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    Quote Originally Posted by RVAE34 View Post
    It's quiet in here.
    This section sure is. What have you been up to lately? Post some details. You still driving the E38 or is that gone and you now have a new ride.
    As for me I still have the 540 and am in the process of building an LS3 powered '33 Ford.

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    Hey, Jim! Still driving the E38 and still loving it like I just got it. Keep an eye out for the January issue of Performance BMW magazine

    That SL 33 sounds awesome! Would love to see that.

    My latest project over the last year is a show car level but made for street use 86 Z31 300zx. My most ambitious project ever and only a few months from completion. Build thread in OT.

    https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...(future)-build

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    Nice!!! Brandon, did I ever send you a model kit of that car? If not, I should have a model of an ‘85/‘86.
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    I vaguely recall that you did as I have gotten a couple of model kits sent to me from bf.c members oddly enough I have a whole box of unstarted kits in my attic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RVAE34 View Post
    Hey, Jim! Still driving the E38 and still loving it like I just got it. Keep an eye out for the January issue of Performance BMW magazine

    That SL 33 sounds awesome! Would love to see that.

    My latest project over the last year is a show car level but made for street use 86 Z31 300zx. My most ambitious project ever and only a few months from completion. Build thread in OT.

    https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...(future)-build
    Wow, I forgot all about your Z31. Just looked at you build thread, gonna take me a while to go thru all of it. What I did see looked awesome.

    Here's my build thread, a lot is just BS talk back and forth. I've got a lot more done and need to do a Dec update.
    https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...eo-at-post-239

    When done it will look like this.
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    Not sure if you noticed the Sig update, we moved from MA to NM 2 years ago. Got real tired of the long cold snow filled winters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RVAE34 View Post
    I vaguely recall that you did as I have gotten a couple of model kits sent to me from bf.c members oddly enough I have a whole box of unstarted kits in my attic.
    Haha! My brain cells are so fried. I knew I sent somebody some models! I sent you the F40 kit too. Look up Fujimi hop up kits. I know they made a set with those Watanabe Minilites, same scale as that 300ZX kit.
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    Missed y'all. Sorry I've been MIA for quite a bit. Hope everyone is doing well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RVAE34 View Post
    It's quiet in here.
    Holidays maybe?



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    Been MIA for while too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leonator134 View Post
    Been MIA for while too.

    Hi everyone.


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    Leo! You’re in better shape than the rest of us, give us 75!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    Leo! You’re in better shape than the rest of us, give us 75!!!
    Mr. JimboLevski cape and visited me early in the fall, was nice to see him. Went for a good rip in the Chevelle.

    @jim, since our blast, I changed the quick fuel 850 carb to a Holley XP 950 and holy moly what a difference. Didn’t touch anything else.

    It roasted the Tires before, but now it’s just out of control.

    How have you all been?




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    Hey Leo, good to hear from you, was wondering where you disappeared too.
    Good pick on the XP950, looks like I'm going to have to come back again to smell more rubber.
    The Chebby looks awesome, did you get it painted or is that some photoshop work?

    I'm going to be updating my '33 build today so come back and check it out.
    The body is finally on the chassis, looks really mean. No doors or windows yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leonator134 View Post
    Mr. JimboLevski cape and visited me early in the fall, was nice to see him. Went for a good rip in the Chevelle.

    @jim, since our blast, I changed the quick fuel 850 carb to a Holley XP 950 and holy moly what a difference. Didn’t touch anything else.

    It roasted the Tires before, but now it’s just out of control.

    How have you all been?




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    Sharp looking Chevelle. I have a ‘67 GTO with rebuilt Quadrajet, modified intake, ported 670 heads, and XR276 roller cam from Comp Cams. Nice to see these old GMs getting some love.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twistytee View Post
    Sharp looking Chevelle. I have a ‘67 GTO with rebuilt Quadrajet, modified intake, ported 670 heads, and XR276 roller cam from Comp Cams. Nice to see these old GMs getting some love.
    Very cool man. I love the old GM stuff.

