after 6 years in the garage. my car is finally out! pics, soundclip! update page2!
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the exhaust is actually a little funny..
it had the much famed LT's-ORY-loudmouth set up.. and i took it off to try to quiet it down a little bit, and for the testdrive i just put a bullet style muffler straight on to the Y pipe, and as funny as it is... the car has never sounded so good! and its so much quieter than before!
it had the much famed LT's-ORY-loudmouth set up.. and i took it off to try to quiet it down a little bit, and for the testdrive i just put a bullet style muffler straight on to the Y pipe, and as funny as it is... the car has never sounded so good! and its so much quieter than before!
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Congrats on getting your car back on the road! As we have discussed before, we have very similar builds and wait times to get our cars going. I drove mine a total of 2 miles last fall for testing/shakedown reasons. Was too late in the year to get it fully insured and inspected before the snow came, so it sits in my garage again awaiting full Kooks exhaust treatment.
Looking forward to seeing you power numbers as we have such similar setups. We may not reach peak hp numbers, but power under the curve is most important anyway!
Looking forward to seeing you power numbers as we have such similar setups. We may not reach peak hp numbers, but power under the curve is most important anyway!
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congrats man. I'll bet you'll appreciate that car now even more than before. All that hard work paid off - and it looks and sounds awesome.
I bought my latest trans am WS6 back in 2010 - and I have been "correcting" it since I got it. Still sits in my driveway with about 2 summers worth of parts / problems to shake out.
Awesome stuff!
I bought my latest trans am WS6 back in 2010 - and I have been "correcting" it since I got it. Still sits in my driveway with about 2 summers worth of parts / problems to shake out.
Awesome stuff!
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Wow that monster van is pretty awesome got any more pictures!?
No but seriously that looks good. I can't imagine not being able to drive my car for 6 years. We are going on 3 years for the car we are building but that a completely different situation.
No but seriously that looks good. I can't imagine not being able to drive my car for 6 years. We are going on 3 years for the car we are building but that a completely different situation.
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hehe.. i should be able to find some pics of the van, really evil looking thing. old 6.2l diesel and manual,
driving the camaro was just awesome.. last years i always got a new reason not to drive it. but mostly it was because i did not have money do to it.. when i started modding it i was single and lived @ my parents house, but for most of the time i had my own home and family..
but now i am single agen.. so i dont have any excuse to not drive it this summer
driving the camaro was just awesome.. last years i always got a new reason not to drive it. but mostly it was because i did not have money do to it.. when i started modding it i was single and lived @ my parents house, but for most of the time i had my own home and family..
but now i am single agen.. so i dont have any excuse to not drive it this summer
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i really do thank you guys for the good comments,
friend of mine found alot of old pics, that i thougth i had lost with my old computer,
2006, just bougth the car and bougth a loudmouth cat back, 10spoke's and SS wing rigth away. and planned to install one after another
but then the clutch went burst after just.. few days
i imported a ls7 kit, and installed it along with the new wheels, installed the loudmouth few days earlyer, took those pics rigth after the install on my way home
the next day.. the motor spun a bearing.. took it out to see what had happened
this was in the end of the summer, so the plan was to fix the motor before next summer.
during the winter i started getting more sirius about this, and sold my dayle driver and started to purchase stuff for my all new motor
early summer 2007
then i installed the motor, installed LT's and ORY, bougth new black Zr1's and added the SS wing, and planned to put the car on the road agen
but that just did not happen i drove it few miles for testing.. and then it was back in the garage.
and this is probably where the car started to be just a project, i had moved in with my ex wife and had enough else to think about
and from there.. fall 2007 the car was basicly just a hobby, something to do on weekends,
painted the undercarrage
painted the car
started to finish of the motor, and put the car back top gether
first of the suspension parts arriving
brand new ECU
friend of mine found alot of old pics, that i thougth i had lost with my old computer,
2006, just bougth the car and bougth a loudmouth cat back, 10spoke's and SS wing rigth away. and planned to install one after another
but then the clutch went burst after just.. few days
i imported a ls7 kit, and installed it along with the new wheels, installed the loudmouth few days earlyer, took those pics rigth after the install on my way home
the next day.. the motor spun a bearing.. took it out to see what had happened
this was in the end of the summer, so the plan was to fix the motor before next summer.
during the winter i started getting more sirius about this, and sold my dayle driver and started to purchase stuff for my all new motor
early summer 2007
then i installed the motor, installed LT's and ORY, bougth new black Zr1's and added the SS wing, and planned to put the car on the road agen
but that just did not happen i drove it few miles for testing.. and then it was back in the garage.
and this is probably where the car started to be just a project, i had moved in with my ex wife and had enough else to think about
and from there.. fall 2007 the car was basicly just a hobby, something to do on weekends,
painted the undercarrage
painted the car
started to finish of the motor, and put the car back top gether
first of the suspension parts arriving
brand new ECU
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and nitro
seats
motor finished
racetronix
suspension, diff, bushings, paint. sandblast and more
torq thrust M's
T/A door panel not in yet
and now.. almost ready
thanks all! hope you enjoy
seats
motor finished
racetronix
suspension, diff, bushings, paint. sandblast and more
torq thrust M's
T/A door panel not in yet
and now.. almost ready
thanks all! hope you enjoy