Thread: 2004 Panda Prix Comp G - The beginning for it's new owner

yay

June/July? Its May. Hurray Up!!!

He's gotta get back on his installer's calendar. Not an easy thing to do. lol


Hey Dave...the car needs to go up on stands.

That and I just took on about $2,000 in monthly bills

i thought it was going to have 5 gears. false advertisement.

Originally Posted by Odi

i thought it was going to have 5 gears. false advertisement.

No one cares what you think.

Really I would like to do a Manual....BUT it is just not practical and some people just weren't getting back to me on parts to make it happen considering parts are so scarce for this. Hung out to dry.

That sounds like loser speak to me......but I don't speak homo.*hide*

Anyways....

I want to work on Saab, but I want to work more on Panda. So its a tug of war.

Right now, its about getting a built tranny in it, I have a 300m input shaft coming my way. Debating picking up a used tranny or getting a Tim King Tranny. On top of that, I would like to throw some 1.7 Rockers on top of the NIC and max out my lift, run a 3.2 pulley and get this thing tuned to put down some nice numbers.

Once this happens, I need to get back to Saab and fix its turbo, over winter I'll do its Stereo, Spring will be redoing its suspension. Winter will also bring around doing some small things around panda like redoing front seats with something (GXP Seats would be preferable). Next summer will be about dropping Rotational mass on the front wheels to improve performance, looking at some 2-piece Rotors, dropping 6.2lbs off the rotors (26.2lbs to 20lbs) and then looking at the Forgestar F05s in black with lip dropping around 8lbs (30lbs to 22lbs).

So that's where my head is at right now.

I'm wondering what else I can do honestly.

New wheels would be 19x9 at 25mm

I took 3rd at a car show....


and this is a picture from the show....

Honestly, I would go with the Tim King. If you can afford the $$$ no reason to skimp out, a used tranny can just be a time bomb with your mods and the last thing you want is to get it on the dyno and shell a tranny because you wanted to save some money.

Get Panda going right and then focus on the Saab. 1 project toy, 1 DD... not 2 toys and bouncing with parts. Get 1 set and then do the other.

u can buy this and throw a vq35/lsx in it: ’33 Hot Rod | | Factory Five RacingFactory Five Racing

Weight: 2,150 lbs. est.
Weight Distribution F/R: 50.0/50.0 (%) est.

Originally Posted by TLSheff

Honestly, I would go with the Tim King. If you can afford the $$$ no reason to skimp out, a used tranny can just be a time bomb with your mods and the last thing you want is to get it on the dyno and shell a tranny because you wanted to save some money.

Get Panda going right and then focus on the Saab. 1 project toy, 1 DD... not 2 toys and bouncing with parts. Get 1 set and then do the other.

I forgot to say picking up a used tranny would mean it would get a stage 1 kit from TEP and rebuilt with 7/8" chain and my input shaft. Really comes out around the same price actually. So Tim King is probably what will happen.

Saab does need a turbo...badly seals are shot and it burns a little oil

Originally Posted by Odi

u can buy this and throw a vq35/lsx in it: ’33 Hot Rod | | Factory Five RacingFactory Five Racing

Weight: 2,150 lbs. est.
Weight Distribution F/R: 50.0/50.0 (%) est.

Marriage
Finish/Fix Panda (not much left really)
House (3-4 years out)
Then next project

LOL

hah. i hope ill get to see it irl so i can be liek

Originally Posted by Odi

u can buy this and throw a vq35/lsx in it: ’33 Hot Rod | | Factory Five RacingFactory Five Racing

Weight: 2,150 lbs. est.
Weight Distribution F/R: 50.0/50.0 (%) est.

I've liked those alot, but honestly, I'd drop an LS1 with cam/heads and bolt-ons.

Dave...ETA on trans? I know..I know I'm busting your chops because just yesterday I had you forward your address for the shaft to be sent to you.

Car is looking good man...I feel your pain got married about a year ago and couldn't spend money on anything lol...Then once you get a house there is a ton of wife projects I have so much I want to do to my GP but gota get projects done first...You still liking the NIC cam?

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