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    More update..

    Just before DGRR, I was asked by Speed Academy (Speed Academy) to do a write up about Plasti Dipping my FD. So, I've documented the process and they published it!









    Go here to read the entire article.. Plasti Dip your car: Tips and tricks from a Pro | Speed Academy


    Another photo.. from my event DGRR



    Now that DGRR is over, I had approximately 3 weeks to get my car ready for the Exedy Booth at Formula Drift.. Also, I had a feature shoot with SpeedHunters.com
    Its been my dream to be featured on SpeedHunters and one of my favorite photographer was going to shoot it, Larry Chen.

    In 3 weeks, I'm going to install Turblown EWP kit, my new bumper, new color, new interior, etc.

    To start, Turblown EWP kit (aka Davies Craig Electric Water pump)








    I'm going to say this is one of the best mod I've done. Why?? Unlike other EWP kit I've seen, the controller will hold the pump from kicking in and pulse circulate during warm up, and once its fully warmed up, it will pump, when temp is too high, it will kick on the fans, and maintained the temp amazingly!! Another awesome feature is to continue to circulate the coolant and turn on the fan after engine is shut off.
    Also, getting rid of air after filling the system with coolant was an ease. Just power the pump and fill!

    Here is a video I did of the pump set up..

    https://youtu.be/zOIlZNCwQ_Q


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    More Update..

    After my event DGRR 2015, I had a photoshoot with my friend and a photographer before I started to break down the car. I had at this point about 3 weeks til my photoshoot with SH.











    Clean up my garage and hung my Exedy and Rays Engineering flags.



    I than started working on the interior of the car. Replacing my old interior (CF) with all OE plastics with zero broken tabs.. and got them refinished.







    With Spirit R cluster



    Changed the Steering wheel to match the recovered RZ seats.





    Changed out the Catback.. replaced the RE-Amemiya Dual Dolphine tips to Ganador full Titanium catback



    Got my Defi BF gauges I had for severals years, got new sensors, wires, and tested them out.


    New AutoEXE hood struts.


    Full Function Engineering goodies


    Some Carbon goodies...

    Feed interior covers and Feed Ganador mirror cover in CF.


    I been a fan of Samco Sport product since knowing Samco were first to produce OE upgrade rad and IC couplers and hoses. Mazdaspeed kit, Samco were the supplier for MS IS kit. So, i wanted to run their goods.



    Ended up getting box full of Samco goodies..



    And finally the bumper...



    And Engine bay



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    More Update..

    I put all the new stuff on mainly to make it to my feature shoot with SpeedHunters. Unfortunately, I had about 3 weeks to pull it off but been working on it on the side for months.
    I literally pulled it off the morning of the shoot.

    Here are preview shots taken at the house, just before leaving to Road ATL.







    My journey wasn't a pleasant one... My shoot with Larry Chen from Speedhunters was set at 4:30. I wanted to make sure I had plenty of time to get to ATL, avoid ATL traffic, goto my favorite restaurant for lunch, and have plenty of time to clean the car... as I drive this car to all the events.

    So, Me and a local V8 FD owner who have never been to Formula Drift left my house around 8AM (9AM EST). As soon as we hit the main road, my car started to accelerate without my pushing the throttle, Since I changed up the several parts, I thought I might of not set the idle and such correctly.. After adjusting and stopping every exit on the interstate, I plugged in my laptop to the ECU to see what the possible issue was.. one of the great thing about Adaptronics ECU was you can reset/recalibrate the TPS. We reset and car seemed fine. Until 5-10 mins later it started to accelerate by itself again. At this point, me and my passenger had no idea what it was doing. Finally we got the car idling fine again and hit the road. Again it started to accelerate. Me and my passenger finally figured out, with the laptop, you can reset and recal the TPS on the fly. Everytime we reset, the car will stop accelerating. We ended up resetting the TPS over 100 times from Bham, AL to Road Atlanta. Our favorite was when we hit 3PM ATL traffic. One of the nerve wrecking drive I had was this drive. I would just shut the car off on the interstate as reset didn't help much. I had literally started the 20-30 times during the over an hour traffic I was stuck in.

    At the end, I was amazed about two things I put in to this car,
    1. Adaptronics ECU... the abilities to reset on the fly helped. Also, my laptop just plugging in and read the ECU without starting helped.
    2. Turblown/Davies Craig Electric Water Pump (EWP). This thing truly worked. It was my first time running this kit and it truly did its job. During my ATL traffic off and on engine, I could hear the fans kicking in and waterpump circulating when engine was off. It kept my engine cool during this stressful time. Which one thing I didn't have to worry.

