Hahahaha, thanks Keith! Hope it's not another 3 months before I see you again. Good luck with school and work though.
North Jersey Supra Meet
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Shaeff - I love how when you showed up, you were like a little celebrity, you had a pack of people following you the whole time, lol.
Don't forget he did bring 2 people with him... so naturally he had at least 2 people by him the whole time. 
haha. it was weird! usually people are like: "eh, that thing's a piece, and that guy is an asshole"
haha. it was nice though! people tend to take my sense of humor the wrong way, when infact, i'm just trying to have a good time and make people laugh!
-shaeff
haha. it was nice though! people tend to take my sense of humor the wrong way, when infact, i'm just trying to have a good time and make people laugh!
-shaeff
bah, friends are over rated.
BTW Justin, I'll be on "medical leave" from UTI for the next 6 weeks while I play race mechanic, so I'll probably have some free time coming up. If say you wanted to bring that nice jack you've got I gotta get my diff out for rebuild... I think.
BTW Justin, I'll be on "medical leave" from UTI for the next 6 weeks while I play race mechanic, so I'll probably have some free time coming up. If say you wanted to bring that nice jack you've got I gotta get my diff out for rebuild... I think.
Hey guys after like 6 hours of surgery my baby is de-riced and I actually love her more now! EEEEee!
1. Real Supra Hood Badge
2. Roof Scoop Removed
3. Turbo Wing Painted And Installed!!!
4. Sunoco Badge Removed
1. Real Supra Hood Badge
2. Roof Scoop Removed
3. Turbo Wing Painted And Installed!!!
4. Sunoco Badge Removed
^ Thanks goodness ^ Hahaha, looks good Fox.
Colin - let me know when you're free and we can do whatever.
I actually got my Turn signal unit today from IHI, got here fast!
Colin - let me know when you're free and we can do whatever.
I actually got my Turn signal unit today from IHI, got here fast!
Nice Fox. I was wondering about that hood scoop. Was that car done like that when you bought it or did you have a change of heart?
I belive he said he bought the car that way...only thing he did was swap a low mileage NA motor in.
No sadly I did all the ricing, and ya I had a change of heart. It was stock when I got it, 100% stock infact.
I did ALOT more than swap a different motor in...
(clutch, altenator, starter, radiator, valve cover gaskets, tune up stuff...)
I did ALOT more than swap a different motor in...
(clutch, altenator, starter, radiator, valve cover gaskets, tune up stuff...)
ide be down for an etown meet, later on, possible on a test and tune day :naughty: all those supras at the track....mmmmm. hopefully ill have a bunch more power then...
Well, I can say pretty definitively that whatever you guys plan I will not have time to go to with my new job. Honestly tho... its worth it. Justin knows what I mean.
Justin knows what I mean. ^ you're going/went to UTI right? i've been seriously considering going there... (i want to go back to school in september) it's either that or wyotech, but i think i like the sound of UTI better. any input?
-shaeff
-shaeff
Yea, I was (at this point I'm considering it "was" but my leaving isn't 100% sure yet) going there.
All I can say is that it is 90% bullshit. I was disappointed from day one and I can probably say someone like you would feel the same way. Every kid there is kind of like someone who barely made it through HS simply because they didn't understand anything. You know, kid's who's parents couldn't figure out anything they were intelligent enough to do so they sent them to mechanic school. xarewhyayen (I think thats how you spell it, lol) goes there as well and he likes it so I suppose our opinions differ slightly.
But, I mean, when instructors tell you things like turbo gasoline cars don't use vacuum brake boosters because they don't have enough vac to run one, I get pretty fed up. All of the instructors I had seemed to consider anything with an OHC or an ECU "the new stuff". So, sorry to be so negative about it but when I think about it, all they did was go over stuff I knew and teach kids who didn't know false/useless/old information.
So I'm kind of in the process of dropping out, so I can try and become a professional race mechanic (the new job). UTI completely turned me off to working in a repair shop of any kind, and so far in my trial time (to see if I'm up to the task) I love working on a race team so hopefully it will work out.
All I can say is that it is 90% bullshit. I was disappointed from day one and I can probably say someone like you would feel the same way. Every kid there is kind of like someone who barely made it through HS simply because they didn't understand anything. You know, kid's who's parents couldn't figure out anything they were intelligent enough to do so they sent them to mechanic school. xarewhyayen (I think thats how you spell it, lol) goes there as well and he likes it so I suppose our opinions differ slightly.
But, I mean, when instructors tell you things like turbo gasoline cars don't use vacuum brake boosters because they don't have enough vac to run one, I get pretty fed up. All of the instructors I had seemed to consider anything with an OHC or an ECU "the new stuff". So, sorry to be so negative about it but when I think about it, all they did was go over stuff I knew and teach kids who didn't know false/useless/old information.
So I'm kind of in the process of dropping out, so I can try and become a professional race mechanic (the new job). UTI completely turned me off to working in a repair shop of any kind, and so far in my trial time (to see if I'm up to the task) I love working on a race team so hopefully it will work out.
dammit! not what i wanted to hear! i kindof figured that's how it'd be though... the thing is, i think i know a decent amount about the "new stuff" (haha) and the "old stuff"- i've worked on, and owned/tuned cars with carbeurators before. it's pretty simple to say the least.
but here's the thing- noplace will want to hire me if i don't have a certificate saying i know what i know. if i walk into a shop and say: hey, i can do this and that, they'll be like- ok, where's your documentation proving it?
i don't want to work in a repair shop. i want to work in custom fabrication- good quality work. tuning street cars, etc... basically what i'm doing to my supra. good, tasteful modifications.
a buddy of mine is a mechanic at a local garage, and we've been talking about trying to open a shop. (basic mechanics, engine swaps, etc..) it would be performance and maintenance oriented. i don't know.
i gotta go back to school though... i miss it!
thanks for the info!
-shaeff
but here's the thing- noplace will want to hire me if i don't have a certificate saying i know what i know. if i walk into a shop and say: hey, i can do this and that, they'll be like- ok, where's your documentation proving it?
i don't want to work in a repair shop. i want to work in custom fabrication- good quality work. tuning street cars, etc... basically what i'm doing to my supra. good, tasteful modifications.
a buddy of mine is a mechanic at a local garage, and we've been talking about trying to open a shop. (basic mechanics, engine swaps, etc..) it would be performance and maintenance oriented. i don't know.
i gotta go back to school though... i miss it!
thanks for the info!
-shaeff
I'm sure you would be able to breeze through it pretty much, if you did want to show you know what you do and pick up a few things along the way. It's not difficult to do very well grade wise there, but is it worth that much money to do it... eh, I don't know.
The whole program is very oriented around their dealership programs though, so everything they talk about will be based on the assumption that you are there because you want to work at a dealership.
The whole program is very oriented around their dealership programs though, so everything they talk about will be based on the assumption that you are there because you want to work at a dealership.
