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Old Dec 23, 2003 | 02:16 PM
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what are the break out times that are going to require a helmet or any safety equipment for certain times and speeds... such as for the very fast cars.

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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 09:49 AM
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 09:55 AM
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helmet 13's, roll bar 11's. There are plenty of other little things, but those are the two big ones that will get you kicked out.
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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alot of time they won't say anything about not having a helmet. Of course there are times that they do. JL Lightning runs 12s and they usually don't make him wear a helmet. But there have been times when I have been there running the z in the 13s and the told me I had to get one before I came back.
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 06:42 PM
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They tell me to wear a helmet every time I go Maybe my car's easy to remember I always take it with me and leave it on the floor till they say something. I'm all for protecting my noggin, but it feels silly wearing a helmet in a 4300lb car, they should worry about the guy next to me if I wreck
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Old Dec 24, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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Merry Christmas guys. May Santa bring you guys an extra bottle of nitrous so that you'll have to keep the helmet glued to your noggin. Some of us can do that without the nitrous. In that case I'll wish bigger turbos or superchargers for the rest.

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Old Dec 25, 2003 | 06:29 AM
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You say that like nitrous is a bad thing, it's a power adder, just like your turbo, only cheaper. I can't help it if I am a better shopper!! Oh, and Merry Christmas!
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Old Dec 25, 2003 | 09:17 PM
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Billy you are a dumb ass for that statement. $500.00 nos kit and $20.00 everytime you fill it. My new turbo is costing $800.00 and I will never have to refill it and will eventually dust you without the bottle. NOS is certainly not a bad thing. Remember I went through a bottle a week with the Z and loved it. Who knows you may eventually see it on this car. Can you shop better? I think the salesman just smoked you at the speed shop.

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Old Dec 26, 2003 | 08:22 AM
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Originally posted by launch
Billy you are a dumb ass for that statement. $500.00 nos kit and $20.00 everytime you fill it. My new turbo is costing $800.00 and I will never have to refill it and will eventually dust you without the bottle. NOS is certainly not a bad thing. Remember I went through a bottle a week with the Z and loved it. Who knows you may eventually see it on this car. Can you shop better? I think the salesman just smoked you at the speed shop.

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I'm glad you know what I spent on everything Also, please note that the cheapest turbo kit I have found for my car is $4000, and it doesn't make as much power as I am right now. If I paid $500 for my kit, that still leaves enough for 175 fills at full retail, 3 good passes per bottle equals 525 passes, yeah, I'm a dumbass! As far as your new turbo costing $800, how mutch did the whole swap cost? How much did it really cost you to get to this point? Remember, I have the original motor in my car.
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