    Oh, I forgot, I was also stranded on the interstate because my Aftermarket Industries (AI) surgetank went out. I was going 80MPH and all the sudden, car just dies. I was about to move from fast lane to right shoulder safely.
    What I think it happened was, the fuel line I used inside the tank got undone. Luckily, when I was going from Radium single Bosch 044 to AI triple Walbro 440s, I had to extend some of the lines using brass barb fittings. Luckily, I was able to re route the lines so that I could use the stock pump instead of the AI tank. If I didn't use those barb fitting, we would of had to walk to the next exit, buy some fuel lines, and do all kind of fun stuff. Instead re routing took 15-20 mins and we were on the road.. still with acceleration issues.

    We finally made it to Road ATL right around 4:15. I called Larry Chen asking where I needed to meet him and he said to just come down to the paddock. Going through the paddock, I felt little embarrassed. Mainly because car sounded horrible and I kept stalling out because it idled like ass.
    When I met Larry, one of the thing he asked me was, "are you going to clean your car?". I guess he thought I was going to trailer the car and not drive what it was suppose to be 3 hour trip, now took 6+ hours. I told him to give me 10 mins.

    I cleaned up the car as best as I could with my friend Michael, aka TPS resetter. and we went on the Road ATL for the shoot.

    Here are some photos I took with my phone..











    I'm now out of time.. I will update more later..


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    Update..

    My car was shown under Exedy Clutch USA booth at the Formula Drift ATL..





    with one of the Exedy Model


    Right before leaving..



    Engine bay shot



    And finally link to the SpeedHunters feature link..

    Meet The Rotary Maniac - Speedhunters

    Here are few of my favorite shots from Photographer Larry













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    Update..

    For the past year, I been looking into getting a dash unit for track use. Mainly to monitor various sensors such as: Oil temp, Oil pressure, Water Temp, Fuel pressure, Boost, EGT, etc.. as you can imagine, this will clutter the cockpit with bunch of gauges and problem placing them all.

    Also, pending what ecu you run some dash unit will not work. So, after searching.. came up with an idea.

    Those of you whos been following this thread, I was lucky enough to acquire a Defi Super Sport Cluster. Super rare dash replacement that you can tie into your OE car harness and Defi sensors to replace your OE cluster.



    Well, Defi recently came out with something interesting.

    SMART ADAPTER W Summary | Defi - Exciting products by NS Japan

    A device you can hook up to your 2008+ OBD II port and stream real time info to your smart phone or tablet. Better yet, you can use their Advance Control unit and also stream Defi sensor(s) reading to your iOS devices!!

    So.. I decided to give it a shot!


    bought an iPad mini, and downloaded the app called "Defi Meter C".
    App looks like this.


    My friend at EVOR sold me a Carbon blank cluster surround, which I used it to mount the iPad mini.



    And installed it in the car..










    And here is the video of it running..

    https://youtu.be/trH3fSAh80Y

    They are coming out with some cool stuff!! such as logging program and even track logging.


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    I need your support!!


    I recently signed up for an online battle where top two finalists get to set their cars to SEMA Las Vegas. I am currently in battle round from top 16 to top 8..

    To vote for me,

    click on the link Philip Sohn - PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds
    click on the blue facebook button
    click on the yellow star to vote.

    If you can vote for me every day, I would greatly appreciate it. Also you can friend me on my facebook for updates!
    My Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Herblenny

    Thank you for your support!


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    I wanted to thank you all for voting for me!!!

    I am now stage 4, top 8 going into top 4.

    My competitor is 2004 Acura TSX with serious community help.


    I'm hoping those of you been following my build would support me by voting for me and sharing the link and pictures with your fellow Facebook friends.

    Link to vote: Philip Sohn - PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds

    There are tons of photos on here, but I actually do track my car


    again to vote: Philip Sohn - PASMAG Tuner Battlegrounds

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    Its been awhile since I last updated this thread..

    To start, I took some photo of the car 3 months ago..







    Still loving the Defi/iPad combo!!

    I'm also upgrading my turbo set up with new Borg Warner EFR Turbo set up using Turblown's cast stainless manifold.


    Quality of this manifold is just top notch!!


    I've mocked it up on my spare engine to see how it all lines up.



    I'm going to update this thread more often since new projects are at works this year. Including my 3 Rotor Project..


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    Glad to see you're still posting updates. That's one awesome Mazda

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    Few pics of the install.




    Radium surge tank!


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    Quote Originally Posted by SHHHH View Post
    Glad to see you're still posting updates. That's one awesome Mazda
    Thank you!!!


