Possibly found an S-TYPE R WOOHOOO
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It looks like Quartz is the color. Thats what the pics looked like of mine till I got a few coats of wax on her then she darkend up a little. Good luck and dont get too many tickets on the way back giving her some exercise.
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Mafioso, you'll be overwhelmed with glee when you sit behind the wheel after your handed the keys. The STR was my dream car and when "it" happened I was so excited. I did drive her hard most of the way home, beating up a 368 hp 09 Hemi Dodge Challenger on the way. Use and take care of her. Good Luck.
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Awesome, she still looks nice even with 95k on the clock. Now it's time to drop in a K&N airfilter, send the supercharger to EuroToys for a port and polish, 2.5 pulley, and low temperature thermostat=50+ hp & 70+ lbs. trq. for $850. Then take her to a dyno-tune shop for an ECU tune= another 25+ hp & trq. for $1200. Congratulations!
I would like to see how this effects the performance of the vehicle... 0-60 1/4 mile times
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yes masta!!! It was a potty break too. They might not like it if I went potty in it just before I traded it in
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bdelgros, I run a stock pulley (1.5 Mina Gallery pulley going in this weekend) with a full custom Magnaflow exhaust, and a K&N filter. She sounds and runs mean. The Magnaflow hi-flow cats, Magnaflow x-pipe, 2 1/2" pipe, and Magnaflow mufflers uncorked a huge bottleneck to flow resulting in a considerable improvement in throttle response, hp, and trq. I'm estimating 425+ hp @ 430+ lbs trq. If a stock STR can run 0-60 mph in 5.3 seconds and the 1/4 mile between 13.1 and 13.5 seconds, I bet my 03 STR can run 0-60 mph in approx. 4.9 seconds or less and a 12.9 or better 1/4 mile. Adding the 1.5 pulley may produce another 25+ hp and trq. An eventual ECU tune may conger out another 20+ hp and trq. I'm betting an STR can develop 475+ hp @ 525+ lb/ft trq without a blower port and polish. Eventual improvements in hardware and programming will produce 4.5 sec. 0-60 mph and 12.5 sec. 1/4 mile STR's.
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Yeah..I remember when I picked up my car in Santa Rosa, CA and thought about stopping by friends in L.A. on the way to Phoenix, stay overnight, take it easy...but I enjoyed the car soooo damn much I drove for 8 hours straight. 
Yup only took me that long....haha.
Yup only took me that long....haha.
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Mafioso, I told you you'de be surprised by the STR's juice. Now imagine a K&N air filter, 1.5 pulley, ECU tune, and opening up the exhaust.... Have a safe and enjoyable return trip back to the Lone Star State.
