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04-22-2005 | 10:32 PM
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Staging Lane
Joined: Apr 2005
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New to LS1Tech Hey everyone,
I've been a diehard Camaro junky for the past 10 years or so. First Camaro was a bright metallic blue 91' Z28 with the HO 5.0L and 5 speed. Sweet looking car although not much for performace. It led me to experiment with domestic rice... a 93' Eagle Talon TSI AWD. Now that was a sweet car with gobs of power (after a few boost altering mods of course) though it was far less reliable than the Z which is saying something `cause the Camaro liked visiting the shop pretty frequently.
In a deperate move, I traded them both in on a new 1998 Camaro SS which I still own and absolutlely love. It's been by far the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned and still runs like new.
I'm not much into modding the car- more interested in maintaining it and keeping it "new" so I never have to restore it later on. I've been lurking on fbody.com for a while as well as this site and really have come to find this site a wealth of information. I look forward to helping out wherever I can.
I've been a diehard Camaro junky for the past 10 years or so. First Camaro was a bright metallic blue 91' Z28 with the HO 5.0L and 5 speed. Sweet looking car although not much for performace. It led me to experiment with domestic rice... a 93' Eagle Talon TSI AWD. Now that was a sweet car with gobs of power (after a few boost altering mods of course) though it was far less reliable than the Z which is saying something `cause the Camaro liked visiting the shop pretty frequently.
In a deperate move, I traded them both in on a new 1998 Camaro SS which I still own and absolutlely love. It's been by far the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned and still runs like new.
I'm not much into modding the car- more interested in maintaining it and keeping it "new" so I never have to restore it later on. I've been lurking on fbody.com for a while as well as this site and really have come to find this site a wealth of information. I look forward to helping out wherever I can.
04-23-2005 | 02:18 PM
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Staging Lane
Joined: Apr 2005
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Thanks guys. Rav... I've seen a few DSMs that could certainly hold their own. I hung out with some DSM guys near Colorado Springs, CO that were in the 11s and 12s at Bandimere (5,000'+ elev.) More than a few pony car drivers learned to respect these guys the night I watched them run.
Over time I've really come to admire what people can do to modify just about anything whether that be a f-body/vette or a Honda Civic. That being said, I personally don't understand why someone would intentionally buy a Civic only to spend thousands (or 10+ thousand) to make it as fast as a used F-body. It seems many people do just this today
I fully understand a 16-year old kid who gets something cheap like a Civic with the parents blessings only to then mod it to make the best of a temporary situation. That, I think, is still pretty cool. It's the mid-upper 20-somethings that spend $25k on a new Prelude and another $15-20k on engine mods/swaps and turbo systems so that they can hang with a $12,000 used LS1 I don't understand. Why not spend the $12k + $8k on mods and have twice the car for half the price?
Over time I've really come to admire what people can do to modify just about anything whether that be a f-body/vette or a Honda Civic. That being said, I personally don't understand why someone would intentionally buy a Civic only to spend thousands (or 10+ thousand) to make it as fast as a used F-body. It seems many people do just this today
I fully understand a 16-year old kid who gets something cheap like a Civic with the parents blessings only to then mod it to make the best of a temporary situation. That, I think, is still pretty cool. It's the mid-upper 20-somethings that spend $25k on a new Prelude and another $15-20k on engine mods/swaps and turbo systems so that they can hang with a $12,000 used LS1 I don't understand. Why not spend the $12k + $8k on mods and have twice the car for half the price?
04-23-2005 | 02:52 PM
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From: buffalo,ny
Welcome to the site,most of the people here respect speed plain and simple.Doesn't matter if it's domestic or import as long as it's fast and the owner is repectful to this site,there are exeptions to the rule by f- and non f-body owners,but that can be said about any car forum.You will learn a lot about your car here,there are many educated people who have a vast knowledge on the ls-1. 
