car until June 2019. Typical wear and tear for a 14+ year old car. Presents well for its age. Paint - clear coat chipping on all door handles. Front and rear bumpers show most damage. Upgrades- PDE catless up pipe RCE Tarmac I coilovers Front and rear Swift sway-bars Whiteline front adjustable endlinks Kartboy rear endlinks 18X7.5" Rota Tarmac 2/Group A w/ Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 Kartboy Short throw shifter and bushings Momo knob COBB AP Jazzy Aux in installed 4 Polk db650 speakers Subaru crossbars w/ 2 Yakima HighRoller bike attachments I think that covers most of the important items. Happy to discuss in detail anything about the car and its history. 14 years 2 months of dependable service and then this. Thought I'd post this up here before posting on CL. Thanks
  3. Another Moog fail to report. Replaced right front. First drive cruise control functioning but with a surging sensation. Same with second drive. Third drive no more surge. Fourth drive flashing cc light. Remove and return to Rock Auto. Install original until order from Fred Beans arrives. CC is smooth and stable as before. Wish I had never installed it. Lesson learned. Don't let it happen to you.
  4. Anybody here out at Thunderhill Thursday Oct 19th? It was a private track day with the Philip Holmes Group. I just saw pics of a BSM LGT sedan #59 with Autowest paper plates. Looks like you were having fun. Some of those guys are my peeps and I've been trying to get out there too. Good to see an LGT out there. http://gotbluemilk.com/web061019/59/imagepages/image10.html Ross
  5. dan, speeds-yes. we (cycling guys) are referring to how fast or slow the strut is allowed to return to it's extended state. i certainly get firm vs soft but, for example: is a strut set at full soft adjusted to slow the return rate of speed or is it allowing the strut to extend as quickly as possible? does this make sense? oh yeah, you are the perfect person to ask about my current set up. i installed my swifts (on oe struts) last saturday and would like to minimize the bounciness and hopefully the jarring when hitting a pothole or similar. the bouncy part is the most annoying. yes, the tokico's are on my shortlist but at that point why not sell what i have and get megan racing coilovers? i'll end up roughly at the same $'s. what would be the downside? btw, for those who may think i'm speaking negatively about the swifts, i am not. i like the stance and the firmness the springs themselves bring. i'm just not crazy about how the struts are mating with the springs. here's an odd observation after installing the spring: my brakes feel better?! i attribute it to less movement in the suspension. in any case it's a nice side benefit. thanks
  6. Dampening ? Forgive my ignorance but as I'm in the bicycle business and we seem to describe rebound dampening as fast or slow. How does this correlate to soft and stiff/firm when describing strut dampening adjustments? My best guess is fast=stiff and slow=soft. On a bike, we tend to adjust the rebound to be as fast as possible without bucking the rider off. With a shock with adjustable compression, we can tune what we describe as soft vs firm. I'm just trying to wrap my pea brain around the different terminology used in the auto industry. To KISS: Soft=? Stiff=? TIA
  7. ABP LGT Wagon 5EAT w/bug deflector, hitch bike rack and red SC @ Alpine Inn this evening. I was parked further down by the fence with the orange road bike on top (see avatar). Looked stock, stock wheels, no tint, etc...
  8. not an official lgt spotting but close. sunday 9:10am, north bound 680 between bernal and stoneridge (pleasanton), goto racing trailer towed by a motorhome.
  9. i'm down to stg 1.5, 2-drivers side and 1-passenger side. it's pupupurrrrrfect! i tried stg 1 but it just sounded stock. btw, ss washers are much thinner than run of the mill galvanized type.
  10. specDiddy-point taken we'll just have to agree to disagree. i like the mod because it's allows me to determine what noise level i will be comfortable with when i do graduate to stg 2 and a tbe. it's a good tool imo. having someone throw me revs at a stoplight is NOT my goal.
  11. ^ i agree. i'm about to knock it down a bit more this weekend. i had some idiot in a Z try to race me last night. this indicates to me it's a bit too loud and no, i don't rev it just to make noise.
  12. i don't think people are falling over themselves with this. it's just cheap, fast, tunable and easily reversible. if asked, i'm going to say it's a gohan racing exhaust. i've also come up with a formula to help determine how many washers to use: 50/your age=# washers. here's mine, 50/42=1.19, this is probably where i'll end up (currently at 2) btw, i like rice (the food product). sansei
  13. done! sounds good. i bought ss washers (3/8" BTW) and started with a stack of 3 and am now down to 2. i'll probably knock it down to 1 on the passengers side. this mod may improve my mileage since i'll be keeping the revs down around town. thanks hog
  14. two this morning. fremont-just after 6am, nursery, silver lgt sedan fremont-7:15 (checked my clock), spec b, south bound mission blvd crossing mowry.
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