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Old 03-27-2009, 09:12 PM
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Ok today i made a run to the junkyard to find a a/c delete box, well i pull in and shut the car down. I walk inside and go to the front counter and a guy that works there said my car sounds good, he asked me if i wanted to run him, i looked around and didnt see any fast cars, and he said he had a home built Sentra. He told me he would pull out and i should try to keep up, i told him to follow me, and everyone in the place started laughing, they were all smiling and grinning.

so i went out side and there is this camo sentra with a red front end on it. I saw an innercooler mounted on the front, but still wasnt worried. So we made our way out to the highway, it was from a slow roll, i took it clear to 5th gear and had busses on him, he just kept getting smaller and smaller.

we made our way back to the shop we pulled in and he asked me what it had in it, i showed him, he thought it was a tpi car, with maybe a cam and some headers, he was a nice guy, it was his sons car that he had built him, said it runs mid to low 13's. Im not sure on the mods, i know it had drag radials on it, and a turbo, i think he said he was running like 13lbs of boost, dont remember, it was a 5 spd, probably ported heads (since he does alot of that stuff) it was a major sleeper.

It was cool getting to run my car right after finishing my LT's car pulls a little harder now.

he wants me to run his son in his 68 firebird (chevy 350) i know that car had n20 on it, but he said he would remove the bottle for me.
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Sweet kill. Bet those guys weren't laughing and grinning anymore.
Clean conversion you got there.
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Originally Posted by KnightmareCS
Sweet kill. Bet those guys weren't laughing and grinning anymore.
Clean conversion you got there.
haha, they came out and looked under my hood, now the guys interested in third gen sbc

we probably talked for 2 hours, he showed a few other ppl that stopped in.
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lol sounds like he was mighty impressed. best combo imo you got there, thirdgen trans am with an ls1. one of these days when i get the dough...
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lol sounds like he was mighty impressed. best combo imo you got there, thirdgen trans am with an ls1. one of these days when i get the dough...
i bought it that way lol, i was going to buy a 4th gen, and i had a 3rd gen at the time, found it two states away, flew there, and drove it back. i did the lt's, ported tb, and ford 9" and the body stuff...car used to be an 84 t/a .....but i did a body swap on it.

only paid 6500 for the car. but it needed some body work.
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sounds like a damn good deal with the engine in there

did you have to get LTs for a 4th gen or a 3rd gen? i've heard one type doesn't fit, but forgot which one
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What is this "Junkyard Wars"?
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Originally Posted by Sicko
What is this "Junkyard Wars"?

thats just where i met the guy, we went out onto the highway.
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I'd like to see your car one of these days. I have a third gen and am tossing the idea of a LSX swap or maybe a big block. Still haven't really decided.




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