feeling down about my lt1...
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From: Decatur, TN (N-W of Athens)
I wouldn't dog on the goat as much as some of these guys...It is a classy muscle car, just not really my thing. You could have the best of both worlds(crotch rocket and muscle car) and have plenty of money to mod your TA and not have to worry about making payments.
Go grab a Ls1 instead...There cheap nowadays and much faster. heres some for ya...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4dLihKQKo4
j/k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4dLihKQKo4
j/k
Last edited by MonmouthCtyLS7; Jan 1, 2009 at 06:27 AM.
hmm........i think that does help a little bit, but i think you guys kinda misunderstood where im at. I only have the 6 speed swap at this point. I still have to gather the rest of my parts. And thats gonna be a slow process i think. car needs to visit the paint booth too...maybe i just need to start chipping away at my wish list and start buying **** here and there. i dont know...damn black ls1 gto sitting at the dealership looks pretty good too, but id have to sell my bike to afford it so that would be a pretty drastic move. but its definetly possible
GTO's are nice and can be fast but there to heavy and Def not as pretty as any LT1 I guarantee you for the price of that GTO and your terrible trade-in, that you could easily keep your bike and have a new build shortblock with everything you want in there (including LE heads, full bolt-on's, wheels, tires, etc.)
I considered the same option.. but then I realized.. wow I can get my 97 T/A done SO MUCH CHEAPER and have it destroy that GTO I wanted with just the extra money I would pay to it
I considered the same option.. but then I realized.. wow I can get my 97 T/A done SO MUCH CHEAPER and have it destroy that GTO I wanted with just the extra money I would pay to it
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man i live in arizona ive worked on my car through all season winter spring summer and fall you just have to do it 
you said sell your bike to get a gto i have 05 zx10 geared pc3 full exhaust and filter i wooped the **** out of a gto on the freeway a weeks ago 
so thats a no no 
so selling your bike is crazy 
just buy the parts and motivate yourself or sell the car problem solved my car has been sitting for 3 years i was depressed for a while because things werent going the way i planned
took a few months off ive been bitten by the bug again we all do this bcuz we love it so get out there and get dirty drink sum beer 
turn on your ipod on 
and make it happen you will be happy with all your hard work
like mentioned above no car payments
you said sell your bike to get a gto i have 05 zx10 geared pc3 full exhaust and filter i wooped the **** out of a gto on the freeway a weeks ago so thats a no no so selling your bike is crazy just buy the parts and motivate yourself or sell the car problem solved my car has been sitting for 3 years i was depressed for a while because things werent going the way i planned took a few months off ive been bitten by the bug again we all do this bcuz we love it so get out there and get dirty drink sum beer turn on your ipod on and make it happen you will be happy with all your hard worklike mentioned above no car payments
Don't give up on it. At times it is tough to pull the cash out of your butt for mods but its not that way all the time. Also if you keep your eyes open, sometimes there's good deals here and there and start setting you're self up for some mods or a full build. I'm going thru some a little bit of that myself. My Z has been down since August for exhaust leak. I finally got the heads out and got to working on the car. It will take long because when you work on your own you'll clean and do more than you have to but in the end its better.
you're worst case if you're having it rough with cash, you can always start tearing it down.
you're worst case if you're having it rough with cash, you can always start tearing it down.
I got to thinking how much $ i poured into my LT1 already. Owned it 6 months and put more than what i paid for the car into it. I cant wait to do the 383 stroker tho. i love LT1s they sound so awesome.
As for Moto... I rebuilt my 96 some months back and was runnin' mid to low 9s in the 1/8th before the rebuild... See the sig for the latest.
Got some 4.10s waiting to be installed... and we're hopin' those tweak that a bit...
What's the hardest part about runnin' a Goat? Getting them to stage up...
