+++MSX, Turbo's and Goats, OH MY!+++

So yesterday I take a road trip with Brandon to Turlock and hook up with Billy at MSX for some turbo upgrades. :thumbsup:

Turbo?

Yep, TURBO baby! :rockon:

But it wasn't on a Lightning....

Billy was wrenching on my wifes PSD Excursion, changing out the turbo wheel and exhaust housing to eliminate turbo surge. :bored:

I snapped a few pictures while I was there...







If you don't know, those tattoo'd arms belong to LL. That's where the "Goat" from my thread title comes in!

Larry was there dropping off his GTO to have a S/C installed! Yeesh, that freaking car is fast as hell too, WITHOUT the S/C! And it sounds very nice with the long tubes on it!

Larry was very generous with his car too, letting me drive it several times throughout the day! :beer: :thumbsup: :rockon:

All in all, it was a fun day of wrenching and hanging out with other gear heads because Matt, Dave, and Pete were all there too at some point, just hanging out.

Stewart

thats cool shit man.. those psd's can really move out too with the right mods.

Larry is the man!! That's a lot of ink LL!! Awesome shoes too!

I like the milk crate workbench. :-D

Those shoes do rock.

Hey Stewart it was great to see you and Brandon again.

Guys that Excursion hauls butt. Stewart decided to show me what it would do when you mash the loud pedal in the middle of a turn.

Big thanks to Matt for letting me use my old SHO to drive home and back to Turlock when I pick up my GOAT.

It was also nice to meet Pete. He has a wicked black anniverary edition KB Cobra.

ChrisNelson said:

Larry is the man!! That's a lot of ink LL!! Awesome shoes too!

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Thanks Chris. I worked in a tattoo/piercing studio in Las Vegas.

Guess what we did in our spare time? :rockon:

The white part on the shoes glows in the dark. epper:

Billy took me by his new shop. IT'S FRIGGIN BEAUTIFUL! Congrats Billy and MSX:beer: :beer:

Very cool. Nice to finally put a face to the name LL.

Damn Larry you cut all your hair off.

I should be out there for round 2 of trying to get the lower pulley off. After around 7 hours, alot of broken tools and a 700lb impact gun I had to take my loss and go home to try another day. This time he picked up a 1" drive 5' long breaker bar
Lets see if we can break that. =)




As you can see we broke a 1" craftsman wrench at the handle :cuss:

been there, that shit wasnt easy... Ended up going to a machine shop to get it off.

2 of many many sockets and wrenches.

Are you guys turning it the right way??

I got my JDM puelly off like this -

Tried that, broke and bent a 1" craftsman wrench and a breaker bar

All in all we have broken 4 1/2 drive breaker bars.
Yes we are turning the right direction =)

After I pulled the stock motor I had to use a cold chisel and a BFH to get the spindle off.

fuelonempty said:

been there, that shit wasnt easy... Ended up going to a machine shop to get it off.

2 of many many sockets and wrenches.

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What did the Machine shop do?????

Billy said we might cut it out w/ a torch if we can't get it

Think Craftsman will honor their tool lifetime warranty with your lower pulley removal?

:rockon: They did :rockon:

wow LL has tats and piercings! Defiantly not what I was expecting LOL
However bad ass!! I was lookin at workin in a shop in town but I was offered a job with the company im with now that i couldnt turn down.
for the pulley...by chance have you tried a blow torch and heating it up?

Gripstang said:

Very cool. Nice to finally put a face to the name LL.

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Thanks Anthony.:rockon:

THUNDER BOLT said:

Damn Larry you cut all your hair off.

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Yep. I cut some and nature took some.:lol1:

Kryo-Genik said:

wow LL has tats and piercings! Defiantly not what I was expecting LOL
However bad ass!! I was lookin at workin in a shop in town but I was offered a job with the company im with now that i couldnt turn down.
for the pulley...by chance have you tried a blow torch and heating it up?

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Thanks. I'm sleeved, tats on my back, legs and chest.

I have an appointment with a local shop here to do a large tiger crawling up my left calf with some bamboo and and a large sun above shining down on the tattoo.

I'm addicted to the ink.epper:

Dang.......I was going to stop by Billys shop, but the lawn was crying for help.

George

Hey it was nice seeing you guys again. You would never expect some of coolest guys you ever meet to be from a car enthusiast board. By the way I got my new kit in today. This direct port kit will be a blast!

Larry, no problem any time.

NICE kit Matt. Your Stang is going to fly.:rockon: