DOOTalk Sled Forums http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:10 -0500 20 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344822
Quote: Dude, no. This is serious. I just sharted]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:59:14 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344822 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344264 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:06 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344264 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344877 better pics for you guys, hope you approve. Looks better up close in person. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:14 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344877 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344566 I have often wonderd how this question would fare in a poll iam a die hard Ford fan cause i work for them but what car do you like the best and why? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:46:32 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344566 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=326078 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:59:07 -0400 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=326078 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344888

Any help guys so I can show up the twins? thanks]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:20 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344888 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172206 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:13:42 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172206 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344866
Thanks.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:40 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344866 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344889 I have a brand new, 3XL Klim Valdez parka for sale, still has original tags and everything on it. I thought it was the right size but its a little too big on me. $325. Email amaylett@sympatico.ca Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:34:10 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344889 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=340595 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:56:45 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=340595 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344774 ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:31:48 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344774 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344865
Here is the problem


There is a large gap underneath the hood that allows snow to enter.
Kydex

I cut a 1 inch strip about 20 inches long. Put a 90 degree bend in the middle and trimmed the ends


Four pop rivits and voila!

No more gap
Kydex is great material to work with and you can make all kinds of helpful items for yourself like this intake deflector.
]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:12 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344865 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=110178
I asked if they were doing a series on Dinasaurs?? LOL

I was shocked, they said now that I have this new body would I be willing to show it off?? I didn't really know what to say as I was very interested in doing it.

I told them I would get back to them.

When I got home I phoned Randy and told him....he said and you said NO right! I said. actually I was considering doing it. He was SHOCKED!!

Is it wrong for me to be considering it?? Am I too old?? I am flattered to be asked should I just leave it at that??

What say you all my fellow sledders??



]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:37:23 -0400 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=110178 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344359
Im taking my sled out west in a couple weeks, so i need a high elevation set-up for my factory BMRT mod, I Plan to run the high comp heads and race gas at least until i get back from the mountains. I did some searching and came up with nothing..

I would also very much appreciate a set up for the mod at low elevations as well, so i can do some testing before i leave. It has 310's in it now, Im assuming thats pretty lean for a mod seeing as it was raced before i picked it up.

It has in it now;

310 mains
50 pilots
150 powerjet
needle 3rd clip from top
Airscrew One turn out

cant tell you right now what it has in it for clutching but i can find out if necessary.

Im coming off a stocker rs so any information about mods and mod set ups is greatly appreciated..

A good starting point with main jets, needle position, pilot jet, and some light clutching would be great!

Thanks]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:05:29 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344359 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344328 also can the stator or cdi box have the effect of only messing up one cyl. i wouldent think so since they all fire at the same time thats why i havent questioned the trigger totally open to suggestions to try next thanks ERIC]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:42:42 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344328 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344780 any responses are appreciated...thx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:54 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344780 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344781 We were thinking about buying a variety of bolts that fit different parts on the sled, as well as any other parts that a guy can easily buy and keep on hand in case something happens.

Does anyone else do this? If so, I would love to see a list of what you have. Once I get a good list compiled, I will head down to Doo and buy it. Then, hopefully, a trip won't get ruined by a sheered off bolt or something similar.
I understand that I can't carry everything, but just maybe some suggestions on basics.
Thanks.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:51:24 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344781 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=342993 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:28:58 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=342993 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=312450 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:00:29 -0400 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=312450 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344830
Thanks!]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:52 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344830 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=216816 Just vote either "Yes, have a can" or "No, don't have a can."
Thanks]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:39:26 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=216816 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=342401 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:50:25 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=342401 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=275233 if there is anyone else here from wisconsin? where you located? i am in eau claire, wisconsin. and if anyone is interested in riding up in this area let me know i ride all i can lol. and we have a trip planned for feb 20th to eagle river, wisconsin. we rented a 5 bedroom cabin thats sleeps 10 for 320 a night, we only have a total of 3 couples right now. so if interested let us know. its 213 a couple right now but the more that comes the cheaper it is. and it does not have to be a gf or wife we just started this as a couple of buddies wanting to ride somewhere besides here. and you can leave the gf's behind.]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:30:22 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=275233 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344168 I just started my 440/600HO project for the first time. I let it run on the stand for a little while, while I checked everything over. When I was done I did a compression check and both cylinders were in the 155-160 psi range. I am running a 600 MOD head cut down for pump gas. Is that compression to high to be running 91-93 octane fuel or am I OK? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:26:15 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344168 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=343635
Looking to see if there is any interest!

