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Nice, not far from us at all! Two of us are off of Belmont, I'm on Qualla, one is off Robious. Then we have our one outlier north of the river in Mechanicsville.

Welcome. Where in Chesterfield? Most of us are in the Hull Street/Courthouse Road area. We get together all the time, though it's mostly organized through our group text and not on the forums. Maybe once we meet you guys we can start including you and @Solarsurge in our plans. A lot of the...

I do have one, but I unfortunately don't loan out any tools anymore. Too many things have come back damaged or missing, so all work with my tools is done in my shop now. I know that doesn't help you at all, but unfortunately too many people have taken advantage of my kindness and has now...

Nice! I was able to flip a second one for a nice profit a couple years ago. I think that's the motor that @Youngwonder is talking about actually.

I don't remember what time it was, but I saw a Gen2 Speed yesterday in the West End and I was trying to look for your yellow calipers to see if it was you but I couldn't get a good enough look. I remember you mentioning Cars and Coffee so I figured it could've been you if you were hanging out...

Yay for Richmond people. The bulk of us live in Chesterfield off of the Courthouse/Huguenot main drag somewhere. Except for one guy in Mechanicsville, but he's special. It sounds like you'll fit right in with us. We've all touched just about every bolt on these cars and have done just about...

Because obviously the Speed is not a very good commuter car for the OP, otherwise this thread wouldn't exist. I can totally understand that annoyance of stop and go traffic with any sort of drivetrain slop. Shit, stop and go traffic sucks in ANY car. But, from what I've seen from the mounts...

Sounds like the best solution is to get a cheap but comfy beater/commuter and then get the full Damond package for the Speed when you want to romp on it with absolutely zero torque steer or wheel hop. Such a drastic difference over how the car behaved with stock mounts and stock power. I went...

Konigs are about as cheap as they come unless you are looking at paperweights like XXRs haha.

As far as I know, though I could be very wrong, XXR still uses rather old technology. If you want to stay on the cheaper side, Konig wheels have come a long way in the past decade or so. They have some decent looking wheels for relatively cheap.

They look bad IMO. They look cheap, feel cheap, are cheap. Sizes are all wonky (why do we need 8.75" wide wheels?) I have run them before, back before they were even called XXR and when I was younger and dumber. They promptly proceeded to fall apart. Granted this was back in 2005-2006ish...

Say no to XXR.

I think it's a solid plan and it sounds like you've done some research which is refreshing to see. I know all about building to a specific class, so if 320whp fits your class then it makes sense to build to that. However, I will caution you this as this has happened to myself and many others...

The best type of car.

I wish I could bring my Miata to the Dragon, I bet it'd be a load of fun. Mine is track only (not registered/insured) though. The Speed is still a blast though, so I really can't complain! I just cant wait to be back down there!

You have the rest of your life to be an adult, why start now?!?!

Can't wait.

YES.

Mine have been perfect so far, but others that ordered with me are starting to fail. I also park in an insulated garage year round where everyone else local to me parks outside.

Welcome back! I know there used to be a large active group up in NoVA, but I'm not sure who's still around. There is a group of 5-6 of us in Richmond that still get together weekly-ish though.