gearman
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• los Angeles, CA, USA |
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• Registered on 1/22/2003 |
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 Posted:9/24/2003 14:47 |
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I just had a visit with Eric Long .He has some business in LA and stopped by the shop to look around. It was nice to finally meet him. I let him drive my X to get his opinion on how it compared to his. He is very nice and very knowledgable, it was a pleasure. I am hoping we can get together for dinner before he leaves. 
01 excursion psd hellwig rear stabalizer 285 michelins suncoast converter transmission custom built with Transgo shift kit,by me.
TTS computer chip,next mod-TTS exhaust system
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RS-TX
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• Little River, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/22/2002 |
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• 298 posts |
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Posted:9/27/2003 22:00 |
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Cool! It would be neat to meet some of the guys here. Gearman, you are on the top of lots of lists I suspect. Have you ever considered leaving LA for beeeeutiful Little River, TX?  Lots of good parking around here! 
Rick
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E. Long
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• Subscriber since 1/1/2001 |
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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• Registered on 1/23/2001 |
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Posted:9/29/2003 22:50 |
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Mike it was great to meet you...will be e-mailing you this week. Unfortunately I wasn't able to free up any time. I was there for 2 nights and was only able to sleep one of them...thankfully the plane ride was 3.5 hours! 
Definitely like the TTS flip chip and am slowly counting down the miles to 100k when my engine warranty is up. At that point I think I'm going to re-install a chip (but go with the TTS model) and upgrade a few other things that Ford would normally piss and moan about under the factory warranty.
I highly recommend visiting Gearman's shop...not just for Gearman's company but because it's close to the airport, you may get lucky and see one or two lovely ladies offering "horizontal refreshments"!! 
Also, to those of you upgrading the torque converters and installing shift kits, go with a chip that increases the pressure in the trans for firmer shifts...Mike's X drove significantly better than my X. I had a Hypermax chip (which makes absolutely no changes to the trans) with an aftermarket converter and transgo shift kit, and it did not shift or feel as good as Mike's trans.
The 50HP setting on Mike's chip is also really nice. Just enough to make the X that much more peppy but not enough to be burning up the trans or laying down a black smoke screen for the drivers around you. Love the fact that you can switch from factory, to 50 HP, to 100 HP on-the-fly.
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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RS-TX
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• Little River, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 11/22/2002 |
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• 298 posts |
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Posted:9/30/2003 17:54 |
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So nice he had to post it twice! 
Rick
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