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Garage Ride of the Month March

#1 User is offline   buffhomer 

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Posted 03 March 2006 - 01:47 AM








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Real Name: Eric Dotson

Age: 27

Where are you from: Grew up in El Paso but live in Albuquerque Now.

Vehicle Make/Model: Acura Integra GSR

Year of Car: 1997

Color: Emerald Green

Engine: There have been a few but curently a LS-Vtec Turbo

Transmission: GSR 5-speed w/Type-R LSD

Major Mods: Homemade Turbo, JDM front end conversion, Lambo doors, black interior swap, cameras everywhere.

Dyno Numbers: 334whp, 272wtq, both SAE in Albuquerque.

Performance Numbers: 12.8@115mph

How long have you had it: 6 years

Background of car: I've had this car longer than any other Ive put together. It has been a love/hate relationship. It has gone through so many changes. Several face lifts & motor/ turbo combinations. It is by no means a trailer queen. I drove it out to atlanta to show in the Nopi national event. It actually got a picture in a Super Street Magazine on their tour. I was also in the 2004 Super Nationals. I love to drive it, race it and show it.

Favorite memory with the car: Any time someone has told me that they didn't expect my car to be as fast as it is. Another highlight was winning in an import challenge that was held at Albuquerque Dragway in 2004. I went three rounds and the car and I just nailed it. It was a pretty awesome feeling. Then, I drove it home.

Is there anything you wish you could have done different: I just imagine what I could have if I had put all this money into a platform that had more power to begin with. There are things that annoy me like my lambo doors but they do look cool and get attention. All in all im pretty happy with what the car has become.

Comments/Thanks: I would like to thank every one that has ever helped with my car. To name a few, Jen for letting me get the car at the time and putting up with me. Mark, Cliff, George (jedibow), Eddie (5150), Ryan, Quinton (kovert), & Erik. Oh and byron too for buying all my old parts. If you would like to see videos or more pics of the car throughout the years look at my webpage.

Take a peek at Eric's huuge list of mods here!

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Posted 03 March 2006 - 01:52 AM

Very well deserved. I still want a ride Eric.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 01:53 AM

sick, finally! i absolutely love the back-up camera
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 01:59 AM

QUOTE(spooledup @ Mar 3 2006, 12:48 AM) View Post

Very well deserved. I still want a ride Eric.
Hey I was going to say that. Eric you are the man though. Congrats!!!!!!!! woo hoo.gif

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Posted 03 March 2006 - 03:14 AM

Beautiful!!

Heck... I've rode in it, now I wanna drive it. blink.gif

I'm very happy for you & your car. Congrats!!

May I say this is... HAWT!!! woo hoo.gif
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 03:27 AM

Congrats! Nice car!
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 03:49 AM

Congratulations buddy. Amazing car. Rode in it with it's current setup and I was very impressed. Great choice guys.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 04:03 AM

Congrats! I really like that first pic, i'm guessing Fox took it?

Edit: I'm a stupid head, it says will fox on the bottom right tongue.gif

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Posted 03 March 2006 - 08:24 AM

She's lookin' good Eric. Way to go
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 08:50 AM

Looking good E! All the hard work pays off from time to time...

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Posted 03 March 2006 - 08:51 AM

Nice. Congrats!
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 09:13 AM

It's about damn time!!! biggrinnew.gif

Congratulations, Eric! woo hoo.gif I'd love to see her rip down our track this summer (and blow the doors off of the honda kids out here)!!!
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 09:16 AM

finally smile.gif congratulations eric!! well WELL deserved IMO. smile.gif
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 09:28 AM

Thank you every one. Im honored. The pictures came out great Will. I also want to thank Erik for helping me clean her up and 1bad4dr for helping out on the picture shoot.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 09:29 AM

QUOTE(sq_creations @ Mar 3 2006, 08:24 AM) View Post

Thank you every one. Im honored. The pictures came out great Will. I also want to thank Erik for helping me clean her up and 1bad4dr for helping out on the picture shoot.


Anytime man. I still want to take a few more photos.
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