I'm with u on that. 
Should I keep her stock?
Originally Posted by RPM WS6
I don't get why people still do this. Damaging the suspension by leaving it on jack stands and allowing it to hang at full strech (causes the struts & shocks to leak over time) to protect steel belted tires that wouldn't have flat-spotted anyway. Just makes no sense to me. 
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From: Jersey Shore
Originally Posted by tim99ws6
Good luck trying not to mod it while spending time on this board......It's a recovering alocholic living upstairs to a bar!
I have to agree with some of the other guys, don't worry about the long term value, if it'll make you happier with the car, mod her. Either way, congrats on the new car!
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Originally Posted by Ptvolly
I mentioned this to him too, and while I don't remember how he did it, he's got the suspension set up so its at 1/2 its full articulation.
I regularly let my F-bodies sit for months at a time, 6 months sometimes more. NO flat spots, ever.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Originally Posted by 98NBM_TransAm
Would it be better to have it jacked up by the differential and have stands on the axle, then the same w/the fronts (im not sure what they are called, i guess it has 2 axles??) so its still off the ground but the suspension is loaded?
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From: Bessemer City NC
Originally Posted by gwcrim
I've been hot rodding cars for.... well... since lots of you were in diapers. Spent WAY too much on things that weren't really worth it. So now I have a nice clean SS convertible. I know how, I have the money, but WHY? It's certainly fast enough to over power the roads. I'm no longer a street racin' punk. I think I'll leave it stock and keep my ca$h in my pocket.
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you've got a garden variety fbody, sorry to say it aint worth ****
Spent WAY too much on things that weren't really worth it.
That's what makes it worth it.
Why are you even on this board then???
Originally Posted by gwcrim
I've been hot rodding cars for.... well... since lots of you were in diapers. Spent WAY too much on things that weren't really worth it. So now I have a nice clean SS convertible. I know how, I have the money, but WHY? It's certainly fast enough to over power the roads. I'm no longer a street racin' punk. I think I'll leave it stock and keep my ca$h in my pocket.
stock is boring, i would fall to sleep behind the wheel. i see myself driving a modded corvette or the like when im in my 40s. 
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
I Don't think I could ever leave one of these cars totally stock, but I can see the appeal behind limiting yourself to minor bolt-ons, to avoid the negatives that can come along with more serious mods......
Originally Posted by Caribe
Modding your car is very addictive. So mod the hell out of it but keep the stock parts like Theblurls1 said. This site is great for modding decisions. Search and use all the sticky's. Have fun.
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The amazing thing about the LS1 is how you can add almost 100 hp for less than $2000 if you do your own work. Cam, Patriot Golds, Pushrods: $850; Headers $500; Electric Cutout $250; Air Lid $90. Sorry, the car may be fast stock, but it is INCREDIBLE with just a cam, headers, and a cutout. Best ride I've ever had and I'm an OLD (51) man.
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From: Bessemer City NC
Originally Posted by 2MuchRiceMakesMeSick
And you two are on a performance/modding board because......
When I get the money I may build a race car but I don't see the point of making a daily driver pull double duty as a race/street car. 
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From: PA
When I bought mine I was going to keep it stock so it would be original and to take it to car shows. After starting to go to car shows I realized other people were modding them and I changed my mine after that point, especially when I heard the exhausts being loud and sounding good. People have more interest in checking out a modded car instead of a stock one too.
Originally Posted by RPM WS6
I Don't think I could ever leave one of these cars totally stock, but I can see the appeal behind limiting yourself to minor bolt-ons, to avoid the negatives that can come along with more serious mods......
Theres waaay too much temptation to mod your car further when your a member of this wonderful board 
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From: Steubenville, OH
Most, and I emphasize MOST guys in my position are driving Cadillacs or Lexuseses or the like. My old drag car ('70 Challenger) is in my basement up on jackstands and hasn't been out in years. I just got tired of spinning wrenches, busting knuckles, and rationalizing another thousand or two to go bracket racing.
One of the more successful bracket racers I know was deadly with a bone stock Ford Probe. And man were the high dollar guys PISSED! And still the winners payout was barely enough to cover the cost of the days racing.
To each his own.
Why am I here? Old habits die hard!
{edit} I did get me an air lid!
One of the more successful bracket racers I know was deadly with a bone stock Ford Probe. And man were the high dollar guys PISSED! And still the winners payout was barely enough to cover the cost of the days racing.
To each his own.
Why am I here? Old habits die hard!
{edit} I did get me an air lid!