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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 06:31 PM
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Default Scion Abandoned...........Project revieled!!

Been in Korea the past 2 years prospecting what i wanted to build upon my return....Well....


Right now i'm home for 20ish days on leave and ran across something i couldn't pass up for an amazing price:








































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2008 Shelby GT-500 with only 5,000 miles on it.

5.4L supercharged, 500hp/480tq



I've got 6 months left in korea so it sucks i'll have to leave it behind for a while, but i've already got a few parts on the way, (pipes, tuner, etc) and upon my return full on Kenny Bell or Whipple.









Update:

Added a few mods and got tuned, results:







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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 06:47 PM
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just noticed my misspelling in the thread title
Old Apr 21, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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Nice pick up!

Sad to see you failed spelling,
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sad to see it sit for 6 more months.
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You're just trying to make your neighbor jealous. Always gotta be better than the Jones's.... lolz nice car bro.
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just got the pipes in. Holy crap it's loud and obnoxious. I love it. Also going to the drag strip tomorrow night, and the wifey's bringing the 1080p video cam, should have some nice footage. If can do a 12.9 i'll be more than happy.
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Originally Posted by GammaTNT
sad to see it sit for 6 more months.
Gonna be leaving it with my wife's parents. Her dad's a freakin mustang fanatic, so it'll be in good hands. It's gonna be kept under the garage, under a car cover, and taken out once in a while too. Sucks, but it should be fine.
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Originally Posted by rangerryda
You're just trying to make your neighbor jealous. Always gotta be better than the Jones's.... lolz nice car bro.
Ironically enough, the neighbor's got an 03/04 Terminator
Old Apr 22, 2010 | 03:56 AM
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nice darn i wanted to see that build you had a good bit saved up ive rode in one of these and it was ***** out fast
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I OFICIALLY HATE YOU !!!!!!
YES MY CAPS ARE ON !!!! AND I'M YELLING !!!!

i love that car man ! When i used to sell them i loved getting in them and driving them inside the garage ! How much was it ?
what happened to the xB?

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Very nice. I wasn't expecting that until I scrolled down. I rented a regular 06 from Hertz once and I gotta say that I liked it alot. Can't say too much about the 2010 redesigned one.
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Long story short... pure sexxxx
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Originally Posted by RusWolf
I OFICIALLY HATE YOU !!!!!!
YES MY CAPS ARE ON !!!! AND I'M YELLING !!!!

i love that car man ! When i used to sell them i loved getting in them and driving them inside the garage ! How much was it ?
what happened to the xB?
They were asking $37,998 for it. Kelly value is $44,000!! Only had 5,000 miles, 100% stock, clean carfax and not a single thing wrong with it mechanically or body wise. These things are very hard to find, and even when you do the price's are jacked up so high because the dealers know they're rare. Not in this case. I just got extremely lucky. Gave me 10K on my truck (more than Kelly trade value), put 10K cash down, and financed the rest ($320/m for 60m, $80/m for car insurance), plus for peeps that watched my sig, this leaves me $13+k for toys.........hehehe:

http://www.evoperform.com/shop/index...roducts_id=839

Which xB? My black/yellow RS2 or the 08 xB2? Well, the RS2 was traded many years ago for the tC, but the 08 xB2 is my wife's which she still has.

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Evolution performance that is PA right ?
when i used to sell car one of our customer bought 2 stang from my dealership and shipped them there then came back to us to pick up shelby wheels, well his automatic stangs were putting down like 460whp...sounded sick !

he was some dude from hungary very rich guy he also has gt500 in hungary as well as other cars..

but anyway i heard they do a good job.
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sick sick sick.. now thats a freaking upgrade right there bro. I dont like american cars, but congrats. Thats a mean little machine right there.
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Some more pics: (Added smoked out tails, Pipes, and deleted rear seat.)











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Black out the TBL too! Now you just need a hot model in front of it and you're all set!
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Thats an awesome find! beautiful ride!
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Originally Posted by rangerryda
Black out the TBL too! Now you just need a hot model in front of it and you're all set!
On that as we speak, haha
Old Apr 24, 2010 | 04:32 PM
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Awesome car! The only con I can think of is the handling, but that can easily be fixed with aftermarket parts.

Kenne bell upgrade in the future?



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