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Old 04-11-2014, 10:56 PM
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here's a picture of my 98 Formula I bought new in 98. didn't want t-tops so that's why I went with the Formula. now its a Transformula.
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Originally Posted by JOHNNY59
here's a picture of my 98 Formula I bought new in 98. didn't want t-tops so that's why I went with the Formula. now its a Transformula.
Looks good
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Originally Posted by ds98formula
Yeah wheels not a high priority. I started taking the bird off today and will finish tomorrow. I really like the sail panel ones though. Your car looks great by the way
Thanks man. Pretty much what they/it looked like when it rolled off of the floor 12 years ago now.

Nice dyno numbers form earlier in the thread. That little purple bird must boogie!
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Very nice
Old 06-08-2014, 02:56 PM
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Deleted my side molding and also pained my fender vents to match my bird decals. Now I just need to paint my calipers. and get yellow overlays for my Formula emblems


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Dude. Stop. No yellow. Pleeeease. Don't hoopty that car up.
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Less is more as far as appearance goes.
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Originally Posted by AnotherWs6
Dude. Stop. No yellow. Pleeeease. Don't hoopty that car up.
Hoopty that's a bit harsh. Looks good to me and it's just enough. It's actually more yellow in the picture then looking at it in person. Plus if I don't like it I can always change it back
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Changed my mind. Going to paint the calipers black and put firebird decals on them like the corvettes have
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Originally Posted by C.Terry
Nice thread and the car looks nice too!
Thanks man.
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After a year of having them I finally put my duals on. Dumped for now.






This is what my restrictive y pipe looked like. It was a terrible bend job at a local shop. I was cheap and I am sure it cost me power.

You cant tell in this picture but the other side of this is flat on one side where they went under the driver side


This is how much they crushed it at the bends


Kind of hard to tell here too but the welds they shrunk at the pipes pretty bad so it necked down a lot at each weld.


I am thinking now that I have a true 3 inch exhaust and went to duals that I picked up a bit of power due to how bad the y pipe was. So since my last dyno I have added a ported tb and true duals. I can not wait to get back to the dyno to see what I picked up

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Good stuff. Does she feel any different? You were putting decent numbers down already if I recall.
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Originally Posted by AnotherWs6
Good stuff. Does she feel any different? You were putting decent numbers down already if I recall.
Feels better actually feels better down low. Sounds better. Rattling is gone. And yeah my numbers where not bad before just hoping for more like everyone lol.
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Added IN dash navigation to my car. Looks and works good.







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Awesome bud glad it all worked out
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Worked out great thanks again for helping her out.



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