The latest on Cocoa's 3.5CL
01-13-2006, 01:36 AM
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The latest on Cocoa's 3.5CL
So Cocoa told me the recent news on his car, and they havent finished yet ...BUT the shop took the time to paint his valve covers "blue that fades to silver" without telling him anything until now. If any of you have seen his car, its apparent that it goes with NOTHING on his car! They say it's their "signature" and they do it to every car.'
That is BS. How ugly is it you ask? He emailed me pics:
Hes pretty pissed about this, and he already said hes going to take em off and do his usual flat black over the blue/silver.
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We all got love for Cocoa, hope to see his beast finally running soon..
That is BS. How ugly is it you ask? He emailed me pics:
Hes pretty pissed about this, and he already said hes going to take em off and do his usual flat black over the blue/silver.
In other news..
They finally got the tranny and engine together, but in attempt to put it in the car, the mounts didn't work for them. They are going to try different mounts tomorrow, and they said hopefully both the engine and tranny will finally be in the car by tomorrow night. if so, then it's just the wiring they'll have to deal with afterwards and the lil bugs that come along...
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01-13-2006, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by All Mine
Forgive me for not following everything, but is he basically doing what TypeR did in his car, to a first gen?
01-13-2006, 08:26 AM
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right then and there is where I would pull my car out of the shop and take it elsewhere... who knows what else they did without him knowing.
Although, if it was me, i'd be doing all the work anyway.
Although, if it was me, i'd be doing all the work anyway.
01-13-2006, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by agranado
what a bunch of used smelly douchebags... why the fuck would they paint the valve cover of his engine without asking him?
The reason why they did this, was because the valve covers I had received were scratched up. So they did me the favor of repainting them to make them look presentable. Pretty nice of them regardless. I just wished it went with the car, that's all.
01-13-2006, 11:51 AM
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Dammnn....freakin HOTT....
Ok, I have to ask...how long has your car been in the shop!?! Thats like $60/hr. labor costs everyday! How much is install/labor costing you!?! Jeeze!
Ok, I have to ask...how long has your car been in the shop!?! Thats like $60/hr. labor costs everyday! How much is install/labor costing you!?! Jeeze!
01-13-2006, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Acura3.0CL
Dammnn....freakin HOTT....
Ok, I have to ask...how long has your car been in the shop!?! Thats like $60/hr. labor costs everyday! How much is install/labor costing you!?! Jeeze!
Ok, I have to ask...how long has your car been in the shop!?! Thats like $60/hr. labor costs everyday! How much is install/labor costing you!?! Jeeze!
The rate is $100/hour now. But I was quoted for the work on the car back when the labor was at $75/hour. So that's what I'm paying.
01-13-2006, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 03silvertypeS
that's horrible, i'd be flipping if they did that shit to my car 
We're just gonna paint his engine THIS color 
wtf, they should at least ask that's retarded
01-13-2006, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
We're just gonna paint his engine THIS color wtf, they should at least ask that's retardedThey did tell me they were going to paint it. But I didn't think much of it thinking it was going to match the car. It's no biggie, it takes about half an hour to take all that off. And another hour to paint it and let it dry. Flat black it shall be
The reason why they did this, was because the valve covers I had received were scratched up. So they did me the favor of repainting them to make them look presentable. Pretty nice of them regardless. I just wished it went with the car, that's all.
01-13-2006, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Cocoa
you had to fucking jinx me, didnt you..... 
I just wanted to make sure I had my new car by the time you got this one done
01-13-2006, 12:20 PM
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It's funny really, my friends and I havent each had our own car rolling all at once in over a year! There is always someone that has their car on down time, lmao. We're getting closer I tell ya! lol...
Right now we have 4 cars that are on down time, lol. 1 expected to be rolling by Saturday, 2 by next week, and the other is still unknown.
Right now we have 4 cars that are on down time, lol. 1 expected to be rolling by Saturday, 2 by next week, and the other is still unknown.
01-13-2006, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
I just wanted to make sure I had my new car by the time you got this one done
Heard your looking into the GTO. I've read those things get into the 12's very easily with simple mods (about 2g's worth). Damn you! I was hoping to see you in an SRT-8 like you had planned. Those things are sick as well.
01-13-2006, 12:31 PM
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if anyone wants a sweet 05' GTO, a buddy of mine's cousin is selling his... brand new, and its all modded up... he says it could theoretically run 11's at the track, but that its putting so much power down all it does is fishtail everywhere 
so he hasnt taken it yet...
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01-13-2006, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by brianlin87
i'm wondering that too. last i remember it was so cal. fill us in cocoa.
01-13-2006, 06:13 PM
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I'm in SoCal right now. I'll be driving the car out to Tx after 2 weeks once I get my car back. Gonna get her tuned out here at SP Engineering. I'm having it tuned on 100 octane with the 125 shot. Then later that week I'll get her tuned to run on 91 octane NA, but a lil on the rich side for when I wanna use the nitrous.
The reason I'm using 100 octane first on the dyno, is to see what the max whp I can get out of her, just so for bragging rights. But as I said, I'll get her retuned so I can drive it on the street wihtout having to fill up with 100 octane fo rth erest of it's life, lol.
The reason I'm using 100 octane first on the dyno, is to see what the max whp I can get out of her, just so for bragging rights. But as I said, I'll get her retuned so I can drive it on the street wihtout having to fill up with 100 octane fo rth erest of it's life, lol.
01-13-2006, 07:57 PM
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It's kinda common for machine shops to paint valve covers or spark plug covers of whatever, when they do work on your car. When I had machine work done to my B18C, they painted my sparkplug cover this god awful green color.
This looks like a badass project you took on. I hope eveything works out for you and can't wait to see it when it's done.
This looks like a badass project you took on. I hope eveything works out for you and can't wait to see it when it's done.
01-14-2006, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Cocoa
I'm in SoCal right now. I'll be driving the car out to Tx after 2 weeks once I get my car back. Gonna get her tuned out here at SP Engineering. I'm having it tuned on 100 octane with the 125 shot. Then later that week I'll get her tuned to run on 91 octane NA, but a lil on the rich side for when I wanna use the nitrous.
The reason I'm using 100 octane first on the dyno, is to see what the max whp I can get out of her, just so for bragging rights. But as I said, I'll get her retuned so I can drive it on the street wihtout having to fill up with 100 octane fo rth erest of it's life, lol.
The reason I'm using 100 octane first on the dyno, is to see what the max whp I can get out of her, just so for bragging rights. But as I said, I'll get her retuned so I can drive it on the street wihtout having to fill up with 100 octane fo rth erest of it's life, lol.
couldnt you just get a VAFC 2 and run both fueling maps for when ever you wanna do what ever ?
01-21-2006, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Cocoa
Piece of shit shop is saying 3 more weeks.......he hasnt done anything in the past 2 weeks with it.....and the shop is closing down in feb. This is pissing me off.
01-21-2006, 01:16 AM
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yeah dude, you cant pussy foot around... you have to talk to them and tell them firmly to finish the car. Even if youve made friends with them sorta ...and it may be awkward to show stance.....you have too. You got to put your size 12s down
bring me to Clai with you and ill talk to them give them the evil eye
bring me to Clai with you and ill talk to them give them the evil eye