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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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well we started working on it today and got a bit done, mostly pulled out the driveline and got everything out of the way for the motor mounts and diff mount and preparing for trans brace





and all the stuff that we need to get on
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:48 PM
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got the trans brace and the diff mount installed in a couple of hours yesterday, took the day off for valentines but should finish the driveline tomorrow









and finished
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and we did clean it up a little bit afterwards
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What are your intentions with the car; drag, road course, street..?

Looks like fun so far!
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mostly street car .... might see a drag strip occansionally

mostly getting it done for tx2k12
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