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New guy here in western pa

Started by nitrous_mike, March 23, 2014, 10:32:28 PM

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nitrous_mike

Just getting on board here had some members suggest this site on another board that I just joined so here I am. MY name is Mike I am from western TN and work sent me north so here I am in western PA now, I am a long time ford guy who has had more mustangs then I care to think about but I will always have one as well. I picked up a '12 tuxedo black non pp sho  that has every damn option I guess even the massaging seats in July 12. All I have done to it thus far is the Airaid filter/box kit and a corsa cat back. I do wanna get down pipes, 3 bar map, and a tune this year if I can but since being out of work now for three weeks with a kidney stone that wont depart my body idk whats gonna happen.

I have a 04 f250 lariat cc fx4that has almost 200k miles on it now that has a programmer, 4" turbo back and egr delete since day with and the ole 6.0 still keeps on running with out any issues. There is also a full sized bronco 351 that just has TSL's and a gutted interior for hunting and taking the dog for a ride. I also have a 88 coupe that looks pretty stock but has a R block 308, victor JR heads, Victor 5.0 upper/lower, 80mm TB, 75# injectors, FAST, 76mm turbo, road race suspension... I also have some 160# injectors and may upgrade to a 88mm turbo if I can ever get it moved up here.

I also have a '12 Shelby with a ton of attitude and loves to race and she is truly the joy of my life.

Since I have a the  HTML codes up now I will go on and throw some pix up here.
The SHO when I was leaving Cincy pic by Beefcake.




The 250 back about 60k miles ago lol



The critter gitter




Motor for the coupe



The coupe still looking pretty stock with the road race suspension under it


And just a lil bit of cocky side lol



When I took delivery of my Shelby in May of '12




bpd1151

Welcome aboard EBPF! :hi:

Glad to have you here :newbie:

Enjoy getting to know your fellow Ecoboost enthusiasts, as well as the great group of vendors with their ever expanding collection of outstanding after market products! :ok:

Participate where ever you can and whenever you can!

Nice rides.

The "other" Mike :beer:

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SHOdded

Welcome to the community, glad you found your way over here :)  Lovely pic of Shelby!  Sorry to hear about your health issue, do you have any insurance coverage?  Aside from laparascopy, ultrasound can be used to break up kidney stones; a slower but still effective way to do it is using larger-than-normal doses of Vitamin C.
2007 Ford Edge SEL, Powerstop F/R Brake Kit, TXT LED 6000K Lo & Hi Beams, W16W LED Reverse Bulbs, 3BSpec 2.5w Map Lights, 5W Cree rear dome lights, 5W Cree cargo light, DTBL LED Taillights

If tuned:  Take note of the strategy code as you return to stock (including 3 bar MAP to 2 bar MAP) -> take car in & get it serviced -> check strategy code when you get car back -> have tuner update your tune if the strategy code has changed -> reload tune -> ENJOY!

DJE624

Welcome and Congratulations on the SHO....and Shelby! 

BiGMaC

Welcome to EBPF nitrous_mike!!  (and Shelby too, congrats!)
:WELCOME:
Glad you're aboard.

Lotsa great folks and info here... Being a car guy you can make us all smarter too.
Your gonna love the SHO! ...and modding it.
Nice stable.  Wonderful intro!
BTW,...Any mods on the Shelby?

•2013 Taurus SHO nonPP - All Ford factory options, 3BAR MAP, LMS v8 tune (mods for 3BAR, DPs, and T-stat), Paint & plastic correction, CQuart finest all exterior surfaces, limo black window tint,VLED Triton switchbacks, Daytime BrightLites switchback DRLs, full interior and exterior LED conversion, Lamin-X charcoal blackout tail lights and reflectors, PPE catted and coated downpipes, EBPP coated hotpipes with BoVs VTA, MDesign CAI
•2013 F250 CC Lariat 6.7EB Diesel -stock

nitrous_mike

Quote from: DJE624 on March 23, 2014, 10:41:19 PM
Welcome and Congratulations on the SHO....and Shelby!

Thanks, I did just undergo ESWL on Thursday but the one big stone between 5/6mm was hiding behind my rib so they could not get a good shot on it. I did pass a small sand grain size piece Friday night and thats been about it on it. I did finally get my FMLA papers yesterday so I will be going to the urologist tomorrow some time to get this started and I should get some short term disability but blah that barely covers the utilities. I do have pretty decent insurance but with two ER visits who knows what I will owe lol. I am tempted to try and get the doctor to try and let me go back but I do industrial maintenance for a living so thats all I need is to be in an electrical cabinet or trying to handle a 150# motor over head and have this sucker move on me. I have figured that I have stripper kidney stone since all it does is tease the crap out of me...

nitrous_mike

Quote from: BiGMaC on March 23, 2014, 10:42:31 PM
Welcome to EBPF nitrous_mike!!  (and Shelby too, congrats!)
:WELCOME:
Glad you're aboard.

Lotsa great folks and info here... Being a car guy you can make us all smarter too.
Your gonna love the SHO! ...and modding it.
Nice stable.  Wonderful intro!
BTW,...Any mods on the Shelby?

Thanks,I do love my SHO it is by far one of the most fun cars I have owned other then a T-type Buick that I had a while back. The Shelby did have the "sore butt" mod today since she has gotten into full swing of the terrible two's but it was fallowed up but soooowwwwy daaahhdaa and lots of loving lol.

