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Yeah but at that price, if everything else checked out, a new clutch and you're away for well under 20k...

As for the kms, 99% of the time they're gonna be bullshit. Again at that price, if/when the engine lets go you rebuild it.

if you can fix it when/if it breaks then why not

hope your next cars as neat as your old R33. saw it at the gp last year

Yeah but at that price, if everything else checked out, a new clutch and you're away for well under 20k...

As for the kms, 99% of the time they're gonna be bullshit. Again at that price, if/when the engine lets go you rebuild it.

yeah true, apart from the clutch it looks really nice

My brother is selling his G6E Turbo... Black with 19's and leather interior...nice cars...

wtf does ur brother do, g6e turbo and a house already

isnt he younger than you to :(

My brother is selling his G6E Turbo... Black with 19's and leather interior...nice cars...

agreed, my mates ute has the leather interior and its very comfy, best thing ford did was to strap turbo's on their 6's.

yeah true, apart from the clutch it looks really nice

wtf does ur brother do, g6e turbo and a house already

isnt he younger than you to :(

My older brother, he's 28..

Just started a new job, not sure what it is...He was the manager of a security firm before that..

mmmm apparently with an evo 9 turbo and water/meth injection can get up to 250-260kw on the evo for about $1500-$1700 with 2nd hand turbo

very tempting

do it... but dont forget about a flash/ecu and e85 with the bigger turbo

Hmm need moar power. I reckon gt3540 now. 280kw is not enough anymore, even though it is hard to find someone faster on the street lol

fail... you have standard internals and the biggest "lag free" turbo housing there is

just tune for e85

should see you to 320rwkw

not to mention your car needs suspension/seats before more power

do it... but dont forget about a flash/ecu and e85 with the bigger turbo

fail... you have standard internals and the biggest "lag free" turbo housing there is

just tune for e85

should see you to 320rwkw

not to mention your car needs suspension/seats before more power

True that. When the he'll will e85 be available everywhere lol

I remember you said something about selling your gtr seats a while ago. If your doing so let me know!!

for what shan?

for 32.

gotta sell the ceffy soon, vw and 32 will both be ready and I won't have space in my driveway :(

such an awesome car tho.... it can even fit 8 foot timber beams in it.

altho, got some logistics at the workshop to sort out as well :)

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