Located in Hawley, MN (between Fargo, ND & Detroit Lakes, MN)

Less than 400 miles.. Went to college didn't have time to ride

Never ridden with stock plastic

Electric Start

Optional
BLACK:
-Hood
-Side Panels
-Body Panel Attachment Kit
-Center Console
-Seat
-Cover

$7300 or Best Offer
(Don't really want to get rid of my sled as of now....Waiting for a confirmation on another)

**DOES NOT include pink ski's or handguards - WILL SELL STOCK!**]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:05:19 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=343635 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344353 ]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:43:14 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344353 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=343310




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During the end of last season....sled seemed to be bottoming out quite a bit. So, I'm pretty sure I need new torsions. But the "colors" don't mean squat to me???

Anyway....Could one of you experts please make a recommendation? I weigh about 200# and ride the UP - mostly off trail and some on trail.

Thx]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:25:41 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344828 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=343950 I have an 03 rev 600ho have many parts left frt shocks nun arms counsole drive shaft jack shaft and many more you can call or text me with what you need 763-234-8015 I am in mn thanks steve Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:31:15 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=343950 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344882
email me if you want more pictures. $29.95 a set plus shipping.

thanks
S.M.T.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:54:55 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344882 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344576 My buddies 99 FIII 700
Sled ran just fine when I fogged it for storage last spring. It sat covered in his heated garage all summer until we brought it to my house so I could replace a bad base gasket for him. we knew it was bad near the end of last season but all the same, it ran fine.

So I replaced all the top end gaskets, pulled it to start it for the first time this season and it wont start.
It's getting fuel (I know because all the plugs are now wet).
I checked for spark and there isn't even a hint of power at any of the three cylinders???? *scratching head*
(I even did the electricute myself test on each cylinder by sticking a screw driver in each plug cap and held the metal as my buddy pulled like a mad man "giggling his a$$ of waiting for me to jump...

Now anyone who's taken the top end off one of these things know that there's nothing electrical touched in the process unless you count the coolant temp sensor as electrical.

To me, I'd say the stator pooped out but wouldn't that be an odd coinsidence??? I'll remove the darn thing if I can't find anything else but I just think it's odd that that it could go bad just sitting there.


Anyone?? I'm not thinking too well at this time. As most of you know, one hour work on a sled equals four beer and I've been at it for three hours...*hickup*]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:52 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344576 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344695 If I can, should I? Why or why not? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:51:20 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344695 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=315341 TRADES CONSIDERED (IF YOU HAVE THEM): NOS system, Stock or Ported 800/800ho cylinders, Boss Highrise seat for ZX chassis, ZX, Rev and XP rebuildable fronts including Air shocks and SC3 121" standard rebuildables, resi or piggyback shocks, 17-18 inch front Piggyback Aftermarket Shocks for Revs including Air, 827/830/840, or stock 800R or 800HO PowerTek motor, SC4 rails, SC4 Billet wheels, 91 octane / Super gas tank cap or billet cap, clutch tools, Rev custom rear bumper, Shovel w/ rev underhood mount, medium Tekvests - I WILL ALSO CONSIDER PURCHASING THESE IF YOU HAVE THEM, LMK.

No unreasonable low-ball offers please. I am pricing from other Dootalk items, Ebay, HCS, personal experience and compare them with discounted new costs to obtain a fair market value for every item. I hope that I can save some you guys some money and help you out. If you see that I have something substantially overpriced please let me know, I am trying to be at average to less on my pricing and I am flexible. Please read list fully as the sold parts are also indicated near the bottom.

