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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 05:34 PM
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19, 20 in june.... hmmm i met slowprocess about a year and a half ago. I was driving a 1992 toyota p/u with a V6 and a cold air at the time.... i blew it up and then got the truck i have today. the first day i had the truck i had the exhaust done and windows tinted. So i guess i have slowpro to thank for getting me started in this bottom-less pit of a truck
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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23, grew up with dad and uncles bracket racing on the weekends. Got my first car at 14 (65 Impala convertible from a neighbor) and restored it as I drove it to high school. I've had countless cars and never left any of them alone, Camaros, a bunch of old trucks, a couple of 4x4s and all of them had a bunch of crap I shouldn't have wasted my money on. I got into bracket racing for a while from 17-21, but I work 70 hours a week now, so I can't dedicate the time it takes to be successful. I keep trying to slow down on projects, but I see so much potential in so many different cars/trucks. Hell, I have 8 cars right now... 1953 Chevy pickup/1996 K1500 w/t about to be combined, 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed, 1982 Camaro, 1991 Camaro, 1992 S10, 2006 Sierra, and a 1965 Impala. I have issues, and I'd love to be into collecting stamps or something cheaper than the hobby I have.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 06:17 PM
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like a lot of people here, my story is the same. grandpa is outside workin on the '72 chevy, i would manage to open the garage door, and crawl my todler *** through the garage under the truck, been modding sport quads and dirt bikes with my dad since i was 4 years old, my first car was a honda(lets not get into that one.....)sold that in dec. 2004, bought this truck the same day, lowered the next day and here im am now

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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by badblackhemi
i am 19, and i've been around racing since....well before i was 1 year old. lol. my dad started racing drag boats the same month i was born!!! so i've been around racing my entire life, which explains my need for speed. i've worked on 500ci, 1300hp N/A racing motors since i could use a tool, and the past three years we've moved on to drag cars. the car and boat can run 7 sec. 1/4 miles. lol, i'd say our family has a serious problem. haha and all of that is what caused me to start putting money into my truck to make it faster. i only made one mistake, i should have started out with a rc/sb chevy instead of my underpowered/overweight "Hemi". haha


its ok, we all make some mistakes, just some are worse than others. that mistake my friend is one of the worst
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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27 here and I started working on cars when i was very young. I was changing oil in cars when i was 10 or so. In high school there was always a driveway/yard full of cars and trucks of my friends wanting me to put something on or fix something. I have always modded the trucks i have owned. The SS is the most heavily modded truck so far. The internet is a very bad thing. When I get back to the east coast i am going to rebuild my old land cruiser and put in a ls drivetrain.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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I'm 30. Pretty much been into cars/trucks/speed/performance all my life. Had always been a bigtime muscle car fan, but not really able to afford to live that dream yet. Started really when I was 15 with my 1979 Trans Am. Did some minor upgrade and show mods and been hooked ever since. I have had a mix of f-bodies--both new and old and a 1970 Buick GS 455 that I restored and sold. Got into trucks after high school. My first one was a lifted dodge.

Really got into the racing and performance stuff hard when I joined LS1tech and got me 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab that I no longer own. Up until that point it had just been minor bolt-ons and handheld programmers. I always say that I need to quit and start saving my money but we all know it will never happen.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 06:30 PM
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39 and been around modding and racing my whole life. Hell theres pictures of me somewhere when i was still in my diapers covered in oil "helping" my dad change it.

I have had a few vehicles that were modded. nothing blazingly fast. high 11s is the fastest in my own vehicle.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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im 29. i started modding when i got my first car. 1978 olds cutlass. i went through a variety of cars from my cutlass, a couple civics, an f-150 now my 05 chevy CC. i really have got into modding more recently now than before. parts are more available now to me . then you have the net , so you can get anything from anywhere.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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I'm 17! I got into the car/truck scene after watching "The Fast & the Furious" over and over.(yes, I admit it). My first vehicle was a 99' Jeep Wrangler Sahara, it already had a few things on it, I added a CD player...drove the **** out of it...and traded it in for the truck I have now! Inbetween that time I modded & raced sport quads.

And then I found this site, and spent around $12000 because of it! I, along with the help of other awesome guys from this forum managed to put the truck into high 12's N/A before I parted it out. Soo now I'm selling the truck and buying an F-Body!
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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I'm 22 and modding since I was 15. Was really big into car audio in the younger years, used to race at brittmore and parts of westiemer a few years back. I got my truck back in 03 and started to go to work. I used to drive a 96 Jimmy w/ a 4.3 and a list mods, now I just moved on to bigger and better motors. Im in college and about to graduate, but the lack of funds and extended warranty has put the mods on my truck on hold. I didn't find this site until I was watching some video on streetfire.net
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