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tpunx99GSX · 04-22-2007

My roomate and I were out picking up parts for my build (new speed sensor) and he got a call from a honda dealer because he is looking for a S2k, the guy tells us he has 2 on his lot and they will finance anyone, but its like 30 min away, so we decide to go out there and check it out. Well we get up there and sure enough at the dealer there is no freakin S. we bitch out the manager and tell him he needs to give us gas money, they write my roomate a voucher for the gas and tell us to go to this mobil gas station up the street a ways.
So we leave and get gas (10 gallons of premium for free woot!). we end up taking a different way to the freeway and drive past this junkyard and i joke to him, hey maybe there are some parts there for my car. he asks, "wanna stop?" i shrug and say sure.
we get there and they charge 2 bucks at the door i look at my buddy and this other guy says "i come here all the time, you never know what parts you will find in this place" and so we had to leave and go get cash. we come back and pay and take a walk, I am looking for a new throttle body for my car. i see a 3000gt and open the hood, looks a lot like my throttle body... hmmm. then i call chris (s2kracka) and he says he doesnt know if it will bolt up so we go lookin some more.
Then there she is... total sight for sore eyes. a 1g. i tap on the hood and it sounds empty. in the trunk is an 4g63 motor. looks like the throttle body is a bit damaged so i decide what the hell lets pop the hood. sure enough another motor. this time it looks as if the throttle body is in good shape, it was only missing the TPS but i figured my stock 2g one should bolt up. so i pick it up for 20 bucks and we are good to go. Tonight i cleaned it up and it looks brand new, then i painted it black (so it matches the paint scheme) and it looks perfect.
Anyways sorry for the long story but its just funny how some things work out, go up to look for an S and come back with a upgrade in the TB.
BTW i never knew that the 1g tb was a 2.5" inlet that just uses a silicone coupler. pretty cool and it fits to the magnus intake manifold MUCH better then my stock 2g one.

04-22-2007	#1
tpunx99GSX Tournaments Won: 3 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Maple Grove, MN Drives: Lancer and Durango Posts: 7,017	Junkyard find! My roomate and I were out picking up parts for my build (new speed sensor) and he got a call from a honda dealer because he is looking for a S2k, the guy tells us he has 2 on his lot and they will finance anyone, but its like 30 min away, so we decide to go out there and check it out. Well we get up there and sure enough at the dealer there is no freakin S. we bitch out the manager and tell him he needs to give us gas money, they write my roomate a voucher for the gas and tell us to go to this mobil gas station up the street a ways. So we leave and get gas (10 gallons of premium for free woot!). we end up taking a different way to the freeway and drive past this junkyard and i joke to him, hey maybe there are some parts there for my car. he asks, "wanna stop?" i shrug and say sure. we get there and they charge 2 bucks at the door i look at my buddy and this other guy says "i come here all the time, you never know what parts you will find in this place" and so we had to leave and go get cash. we come back and pay and take a walk, I am looking for a new throttle body for my car. i see a 3000gt and open the hood, looks a lot like my throttle body... hmmm. then i call chris (s2kracka) and he says he doesnt know if it will bolt up so we go lookin some more. Then there she is... total sight for sore eyes. a 1g. i tap on the hood and it sounds empty. in the trunk is an 4g63 motor. looks like the throttle body is a bit damaged so i decide what the hell lets pop the hood. sure enough another motor. this time it looks as if the throttle body is in good shape, it was only missing the TPS but i figured my stock 2g one should bolt up. so i pick it up for 20 bucks and we are good to go. Tonight i cleaned it up and it looks brand new, then i painted it black (so it matches the paint scheme) and it looks perfect. Anyways sorry for the long story but its just funny how some things work out, go up to look for an S and come back with a upgrade in the TB. BTW i never knew that the 1g tb was a 2.5" inlet that just uses a silicone coupler. pretty cool and it fits to the magnus intake manifold MUCH better then my stock 2g one. __________________ Scientific theories are the most reliable, rigorous, and comprehensive form of scientific knowledge. This is significantly different from the common usage of the word "theory", which implies that something is a conjecture, hypothesis, or guess.