Make offers now. Some of this stuff is heading for feeBay soon.

All prices are up for best offer, as is, good used condition unless otherwise noted, and do not include shipping. I can take Visa, MC, Amex, Discover and Paypal. If you need the bolts or screws, etc for your particular part - ask as I may have them.

PHOTOS throughtout pages 1-6.

RT Parts Available:
I am parting out a running Mach Z 1000sdi and many parts will work on Revs also.

- This sled does not have electric start
- 1000 sdi Engine $1800 with attached throttle body assembly, reeds and erave system inc. actuator motor, coolant hoses, mounting brackets and fuel rail and line (easy swap, just put in and connect hoses, fuel line and electronics, everything already synched) - has less than 2000 miles on a full dealer rebuild due to leak in oil line - $4500+ in parts and runs strong. Includes water and oil pumps. $2000 with stator and flywheel.
- Clutch cover complete $15
- 13 LED taillight bulb (stock replacement) $10
- Windshield (about a half inch piece of trim missing at top and a few light scuffs) $25
- Rear gauge pod housing $7
- Gauge pod (front) $8
- Seat (Black w/ gray stripe) no tears $75
- HPG Front shocks w/ springs $65 each
- TRA5 primary clutch w/ ring gear (completely stock - low miles on spring and arms due to clutch kit) $325
- TRA 5 stock arms (qty. 2) $10 each
- Tach Tachometer $30
- 44/33 Roller Helix (Doo) $25
- Throttle body Airbox $25
- Side panel Airbox $25
- Pipe $200 shipped (US 48)
- Stock Can (barely used) $50
- Master Cylinder w/ lever and line $40
- Brembo Brake Caliper w/ newer high performance pads $75
- Chaincase w/ bearings $100
- Chain $50
- 29t $10
- 49t $30
- Drive shaft (sprockets have some damage, shaft is good) $30
- Battery cradle with bolts and strap for non-electric start SDI's $10
- ECM with key $200
- Headlight Assembly $75
- Chassis (mildly bent near upper left a-arm mount) $200 ob, not that bent with small tear near left steering boot and tunnel exchanger leaks, front is good. Easily brought back into usable condition. Attached plastics are included but moderately cracked yet usable as is. See photos on pages 5 & 6.
- Stator $150
- Flywheel $100
- Fuel gauge $40
- Tank mounted fuel level sensor & float assembly $40 ($60 combo'd with gauge)
- SDI Gas tank w/ fuel pump and no level sensor (opening only) $260 ($300 combo'd with gauge and sensor)
- Bulkhead fuel pump w/ hoses $40
- Bulkhead steering controls complete less shaft and tie rods $30
- Steering shaft $30
- Electrical Capacitor $40
- Misc. Electronics $Ask and make offer
- Voltage Regulator $90
- Wire harness assembly, includes fuse panel and is almost fully entact (easy swap) $75
- Raves (full valve assembly) $150 (if motor doesn't sell as whole)
- Rave motor and cables $150 (if motor doesn't sell as whole)
- Reeds w/ boots $60 each (if motor doesn't sell as whole)
- Throttle bodies $150 (if motor doesn't sell as whole)
- Coolant Resevoir with cap $25
- Coolant Hoses (choice - most with clamps) $5 each
- Y-Pipe $75
- Oil resevoir with cap and recoil handle guard $25
- Coil and plug wires $100
- Bulkhead steering brace $5
- Nosepan bulkhead brace $10
- Plastic nose electronics tray and headlight bracket $20
- Spindle (lightly tweaked with a small 2mm long crack, but usable) $5
- Nosepan screen $5
- Upper A-arms $50 each


Rev Parts Available:

- 440 Racing Flap with sticker (photo on page 6) will work on all chassis. $65 ob shipped Sale Pending
-SC3 Stretched to 136" $200(Tracks USA extensions) I will not seperate the extensions from the rails as there is no market for a 121" with holes in the rails. $350 with HPG's from my wife's 05 sdi. $575 with a HPG center and the c46 below.
- C46 Shock $250 (revalved beginning of season by Ian - Monster Performance)
- Center X shock & spring $200 (rebuildable, revalved beginning of season by Ian - Monster Performance)
- 13 LED Taillight Bulb (stock replacement) $10
- 44/33 Roller Helix (Doo) $30
- Seat (Black w/ gray stripe) $75
- Drive shaft (sprockets have some damage, shaft is good) $30
- Battery cradle with bolts and strap for non-electric start SDI's $10
- Headlight Assembly $75
- Fuel gauge (oem) $40
- Tank mounted fuel level sensor & float assembly $40 ($60 combo'd with gauge)
- 55-85# progressive rate yellow front shock springs (2) $20 (two seasons on them)
- Upper A-arms $50 each
- Lower control arms w/ stabilizer brackets for 03-05 MY Revs $100 each


Misc Stuff for sale:

- Yamaha 600 vmax parts clutch (needs an arm and moving sheave to be complete) $75
- Brand New Ladies Coldwave Aspen Coats - MSRP for $199 ($65 includes US shipping)
I have 2 blue and 1 jade (green) in medium. $65 each. See them here: http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=314970

RT PARTS THAT SOLD:
- Rear Bumper $15, $25 shipped
- Heel Clicker Adjustable Clutch Arms (set of 3) $60 PU
- Straight Handlebars $25 PU
- SC4 idler wheels (set of 4 gray, 2 need bearings) $20, $28 shipped
- Percision Skis (black / black) $100 mount plate needs repair or replacement on one ski (it could be turned around and used just fine), includes rubbers and carbides good for at least one more season. PU
- Water Temp gauge $50 shipped w/ sending unit
- Speedo Speedometer with 2262 miles $140 shipped
- Trunk cover (black) $10
- Rear seat cover with trunk (black) $20, $45 shipped
- Dynoport Barker Ceramic Can $200
- Hood $80shipped w/ screens, 1 good hinge and 1 bent but fixable
- Clutch side panel $125 shipped w/ air deflectors/vent
- Exhaust side panel $125 shipped w/ air deflectors/vent
- Center console $70 shipped
- Tunnel Bag (black w/ gray SKI-DOO, for 04-07 RTs and Revs) $50 shipped
- 4.5" Doo Riser $30 shipped
- Riser Pad (gray SKI-DOO lettering) $10
- Barely used Wave rotor $80 shipped
- Jackshaft $125 shipped


REV PARTS THAT HAVE SOLD:
- Button Secondary $50 (full - stock 600 or 800), $90 shipped to Canada[s]
[s]- Cudney Clutch kit $130 shipped (includes primary & secondary springs, RER helix, and Dalton adjustable arm weights)
- Forged TRA3 Primary Clutch $150 shipped full - stock 800 (has some small dings in the fixed sheave from a loose tool - doesn't seam to have any effect on operation)
- Forged TRA3 Primary Clutch $220 shipped full - stock 800 (no dings)
- DJ SMT RER Helix $135 shipped
- Rear HPG Shock (SC4 or 5) $80
- Center HPG w/ spring (SC3, 4 & 5) $85 ]]> Sat, 02 May 2009 00:51:53 -0400 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=315341 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344575 I heard from a couple people now that a person should run 87 pump gas in the rotax s3 reed valve motors. I always that the 91 non oxy gas was what a guy was suppose to use. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:15:35 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344575 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344292 Curious if you like.

