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Old 01-07-02, 12:06 PM
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nah its apples and apples; the manifold is made with the same materials; the cast is probably different but thats it...
but if it were comparing a hks manifold to a greddy manifold; yeah... but its the same damn company...
Greddy makes a T78 kit for the Supra; its awsome and makes terrific power... they also make one for the RX-7 and many other cars... how is that apples to oranges? same company making turbokit...

where's the proof i say again?
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there was another post somewhere ...a person called and asked f-max if they were changing there manifold and they said there old one worked fine...they had no plans of changing it.......i cant prove they havent changed it......but i have heard nothing changed......in my mind its apples and oranges..because its 2 different cars......2 different manifolds.....if your comparing hks and greddy it seems appropriate if its for the same car....our car...but thats just my opinion..i could be wrong....Jeff
Old 01-07-02, 05:03 PM
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Jeff, not to go off on a tangent, but which pics did you submit to Super Street?
Old 01-08-02, 04:48 AM
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pictures of what?......my car?..or super street nopi tour?..... Jeff
Old 01-08-02, 08:40 AM
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ah ok... thats better

seemed to me at first that you were just shouting to high heaven that fmax sucked... but if they don't plan on changing their manifold; then its most likely still crap
Old 01-08-02, 11:03 AM
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come on bean...gimmie a lil credit......if i feel a product is decent ill tell ya.......i try to be honest....... Jeff
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Jeff, the Super Street NOPi tour. Also, any idea on Todd Matsubura's progress on the 4.0 TT unibody car?
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if you look at super street in the south leg coverage.....all of the pictures there were mine...except for the girl with the banner and low cut pants......all those were my pictures....i gave them all the shots i took...but they didnt use alot for nopi coverage....they were inbetween editors so the coverage kinda got short changed......but next year should be better........Jeff
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I give ya credit Jeff, thats why I kept asking I knew you had a good reason; I just wanted to know
Old 01-09-02, 06:04 PM
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Jeff, i'm looking at the South Leg pics right now, very nice. They didn't print one with your car in it? Not fair. That Phillipino lookin' mommy with the pants is not bad at all. Hey, did Craig have his Skyline there?
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dude i got totaly fu-ked by the magazine this year....i didnt get a pic of my car....or any lexus for that matter......nor did they even give me photo credit for taking the pictures
the pic of the chick i didnt take......and craig L had his FnF nissian maxima..supercharged on the south leg...the blue one....Jeff
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You're right, they didn't do the right thing, but I guess some pics is definitely better than none, bro. The Maxima is ok, perhaps a bit overdone, but i'm not into any of that Troy Lee vinyl and all that. Looked at a Green SC3 today, I was thinking something like a T60 chassis, but having just got that frighteningly underpowered Explorer last week, i'll probably hold off until 2003, and juice the **** out of the SC4 in the meantime, hehe. 9" lift and 35's? When did you pick that little toy up? Like Telly Savalas used to say, 'you're da goods, baby'
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i have had the jeep since 98.....been working on it here and there...its really my girlfriends.....but shhh...i love that bad boy....we just got the 35's and the thing is beautiful...im gonna get some pics of it soon....Jeff
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This was my project Jeep. 5.2 Magnum, Quadra-Trac, Magnesium O.Z. Racing, nice multimedia install, lotsa other toys. Was going to be my tow vehicle for my Ninjas, but the girlfriend was all about the drama every time I rode, so I sold the bikes once I couldn't stand the whining any more. I'm sure you know what I mean. Got that brick to handle pretty good though, kept up with a friend's 924 in the twisties, but then again he never could drive well enough to wring the full potential from an automobile, still the look on his face was priceless...
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Jeff, waddya think, should I slap a blower on the Explorer or what?
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