Wow, so who were you trying to impress again?

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If you are refering to me...I am not trying to impress anyone. I am just saying that the lifestyle I live revolves around my cars and trucks. My wife and 3 children have accepted that in order to see me, you have to come down to the shop I usually spend 14+ hours a day there working on my toys, working on others toys and doing installs, talking on the phone to customers, taking care of problems with product, drinking beer!, fabricating parts, fixing broken toys, having at times 10 or more guys milling around with a bunch of diesel trucks outside just daring the cops to bust us for the repeated burnout and smoke shows.... but we dont go on vacations, we dont go out to eat often, we dont spend money on new furniture or other fancy things that many folks do. I spend thousands of dollars a year on my engines and drivetrains. I get more power each year, and I make it smarter, better and stronger each year. One one day, I may be able to beat some of the guys with nearly unlimited funds. But I am not one. When I lost the 521 this year, it was the end for me. I will be back next year...but many of the guys I am competitng with would have been back together in a week or two. I dont have 20 grand in a shoe box. I work hard for my money. I own an online performance store, have a 7 bay garage, supply parts to other garages, and contract to Westinghouse during the spring and fall doing nuclear plant shutdown maintenance. I spend a ton of money to be faster than most, but I turn that in as advertising. And I do what I can afford. I dont have credit cards or loans out on my toys. If it breaks and I have the funds to fix it...I do. If it breaks and I am broke....lol... It sets. My wife drives a Ford Excursion that she does the daily kid hauling in, does the grocery shoping in, and I use it to sled pull as well. I get top 5 finishes in the Diesel Street Open class in my wifes child hauler...yes it is a runner. But it makes me back money as I sale parts. Hence...why I want the Mazda to run. If I can not go and hit the drag strip, hit the flashlight drags...and pick up the occasional street run...and win....how can get any respect and get into selling parts for imports? I need to crawl before I can walk, and walk before I run. My intentions are simple....learn the game, and play the game, and supply the game! Same thing I did in sled pulls, and same thing I did in Diesel performance. When I get into something....I get WAY into it. ALways have. I seem to take everything to an extreme so long as the money and ability to learn are there. When I get bored, I will find my next challenge and I will move on. Sorry for the long winded reply.... Just wanted to make sure I was not coming off as an all talk, all show off, nothing in the plan kind of guy. I plan my Speed6 to be one of the faster cars you will know of. So long as life continues to treat me well and I can afford to play, and my health remains.......its all in the name of good fun!
I do my own chassis work, design my own suspension, fabricate everything I need. I cant think of the last time I payed another person to make me a part I needed that could be fabricated in an average metal shop. I am a welder, I build engines, I tune my own stuff, I trouble shoot, I wire my own vehicles from scratch, and I get paid to do the same stuff to other folks trucks. We have state of the art plasma and welding equipment from Esab and Thermal-Arc. I stock steel plate from 1/16" to 1/4" and square bar to 4"x4" in 20 foot sections. So, I am not impressing you, but unlike most folks...normal life for me is modifying cars/trucks and fixing broken cars/trucks. And I love this shit! I just wish I had more cash to play with, and employees to work for me so I had the time to spend the cash on my toys!