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    It's been awhile since I last updated this thread..

    Well, several things have happened since..

    Once the car was done, I took it to Import Alliance ATL, under Exedy Clutch booth.
    Made it on to their event video. Thank you IA!!

    Click here for the Video (I'm at 5:04) : https://youtu.be/SV3sttDJ-Co?t=5m4s



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    Few more updates..

    Earlier this year, my latest build was featured and made cover of PasMag magazine.

    I ended up doing the photos and was honored that they pick my photo for the cover.
    Here are few photos from the feature.



    Front bumper Knightsport Type 7


    Turbo - Borg Warner 8374 EFR with Turbosmart wastegate actuator and BOV.


    Lights R Magic HID lights with Custom Carbon Fiber buckets by my friends at EVOR


    Hood - Not really sure who made it in Japan. Its very similar to Mazdaspeed hood. Grills were custom cut and made by my friend Micheal Osburn.


    Wheels - Rays Engineering Gram Lights FXX


    Tail Lights are by EVO-R


    This photo was picked for Toyo Tires Shutter Space event in California. I was one of 15 photos picked.


    You can barely see my photo in the background

    If you fancy a read... Here is the link to the PasMag feature: PASMAG | PERFORMANCE AUTO AND SOUND - Rotary Frankenstein: Phil Sohn's 1993 Mazda RX-7 FD3S


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    Update: Another feature and some of the photos.

    Link to the feature: Phil Sohn's Mazda RX-7 - Zen Garage

    Photos:

    Shoot took place at my buddy's personal garage at his house.
    Photos were taken by: Ryan Lopez. Amazing young photographer!


    One of my favorite photo of my cars


    Tail lights are Carshop Glow lights


    Interior - Grip Royal Steering wheel, RE-Amemiya 300km Speedo, Mazda 15th Anniversary cluster, etc


    Engine bay - BNR stage 3 upgraded twin turbo


    Ray Engineering RE30 Monoforged/dieforged wheels, wrapped in Toyo Tires T1 Sports


    Works quick release, Bride Zeta III seats

    More updates next week.


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    Some 3 Rotor update.

    Had the new manifold made by Addicted Performance Unlimited using 321 Stainless. Addicted Performance was recently featured by TV show Gas Monkey and does amazing job! They also sponsor my rotary event called, 'Deals Gap Rotary Rally'.
    Check out their site: Home - addictedperformanceunlimited.com

    Custom 3 Rotor Flange.


    Couple of runners done.


    Finished manifold!


    Mock up on to Addicted Performance Shop 3 rotor
    I'll be using Borg Warner EFR 9180 with external wastegate (Turbosmart)


    I'm trying to build 2 x FD's this coming year. Hope to build and have fun with these.


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    Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!



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    Update.. Hope all of you got some car related gifts from Santa..

    I'll try to update you guys on what has happened this year.

    My SpeedHunters feature back in Sept 2016.

    Old Rotary, New Tricks: Checking In On A Favorite - Speedhunters

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    I had a chance to work on my 1994 SSM FD RX-7. It had a small coolant leak somewhere so replaced and tighten some hoses to the turbos and such.

    And decided to put on my Mazdaspeed MS01-Mag wheels on.

    Here are couple of pics of the car.





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    Update...

    Happy New Year everyone!! I have couple of projects to finish off this year and maybe new one to start later on

    2 Rotor update..

    Going with couple of different stuff this year..

    1. Haltech Elite 1500. It has loads of features. One of the thing I didn't realize was the OBD II output. This means that I can still use my Defi Dash and get more reading out of it by using this ECU. This time, I'll be adding Haltech flexfuel, 2 x EGT, Borg Warner Speed sensor for the turbo, wideband, etc. and keep the OMP.



    2. Chris Ludwig/ Ludwig Motorsports (LMS-EFI) harness for the Haltech. Amazing details on this harness!! This is my second harnesses by LMS-EFI and I highly recommend. They will be also attending DGRR 2017 and will be doing a seminar and Q&A at the event.



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    Update..

    I realized I didn't post anything about the bumper project I did early last year.

    Back story.. When I first started this thread, I was building a car for SEMA, my 3 rotor project. For years leading up to this point of building this car, I had a vision of my ultimate 3 rotor. But like most of you, job, family, money, etc. can lead to not quite execute your dream build. In this case, one of the thing I wanted to do was make a unique bumper. I wanted to mash together my 2 favorite japanese companies; Fujita Engineering (FEED) and RE-Amemiya. If you look at the car now, you will see that its pretty much built using both of those companies. But what I really wanted to do was build a bumper using two iconic bumpers. FEED Type 2R and RE-A N1-02 bumper. I love the signal/driving light set of of the FEED and loved the aggressive bottom of the N1-02.

