chippa Slippery when dry Donating Members 368 Member For: 17y 3m 30d Gender: Male Location: Foot Hills W.A Posted 02/09/10 07:42 AM Share Posted 02/09/10 07:42 AM Mate I am a bit shocked to hear you lost Dad,and by the sounds of it a good mate.Take heart in the fact that you and your Dad shared a passion and a bond that many young men dont get to share with their fathers,its a special thing...I am also very lucky to share a similar relationship.Remember the good times Steve.P.S you beat me by 1.5 kw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordboy1981 Donating Members 2,075 Member For: 21y 9m 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 02/09/10 08:21 AM Share Posted 02/09/10 08:21 AM nice post, mate... you've done a lot of kms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 1m 14d Gender: Male Posted 02/09/10 08:55 AM Share Posted 02/09/10 08:55 AM Awesome read.. awersome car and power with it..well done to you and your dad.. part of him will always be with it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Donating Members 136 Member For: 15y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: Knox Posted 02/09/10 09:04 AM Share Posted 02/09/10 09:04 AM Awesome write up, my condolences. I'm sure your dad's looking down proud as can be with the results for all the time and effort you two have put into the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
our06t Mmmmm......BOOST Member 3,135 Member For: 17y 6m 14d Gender: Male Location: central coast Posted 02/09/10 09:19 AM Share Posted 02/09/10 09:19 AM Like ya said mate hang on to that car it will be good memories for a long time .Hope everything goes as well as it can at this time for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under-Pants Member 2,103 Member For: 16y 4m 14d Gender: Not Telling Posted 02/09/10 09:22 AM Share Posted 02/09/10 09:22 AM RIP mate.You've done very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 02/09/10 09:53 AM Author Share Posted 02/09/10 09:53 AM OK just noticed the title has a typo. Mods if you could change it to "My baby turned 300 at last (pic heavy)"Thanks. Just reading the responses now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP_HSV HOON Member 1,636 Member For: 14y 7m 27d Gender: Male Location: W.A Posted 02/09/10 09:57 AM Share Posted 02/09/10 09:57 AM sorry to hear about your loss Steve, great write up mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 02/09/10 10:18 AM Author Share Posted 02/09/10 10:18 AM (edited) OK done reading, thanks a lot everyone. It's been good writing this up this morning, remembering as I went all the stuff we worked on together. I've got great support in my girlfriend and all of you here too, those I know well and those who I only know by screen name, so thank you. I do count myself lucky to have had such a great father and friend for these past 26 years, some are not as lucky. I'll remember him always as the good natured joker he was as well as for his skills which he shared with me over the years. I'll be helping support the rest of the family over the next week or so as they are very shaken up.As for the car, I've got one part to chase still, the Nizpro kit boost sensor adaptor block thing...the bloke I bought my parts from thinks it's still around at home so hopefully when I get that we can finish the tune off, Simon rigged up a temporary fitting but it does affect the boost reading so we're not quite done yet.Had a bit more of a drive today, I can see what people say about it just pulling like a freight train. In second from a rolling start it builds fast, then hammers...change to third (a little earlier than I used to for now) and the change is flawless, the acceleration doesn't drop off at all. I actually had a moment going from 60 to 80, just a squirt, where my head moved back and hit the seat as my muscle memory didn't expect such a kick. That resulted in a "f...n hell" and a bit of a smile.Many thanks to Simon and the guys at Xtreme Ford Tuning for doing a great job on my humble Ford! And beating Chippa by 1.5kw Looking forward to some cruises again with the lot of you. Edited 02/09/10 10:32 AM by -SteveR- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/09/10 10:24 AM Share Posted 02/09/10 10:24 AM Great read mate. You've really shown what it's all about, it's more then just trying to have the quickest or most expespensive car. It's obvious you and your old man had allot of fun mucking around with it together sharing a common passion and that's great to see (as I can relate), but if I was you I don't think I would ever be able to sell that car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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