Back from the Car show...Modified Madness 2005

[Kooldino]

I came
It rained
I conquered (sorta)

I ended up taking 3rd place in 4 door Mazdas. In the past I took top honors for my categories, but I was happy I got at least something. That is, until, I saw what 2nd place was. It was a portly girl with a Mazda 6. It either had a different front bumper or a grill, and it had rims.

Apparently, the 45 minutes and $1500 worth of mods she put into her car were clearly superior to the years of work I have into mine.

Anyway, here's a thread about the show in the Mazduh forums. It's linked to the first page that actually has pics.

Saw some really cool cars there. Some CRAZY Subarus, some bling bling SUVs, of course, and I saw this Mustang Cobra whose engine bay I fell in love with.

There's only a few pics in this thread so far, but it will probably grow. I also have some pics of my completed turbo setup in there. Note the extra fuel rail in the intake mani, and the SS IC piping. Not to mention that we polished everything under the bonnet.

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105957&page=6&pp=15

[Kooldino]

No love?

[ZokesPro]

Isn't that a bitch when some portly chick puts a few bucks and a few minutes and wins it when you spent all that time building up sucha sweet machine? *sigh*

At least you canme third. Tis better than nothing.

[Kooldino]

Yeah, my sentiments exactly.

[Elie]

Nice car... but i want to know who were the babes hanging around your car?
DAMN FINE LOOKING WOMEN!!!!!

I believe this is your car?

[Kooldino]

Haha, yeah that's mine.

The girls were just some models.

[ZokesPro]

Just models?

You make it sound like it's a normal thing and it happens all the time.

[Kooldino]

LOL, kinda. I've had some good luck with models in my time.

[ZokesPro]

LOL, kinda. I've had some good luck with models in my time.

You may not have won the race, but look at it this way, at least you be gettin' the girls!

Plus, your car is damn sweet anyways.

Did you add the qaife lsd you once talked about?

[Kooldino]

Nope, not yet. That's going to be my next major mod.

I almost bought it last month...it was between buying that or a pool table...and for once I figured I'd spend money on something OTHER than my car. I should have the Quaife in this summer. God knows I'll need it.

[xortam]

I read that BMW will only be placing LSDs on the M versions going forward.

[Kooldino]

I read that BMW will only be placing LSDs on the M versions going forward.

Weak

[xortam]

The M's are actually a pretty good value if you plan on tuning a non-M. You land up with a better and cheaper car in the long run.