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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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just a little 11:1 347 with a baby cam and stock 241's, but it's mine non-the-less! getting very close to starting her up. i gotta make a trans crossmember and build the exhaust, round up a few stray sensors and finish up the wiring harness. let me know what you think!

sitting in it's proper home with Hawks LT's:



RPM stage V 4l60e with a fresh rebuild by local OD guru Gary Marshall with red alto clutches and kolene steels (i guess i can't really say it's an RPM trans anymore, eh?) going between the two is a VIG3600


and some basic pics of the rest of the car:



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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:02 AM
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nice car!
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by thirdgenbum
getting very close to starting her up. i gotta make a trans crossmember and build the exhaust, round up a few stray sensors and finish up the wiring harness. let me know what you think!
I think that it's not QUITE LS-powered yet...! Still, you're a little bit further along than I am, so I just sat here for a second & soaked in the pic of the engine in the thirdgen bay... (Hopefully I can get mine stabbed in next week.)

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and some basic pics of the rest of the car:

I was trying to think of why that pic seemed so familiar (esp. that lettering on the cowl hood), but then saw your "familiar" nickname in the URL & realized that I do know the car, & you're just using a different nickname on this board... Time for my 2nd cup o' joe I guess...

Nice progress, keep it up!
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:24 AM
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haha, yeah, sorry, i am a member of just about every board that most everyone else is and then some local ones too...i'm a post ***** at best, lol!
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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I give it a B+ for effort right now.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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What seats are those? They look like 3rd gen seats modified to have belts through them.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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they're early 4th gen camaro seats with corbeau inserts
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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Great work! Ive been following this on tgo. Hopefully mine will receive its new heart soon.
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Love the wheel and tire combo. What are the dim. on them And the motor ain't to shabby either
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 11:28 PM
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rears are 15x10 with a 6.5" backspacing and a 275/60/15 MT drag radial

fronts are 15x4 with 1 5/8" backspacing and a 165veedub tire
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 11:37 PM
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Looks real good man!!
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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Very nice car. Exactly what I want, wish I had it!
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clean engine bay!
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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Noice, I'm jealous.
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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alright, got the 4l60e crossmember all fabbed up using a stock thirdgen one to build off of (thanks sean!) i also built my y-pipe and will build the rest of the system at some point next week i hope. (maybe tuesday)

it'll take a couple of tweeks, but the pipes coming off the collectors are on exactly the same plane as the collectors, and the y is slightly above the plain, the pictures through it off by the angle i had to be at in order to take the pics:




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looking good man
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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alrighty, the rest of the exhaust is done, all i gotta do now is put some hangers in and call it good. lots of clearance too from what i can tell so far (car has not been back on the ground yet)

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Nice project
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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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Nice 3rd Gen... brings back memories of my 84 coupe
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