    FEED Type 2R on my 2 rotor


    Re-Amemiya N1-02 with Front diffuser add on


    Back in 2015, I decided that it was time to fulfill my goal of making a bumper that meets my vision. Instead of using RE-A N1-02, I decided to used the N1-05 which has the molded in undertray/diffuser. We cut the both bumpers and started to put them together. (Oh, I should most definitely give credit to my engine builder and long time friend Luis Canizales and his son Luke Canizales for their help putting the bumper together and helping me make the initial mold).

    I did not like the 90's 'hump' on the front bumper so we made it to sit flat.

    Here is an initial shaping of the bumper.. It weighs 40-50lbs


    We made a mold and pulled one bumper off. When running the bumper on the, it didn't quite fit correctly. It sat quite low and required some hand on modification. Again thanks to Luis and his friend, we were able to have it on and made it to an event very next day (low as in I couldn't make it out of my driveway).

    I was able to have it on the car and get it featured in SpeedHunters.


    Meet The Rotary Maniac - Speedhunters

    But I wanted to make the bumper correctly and more of it.
    Following year, I was conversing with my friend Michael about the project. He said he knew someone who might help me regarding making a new updated bumper.
    So, I took my initial bumper and started to correct some of the issues. Being extremely low was an issue, so first bumper was cut, fix the height issue, and corrected the flat part of the bumper.





    First bumper pulled from the second mold.


    Im running out of time so I will update next week regarding the fitment and the results.

    Phil


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    Update...

    Continuation of the bumper making..

    Here are the detail pics of the bumper.


    Test fitments:












    Overall, I was very happy with the results. Fitment was satisfactory for being what it was. Height of the bumper was similar to the stock 93 bumper with 99 front lip. Compare to the first version, its night and day difference in fitment and quality.


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    Here is my other feature with SpeedHunters... with my 1973 RX3 and history behind it.

    Mazda History & Tales Of Friendship - Speedhunters

    I am honored that Mr. Larry Chen was able to shoot the car. It almost didn't happened because of the weather. It rained all day and as I was leaving the track (Road Atlanta), weather started to clear up and Larry gave the thumbs up.
    Like any cars or people at this age, it comes with fantastic history. This car was initially built by a gentleman named Tom McGuire. It was his daily for many years and later I was told about the sale of the car by another friend, Chris Mahaffey. At that point, I was only interested in FD RX-7 so I passed it to a good friend Steven White. I regretted no buying first time so, when it was available for sale, I snatched it up from Steven. I fixed few things and after my marriage and 7 cars parked, I ended up selling it to yet another friend who recently had to sell his beloved FD RX-7, Marco Lau. He owned it for several years and was moving to west coast and I ended back up with this car again. I've updated few things for this feature and all my friends have great memories with this car. My future plan is to put maybe NA 20B in it. But I guess I need to finish up few other projects before I do that swap.

    In case some of you don't or can't click the link above, here are some photos from it.







    I am honored that Mr. Larry Chen was able to shoot the car. It almost didn't happened because of the weather.


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    Update:

    It's been busy few weeks for me. Purchased a new car for the family. Back SEMA 2015, group of friends rented a Infiniti Q50 3.7 in Vegas. I was driving around and put about 100 or so miles on it. Car was comfortable and had decent pick up in speed. At the SEMA, I ran into a guy who put GTR R35 motor into the Q50, and though how it would fulfill my GTR desire. Well, Nissan finally came out with Q50 Red Sport 400, which I recently purchased. Car is just what I needed. Comfortable daily my wife can drive and enjoy, switched to Sport + mode and car comes alive and becomes a beast with 380WHP (thats what some of the stock RS400's been dynoing). Here are couple of pictures of the car.




    With both of my Daily, RS400 and IS300 Wagon.


    Regarding Rotaries...
    I've decided to clean up some wiring to get ready to put a new set up in the car.


    To do it right, I also needed to pull the dash and clean up the hacked up 20 year old interior harnesses.


    More to come next week..


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    Not much to update. Been busy spending time with my son over the weekend and work.
    But I was able to sand down my Mazdaspeed Carbon Fiber front bumper lip and clear it to bring the shine back. Than replaced my 99 lip from my SSM FD.











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    Update:

    Over the weekend I was able to do some wrenching on the car.
    First installation of Sakebomb garage upgraded swaybar mounts. These things are beefy and well made. I'll be using a new Tripoint swaybar with these.



