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Just picked up a 97 TA. Looking forward to making it fly.
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Welcome! Car looks bad *** whats the plans for it?
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Little street and drag. Just looking around to see if I should build the lt or transplant something bigger.
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Little street and drag. Just looking around to see if I should build the lt or transplant something bigger.
If you think "bigger" is the definitive answer to power then enjoy it stock.

You can add a couple hundred hp NA before displacement increase should even be a consideration.
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I just bought the car so I don't know much about it. I believe stock lower end with some head work and cam. Small shot of nos(dry kit). It runs 11.90's with nos so I'm guessing not a lot done the the engine.
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I just bought the car so I don't know much about it. I believe stock lower end with some head work and cam. Small shot of nos(dry kit). It runs 11.90's with nos so I'm guessing not a lot done the the engine.
Nitrous, NOS is a brand name.
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Alot of people say Nos for nitrious why i don't know, but a buddy of mine says the same thing, i just shake my head and laugh..
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Alot of people say Nos for nitrious why i don't know, but a buddy of mine says the same thing, i just shake my head and laugh..
Probably for the same reason (at least around here) a lot of people call all locking pliers vise-grips. They also call hex keys Allen wrenches....
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Because Nos was the first. In my younger days it was all we used.
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