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3rd Gear
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From: Picayune, MS
Hello!
I have been lurking on these forums for a while and figured it was time to sign up.
I bought a stock 2003 C5 coupe (manual) last December as my daily. I commute 75mi each way and wanted something fun, reliable, and not too terribly expensive. I've kind of thrown the last part out since getting bit by the modding bug, but oh well. It's fun regardless. Working with my tuner to add some form of forced induction by the end of the year 😂
I'm typically between New Orleans and South MS when it comes to events and meets. Hit me up if you're in the area!
I bought a stock 2003 C5 coupe (manual) last December as my daily. I commute 75mi each way and wanted something fun, reliable, and not too terribly expensive. I've kind of thrown the last part out since getting bit by the modding bug, but oh well. It's fun regardless. Working with my tuner to add some form of forced induction by the end of the year 😂
I'm typically between New Orleans and South MS when it comes to events and meets. Hit me up if you're in the area!
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3rd Gear
Joined: Aug 2020
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From: Picayune, MS
Thanks everyone! Hopefully it'll survive my 750 miles a week of commuting better than my previous cars 
This is the route I am leaning toward. My tuner keeps trying to talk me into a posi blower, but the market for cathedral ports looks to be pretty poor (especially for someone who doesn't like Maggies).
We're going to work on mapping out my build based on my initial spreadsheet on Monday and hopefully tackle the clutch and TT rebuild early September. So I've got a bit of time before actually moving forward on the FI thing.
We're going to work on mapping out my build based on my initial spreadsheet on Monday and hopefully tackle the clutch and TT rebuild early September. So I've got a bit of time before actually moving forward on the FI thing.
