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Old 05-02-2013, 05:09 PM   #18
TheMAN
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good planning is the key to success, in anything
as for cars, I planned, inventoried all my tools, chemicals, and parts before I spent the entire weekend installing my OEM Mazdaspeed turbo kit... things didn't go without hiccups but it all went fairly smoothly... you can't plan for everything but you can plan to be prepared! For me I ended up having to buy new intercooler pipe clamps and a socket to remove the oil pressure switch (the specialised one I bought didn't work, ended up returning it and buying a regular deep socket)

for big projects like these, this is a must... I've seen my friends here in the local car club who don't plan for these big projects and just ended up wasting many hours driving back and forth to the parts store, getting substandard parts or parts that didn't fit and hacking together some **** to get the car going because it was their only car to get them to work!

Plan for long downtime... you need another car to drive during that downtime to get you to work or school... buy a cheap POS car if you have to.... if everything goes smoothly, then you won't have anything to worry about
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