Im building a race car... Selling my S7 and Bought a new Aston Martin DBS
 

Well, I'm selling my S7 :( The car is up for sale if anyone has some extra money laying around.. lol

I know a lot of you are car fans so I figured I would share :)

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I bought a new Aston Martin DBS and took it to a track day at California speedway. The DBS handeled so much better then I could have ever expected as I scorched everyone around the road course. The car isn't SUPER fast with 520 horses but it gets the job done. It was the first DBS in California when I bought it a few months ago and what a hot looking car. I just wish I had another 100 ponies in it :)

So to make it a bit more fun I brought my Dinan S3 M5. This car is full race suspension, some pretty sticky street tires, blower, cams, clutch, intake, header, brakes, have all been done by Dinan and the car is around 650 horses of pure raw power and torque. Now this car is a blast to drive. Nobody could come close to keeping up especially when we hit the straight aways. The main problem with this car is that it weighs 5000lbs.. yes that's right 5000... And it's still amazing. Shit, even my CL65 v12 only weighs 4500lbs.
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So yea, I'm smoking around the track thinking Im all tough and then here comes this red car in mirror. I see him catching me in the corners but then I pulled away slightly on the straight aways. The next set of corners he pulled up on me like I was standing still. I couldn't believe it. This red car was a wide body, fully raced out with track tires and to watch this thing go around the track blew me away. I know it's half the weight but still. I was jealous. The car was Subaru WRX with around 550 horses. I had him take me for some laps on the track to see what I was missing out on and I couldn't believe how fast it actually was. And the handeling was amazing.
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So basically the one car I have that will smoke anything on the track is the S7. However since Saleen closed down I'm afraid to take it out because if I smash a corner or something it would cost me an ureal amount of money to fix it. So the S7 is for sale now. it will be a sad day to watch that thing pull out of my driveway.


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In the meantime I have decided to build a race car that If I crash wont cost me a million dollars to fix.. lol I was going to build a Subaru WRX until I saw the new body style.. ugh it's uuuugly and a hatchback which I can't stand. So I decided to get the new Mitsubishi EVO X. I'm gutting the car and building a full cage in it. The motor is going to cosworth for a rebuild and Im putting the biggest intercooler and turbo I can on it. The suspension will be fully done as will everything else in the car. The gas tank was removed and a fuel cell put in the trunk along with carbon fiber NOS systems mounted in the trunk as well. I left the carpet and back seats, however I put race seats in the front and the roll bar will go through the dash. The radio and AC will stay for about 6 months. See before I can completely gut the car I need to have it on the street as a sleeper for a few months. Street racing as a kid was something that I loved. And I love a sleeper. Below is a picture of the car I bought. I actually going to repaint the car in a flat matte black with a glossy red Silver Sinema "S" on the side... I also attached a pic of a flat black car for reference. The EVO is set to be a race car in street clothes with 600+ horsepower before NOS. Lowered, race wing, the whole bit. Im hoping to have it completed in September.

I'll race you in my 96 civic and kick your ass lol

That DBS is fucking sweet man :thumbsup

watch your rearview for any 2009 gt-r whilst yer in that mitsu

Love the Aston Martin!

LOL...

you know where i'll be putting my money on.

Nice car Mike!

Mike, you might want to look at the BMW 135 for racing as well. I spoke with a guy that does aftermarket BMW performance parts (mainly computer chips / tuning / etc), and he's saying this car has been really easy for him to tweak.

Just a thought, since you are going with the Evo now.

Love your DBS. My fav car. I'm going to a track day in the next two weeks to race a Ferrari, Lambo, Aston Martin and a Porsche. 12 laps in each one. I'll post pics when I get back. Gonna ask them if I can take my BMW Z4 round the track too, just for fun :)

I just got the new R&T and they were equally surprised with the DBSs performance! They took 10 cars to a couple different tracks including Willow Springs Streets of Willow course as well as the Big Willow course and the DBS did way better then they thought, they said it handled impressively well :)

any pics of the S7, Mike?

wow sweet dbs

Mike, Oh the hard life you have ;)

hey you going to be in atlanta?

Too much free time on you hands.
You shoudl come back to the GOOD fantasy football league this year.

Were good people play.

Sounds like fun!! Tear it up!!


here is the flat black look im going for
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Please post a pic of the S7 :)

Yea, the DBS is pretty amazing... here is the S7

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Not sure on Atlanta yet... I won't be attending Florida this year for the first time ever.

OMFG what a beast! The Carbon Fiber trim all around is beautiful. They got it in the headlights and all the airducts are CF too it looks like. What a car, man! :thumbsup

You sure you wanna let go of it?

I think this thread should be stickied. It sure as hell gets the heart pumping seeing all those machines! How much is the S7? Will you take joins as payment? lol
WG

Mike you are a super hero in my book :)

hehe, I take joins :)

nice rides dude :thumbsup

dude...sweet cars for sure:)

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I love the Evo X however I like the IX body style better then the new one .
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I would take also the Evo over the STI anyday , the new car is too fucking ugly :Oh crap

LauraLee, who are you rooting for to be our starter? I think it should probably be Henne but I think they want him to sit for a year

congrats on the new chariot.. i love the Subaru WRX.. thanks for the pics

yea, it's VERY ugly.... :)

Thanks for the pic. That thing is awesome :thumbsup

When I pretend I'm getting a super car it's always a S7

Hmm didnt Adult Friend finder give a ferrari away? Why not Silvercash giving an S7 away? :winkwink:

hahaha, nice :)

Hey Mike,
I have the Mitsubishi too. I love that car inside and out. I've owned 15 cars before and this one is my hands down favorite. From cornering to acceleration to noise to ... well there's NOTHING about the car I could even try to pick on.

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Hmmm decisions, decisions

You could get a 2002ish Corvette C5 Z06 for about $25k, put slicks on it, racing harness, roll cage and maybe some upgraded suspension parts (<$10k) and commence with the track ownage.

Check out the Red Devil.



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go with the nissan gt-r :)

or bmw and turbo convert it. good horeses for a cheap penning there ;)

Love it bud.

ever consider http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html

if you get into REALLY curvy tracks you can't even really go wrong with a cobra replica... I'm a fan of the ones with the BMW suspensions. In ANY race the most important things are the HP to weight ratios.

best of all? you can buy a whole new kit for like $20k so even if you seriously fuck it up you know repairs won't cost you more than that... Those specs are a STOCK LS7 (corvette engine) and of course they come to life fairly cheap. Obviously if you're looking at a cobra factory five is NOT the best... this GTM though rivals the saleen S7 you say you love so much...

Damn... I want em all!

fuckkk me silly id be happy if i got hit by one of these let alone owned one

Damn, hot new evo and AM dude

wow, very nice! I'm a truck-type-girl, but I can appreciate a nice car. Mostly when it comes with a hot guy in it ha!

nice rides :thumbsup thanks for the pics :)

what a homo... mike's out driving fancy cars and i'm stuck with this...


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The new EVO is horribly ugly. A mix of a 7th gen civic with the front of a R34...:Oh crap

My car will lay waste to all those...

When its done, and it IS almost done.

Cobra MarkIII with 351HP:)

Good shit....

LoL, you spent your bonus money on the wrong color paint can :P

Recent shot of it from a few weeks ago. Since then we dropped the engine in and now getting all the belts and fans in, a bit of a ways to go but its getting there:)

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