Goodbye LT4......
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F bodies are dirt cheap any way you slice it unless you're looking at a low mileage unmolested SS or WS6.
Hell there's a MINT 96 z28 on craigslist near me right now for $2500 OBO, headers, exhaust, 58mm tb, moroso cai, 373 gears, shift kit, bmr front and rear swaybars, bmr torque arm, bmr panhard, lcas, bmr lowering springs, bmr stb, drilled/slotted rotors, hawk pads, and C5 DD gunmetal 18" rims.
The negatives? Missing a plastic interior panel and drivers window doesn't roll down. Wow, dealbreaker.
I want to go buy this car so bad, it's amazing what you can get for your money with an fbody. I've already got 2 camaro's though, and my girl would murder me lol. It's an addiction.
Hell there's a MINT 96 z28 on craigslist near me right now for $2500 OBO, headers, exhaust, 58mm tb, moroso cai, 373 gears, shift kit, bmr front and rear swaybars, bmr torque arm, bmr panhard, lcas, bmr lowering springs, bmr stb, drilled/slotted rotors, hawk pads, and C5 DD gunmetal 18" rims.
The negatives? Missing a plastic interior panel and drivers window doesn't roll down. Wow, dealbreaker.
I want to go buy this car so bad, it's amazing what you can get for your money with an fbody. I've already got 2 camaro's though, and my girl would murder me lol. It's an addiction.
Same with C5 Z06's...$20-22k is about what you're going to spend on a decent example in great condition with lower mileage (75k miles or less)...
$15k is more than likely going to buy you one with a salvage title.
I guess things are different out here, I got my Vert for 5K, 113K on it, my friend got his 01 SS for 6K, 80K on it, I know right now there is a 03 ZO6 with 100K, clean inside and out for $16K. I see them sell for around that out here, just my experience
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There are some f-bodies that came with LT4 engines, but they were SLP modified. Not sure how that fits under the S/E rules.
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Verdad Gallardo '97 Firehawk. Not sure if they are in the NHRA guide. Gizmo/Gump has a Camaro or Firebird. Not sure he even actually races it. Never have found him listed in race results, points standings, nor in Nitro Joe's Drag Stats. That has about everybody's best passes listed, both NHRA & IHRA.
Go back to your stats Ed and look under IHRA! (Daren Poole-Adams) I haven't run any in the last two years due to the new IHRA format. I had planned to run my COPO in NHRA's Div. 2 this year, but as I still don't have the car, you can expect to see it and my B/SA 2010 Camaro next year.
Gump is my 1995 Formula that has only been raced since new. In this photo you can see Gump next to Mark Beaver's Camaro waiting to run Top Stock at Mooresville (IHRA). Mark's Camaro was also built and raced by me before I sold it to him.
They are not in the guide. Several people, including myself, have tried to get them in, but the NHRA doesn't want it. I did race an LT4 in Stock GT/B (IHRA) one year with decent results. That was before the IHRA kicked fuel injected cars out of Stock GT (Also known as the DPA rule change!).
If I am correct, those cars did not have the Hot Cam, just the standard LT4 cam. If they had come with the hot cam, that would have made an already bad *** car mucho more bad *** and the power rating would have been noticably higher.
To this day, that trailer queen is sitting in a garage with less than 500 miles on it in mint condition.
Can with a stick, not automatic. The LT4 Vette was stick only, therefore that engine can't be used in NHRA with an auto. If it could, I would run GT with one in a heart beat. Very soft hp rating.
I know your name, wasn't talking about two years ago. Have not seen you listed anywhere this year. Didn't see you in any race results or points standings last year either. Nitro Joe lists both NHRA & IHRA.
I know your name, wasn't talking about two years ago. Have not seen you listed anywhere this year. Didn't see you in any race results or points standings last year either. Nitro Joe lists both NHRA & IHRA.
It was the Never part of your comment that surprised me. Like I said, I got a little turned off by the IHRA. Their new schedule killed our Top Stock deal, which was going strong at the time. Since then I have been playing with some LSX stuff. I still have three Gen IV Firebirds.
The track I used to frequent there was a LT4 SS that used to pull consistent 13.5's @ 104 whereas I would be in the 13.9's to 14.1's at 99 to 101mph depending on the weather. LT1 f-bodys stock were running in the low to mid 14's. It was Texas Motorplex. I believe the altitude is in the 500 to 700ft range. A LT4 SS would just plain rape a stock LT1 f-body silly. That same engine in the '96 Vette would yield low 13's on stock tires and high 12's on DR's.