Thinking about go to Gates, alot cheaper.]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:16:59 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344292 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=336362
9T extrovert drivers on drive shaft $199
03.5 BM chaincase, same as 04+ $65
43t bottom $20
74 link silent chain $25
speedo sensor $15
racing brake lever/caliper w/ braided line $50
voltage regulator $25
ZX snow flap (yellow SKI DOO logo) $25
rev fuel pump $40

2006 GSX Ltd parts:

06 handlebar from gsx w/ mirrors $20
06 Blue side panels $80
06 blue front bumper $40


SOLD
motor package SOLD
black hood SOLD
console SOLD
upper A arms SOLD
lower A arms SOLD
headlights SOLD
mid height fixed windshield SOLD
X Handlebar kit w/ grips, controls, riser SOLD
X Steering post SOLD
blue Trunk and lid SOLD
440x snow flap SOLD
Wave brake rotor SOLD
skid plate Yellow SOLD
121"x1"x15" studded camo track 96 woody's SOLD
06 HPG front shocks GSX 400kms SOLD
06 HPG center rear GSX 400k /s] SOLD
[s]06 VR rear shock GSX 400k SOLD
SC10 III skid SOLD
06 blue pilot 5.7 skis complete 400kms SOLD
2003.5 Blair Morgan Tunnel complete with full length cooler & all supports SOLD
4.5" X package Riser - $30 sale pending

all parts located in Toronto, Ontario

UPDATED NOV 10th 2009]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:21:21 -0400 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=336362 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344881 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=173031http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=173032http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=173031my pipe was looking pretty ratty so took it to work and sandblasted then painted with vht ceramic paint. looked ok but my heat shields wer not it good shape so rather than spend the $80 for the op and bottom shield i went to advance and got some header wrap for $40. my brother used this stuff on his lowrider and i thought it looked great so here are a couple of pics. im just waiting for the wrap to dry then it will get painted with high temp sihttp://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=173032http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=173032http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=173032licon sealer. what do you think?]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:44 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344881 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344853 i was wondering if anyone would have phone number for benoit racing? thanks for your help.the promblem i am facing i have a mono block cylinders for a mack z 1000 that was made in 2004 and half it was a proto-type.i had it big bored and almost have all the porting done on it ,but found out that the rave valve does not fit the two little ones no problem and i was hoping someone had any ideas what to do or if anyone had a set of rave valves that fit these cylinders. thank you very much. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:33 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344853 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344286 I love my tnt, but apparently brp does not love me, so I am thinking of going over to the blue side this year. Has anyone gone from the xp to the nytro, or the other around. I would like to have a little honest input. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:01:38 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344286 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=341634 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:56:05 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=341634 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344883

Thank you..]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:05:31 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344883 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=341166
$2200 O.B.O.



Also forsale is a Ski-Doo 1996 Formula S 380 with 4200 miles. The crank bearing was repaced about 1000 miles ago. Sled is very clean foer being a 96 and is a great sled to learn on.]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:25:33 -0500 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=341166 http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=344764 Great people on this site(DooTalk).

Strangers help dying teen overhaul his pride and joy!

FRAZEE, Minn. – Tyler Shipman will never have a wedding. But this weekend, the 18-year-old will see one of the loves of his life dolled up like never before.

Close family and friends will attend.

Pictures will be taken.

And about 20 strangers from as far away as Florida and California will give a makeover to the rural Frazee teen’s pride and joy: a 1986 Pontiac Fiero GT.

The effort began Oct. 29 when Shipman, who was stuck in a Fargo hospital at the time, asked for help on Pennock’s Fiero Forum, an Internet chat site for fans of the short-lived, two-seater sports car.

Shipman, a self-described “Fiero head,” said he always intended to restore his GT to mint condition.

His mission became more urgent when he learned a rare form of cancer called synovial sarcoma would cut his life short.

“I wanted to get it fixed up so I could drive it or at least ride in it when it was really nice, before anything happens,” he said. “And I figured that would be the place to go to ask for some kind of help, and things just started from there.”

The response was almost instantaneous.

By the next morning, a soldier in Iraq chatting as “Hulki U. My-BFF” had started a list of parts Shipman needed. Another forum member, “Synthesis,” from Inver Grove Heights, picked up the ball and kept it rolling.

