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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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little project of mine since i need more seat with a baby on the way.







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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 10:09 PM
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Car has air ride suspension and a reverse manual valve body 700r4 with a column shifter, took the motor out of this camaro


has ported heads and a predator cam. looking to get a fast intake for it now
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 10:40 PM
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Nice project....
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Very nice project. I really like the stance of that malibu.
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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thanks just cant wait to get it running
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Can you tell me more about your p/s hoses? What fittings did you use, size of the line, etc. I still need to figure this out on my s10, should be similar.
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Also put a 8.8 in the car and switched the whole car over to ford bolt pattern because i wanted to use my aluma stars on both cars. I have a polished set to change into if i dont like the black!

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cool g-body, really makes me want to get started on my 78 el camino...but the z-28 gets a 6.0l first.
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they are fun cars
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Like all your rides man....good luck with the bu...had mine 16 years...
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Looks really good.

What size/brand front skinnies?
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weld 15x3.5 aluma star 2.0 fronts with cheap tires
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Luv the Bu!
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there are some nice cars in that driveway, clean malibu
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still needs some more sanding and buffing!
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Nice looking car..hows the column shift with that RMVB?
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looks good the steel braided line looks great
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Nice looking car..hows the column shift with that RMVB?
shifts great so far, had to move the linkage around a bit because of the header collector. but feels good. have not had a road test yet though
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clean Bu and nice lil project
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