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Old 11-21-2010, 03:47 PM
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Well guys, I have been looking around for a project car (fbody) to toy with this winter. The GXP is fine but I want something to mod that I don't depend on daily to get to work (and is RWD). I test drove a 1997 trans am two days ago and I have to say, my GXP felt a lot faster than it. I was pretty disappointed. I guess I am back at square one or maybe I will just wait to save up enough to get a GTO. IDK..

Are any of you guys taking on winter projects?
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gonna do shocks/springs and a new clutch on my camaro thats about it, also my rims and tires for the camaro will be here tuesday. but thats my extent of a project.
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my gxp is my winter project lol building the tranny myself with all new parts and all upgraded for my turbo application, new wheels, tires, grills, headlights and more
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giving the 106K mile Impy some suspension bits from the GP GXP (struts/anti-sway bar), got a new set of tires in the living room (Conti ExtremeContact DWS), rather expensive exhaust modification, shift kit, new HPT tune and figure it should be sitting at a conservative 400 horse/450 lb-ft. Shooting for mid 12's @ ~114 MPH when I hit the track next season. Then I will casually go challenge my cousin who has a '99 Z28 with a 3600 stall and bitch-slap his car into next week at the strip. He had a '95 Z28 which the stockish SS pulled on and he has been talking smack about his new LS1 ride. Life is good!
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Nice projects for sure! You guys are inspiring me to pump more more into the GXP. braided steel brake lines and a manifold swap could be short installs (less than a day), provided I have all of the stuff on hand to do it... hmmm...
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My projects are the same every winter, but I always end up short on cash after the holidays.
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save up for the gto!!! then again not even a quarter of the price of saving for gto you could spend 3,800 and make gxp faster ... ( from a roll) lol




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