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01-05-12, 06:33 AM
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Just wanted to give you all a quick update, the black or polished Takeda is up on ebay for $288 with free shipping from a legit seller, bought lots of stuff from them in the past. There was also a best offer option, I put in for $260 and the company accepted the offer! Black Takeda intake brand new in the box $260 free shipping! I think thats a pretty good price? Internet shopping ranges from $288-$379 for this intake so hopefully I got a bargain!
01-11-12, 08:33 AM
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PM replied Strykar! And for everyone else following the thread, I'm not the original owner but I did work for the dealership when we had 3 different Special Builds. Enjoy the car, it's a beauty! My F also came from my old dealership too, but I bought it used as well.
01-11-12, 01:22 PM
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Thanks for the reply good to know the history on who had it first, glad it seemed to be in good hands! Condition wise it def was for having 18,000 miles, clean! Update: Installing the ppe header and joe-z exhaust this weekend, as well as the takeda if ever shows up in the mail, then I will re-visit the same dyno I did when the car was stock. The car stock made 364whp and 346.2 lb/ft <-- this will be the same dyno I visit when I am done with the car. Stock dyno vid can be found here at about 2min 10sec. Compilation from this summer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI3MGx9_R0U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI3MGx9_R0U
hey if u planning to sell it lemme know 
01-14-12, 11:56 PM
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Haha deal!!!! After day 1 I dont think I would want to do it again! If I had a lift sure, but I'm doing it in the garage with a good friend of mine, pandora, heater and drinks are the bare essentials. Two people is a must when lowering the front lower sub frame with only a jack to use. Got the new manifolds bolted in place tonight though. The ppe headers are very nice but I had a HUGE alignment issue on the left hand bank, (steering column shaft fit fine through the pipes but...) I had to ream up the holes for the exhaust studs to fit through the holes on the header flange. Some of the holes were too small where the nuts secure (studs) and the dip stick tube...ugh dont get me started on that thing. After about an hour we finally found the correct angle it was supposed to slide through the pipes and down into the top of the oil pan area. The sepperate aluminum bracket piece it came with was a guess at first too since the instructions did not show a picture or explain how the support piece fit, ehhh. Hopefully done tomorrow 
Goodnight all!
iphone pic of manifolds side by side...
Goodnight all!iphone pic of manifolds side by side...
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Haha deal!!!! After day 1 I dont think I would want to do it again! If I had a lift sure, but I'm doing it in the garage with a good friend of mine, pandora, heater and drinks are the bare essentials. Two people is a must when lowering the front lower sub frame with only a jack to use. Got the new manifolds bolted in place tonight though. The ppe headers are very nice but I had a HUGE alignment issue on the left hand bank, (steering column shaft fit fine through the pipes but...) I had to ream up the holes for the exhaust studs to fit through the holes on the header flange. Some of the holes were too small where the nuts secure (studs) and the dip stick tube...ugh dont get me started on that thing. After about an hour we finally found the correct angle it was supposed to slide through the pipes and down into the top of the oil pan area. The sepperate aluminum bracket piece it came with was a guess at first too since the instructions did not show a picture or explain how the support piece fit, ehhh. Hopefully done tomorrow Goodnight all!
iphone pic of manifolds side by side...
Goodnight all!iphone pic of manifolds side by side...
My shop had a hell of a time getting trying to get the supplied oil dip stick tube in there (supposedly spent over 3-4 hours on this step) and they finally gave up and used the oem tube and made it fit somehow...