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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 04:20 PM
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i am normally on a local forum called FASTGM..... i am a GM fanatic and own 4 GM cars 3 of them being camaros....
silver 1968 camaro SS 388 stroker with dart heads and good parts.....green 94Z28 355 vortech blower car but i am now taking off the S trim that got my car inot the 6.52 range at 108.8 mph and starting the YSI project in a few weeks so hopefully we will be seeing some 5s soon..... and then a NBM 2002 Z28 6 speed with longtubes, magnaflow catback, and hurst and its the most fun due to me being able to drive it anywhere and get decent gas mileage doing it! im from south carolina and i am 28 years old and have 2 little girls and been married since 2004..... i am happy to be on here due to so much info and people who have basicly tried everything plus know all the little trouble shooting stuff...... the names jake!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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good looking car.. welcome....
you have come to a well liked, and informative web site...
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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that was my old car... i replaced it with the 2002 nbm z28
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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nice car man welcome
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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thanks man! i have read stuff and looked up info on here off and on for years but never posted much.... about 4 years ago i made a name up but forgot it and never got back on so now i wanted to get back on and meet some of you guys! jake
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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Welcome to the site, and nice list of rides! The '68's beautiful!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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Welcome to the site! Nice set of toys you got there!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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thanks guys! its nice to talk to other car guys that love this stuff.... i have to say i have a good bit of hobbys but GM cars are where my hearts at! i day dream about them all day long and its the only thing that i have done in my life that dont get old!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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have you guys heard of shon herron, russ ethridge, jeff goodell, conrad achenbach aka...fastblackta


thoe are some guys around my area in south carolina that race alot and are big GM fanatics and come on here form time to time i think.... we have alot of fun racing and cutting up... we have a neat little thing called the street tire shootout where we try to see who can drive theyre car the best on street tires and some of these cars have well over 400rwhp so its not that easy at times....yall should try it sometime if you got a group of guys with some street/strip cars
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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here wasthe engine bay before i got ahold of it! and a few other pics











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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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wel thats me and my little girl...... i thought it was something else LOL
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