i too have been wondering what happened to you, almost made a post in buggytalk asking what happened! glad to see you back!

its looking real good i like that blue

Glad you're back and feeling better, Jim!

Larry

Thanks for the kind words guys. Wild Kids, let me know next time you come down. The space center is only about 20 minutes north of me.

Well I went to pick up my engine today. Or so I thought Once again it was not ready. I paid for this engine over a year ago and its still not ready! I wasnt in a hurry for it before, but now Im getting pretty pissed off. I have been friends with the guy since high school (20+ years) and I find out today that he spent the money that I gave him and doesnt have the money to buy the parts. He said that he will have it done by the end of the month. I sure hope so

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Hey Jim,
That baja is toooo sweet to take out and beat up. You should trade with me so that you'll have a baja worthy of a good beating! You won't have to worry about messing it up that way and I promise to take really good care of that one!
Seriously though, that thing is awesome. I LOVE IT!

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Flabaja, I will holler next time I am headed that way. Would love to see that Baja in person as we all know pictures never do them justice at all. I am still in talks with the Space Center just not sure what the budget crap is doing right now. Thats part of the hold up. Right now I would almost take any job I can find to pay the bills.

The Wild Kids

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That is one badass baja,looks great keep up the work,you need to bring that up to the hill climb in march and show it off

We need an update.

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wild kids you moving to fl?

We are wanting too. Just have to find a job first, I am tired of this cold weather. Makes me hurt to much. I like the Orlando area or south of there.

The Wild Kids

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Sorry for no updates. Im going back to see about picking up my engine again tomorrow. I sure hope its done now. If its not, you may read about me in the news... I had hoped to make it to the hillclimb, but Im pretty sure thats not going to happen now.

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you've been waiting on that motor for some time now. I hope you do get that motor finally.

The Wild Kids

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[quote='The Wild Kids']you've been waiting on that motor for some time now. I hope you do get that motor finally.

The Wild Kids[/quote]
Well, still no motor He said there was a backorder on the 044s so I decided to go with a used set of Comp Eliminator heads he had. He said they were in good shape with no cracks. I dont really know crap when it comes to VW engines (Im sure I will learn soon enough), so my question is, Are the Comp Eliminator heads as good or better than the

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I would say that Roy or TurboBlue would be the ones that should answer this. I think they will be ok and breath well, just not sure how well. For a Drag motor they are the ones used.

The Wild Kids

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[quote='FlaBaja'][quote='The Wild Kids']you've been waiting on that motor for some time now. I hope you do get that motor finally.

The Wild Kids[/quote]
Well, still no motor He said there was a backorder on the 044s so I decided to go with a used set of Comp Eliminator heads he had. He said they were in good shape with no cracks. I dont really know crap when it comes to VW engines (Im sure I will learn soon enough), so my question is, Are the Comp Eliminator he

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Thanks for the links Gary. Still kinda confused though. Best I can guess is the Comp Eliminators are more for drag racing? Are they going to take away too much low end?

Well my motor is still not done He said it should be done in 2 weeks. He always has a believable excuse, and I want to give him the benifit of the doubt, but Im really getting pissed!

I want to get that damn thing done so bad I can taste it. I have it stored at work and I have to look at it everyday just sitting there. I guess there are a few things I can do while I wait, but not having the motor has just drained all my ambition.

Sorry for the venting, just had to do it

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You have more patience than I do. After this long of a wait I would be expecting a discount for the wait.

The Wild Kids

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The worst part is, I orinally wanted to go water cooled. But he talked me out of it saying it would be a pain in the ass and take a long time to get all the little misc stuff done. I bet it wouldnt have taken this long!

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i orded 044's from c.b. feb 4th still has'nt took the money looks like i'll be waiting.

[quote='davehix']i orded 044's from c.b. feb 4th still has'nt took the money looks like i'll be waiting.[/quote]
That makes me feel a little better. I was really hoping he hadnt lied to me about the heads.

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Man cant wait to go riding with y'all when i get home.

How much longer are you going to be over there? And thank you for your service to your country.

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vw505, thanks brother for doing what you do for our country. Come home safe my friend.

The Wild Kids

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I'm at the half way point now. I will be home in Fl for 15 days March 1st Then back to finsh up my last 5 1/2 months. it may sound like a long time but this is a 447 day ride for me. Flbaja would like to come check out your ride when I'm what part of the tampa bay area are you in.

[quote='vw505']what part of the tampa bay area are you in.[/quote]

The opposite part I'm actually on the east coast about 2 hrs south of Jax. Brevard County, Melbourne area. If you decide to come down just give me a call 321-508-9810

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