LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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I was just wondering if anyone ahd taken the center console out and just replaced it with one of those old style rubber shifter boots and chrome plate to hold the boot down. I like old school so how does that sound
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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Doesn't really sound like my cup of tea, but to each his own
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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FYI - You'll leave the module (SRS or ABS, I can't quite recall but I'm leaning toward SRS) exposed and the mechanics for the e-brake too - too much stuff to address / move / deal with IMHO...
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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Ive thought about doing this when I do the 6-speed swap.
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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I couldn't stand it. I rest my arm on the center console when I drive.
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 05:41 PM
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My cigarettes would roll around all over the floor if I didn't have a console to stick 'em on!!.

Sara Lou
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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good point formula i ****** hate it when my friends drink pop in my car without a lid when i shift gears you know where it goes or when the put a pop in the holster.
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Zralou
My cigarettes would roll around all over the floor if I didn't have a console to stick 'em on!!.

Sara Lou
You could just ... Not smoke! Smoke tires, not cigarettes!

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good point formula i ****** hate it when my friends drink pop in my car without a lid when i shift gears you know where it goes or when the put a pop in the holster.
Yea heh That's why god invented the Crotch. To hold drinks while driving/riding in a sports car! However, when someone wants to race and I load up the converter (foot on brake, foot on gas) with a Super Sized drink in my lap, is awkward on the legs heh
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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I agree with Formula350, the crotch is for drinks and without my center console I would really be lost.... Not that I wouldent take it out if it was a straight up drag car though
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Formula350
You could just ... Not smoke! Smoke tires, not cigarettes!
Who said I smoked them!!!

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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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I have been working on designs for a while. The one I have now reduces a lot of weight. On an LT1 it just looks weird w/o a center console. Once I get the LS1 dash in, there will be no center console...

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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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Yeah, back in the day when they had no center console and just a rubber boot covering the shifter directly through the floorboard, the e-brake was a foot pedal and there wasn't anything that couldn't be easily covered with carpet/rubber matting down the trans hump. On a 4th gen removing the console would just make it look like a gutted out race car. I guess you could fab a cover for the e-brake lever and relocate the BCM to a more discreet location, but it just ain't worth it imo.
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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Looks nice Insane, but I'd need my arm rest still lol

Sara, what do you do with your cigs if you don't smoke them? Just randomly flick them out the window at people and passing cars?
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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insane auto i'd just cut that cubby whole thingy off. I did it with mine when i use to run a cobra cb in it. Fit nicely but had to rearange it a few times to prevent me busting my knuckles on the *****
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I like my console....if it is not a Race Car you must have a ..
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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Insane Auto: Where does the ebrake handle and the airbag module go?
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by TAEnvy
Insane Auto: Where does the ebrake handle and the airbag module go?
z28's come with airbags and e-brakes?
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