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Old 07-17-2009, 05:23 PM
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If y'all plan on heading up there, give me a shout. I'm in town and don't have much planned.
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i may pop in the scene also.
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Didnt make it but some of us will probably go after the Heat Wave on Saturday. Post if you want to go.
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hey do any of you have an SRI you want to get rid of or know of any places where i can get one? i really dont have any preference as to brand as long as its not home made. Thanks in advanced!
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What is a SRI?
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Originally Posted by VuVewVoo
hey do any of you have an SRI you want to get rid of or know of any places where i can get one? i really dont have any preference as to brand as long as its not home made. Thanks in advanced!
Homemade is just as good as a commercial SRI. I bought a Weapon-R Secret Weapon cheap on ebay for $70. They generally sell for $150+.. You can get the dragon intake for around $75-100 I believe. Your local options will probably be limited - CL it.. lol.

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Short Ram Intake (bka. Warm Air Intake).. lol.

btw.. I can't make it to Heat Wave.. heading up to Dallas that weekend.. I hope you guys have a good time! Post up some booty shake vids..

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Originally Posted by Majofo
Homemade is just as good as a commercial SRI. I bought a Weapon-R Secret Weapon cheap on ebay for $70. They generally sell for $150+.. You can get the dragon intake for around $75-100 I believe. Your local options will probably be limited - CL it.. lol.
What is your experience with the weapon-R Secret? Is it a SRI?
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Originally Posted by VuVewVoo
What is your experience with the weapon-R Secret? Is it a SRI?
My TL had a homemade SRI with a large cone filter when I bought it.. I replaced it with the WR-SW (it is an SRI) and there's really no difference. The filter is foam which is not recommended since it allows an excess amount of particulates through. If I had the stock airbox I wouldn't have touched it. I investigated WR claim to their design and I even have the full pdf of their patent. Their claim has validity but I think the gains are not drastic or remarkable. I put a random bid on ebay.. thought I'd never win but I did.. in hindsight I would have rather invested in a better filter. I'm definitely not going to pay for a dyno to find out the gains.. probably not much different than the homemade SRI or any other commercial kit. The only tricky part is the intake tube from the rear bank head is metal so it encumbers the intake & it is attached to another metal vac tube.. I shifted it up and used WR supplied filter (also foam).
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I use a AEM cold air in my CL-S and I love it.
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Originally Posted by Majofo
My TL had a homemade SRI with a large cone filter when I bought it.. I replaced it with the WR-SW (it is an SRI) and there's really no difference. The filter is foam which is not recommended since it allows an excess amount of particulates through. If I had the stock airbox I wouldn't have touched it. I investigated WR claim to their design and I even have the full pdf of their patent. Their claim has validity but I think the gains are not drastic or remarkable. I put a random bid on ebay.. thought I'd never win but I did.. in hindsight I would have rather invested in a better filter. I'm definitely not going to pay for a dyno to find out the gains.. probably not much different than the homemade SRI or any other commercial kit. The only tricky part is the intake tube from the rear bank head is metal so it encumbers the intake & it is attached to another metal vac tube.. I shifted it up and used WR supplied filter (also foam).
you still have any of your intakes?
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for those of you that i met this weekend at heatwave it was awesome meeting you guys and we should meet up soon. anyone know of any meets? i hear there is a meet off of 360 and 183 wednesday and saturdays. can anyone confirm this?
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saturday nights i can confirm. it is in the parking lot next to the taco cabana.
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hey Kevin is there anything during the week? im out of town this weekend and am installing my 02-03 tails soon!!
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reserved my new Austin addy today.

As soon as Aug 11, I will be living in ATX woohoo
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reserved my new Austin addy today.

As soon as Aug 11, I will be living in ATX woohoo
oh damn! where did you end up finding a place?



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during the week not much goes on. everyone is usually busy with work and such. there is always next weekend.
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Hey.. so where's the pics from the show? I saw a blurb on the news Sunday.. It looked like a bad ass show..
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oh damn! where did you end up finding a place?
Gonna do a 8month in Riata. 1 Bedroom and thinking about a garage.

