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Old 12-17-2008, 10:43 PM
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I saw it was parted out completely and sold cheap on another forum. I am beginning to wonder if he still has his job and how he gets away from the family so much with all the time he spends in the garage. I'm jealous. lol
I have a nice family, work part time (semi-retired), house, 4 cars I maintain myself, competition shoot and play guitar too.

I used to be a lot more active when I was younger, slowing down a little these days
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Kinda stuck waiting for parts so I mounted the wheels/tires and mocked them up.

Looks pretty good with the 4.5 backspace Billet Specialty wheels. Sorry for the poor pic quality, flash on my camara kinda sucks..
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Kinda stuck waiting for parts so I mounted the wheels/tires and mocked them up.

Looks pretty good with the 4.5 backspace Billet Specialty wheels. Sorry for the poor pic quality, flash on my camara kinda sucks..
Parts are on their way! Bob
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Originally Posted by kp
Kinda stuck waiting for parts so I mounted the wheels/tires and mocked them up.

Looks pretty good with the 4.5 backspace Billet Specialty wheels. Sorry for the poor pic quality, flash on my camara kinda sucks..
are u just using transjacks to support the car?car looks sick
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Originally Posted by trans2000am
are u just using transjacks to support the car?car looks sick

Looks like its on jackstands to me?

Those BS wheels look so friggin' good......
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are u just using transjacks to support the car?car looks sick
It has no rear end it, trans jack is just supporting the tire
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hay Kp looks great man cant wait to see it when it done
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Originally Posted by kp
Kinda stuck waiting for parts so I mounted the wheels/tires and mocked them up.

Looks pretty good with the 4.5 backspace Billet Specialty wheels. Sorry for the poor pic quality, flash on my camara kinda sucks..
Nice, those Billet Specialties look sweet.
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Looks awsome man, I give you some serious props for doing that in your garage with jackstands and whatnot! wow
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Looks awsome man, I give you some serious props for doing that in your garage with jackstands and whatnot! wow
Its not a big deal to do on jackstands, these cars are easy to work on once you get a lot of stuff out of the way. These are one of the few cars you can pull the engine without even taking the hood off
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I must got lost somewhere here. I thought this car was going to be a driver with just a blower to run low 10's.??
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I must got lost somewhere here. I thought this car was going to be a driver with just a blower to run low 10's.??
Thats exactly what it is going to be, what makes it a non driver?
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i think he thought you ment daily driver
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Originally Posted by Rickys S/C Z28
i think he thought you ment daily driver
I guess, but if I wanted a nice daily driver I would leave it stock
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looking badass man!!!

nice direction you are taking with it!
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I guess, but if I wanted a nice daily driver I would leave it stock
true!!!!!
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Been a little under the weather but the other day I threw the M9 rear in to make sure everything fits and I wont have to space out the wheels or anything. Seems the narrowing 3.125 per side and the 4.5" backspace wheels worked out perfect.

The M9 setup is pretty nice, I was hesitant to try it after having such great luck for years with the old stock type torque arm but if you are starting from scratch its about the same money-wise. Not to mention its 34lbs lighter than my old 9 inch/torque arm/trans crossmember, thats not hard to take
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Originally Posted by kp
Thats exactly what it is going to be, what makes it a non driver?
LOL, I had to re-read thru the post. The pic of your old roll cage thru me.
Looking good!
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Originally Posted by HUNTER02SS
LOL, I had to re-read thru the post. The pic of your old roll cage thru me.
Looking good!
No problem, even though I probably wont drive this one either (liability reasons) it will pretty much look like a stock car except for a 6pt roll bar and the 4.5" backspace wheels. I just had to do the wheels, even though it would probably be cooler to run quick on 17" drag radials I like the old school look of the 15s with a nice offset.

This one will be strictly for fun, pinks all outs, charity races like DFT, local message board events, pontiac races/shows and a class I like to run called 'pro test and tune'
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Been a little under the weather but the other day I threw the M9 rear in to make sure everything fits and I wont have to space out the wheels or anything. Seems the narrowing 3.125 per side and the 4.5" backspace wheels worked out perfect.

The M9 setup is pretty nice, I was hesitant to try it after having such great luck for years with the old stock type torque arm but if you are starting from scratch its about the same money-wise. Not to mention its 34lbs lighter than my old 9 inch/torque arm/trans crossmember, thats not hard to take
The rear looks good, Kevin! I'm glad to see the backspacing worked out. Bob
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