    I have this 64 Chevelle, a 64 impala, an 87 suburban K2500 and just bought an 88 Suburban K1500.

    The Chevelle has a 496 stroker I built out of a 454. Forged scat rotating assy. AFR aluminum heads, custom Comp roller grind, 10.6:1 CR, etc etc etc. it’s supposed to be about 600/650crank.


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    Quote Originally Posted by JimLev View Post
    Hey Leo, good to hear from you, was wondering where you disappeared too.
    Good pick on the XP950, looks like I'm going to have to come back again to smell more rubber.
    The Chebby looks awesome, did you get it painted or is that some photoshop work?

    I'm going to be updating my '33 build today so come back and check it out.
    The body is finally on the chassis, looks really mean. No doors or windows yet.

    Where’s the link to your thread?? I literally haven’t been on BFC in months.

    The Chevelle is absolutely terrifying now.. it roasted the tires before, now it just annihilates them.

    No photoshop or paint work, just a good picture LOL!


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    Leo, the new stuff starts at post 270.
    https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...ost-270/page27

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    Sup, Leo!

    Happy New Year, all!

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    Yo LEO and Brandon! Thanks fer checkin in! Leo I bin down your way a few times but never with time to hang... when Spring comes we'll try it again. I'm spozed to come down and give Dave S (capebmw) a hand w/ some stuff, will loop ya in if I do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RVAE34 View Post
    Sup, Leo!

    Happy New Year, all!
    Hey Brandon, hows things in the VA?




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    Quote Originally Posted by geargrinder View Post
    Yo LEO and Brandon! Thanks fer checkin in! Leo I bin down your way a few times but never with time to hang... when Spring comes we'll try it again. I'm spozed to come down and give Dave S (capebmw) a hand w/ some stuff, will loop ya in if I do.
    Hey man give me a ring when you come down next!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by JimLev View Post
    Leo, the new stuff starts at post 270.
    https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...ost-270/page27
    Nice!!! Thanks Jimbo. I’ll check it out


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    Here’s what happens when you drive a decent car, according to Audi, a 2012 A8 into the ghettos in Washington DC. Funny how this puny little 9mm slug ends up totaling the car. Insurance company wanted us to just hammer the entry hole out, weld the hole shut, do some body work and call it a day.... We’ll, since we are a certified Audi repair shop, we have some rules that we need to abide to. Since the slug sailed thru the structural beam, we now have to cut out the quarter panel to replace the beam. We are not allowed to repair it. So replacing that, and the quarter, totals out the car.. If the car gets nailed in the ass and someone gets hurt, for not replacing the beam, we open ourselves up to a lawsuit. 66,423 miles on the clock, if the guy doesn’t keep the car , I’d like to keep track of it and bid at the auction it ends up in, repair the beam, patch the quarter panel, enjoy the car.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    Here’s what happens when you drive a decent car, according to Audi, a 2012 A8 into the ghettos in Washington DC. Funny how this puny little 9mm slug ends up totaling the car. Insurance company wanted us to just hammer the entry hole out, weld the hole shut, do some body work and call it a day.... We’ll, since we are a certified Audi repair shop, we have some rules that we need to abide to. Since the slug sailed thru the structural beam, we now have to cut out the quarter panel to replace the beam. We are not allowed to repair it. So replacing that, and the quarter, totals out the car.. If the car gets nailed in the ass and someone gets hurt, for not replacing the beam, we open ourselves up to a lawsuit. 66,423 miles on the clock, if the guy doesn’t keep the car , I’d like to keep track of it and bid at the auction it ends up in, repair the beam, patch the quarter panel, enjoy the car.
    Could he not take it to a non-Audi certified shop? I'm pretty sure that 90%+ of shops would repair that for maybe $2k-4k.
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    If your shop isn’t Audi certified, you cannot order the aluminum beam and the aluminum quarter panel. If it was an A4 or A6, you could.
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