I should be up Monday night. I'll tell you all about it then, or Tuesday.
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Originally Posted by Galvatraz_TL
Gonna do a 8month in Riata. 1 Bedroom and thinking about a garage.

I should be up Monday night. I'll tell you all about it then, or Tuesday.
Our closest friends here live at Riata.. It's nice.. basketball, racquetball, tennis, huge pool w/ pool volleyball, bocce ball, running track w/ pullup station, full size workout facility.. it's damn expensive though..

You better take advantage of their facilities.. my favorite convenience is they have on-site moving trucks and a party van to take you downtown during the weekends, that way when you get f*d up you have a free ride back... or if you're like me.. you get f*d up before going out.. lol.

We're probably not going to see hail for a while but everyone at Riata who didn't have covered parking or a garage got at least $5k in body damage.. some were total losses.. I don't know how much garages are but it sure helps to beat the heat when you want to do some wrenching on the car too!.. I use our carport.
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Woohoo you moving to Austin! Good deal!
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Originally Posted by Majofo
We're probably not going to see hail for a while but everyone at Riata who didn't have covered parking or a garage got at least $5k in body damage.. some were total losses.. I don't know how much garages are but it sure helps to beat the heat when you want to do some wrenching on the car too!.. I use our carport.
I work at the office complex across from the Riata apartments and everyone who was at the office during that storm had extensive damage. Good thing I'm an early bird and had already left and I garage my TL at home so I was safe.
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Originally Posted by Galvatraz_TL
Gonna do a 8month in Riata. 1 Bedroom and thinking about a garage.

I should be up Monday night. I'll tell you all about it then, or Tuesday.
We'll have to do happy hour sometime since you'll have lots of free time . There's a hole-in-the-wall place right across the freeway that has tons of beers.
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Originally Posted by AMIC
I work at the office complex across from the Riata apartments and everyone who was at the office during that storm had extensive damage. Good thing I'm an early bird and had already left and I garage my TL at home so I was safe.
Nvidia?
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Nvidia?
Actually it's kinda complicated. I am employed by Accenture but I'm in the outsourcing group so I work permanently on a project outside of the Accenture office. I work on the TMHP project. We run the Medicaid program for the State of Texas as a partnership with ACS. I think the sign for our building actually says ACS since they are the primary contract holder. Accenture does the IT part of things. That's probably way more info than you wanted to know .
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my few heatwave pics...
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Damn kevin I shouldve told you about my birthday party tomorrow. DAMIT!!
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It's always hard posting pics after Kevin, but here goes....

Heat Wave, Austin
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Damn kevin I shouldve told you about my birthday party tomorrow. DAMIT!!
well crap man! happy bday bro!!
i can't make it this weekend but will sometime soon. i finally got my car audio completed.
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Originally Posted by Galvatraz_TL
Gonna do a 8month in Riata. 1 Bedroom and thinking about a garage.

I should be up Monday night. I'll tell you all about it then, or Tuesday.
run brotha run! another friday night bar scene awaits.
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damn this bike! (your photo is better than any i got inside)
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AMIC...Do you know a guy who used to work at TMHP with a Yellow RX8?
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AMIC...Do you know a guy who used to work at TMHP with a Yellow RX8?
Yes. I used to work with Randall when he was at TMHP. I don't know what he's up to since he left, though.
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Randall says hi and wanted to know if you sold your wheels.
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Randall says hi and wanted to know if you sold your wheels.
Yeah, I sold those a while back and got the A-specs. Lost some money on them but you live and learn.

What's he doing now?
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He is still with out a job. He put air bags on the RX8 and it looks good.
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He is still with out a job. He put air bags on the RX8 and it looks good.
I'm sorry to hear he still hasn't found a job. I always liked his RX8. It was so unique.
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What's up ATX! I was in Austin this past weekend and saw a ton of CL-S's!!! So that is where they all are!!
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i just installed 02-03 tails and a weapon-r secret on the TL it sounds beastly! and the tails look soo much better.
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Notice any difference with the Weapon R?
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sounds nicer vtec roars. i feel a slight giddy up with the butt dyno haha. i sent you a text charles
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