    Another thing I was able to do was check the compression on my 1973 RX-3. I recently got the Rotary Compression Tester (RCT)'s battery operated compression tester and wanted to compare to my Mazda Specialty tool compression testers (old thermal and digital).



    After warming up the car, I've tested just the OE digital and RCT testers. RCT unit uses 9V battery and it has automatic altitude calculation. Its super well made and easy to use. All you have to do is warm up, kill the ignition and fuel pump, install the sensor in the trailing plug hole and crank the motor. I did a facebook live video (https://www.facebook.com/Herblenny/v...4392837808927/) hope some of you can view it.

    Anyhow, here are the results from the RCT:
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    Rear


    Not bad for 20+ year old engine

    Here is the RX-3 warming up before the test.



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    I think I saw your RS400 at one of my strip club accounts. Clean cars.

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    Update!

    Couple of months ago I ran into Facebook post about Champion Autoparts, "Search for a Champion 2017" promotion.



    I've decided to enter and a week ago, I was chosen as one of the top 25 finalist!!!



    I would greatly appreciate it if those of you following this thread to vote for me. I have an unique project that I'll be working on later this year and would be nice to win this to support that build. If I win, I'll share what that is the day of winner being announced... otherwise, I'll be keeping it hush hush for little bit longer

    To Vote, goto: 2017 Search for A Champion Grand Prize Voting Now Open!

    Voters can also win prizes from Champion. Thank you for your support!


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    Update:

    I finally had a weekend to do some car related stuff.

    First my daily IS300 Wagon...


    My RedSport had ceramic/nano coating from previous owner and so far I was very happy with the results. So, I've decided to put the coating on my IS300.
    I've decided to try 'Stay Fresh Car Care' as I've had great luck with their detailing products in the past.

    Stay Fresh Car Care / Premium Car Care Supplies

    I went with HCC9, 50mL kit with 8oz Quick Ceramic detailer. (less than $100).

    First, I cut the car using a random orbitor and various pads and such (3-5 hours)


    Wiped it down with isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) to remove any residue from wax, sealant, oil etc. I than started to apply the HCC9 using supplied applicator. This process wasn't bad. I was told to do small section at a time but the temperature was kind of cool and HCC9 wasn't drying that quickly so I did panel at a time. First layer of application including alcohol wipe down took me about an hour.


    I had about 30-40% of the ceramic coating leftover so, i messaged the owner of Stay Fresh about if second coat is necessary. He said it will help. He suggested I use the remainder of the bottle on the car. He said you can apply the second layer after about an hour after 1st application. I decided to let the first layer harden overnight.
    Oh, no water can touch the car during hardening process.
    Here is the result:


    Definitely shines pretty decent. I was driving home last night and it was raining. I could tell this stuff was working. In heavy traffic, everytime I came to a stop, a good amount of water from the roof of the car will rush towards the front windshield. Moving forward, I could see the water coming down on my rear window. This is first time seeing such a thing. To maintain, no waxing, no soap, just water to clean the car for the next 5 years! Benefit I see with this is daily driven cars and car that might be loosing little of clarity due to fade.

    Anyhow, now about the RX...

    I'm re-doing my RX-7 for a guaranteed feature with SuperStreet Magazine. So, I've decided to re do my turbo set up and support my friend Zach, Addicted Performance. He also supports my event, 'Deals Gap Rotary Rally' (DGRR) and helped me by answering many of my questions regarding turbos and tuning.



    I've decided to go with his Borg Warner EFR kit. Craftsmanship on the kit is top notch!! Also, Zach is a great tuner and will be taking my car to his shop when its done for a tune. Hopefully during DGRR and unveil the car there.



    Turbo is Borg Warner EFR 8374 IWG with Turbosmart upgraded Bypass valve and IWG actuator.



    I've mocked it up on my spare 13B-REW motor, and this is using REW intake manifold. I'll be also mocking it up with Cosmo 13B-RE manifold later on.



    Also, vote for me!!! You can vote daily!!
    2017 Search for A Champion Grand Prize Voting Now Open!

    Thank you all for reading this thread!!


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    To follow up on the ceramic coating, here are couple of video of my IS300 Wagon showing how water just beads off.

    Water on the hood.
    https://youtu.be/m6-SsEQ3eUs

    Close up on the fender.
    https://youtu.be/vJZRBC1OL98

    Besides this, not much is going on. Spent most of the weekend hanging out with my son and dinner with close friend. Otherwise, not much of a car week


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