how long has it taken you guys ??
07-06-2010, 08:33 PM
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It's been a little over 5 years for me and it's not close to being done. Every mod that's been installed on my car will be swapped to a donor fbody(eventually) then I will strip the Z down completely throw it on a rotisserie... repair all the rust, new paint,engine,drivetrain etc. It never ends!
07-06-2010, 08:48 PM
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13 years and still a work in progress, it is a never ending project, still a bunch of things I want to do, just don't have the money to do them. Kids, big mortgage and never ending home projects come first, the car is just a fun toy to play with when I get some free time these days.
07-06-2010, 11:06 PM
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4 years, and feels like NO progress. Bought the car with blown engine, already had a rebuilt t56, and spec 2+ clutch, and little mods. pulled the engine, built a 383, sent out heads, bought cam. Acquired an ls1, started to swap, acquired a 99 z28 roller, took back off the swap stuff, still couldn't get the heads finished, sold the stroker, sold the cam setup, went to a different cam, and hand ported heads that came with the car, put together a stock shortblock, put it all together, fought a coolant leak, fixed it, fought a miss, replaced bad opti, replaced secondary again, drove 650 miles, engine lost oil pressure, tore apart, found out machinist messed up, machinist won't do anything, found a new machine shop, new engine being built. however, for 650-700 miles i enjoyed the hell out of it. and layed the smack down on some solid 12 sec. cars, not shabby for a mix matched combo.
07-07-2010, 12:22 AM
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Ive had my car for a year and a half now, and im still in the deciding phase of what i want to do. Im also quite the noob. Ive spent most of that year and a half reading on here and other lt forums. I now realize how ignorant i was, I dont know it all, but still I cant wait to tear into it. I dont care how long it takes.
07-07-2010, 02:15 PM
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5yrs for me its getting close still want to build that big stroker motor setup. As of now its a h/c/i 355 full boltons tubular suspension, 12bolt. It really never ends tho I remember I wanted to cam only with spray and it just kept going from there. Havnt really thought about looks much but I have picked up a ramair hood recently and thnkn about having it resprayed.
07-08-2010, 10:39 PM
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Theres so many things i want to do to my car from a n/a 454 setup to a turboed 408 setup to an f1, all the possibilities just get me excited thinking about them but i think id need at least 5 differnt f bodies in differnt years and colors just for me to be content with the way my cars look lol. So the answer would probally be never.
