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Briggs
PostPosted: December 24, 2015, 12:17 pm 
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Hey everyone!

My names Josiah, I live in Winnipeg Canada. Im 20 years old. My day job as of now is a general contractor, currently specializing in interior renovations, decks, screen rooms, fences, and my favourite timber framing.

Current vehicles are a 1990 Mazda Miata turbo making 175whp and 172 wtq, a 1991 Nissan Skyline GTR making an estimated 350whp on 13.5 psi of boost, and my winter beater/work vehicle is a 1990 Jeep Cherokee.

Im Currently in the planning and tool acquiring stage for a miata based build. My plan as of now is a book style build with the haynes miata rear end (I believe thats the correct one may be wrong). The car will use a 1.6l miata motor with a 1.8 torsen2 rear differential. Im also planing on turbo charging it, shooting for a power output of between 175-200whp and 170-190wtq. Overall weight goal will be between 1200-1300lbs without driver, should be a fun car! Hoping to start my actual build this time next year.


I like your taste in cars!! Good luck meeting that weight goal. All the turbo goodies add weight fast. Welcome to the forum.

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I'm Andrew from Cleveland and did not search long enough for the intro thread and posted first in the Racing section - sorry about that.
1055 wrote:
I too, missed the intro thread. Oops!


That does it...I'm sorry, but we now have no choice but to ban both both of you rebels. :wink:


I 2nd this vote!! Welcome to the forum gents!! I doubt I posted in this thread till about a year after I was on. Hahaha

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Hi, I am new here. I wanted to say hello.

Hello.

:cheers:

In the planning stages of a BEC Locost. Maybe a mod here or there. I like the compactness of the drive train, given it would let me scoot the firewall forward and the the fact I am 6'4".

So I get to keep a small fun (not looking for all out craziness track day ruler) car and have something to build with my sons.

Look forward to reading many a thread and asking many questions.

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Welcome to the "Funny Farm'! Always glad to make new acquaintances! :cheers:

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Forgot to introduce myself as well. only 8 or 10 months late.

Name is Stu. Professional pretend`gineer.

Back to building!

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Hi, I've been lurking for a while now so I'd might as well introduce myself ...
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I'm Fredrik (or Freddie), car geek by nature and nurture. Daytime, I'm a PhD student in design engineering and product development and nighttime, I dream about cool projects. Sometimes I even try do design some of my ideas, but to this day I have more theoretical knowledge than practical experience ... Oh yeah, I live in Sweden, so I'm a bit out of county here. I hope that is okay :)
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Himlar wrote:
Hi, I've been lurking for a while now so I'd might as well introduce myself ...
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I'm Fredrik (or Freddie), car geek by nature and nurture. Daytime, I'm a PhD student in design engineering and product development and nighttime, I dream about cool projects. Sometimes I even try do design some of my ideas, but to this day I have more theoretical knowledge than practical experience ... Oh yeah, I live in Sweden, so I'm a bit out of county here. I hope that is okay :)


Welcome, the further our reach the better :)

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Tucker, enough with the evil laugh. Gonzo (and Bubba) scare off enough people without your help! :wink:

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Tucker, enough with the evil laugh. Gonzo (and Bubba) scare off enough people without your help! :wink:
Huh? Whut? We ain't gonna scare off nobody... Well, maybe a telemarketer or two... Bubba 'specially ain't gonna scare off anybody from Sweden, he's heard alllll about "Swedish Meatballs" and wants to try them...

Welcome, Fredrik! Come on over to Team Slotus any ol' time. Bring some meatballs for Bubba... Toss 'em to him from 4 or 5 feet away, it'll be perfectly safe! :mrgreen:

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Losin' yer touch, Gonzo? Took y'all 3 days ta come back on that one! :lol:

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Losin' yer touch, Gonzo? Took y'all 3 days ta come back on that one! :lol:

First of the month... I wuz givin' Bubba his bath... :mrgreen:

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GonzoRacer wrote:
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Losin' yer touch, Gonzo? Took y'all 3 days ta come back on that one! :lol:

First of the month... I wuz givin' Bubba his bath... :mrgreen:


You musta quit before he was clean. Last time it took a full 7 days to make him presentable. (and you still didn't get behind his ears!)

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Well if people are getting kicked out for not posting an intro here, I guess I'm toast.
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I also concede, I failed due to no pictures. :cheers:

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Greetings,

I tried to sign up today only to find my typical username was already taken. So I tried to log in using it and one of my typical passwords. Well whataya know, looks like I've been registered here for over a year already…


Anywhos, As my username might suggest, I'm a fan of a certain brand of Italian motorcycle. For many years i've wanted to build a Midget-like toy with Moto Guzzi power and with a friend going to and talking about the recent TROG event the idea has bubbled to the forefront again. On thing led to another, and here I am. Again.

Nothing more than info gathering for now but I've come farther than I did the first time I logged on, so there is that.

Back to lurk mode now...

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