As of a week ago, the forum’s thread for “The Tyler Project” was 44 pages long, with a list of 45 parts for the Fiero, ranging from window tint and turn signals to speakers and a leather shifter knob.

It also lists 34 donors who each gave $10 to $100 to overhaul a car owned by a skinny Minnesota kid they have never met in person.

“This is unbelievable,” said Dave Gray, owner of Frazee Auto Body & Glass, who is donating his shop space for the project. (Gray and his wife, Karen, also repainted the Fiero’s plastic body panels in an eye-popping color that Shipman is keeping a secret until this weekend.)

The show of support has overwhelmed Shipman and his parents, Jay and Daneele Shipman.

“They’ve donated everything under the sun for this car,” his father said.

Among those who’ll be working on the car in Frazee starting today is Kris Antuzzi, an 18-year-old from Auburn, Calif., who has four Fieros of his own. He’s bringing windshield wipers and a distributor.

“I had a friend go through cancer, and he did it alone. So, I just felt kind of obligated to make sure nobody else went through anything like that ever again,” Antuzzi said.

The Fiero forum members are a helpful bunch, he said, recalling how one member secured a place to live for another member who wrote that he had fallen on hard times. Antuzzi said a member he’s never met paid for his flight to Fargo Thursday.

“Everybody on there, they’re all a great group of people,” he said.

Tyler has been gleaning car tips from the forum since he bought his first Fiero at age 15.

Jay Shipman proudly describes his eldest son as a “total outdoorsman-type kid.” Pictures on Tyler’s CaringBridge site show him popping a wheelie on his motorcycle, holding a 29½-inch walleye and, of course, riding in his Fiero.

“Ever since he got his license, he’s kind of been into the Fiero thing,” his father said.

The Fiero is an acquired taste: Pontiac produced the car only from 1984 to 1988, and reviews were mixed.

In its list of “The Worst Cars of All Time,” Forbes.com called the Fiero “initially unreliable,” with Pontiac issuing 403 service bulletins on the 1984 model, plus a recall for engine fires. However, the blurb also noted the car was “quite good” by the end of its unprofitable run.

Tyler initially was drawn to the car “just ’cause of the motor in the back and everything, and not many people had them, and they were different and just kind of a cool car,” he said.

His first Fiero was an ’84 with a 4-cylinder engine. Two years ago, he bought the more muscular V-6 GT from a friend’s uncle.

“The car had been sitting in a field for probably six or seven years when I bought it,” he said. “It had moss growing on it. It was just nasty.”

The owner told him the engine was blown up, but Tyler said he went to work on it and found the problem to be minor. Within a few hours, he had the engine running, and he’s been driving it ever since.

Mid-summer, he started feeling back pain. His dad initially thought Tyler may have strained it while helping him out with his tree removal business.

After a series of tests and doctor visits, Tyler landed at MeritCare’s Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo. He spent 25 days there, but radiation and chemotherapy failed to stop the synovial sarcoma, which attacks the soft tissue that lines the cavities of joints, tendons and the fluid-filled cushioning sacs between tendons, ligaments and bones, according to the National Cancer Institute.

For Tyler, the Fiero project is a welcome distraction from the cancer that has spread from his spine to his hips, heart, lungs and femurs, giving him just months to live.

“It definitely keeps my mind off it,” he said. “This is all I talk about.”

His friend Nick Butze of Detroit Lakes, who has served as the contact point for people sending Fiero parts from far and wide, said Tyler is deserving of the support.

“Tyler’s a guy that’ll help anyone. He’s been a real hardworking kid for quite a while,” he said, noting Tyler also owns a truck for hauling potatoes.

Tyler, who has a 10-year-old brother and two sisters, ages 8 and 21, said the Fiero will remain in the family when he’s gone.

In the middle of the Shipmans’ living room sits a hospital bed. On the wall that faces Tyler, above the television and pictures of family and friends, hangs a brown rectangular sign with white lettering.

It reads: “Enjoy this moment … for this moment is your life.”

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Duluth, Minnesota

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