08/04/08 - Mn passes more auto laws
07/05/08 - Jack & Jim's 4th of July top 50 car show a success
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Hi , I'm Travis and am either wrenching or wiring something or relaxing by the firepit with a drink in my hand. When broke or bad weather spend my time on line making wish lists for things for the car or chatting with all of my wonderful on line car friends. I like camping and hitting up car shows, online texas hold em and Playstation.
I have used my Angelfactory ID for years on car sites and here is the story of that... My wife and I have had 5 miscarriages, that is why our kids are 10 years apart in age, one night drinking with friends out by the firepit and having a pretty good buzz going the conversation drifted to the miscarriages and then it happened, someone said the popular "well God has a plan" Or "they are in a better place" This is a stupid thing to say to someone who just had a loss and don't know who the first was to say it or why it caught on as a sympathetic thing to say but it is just retarded. My response was a drunken shout "F*ck God , I'm not a damn angel factory!" and the name just stuck ever since. I have since made my peace and my life is going as well as anyone elses and we have been blessed with our 2 sons after a long 10 yr wait.

Thanks for coming to check out my Probe GT. Purchased on May 15th 2008. I bought this car to replace a 94 Probe GT that was an automatic that was my first Ford and I fell in love with it. I figured if I was going to go all out on a car might as well start with the right car and bought this one with a 5 speed. Swapped everything from the old one to this one in 3 days with the wife's help and took it to it's first show where it took 2nd place 1982-2002 modified class.
A little history lesson on the Probe. Ford being co owner of Mazda asked Mazda designers to come up with a sleek front wheel drive design for the 89 Mustangs. Several designs were tossed around and many revisions and compromises were made to shave weight and get the car lower and important to Ford was a complete wrap around rear window glass. When Fox bodied Mustang fans found out what was in store for their beloved Mustang they were prepared to burn detroit to the ground if the Probe was released as the new Mustang so a name change was done and the new Mustang was renamed the Ford Probe. It is based on the Mazda mx6 platform and the Probe was picked car of the year in 1993 and also won the honor of best seat design and safety awards for being the first car to offer driver and passenger side airbags as standard equipment since 94.The Probe line ran until 1997 when dropping sales caused Ford to give up on the Probe. Something Ford is good at. When toying with the idea to reintroducing the Probe as a new and improved model again a name change was in order and it was released as the newly redesigned Cougar. Now that you know you can see the simularity huh?
So now you know the Ford Probe is basically a Mazda with the blue oval emblems and was built in Detroit. The Probe GT's speedo goes up to 140 and many have reported it will do it. I won't because I rolled a car with the needle buried before and it wasn't fun. My back aches every day of my life and will probably only get worse as I get closer to gumming my food and crapping my pants. Drive safe!

Where to start? First thing I did is swapped the hood for a VIS carbon fiber invader style hood.
converted to 97 taillights with the center GT panel
Bomz cold air intake
Optima battery
sunami gold plated battery terminals
10.2 mm red Iridium plug wires
NGK Iridium spark plugs
MSD 6AL box
MSD blaster coil
autometer Pro Comp ultralite gauges
Speedhut pillar gauge pod
16" American Racing rims
Yokohama Tire
Alpine cd/mp3/ipod player
Ipod nano
Alpine M450 watt amp
Sony 500 watt amp
Stinger 1 farad NOS capacitor
2 Bazooka NOS 6 sub tubes
All stock speaker locations replaced with Alpine Type S speakers
Alpine 10" Type R subwoofer
Clifford alarm system
Pilot red neon
Custom built by me sub enclosure/amp rack
carbonfiber gauge bezel
xtc silverfaced gauges
13" Pyramid monitor
Playstation 2
smoked corner lenses
painted brake calipers
painted interior
Ford Racing floor mats
I think that is it for now. I'll add em as I remember or get new stuff.
Keep in mind this is all in the first month and the car is far from done. Just wanted to make it mine and comfortable to my tastes until I have the money to do the more expensive work.

May 18th 2008 2nd place 1982-2002 Modified class Willmar car show



July 4th 2008 Top 50 award Jack&Jim's top 50 car show in Duelm Mn.


was 1 of 4 featured for the county newspaper in the Milaca Car Show ,I'm on the top left playing Guitar Hero out of the back of my car.


7-19-08 Took 2nd place in 71 to present class at Foreston fun days car show.



Kill list ...
3.1 v6 Chevy Corsica
3.0 v6 Mitsubishi Eclipse

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My Past Rides
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2471833
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2672520
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2914174
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2986355
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2090664
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2997624

# of autolog users when I signed up 4959.

KLZE engine and turbo with the megasquirt stand alone management system. Paint and body mods. One maker is claiming to have completed a carbonfiber hatch for the Probes so will watch the status of that with great interest.
A set of Bomz or equally affordable racing seats. More painting done in the interior and I think I am going to wrap my enclosure in the hatch in red vynal where it is red now . Just don't like the look of the painted wood. Some black rims with a chrome lip, not sure which brand yet. Saw some Shelby signature american racing rims designed for the new Mustangs that would look hot and fit but just not sure yet.


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