Thanks everyone for the props. A quick correction is that i live in Lakeland which is still ~1 hr drive, and do not forget Slash, Jay, and I think Mark (red s14? - i met him in orlando before but dont remember if he lives there or not) came from Orlando. I do not live in Orlando anymore, but had I still, I wouldnt have hesitated to join in like I did.

As far as helping Jesse, he had a tentative dyno spot, and I figured if I helped him hook up the AVC-R, he could get his car tuned, since he has a JWT ECU on his F-MAX turbo kit, which is very conservative/rich, and he could get his boost controller and S-AFC 2 dialed in, even though his car pulled really well for .3bar (4.35psi). On our test run, we found his BOV to not be working right and I may know alot but I had never 'tuned' a BOV before, I just knew it had to be closed at idle and tight enough to hold boost (which it wasnt doing before), so finally after doing that, he had pretty much no time for his dyno run, since he needed his fuel pump put in before turning up boost safely. I said hey i have a walbro sitting at home, so lets install yours, i can get experience for when i do mine so we just went into it blind (but knowing we had answers to any questions since half the people there had fuel pumps and a few came and helped us with any suggestions, etc). BTW, it was a very easy install, minus having to basically pull it twice to fix a loose wire but it works.

not to brag, but anyone who knows me knows that i love to get down and dirty and help out car enthusiasts, nissan or not. being that my car is a slow pos and i am still job searching, getting to work on something really cures sitting at home on my ass all day or trying to figure out more free mods for mine i have to thank jesse for letting me help him. that was the first time we had met, otherwise previous internet chat. He even offered me to use MacDill base garage where its like full shop/tools and where he does his work. i didnt ask for or expect that, but i was ecstatic with his generosity in return for my help. Hopefully within this month i will be employed again somewhere/anywhere (hint hint to anyone hiring or know of in lakeland area?) and someday i will have parts, and maybe i'll actually take him up on his offer.

As for anyone "critiquing" others' cars, i did not hear of any of this. well, i did, and i did it myself, because i critique almost every car i see thats not stock, but every car there, even us stockish guys, were nice cars, and i didnt have anything negative to say about anything. if anyone heard me say something along the lines of "just a plain basic swap" and in a non enthusiastic tone, plz dont take offense as ive seen so much, that i guess nothing hypes me up anymore but that dont mean i dont like it, i would surely take it and was envious of anyone who has more than me

Thanks to everyone again for making it one of the best days ive had in a LONG time, and thanks for the provisions of drinks and t-shirts (which i forgot to buy - i thnk they were out of larges by the time i remembered) and everything else.

The End.

PS - Thanks for putting up with me being longwinded, both on the internet and in person, i was probably talking my head off cuz nothing excites me more than to talk cars (yeah im really really lame! )

-DAN