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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 01:42 PM
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its snowing!
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or raining...take your pick!!!

glad I have a garage to do my stereo wiring...
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its snow/rain right now...its getting thicker though, so i would imagine it will be just snow shortly...

i wish i had a garage.. i have a harlan shift light, shocks, purge, and a tq arm to put in
Old Jan 19, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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you are welcome to hop on over here if you want...'cept i ain't got no jack or stands right now...lol or air tools...lol...or spring compressor...lol...haven't had enough money get that stuff yet....lol
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Originally Posted by 99FormulaM6
I can do the tq arm myself...thats not a problem..

problem is, when you buy a tq arm from BMR, they give you an angle finder...the tq you got doesnt have it. So i need one to set the pinion angle.

And polishing wheels in general sucks. Its so much easier to wipe down chrome wheels.lol
Polished is always better in my mind....

yes they take some work to keep clean.... and yes chrome wipes right off....
But the HUGE BUT is....

EVERY chrome wheel will pit and flake sooner or later and be crap.....

A Polished wheel can sit outside for YRs and with some work can come back looking just like new. Esp with the Powerball. I know.. i have two of them...


Well i got a Judgment in the mail for a ticket i guess i got in Hawaii today....

Says they have tried to contact me and this is the 1st ive heard about it.
I havent lived there in almost 5 yrs and the ticket was from 8 sept 2001...
Some stupid crap....
It says there COULD be a warrent out for my arrest in Hawaii.....

Im going to legal on tuesday... this is crap.....

Time to do taxes..... Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tax Child Credit LOL

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Chris,

Dickey still has a set of my jack stands at his house u can borrow.... my Jack also....

Im off monday, but i have to watch Logan since Day Care is clossed also...
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i dont really need help doing the tq arm...although it would be appreciated.. its a simple job to do.. i just need the angle finder so i can set the pinion angle..
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i dont really need help doing the tq arm...although it would be appreciated.. its a simple job to do.. i just need the angle finder so i can set the pinion angle..

Chris,

you do know the angle has to be set with all four wheels on the ground with the weight on the tires right??

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yea, im a tiny guy though. i can fit under the car enough to do that part. o went to caseys on friday and started to do it there, but then we said f it and went to the hobby shop... only problem was i was wearing sandals... after that it was apparant that the tq arm just wasnt meant to go on, so i went home
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^^^^ Well that sucks.... I heard you and Casey got a few runs in too. What were the results?
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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chris by bus lengths.
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 99FormulaM6
only problem was i was wearing sandals...
Shower shoes F T W!
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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that reminds me...i need to set the angle on my torque arm...'cept that camaro is back in iowa...LAME!!! lol. I hope to have that beast out here sometime next month....just waitin for the new LES to come out so i can see if i have a week of leave to fly home and bring it back...
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Evil SVT
2001 C5 Corvette ----- 32mpg -----Daily Driver - Fock a Hybrid
Ha! 32? thats it? I got 36 on the way to MIR....and i had some catching up to do if you remember! lol
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 03:24 PM
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I think the best I got out of the Z06 was 32mpg on my way back from Ky.... And I had a few spirited runs up to 140mph+. 36mpg is actually really impressive! Its all in Brians tune!!! Hahaha....
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nah we were just messing around. the time we did get a good start, i missed 3rd im not used to the shifter quite yet. And thats only like the 4th time ive driven the car...i dont know if i like the way its angled toward me..it feels weird to me. Im still getting used to having the 3.73s too...with 3.42s i knew exactly when i could downshift and when i needed to shift i do have a harlan shift light sitting in the honda waiting to be put in though
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by NVR KNO
I think the best I got out of the Z06 was 32mpg on my way back from Ky.... And I had a few spirited runs up to 140mph+. 36mpg is actually really impressive! Its all in Brians tune!!! Hahaha....

This was actually before the blower and tune!
I was following damian and a couple other guys to MIR and i didnt have a money for the bridge toll so i had to turn around and find an atm...they ended up 10-15 miles ahead of me. They were moving along rather nicely too! lol

i had cruise set at 130ish for what seemed like forever!
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 99FormulaM6
nah we were just messing around. the time we did get a good start, i missed 3rd im not used to the shifter quite yet. And thats only like the 4th time ive driven the car...i dont know if i like the way its angled toward me..it feels weird to me. Im still getting used to having the 3.73s too...with 3.42s i knew exactly when i could downshift and when i needed to shift i do have a harlan shift light sitting in the honda waiting to be put in though
I gotcha.... I told you that whole drivetrain takes sometime to get used to. 3.73s didnt change it alot.... Actually only a few hundred rpms. I was still able to slam 2nd gear at 60mph.... A shift light will definetly help though.
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and i had some catching up to do if you remember! lol
All I remember from that day is your freaking exhaust noise
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Originally Posted by Evil SVT
All I remember from that day is your freaking exhaust noise
your sig is depressing i need a stall. and i saw your old POS truck the other day



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