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    gboticus reacted to Dog Dad Wagon's post in the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build with Love Love.
    man I wish I never sold my BNIB Superpro full engine + dogbone mount kit. I would give it to you for whatever I had paid for it back...
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    Woo! Trip report! Shakedown session #2 went exceptionally well! Some follow up data points to things I ran into on the first...
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    So arts and crafts were never my forte in this life but I like to think I gave it a solid C+ effort in adding the heat reflective tape...
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    100% to that. For those who follow this path this is a at least a guide for them to follow and a baseline for HPA when people choose to...
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    gboticus reacted to Cuzoe's post in the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build with Like Like.
    A build like this and track time or not something that I will at any point be involved in... But I do like the idea of attempting to...
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    The VR6 came with a very tough uprated dog bone mount. The Verkline subframe replaced that with its own however. Under track abuse we...
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    I am not gonna let the engine rocking stop me from enjoying Area 27 in June. Let's go!
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    gboticus reacted to JerseyDrew77's post in the thread DAZA TCR widebody swamp...... with Like Like.
    I'm not really a fan of the TCR look, too much for my taste but the fact that he converted his FWD to AWD is big time baller right there.
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    That shakedown day just keeps giving! Found some melted trim in the rear I need to address. Diffuser no doubt keeping more heat in there...
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    So we found the problem: the lower radiator fan fully seized. I only checked the upper one like an idiot. That was causing the ECU to...
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    Don't forget the STU STU STU!
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    gboticus replied to the thread Gbot's 19R 2.5VR6T Build.
    OK, so that was a day of fascinating lessons and murphy's law. We did a full session at the track and learned a few things: - This...
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    Swapped everything to track mode after getting the gas. This is the first time she's been in this form in years. I'm so excited for...
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    Got some go go juice for the shake down tomorrow of the VR6.
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    gboticus reacted to M3bs1's post in the thread Track Pads for MK7.5 R with Like Like.
    I ran R4 on my M3. Killed them off in a single session at CMP. DS3.12 FTW.
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