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Buy used, 300m wheels would look excellent and should be cheap. http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/2002/Chrysler/100073799/2002.chrysler.300m.2822-396x249.jpg

Holy shit, imagine a failed launch with one of those things?

The shrinking space budget is a sad thing, apparently the airforce currently spends more money in space than NASA.

I google "half life 3" every few months looking for news of the new release. Definitely my favorite game ever.

You should be able to do a stomp test on that car: http://www.bmw4life.com/stompTest.htm

A few local independent options. http://www.hatemautomotive.com/ http://www.bestmotorwerks.com/

My current shifting arrangement requires two hands, a little luck and a lot of patience. I should have the car driving again in the next month, I plan on doing a few autocross(s?) this summer to iron out the suspension. I've always allowed anyone drive the car who was sober enough to climb in without assistance. shifter cable joy. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4332692819_b456d80d6d.jpg

I completely agree with buying a dslr and particularly a used one. You should be able to get into a decent nikon or canon with a lens or two in your price range.

Since the engines are completely independent of each other running through their own transmissions no syncing is required. Even with the significantly different power output of the 1.8/2.0 setup I had no issues.

I put this car together during the winter of 2005 with the intention of entering the GRM $2005 challenge. Somewhere along the line I became sidetracked by strong drink/dirty girls and the Challenge dream went raisin. After almost 5 years of collecting rust/dust the car is finally going to attend the $2010 challenge. At this point I'm focusing on making the car reliable and safe, over the course of this summer I hope to cut the weight to 2600lbs and increase the collective horsepower to around 300. http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/events/2010-challenge/ http://durocco.com/ Original specs: - 1.8 16v engine front - stock - 123hp - 2.0 16v engine rear - stock - 134hp - 2x agb 020 linkage shift 5 speed transmissions - 2700lbs - actual weight - 50/50 front/rear distribution Current specs: 2x 2.0 16v engines - flipped exhaust cam mod - roughly 145hp each 2x 02A cable shift 5 speed transmissions - 2800lbs - estimated weight after transmission upgrades and firewall installation http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1424/3266577265_77fe35ab64_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/3022969349_83d914e905.jpg 4-11-09 Firewall After a fruitless search for cheap honeycomb sandwich aluminum I went with .040 sheeting. I bought the material fromResearch Alloys, $20 got me what I needed and they sheared it to rough sizes so that I could haul it home in my e30. After shaping the three sections using cardboard templates I took the sheets to a friend's aviation shop and had a go with his bead roller. The machine was pretty basic and operated with a hand crank... some of my beads ended up a little wiggly. Mid 90's automatic bmw's with the GM transmission use 6mm bolts to fasten the transmission pans, trans filters for these cars come with new bolts. I saved a bucket full of the used bolts with the intention of using them for something nifty... firewalls are nifty. By careful use of the WAG method I determined that the firewall sheeting needed a bolt every 4 inches, this meant I needed to drill and tap about 120 holes. I welded a 1/4" drive socket to a cheap tap handle, tapping was still a pain. I still need to seal the edges of the sheet, I may paint them and add some sound deadening material as well since the panels are quite boomy despite the beads. Rough sheared sheets http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3433418714_29a2fdec2b.jpg?v=0 Cardboard template http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3433418176_9f6a500529.jpg?v=0 Shears be good http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/3432609441_3f1d0c938a.jpg?v=0 Marked and ready for bead rolling http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3433420822_70f077e5dd.jpg?v=0 The roller http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3433421274_8174cc2617.jpg?v=0 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3432611223_3fe49af845.jpg?v=0 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3433425616_f62a3ed1bc.jpg?v=0 Mighty Mound of free 6mm bolts http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301/3433419890_9b01b6c87a.jpg?v=0 The barrier is! http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3643/3433427850_3f06c02b43.jpg?v=0 2-10-2010 - early shifter design/development VW Motorsport built cable shifter for their race teams in the early 1990's, the same design is now available from several aftermarket companies for around $450 at the cheapest. The OG and subsequent reproduction parts are all built from aluminum using three tools I don't have; a milling machine punch press with dies and tig welder. My shifter is all steel, it's heavy, ugly and cheap but with enough tinkering it should work well. My shifter contains the following: - pair of bmw automatic brake pedal pivots to form the two axis of movement - these are throw away parts from 5 speed conversions and therefore come in at scrap prices - bmw m30 rocker shaft as the shift lever - pulled from cracked head - scrap steel prices - 1" square tubing cut in half and drilled in a vain attempt to reduce weight - research alloys - scrap price - 1/8" plate - research alloys - scrap price - stock scirocco shifter base plate forms the base for the new shifter Original http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i273/Chris_Eyre/VW%20Motorsport/Mk1/VKM/Transmission/VWMshifterincar.jpg My chunky reproduction http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4346099012_a706aba057_b.jpg

The wife gets nothing. http://morethananelectrician.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/goodday.jpg

This is the way I've seen it done also, camera on tripod, long exposure, handheld flash unit or second camera with built in flash to highlight a chunk of time.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1818235 Looks like you can get it for $25 after a little fiddling.

Brain fart on my part, thanks Doc.

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The op reads like satire, especially this part.

This is an excellent point, you could also go for a plain jane p71 detectives car for half of your budget and spend the change setting it up to suit your needs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P71

Shit, what do I win?

The only jeep part left is probably the grill http://www.webridestv.com/showvideo.aspx?video=211444

Guys in the shop next to mine took their Lincoln out for some snow time, a bigger parking lot is in order.

Very cool for sure. Garagejournal is a damn good resource shop related stuff, tons of tool and equipment reviews and info.

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They're great cars, just be sure to buy the right one, you could easily buy someones neglected beater which will immediately need $2000 in parts. All of the work on them is diy friendly assuming you have some level of mechanical aptitude. Bimmerforums.com has a ton of good info and articles if you're willing to wade through the fanboi bullshit. common wear items: - The front control arms and bushings do go soft fairly early - complete cooling system - thermostat, water pump, expansion tank and radiator - ccv/oil separator system - blower motor final stage resistor - window regulators

If you decide to sell the car I may be interested, pm or email me if you go that route.

Have you copied your old itunes library onto your new computer? Itunes won't let you copy the contents of the ipod for the obvious copyright reasons. There are third party programs which allow you to rip an ipod but if you already have the files on another drive it makes more sense to simply setup your old library on the new computer.