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Jims5543

M –47
Jensen Beach, Florida
United States

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About Jims5543’s Garage

About me and my passion for cars

Sports car addict, love all cars. Participate in Autocrosses and Track Days. Love to play on Dragons Tail when I have the time.

My first car

1971 Dodge Colt

Car I wish I still had

1967 Mustang

My dream car

Porsche GT3

Car clubs I’m in

Pelican Parts
Deals Gap Group (Killboy)

Favorites

Type of racing: F1
Driver: Schumacher / Raikonnen / Massa
Driving song: Thunder Kiss '65
Car movie: Ronin
Car book: Autocourse
Car magazine: Racer
Car game: GT4

— Profile last updated: Feb 11, 2010

Date Joined	Nov 6, 2006
Trophies	39
Garage Views:	7,544
Challenges	W: 2 L: 1
Blog Posts	16 view
Photos	96 photos in 9 albums
Videos	12 view
Cars	4 view
Parts	1 for sale

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Enthusiast Groups

Deals Gap Dragon Slayers Enthusiast

Group open to all enthusiasts of this wonderful road on the border of NC/TN. 318 turns in 11 miles baby!

NC, US

Porsche Enthusiasts of... Enthusiast

Porsche, the worlds premier sportscar. From humble beginnings to todays top rated sports cars. Porsche loyalists are a very unique group. We love everything about the marque. From street driving, road racing, rallys, fun runs. You name it, Porsche people get together for lots of reasons, but we...

Nebraska, United States

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Business Groups

VideoBroker.net Business

VideoBroker.net get you the exposure you need to sell your high end Auto, home, yacht or plane. We create online video commercials to showcase whatever you are selling. We also offer Street Videos where LCD's have been placed in stategic locations giving you exposure to the people that spend...

Florida, United States

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: corndog64

Dec 8, 2006 at 8:40 pm: Jim,
Your story about "Some People Just Don't Understand"....is dead-on...
Especially Chicks, just try to explain to your Wife/Girlfriend/Mom why you need a rebuild kit for your Triple Webbers for Christmas!

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Jims5543’s Friends 1 – 3 of 16

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: BugeyeRX

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Cars (0)

: 1987 Mazda RX7 Turbo (Black Sunshine)

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Parts and Collectibles 1 of 1

Parts For Sale

: 3.6 Porsche Tune up kit

Parts Wanted

Jims5543 has no Car garage parts wanted.

Photo Albums and Videos 1 – 2 of 9

: New Paint and hood on the 7; Photos: 8

: 330i First pics; Filed under 2001 BMW 330i (BMW); Photos: 8

Jims5543’s Car Garage Blog 1 – 3 of 16

New Paint - Car is purring

Feb 10, 2010

I inherited some money and my wife insisted I spend it on me. So I decided to get the 7 painted, it was getting long in the tooth and needed it bad. All the track days and Ax's...

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Did some tuning pulls, Houston, we have traction issues.

Jan 1, 2008

I took her out Dec 31 and did some tuning pulls, video in my garage, and had a hard time keeping her planted in second gear. Every time the tach hit 5K RPM's the tires gave up...

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I have declared the break in done.

Dec 28, 2007

Filed under: 1987 Mazda RX7 (Black Sunshine)

I am boosting at will and just staying clear of redline. I am not taking it over 6K RPM for the next week or 2 and will finish cleaning up the maps to 6K then work on the 6-8K maps. I had to try WOT in second gear again on a warmer afternoon with warm...