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Fordy-88
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Post by Fordy-88 » 21 Feb 2006 05:16 pm

Hello!

I was advised to join as i'm planning on building a 343 drift ar as a(nother) project.

I know foggy from turbobricks.com and talked to a few others.

My car is a 1988 volvo 740 GL 2.0i, soon to have gle interior and air con, this is my daily drive.

i'll post my ideas and plans for my project in another thread and would appreciate any comments/info/ideas you may have.
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Post by Fuse » 21 Feb 2006 05:22 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum. :P

Many drift projects starting up it seems.
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Post by arnagath » 21 Feb 2006 05:45 pm

Hi and Welcome here!!
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Post by ebdl » 21 Feb 2006 06:11 pm

Hmm... these 300s are becoming a bit too popular for my liking recently. :x

I might have to find a new uncool car to get excited about if this sort of thing carries on. :?

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Post by D4V2K1 » 21 Feb 2006 06:12 pm

Hello and welcome to the site! sm90
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Post by Stuntman » 21 Feb 2006 06:41 pm

Hello there and welcome, pull up a keyboard and get typing, this is the livliest forum I've known.

It's amazing how popular the 300 series is becoming for the drift scene!!
Erm, I've lost my keys again...

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Post by d3k4y0 » 21 Feb 2006 06:56 pm

ebdl wrote: I might have to find a new uncool car to get excited about if this sort of thing carries on. :?
an axiam Kubota?
with a 500cc engine developing 12.9KW of pure unadulterated french power (at 3,500 rpm)!

oh and did i mention it has a Record elbow room of 127 cm?
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Post by Stuntman » 21 Feb 2006 07:13 pm

Ah but the engine dimensions aren't that much different from the hyabusa GSXR1100 engine, so that could be fun.

I've always harboured a sordid affection for the trabants, well we're all unique aren't we!!
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Post by MJ » 21 Feb 2006 07:41 pm

As nice as it is for other people to appreciate our cars, they are indeed getting to popular, and once you've had one you can't get away. Soon they're going to be classics like VW beetles, and like the dodge charger they stopped at their peek instead of being dragged on into the future and ruined with FWD or something ;)
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Post by ebdl » 21 Feb 2006 08:08 pm

I'm worried about the effect all of this drifting is going to have on insurance prices :shock: Let's hope the insurance companies carry on thinking of them as grandad-mobiles :)

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Post by bennett » 21 Feb 2006 09:17 pm

will be happy to help. and welcome
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Post by classicswede » 21 Feb 2006 09:35 pm

MJ wrote:As nice as it is for other people to appreciate our cars, they are indeed getting to popular, and once you've had one you can't get away. Soon they're going to be classics like VW beetles, and like the dodge charger they stopped at their peek instead of being dragged on into the future and ruined with FWD or something ;)

Going to be a lot time before they ar vw like!!!

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Post by Fordy-88 » 27 Feb 2006 09:51 pm

thanks for the welcomes!
classicswede wrote:Hi and welcome to V3M - I'm the performance 300 parts man :D
well i know who to message when i get one, no doubt you will get plenty of my hard earned cash. lol

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Post by 1stRaven » 28 Feb 2006 04:03 pm

Welcome fordy!
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Post by SteveP » 28 Feb 2006 05:35 pm

What is it with these Lincolnshire people and orange :lol:
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