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The cerakote I applied to the kooks cats is gone. Like completely gone, I may as well not have applied any at all. I wonder if this is due to the kooks cats using a metal core which may run at a higher temp than my previous ceramic core cats. Or maybe the larger 1 7/8" transfers heat more effectively to the exhaust system. I am unsure of the cause, but I am sure of the effect. No complaints though, the gmpp exhaust sounds amazing and is still quite mellow compared to the previous setup.
We'll see how the Cerakote on my cats does hopefully in the not-too-distant future.
I haven't put a ton of miles on the car yet, probably only 50 or so, but the Cerakote on the cats is fine thus far.
2 days ago I ordered from CS, short shifter, bronze bushings, motor/trans mount, shift ball and received it all today, 2 days to ship very impressed. Also ordering much more from black friday to complete LSA super build.
because then you’ll be 100% done. No doubt. For sure. Completely done. Like the rest of us.
Hahahaha true it's never ending sometimes, but it's the last performance mod I'm doing. I'm waiting to final tune it and Dyno it, as the ls7 maf will require changes.
I still want to change the wheels and do some interior stuff/head unit swap.
That’s one of the first things I did was move the badges. I thought it was weird just placed randomly on fender and lined it up with the molding. Also move the rear emblems to match the 3rd gen V. LOL
Originally Posted by Byron
Finally had some time to sit down. And reattach the badges on the car.
I deviated from the stock locations, but I dig them where they are a little better now.
Also fixed my broken windshield sprayer line with some shrink wrap.
Striped out the interior of the trunk/rear seat and installed some noise suppression material.
It's not actually intended for the purpose I used it, but it seems to work well. It's basically a rubber tape that protects against erosion on rotor wing blades, but the side effect is a quieter blade operation.
It's not ideal, but the goal was to stop the panels from vibrating so much and to reduce the bass drum effect of the spare tire well. It accomplished the goal.
Took it downtown for a road test and lunch at Denny's.
I dont think I ever replied to this question. There is one every Sunday in South Riding across from Walmart by the Dunkin'. They even had cars there last week when it was raining. LOL
I dont think I ever replied to this question. There is one every Sunday in South Riding across from Walmart by the Dunkin'. They even had cars there last week when it was raining. LOL
Hey man, I am pretty sure I have seen this car on Rt. 50 in Chantilly. It looks great. If not there is someone else around here with a black V just like yours. Do you have Louisiana tags by chance?
Question for everyone- when do you all recommend changing the spark plugs/wires? My car is about to hit 46k and as far as I know it has original plugs/wires. Doesn't have any driveability/starting issues whatsoever, so if its too early I won't waste the money. I know I replaced the plugs/wires in my Camaro 3 years ago when it had around 27k miles or so and I felt like it was a lot of work for nothing lol.
That’s me!!! LOL What do you drive? I haven’t seen any other gen 1 V’s in the area.
Originally Posted by TransAmWS.6
Hey man, I am pretty sure I have seen this car on Rt. 50 in Chantilly. It looks great. If not there is someone else around here with a black V just like yours. Do you have Louisiana tags by chance?
Question for everyone- when do you all recommend changing the spark plugs/wires? My car is about to hit 46k and as far as I know it has original plugs/wires. Doesn't have any driveability/starting issues whatsoever, so if its too early I won't waste the money. I know I replaced the plugs/wires in my Camaro 3 years ago when it had around 27k miles or so and I felt like it was a lot of work for nothing lol.
Hey man, I am pretty sure I have seen this car on Rt. 50 in Chantilly. It looks great. If not there is someone else around here with a black V just like yours. Do you have Louisiana tags by chance?
Question for everyone- when do you all recommend changing the spark plugs/wires? My car is about to hit 46k and as far as I know it has original plugs/wires. Doesn't have any driveability/starting issues whatsoever, so if its too early I won't waste the money. I know I replaced the plugs/wires in my Camaro 3 years ago when it had around 27k miles or so and I felt like it was a lot of work for nothing lol.
i bought plugs and wires before I realized they were iridium from oem. So I put them on a shelf until I did headers around 54k. I think I originally intended to do it at 50k.
11-26-2019, 09:39 AM
