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Old 01-29-2010, 09:20 AM   #1
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I'd like to know too, love it!
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Old 01-29-2010, 09:44 AM   #2
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Its a fiberglass piece that I purchased from a retailer in Florida www.directcartoys.com
(they sell on Ebay as well). After researching numerous spoilers out there, regardless of price or prestige, I found that there wasn't much that distinguished one brand from another when it came to such a simple accent piece as this. However, according to my auto body "guy", like most fiberglass aero parts, it required a fair amount of reshaping and tweaking in order to make it fit perfectly. Overall I think it proved to be a good final touch on the project .

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Old 01-29-2010, 11:59 AM   #3
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That's one bad ass Boxster, Johnny!!
Do you have "men in blue" issues with it?
I love bright yellow, as you can tell by the pics of my "other boxster", but one of my 914's was what they called sunflower yellow and the cops just really, really liked that car............
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Old 01-29-2010, 12:48 PM   #4
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Here's a picture of what literally "blew" my racing budget last season.
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Old 01-29-2010, 01:04 PM   #5
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You know you can use a steel crank now?
That looks like the typical one time past 8000 RPM break. I did one that looked just like that with a 540 Lola and their stupid design of having the flywheel sticking below the frame rail. It hit the ground in the dip on the old Road Atlanta track and just really didn't like it.
I never let one break after over-revving, but saw quite a few who didn't believe it was really true. You turn one of the cast iron cranks in excess of 8000 rpm and it's GOING to break. Maybe next lap, maybe next weekend, but you can bank on it.
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Well, I bought the engine used, so I don't know it's history. I have a rev limiter, and it failed at 6900, just before pulling 2nd gear. I did spin the previous day in T10 at Summit Point, and didn't get the clutch in soon enough, possibly turning the engine backwards, with the wheels chattering. I don't know if that could have precipitated the failure. The engine did have 20+ hours on it, and I'm sorry to say I have missed a few shifts and winged it during that time.

Well, new season, new ( to me ) engine, I just have to get everything put back together again!
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Old 01-29-2010, 01:22 PM   #7
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What chassis do you have?
I never got the chance to run Summit Point. IF I had decided to go back running the CF instead of buying a Boxster, my main plan was to travel outside the SEDIV and run other well known tracks. I guess the getting old got the best of me!
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That's one bad ass Boxster, Johnny!!
Do you have "men in blue" issues with it?
I love bright yellow, as you can tell by the pics of my "other boxster", but one of my 914's was what they called sunflower yellow and the cops just really, really liked that car............
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