QuickSilver

Welcome aboard Mike, You had me with the '12 Shelby thing. I'm reading along thinking this guy has *GOTTA BE* single :P 

There's a guy that works at the original NOS is Cypress (SoCal) that's name is 'Nitrous Mike' Thos he is into turbo Mopars and Chevy X-11's so clearly a different guy ;)  BTW I still have my black Buick turbo six (dash says #399 but its a 'tribute GNX') and you're right, they are fun 8)
AJ

2014 Ingot Silver Explorer Sport- LMS V3 Tune, AirRaid CAI, Hi_flow Catted DP's to Complete dual 2.5" exhaust, 19"X 9.5"TSW Panorama Rotary Forged/powdercoated Rims, Cree LED Foglights, Hoping for those Megan coilovers to be developed...

nitrous_mike

Quote from: QuickSilver on March 24, 2014, 12:49:40 PM
Welcome aboard Mike, You had me with the '12 Shelby thing. I'm reading along thinking this guy has *GOTTA BE* single :P 

There's a guy that works at the original NOS is Cypress (SoCal) that's name is 'Nitrous Mike' Thos he is into turbo Mopars and Chevy X-11's so clearly a different guy ;)  BTW I still have my black Buick turbo six (dash says #399 but its a 'tribute GNX') and you're right, they are fun 8)

I think he used to work for  NX back in  2000 when I raced FFW Reneged before they killed the class. His sn is how I wound up with the underscore on my sn.  Back when I started getting on message boards back in 99. There is also a Mike Nelson there that goes by nosnelson both are super nice and knowledgeable people who taught me a lot when I first got into melting pistons on a weekly basis

SHOdded

Quote from: nitrous_mike on March 24, 2014, 03:18:38 PM
...when I first got into melting pistons on a weekly basis ...
Gotta love it!
2007 Ford Edge SEL, Powerstop F/R Brake Kit, TXT LED 6000K Lo & Hi Beams, W16W LED Reverse Bulbs, 3BSpec 2.5w Map Lights, 5W Cree rear dome lights, 5W Cree cargo light, DTBL LED Taillights

If tuned:  Take note of the strategy code as you return to stock (including 3 bar MAP to 2 bar MAP) -> take car in & get it serviced -> check strategy code when you get car back -> have tuner update your tune if the strategy code has changed -> reload tune -> ENJOY!

mjhpadi

 :WELCOME:  Glad you've joined us.  Hope you enjoy your time here. You should join us this June at the Ford Nationals in Carlisle if you can make it.
2010 Candy Red SHO, Livernois Stage 4 Tune, Airaid CAI, Tinted Headlamps & Tails, LED Interior Lighting, LED Running Lights, LED Puddle and License Plate Lamps, LED DRL's, Window Tint, Rear Window Spoiler, V3 Triton Switchback Running Lights, Colgan Bra, Ford Racing Gauges (oil pressure, oil temperature, boost/vacuum)
Replaced by 2020 Hertiage Edition GT-350

SwampRat

WELCOME TO EBPF ..... gotta love the better half and getting to name the little one Shelby .....
2013 SHO  ....  not mine anymore

2021 Edge ST

nitrous_mike

Thanks for all of the warm welcomes guys, I doubt I will make any meets this year since I just blew all of my Vaca time with this crap and my job usually has me working 6/7 days a week.

Shelby wanted to say hey to everyone so here is a new pic of her with her nappy hair lol lucky girl looks like me but has her momma's attitude ugh god help me.


Since it was brought up about the old school nitrousmike that has helped me a ton over the years here is a pic of the old coupe I ran back in the day when 9.20's were flying in the 1/4 and 5.80's were moving out in the 1/8. I ran this car on 275/60 BFG's or 28x11 et streets depending on the track or org. I ran a 398" windsor with 15.5:1 cr brodix T 1's by keith craft and at the time I still ran a c-4 that I swear I had velcro holding it in I had to swap it out so much.


I do miss those days it was always fun running with Manny Geno since he was semi local to me when he and I both  would travel to each others home tracks then run the national events in the same class . Now living up here and all people do is bracket race..... I gotta see what I can do about showing these guys what heads up racing is lol.

QuickSilver

Dang Mike you're old :P  And I thought *I* waited late in life to propagate the species ;)  My kids will be in high school in a couple years and I'm preparing myself for their friends asking, 'Is that you grandpa picking you up today?' :-[

Nitrous Mike is the OG of Nitrous for sure :bow: but can be a bit crotchety if you catch him on the wrong day especially if you have dumb questions like I did 15 years ago.  He passed away right?
AJ

2014 Ingot Silver Explorer Sport- LMS V3 Tune, AirRaid CAI, Hi_flow Catted DP's to Complete dual 2.5" exhaust, 19"X 9.5"TSW Panorama Rotary Forged/powdercoated Rims, Cree LED Foglights, Hoping for those Megan coilovers to be developed...

goblues38

brings back memories.  I had an '89 LX 5.0 coupe.  Was the fiirst "new" car I ever bought.

2013 SHO w/pp
     -35% tint
     -relay wired to have parking lights on any time car is running
     -SCTx4 (Torrie Tune)
2014 Explorer Sport