02sslayer

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well as far as a 12 bolt go's, i dont really know alot about them. but i figure them to b quite a bit stronger than a 10 bolt. or you could always go eith a corporate 14 bolt! lol what about the dana 60 alot of truck guys use those and ive heard great things about them.

phil as far as your corvette idea, i say for 22,000 you could pick up one hell of a 2002 ls1 camaro, you could get one with really low miles and showroom condition.

tmoney223

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Happy b-day bro!!! And yeah I feel you on the whole age thing. I relized it also and that's why I'm doing what I have to do my car before I start to think about a house.. Car first.... Then house..... Only 22k for a c5 Zo6 that's not bad..

9" all the way for me.

tmoney223

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Oh no 12 bolts are strong as hell!! Check thus out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzm2...=youtube_gdata

smokinponcho73

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I vote for the C5Z so much lighter than F-body and they look sick.

99blancoSS

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If you don't mind having payments hanging over your head for a few years then the Vette is the way to go...But just remember, Vette guys get that special tax on their parts as well as insurance cost are more I would imagine. Make sure you can afford everything that goes with it. I'd be trying to go with the Vette if it were me

BUT if you don't, don't limit yourself to a 383. We can do a 408 for you that would rip up the streets and track.

tmoney223

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well if you do go that route then the first mod you should do is get the headlight confersion kit to get rid of those god ugly frog lights..lol..Less wind resinces when racing at night..lol

zlicious94

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Ya thats ok if the lights are old school!! Like poncho said Im attracted to the weight/power and the potential of the ls6! I have owned every gen fbody except first and its time for the upgrade and Im def not a c6 guy too fancy for me lol!! I just need to build a carport onto my house for the camaro before the vette too

02sslayer

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well to each their own i say. dont get me wrong vets are sick. but u could get a really nice ls1 fbod and afford to mod the **** out of it and pay less than u would for a vette. thats just me though. happy bday dude

tmoney223

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Ok good your not getting rid of your Z28.. I say go for it!!! It would be nice to see someone younger then 90 driving the hell out of one of those..lol.. And it won't take money to keep up eathier.. Maybe a 100 shot and your there.

Mikey 97Z M6

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Well, to be honest, the axles usually are not the first weak link in a 10 bolt. The ring gear is only 7.765" diameter, compared to a 9" ring gear on the 9" rearends. The pinion gear has a smaller diameter shaft and the bearings are also small so they don't distribute the load very well. The 10 bolts just have too many weak points to make it a viable choice for a 6sp car that sees alot of track events. Personally, I'd rather be racing,,, not fixing rearends.

If you're hardcore GM and want to keep your car that way, then a 12 bolt is a good alternative. They too have "some" of the inherent weakness', one them being a small diameter pinion. The housing's tend to flex so the gears need constant setup work if you want them to live under a 6sp drag car.

Corporate 14 bolt,,,,, now you're talking lol..... But that thing weighs about 100lbs more than a 12 bolt or a 9". Our cars are heavy enough I think.

I haven't even mentioned that a 9" is so much easier to work on. Just remove the center section and you setup the gears on your workbench instead of crawling under the car. The side adjusters on the carrier are threaded, so you don't have to shim the gears, then re-shim, then re-shim again and again and again...... I could go and on for days........

Mike

zlicious94

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Oh no the z28 stays with me till death! Someday the lt1's will be rare but for now I want my girl to be able to drive it. I was 16 in 94 and told myself someday Im gonna get one of those cause at the time I drove a 1970 camaro with a 250hp 350 that was a dog and all the lt1's smoked me lol

The z06(3051lbs) will be right at 400rwhp with intake,headers,tune!!!

02sslayer

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i dident know all of that. ive heard the 9" robs about 30hp? i understand it would be reasonable though since you dont have to replace rear ends all the time. i guess i just thought the 12 bolt was about as good for a 10 second car.


so phil what year vette you gonna get?

zlicious94

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02-04 ls6

02sslayer

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sweet those cars are pretty cool. its a good platform for modding too.

zlicious94

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If anyone is curious here is a list of the fastest c5z's around with just BOLTONS!!! Perfect car for me to enter the lsx world
C5 Z06 External Bolt On Times (stock long-block)

1--10.890@125.06--1.465--GARY2004Z06-'04 12/08-VR, DRs, ARH LTs, Tex Exo-Skel, 4.10s, Post #356
2--11.175@121.07--1.610--94z28racecar--'03 12/09-VR CAI, LTs, UDP, Mcleod Twin, DRs, Post #463
3--11.214@122.30--1.580---Dr Ron -------'03 11/05-VR CAI, ET St, LT, ClutchSlip
4--11.25x@123.7x--1.58x---Butcher-------'03 10/04-Bolt Ons, 3.90 gear
5--11.355@121.92--1.667--Stevo92z28---'02 12/09-LTs, Blackwing, ET Streets, Post #464
6--11.37x@123.7x--1.48x---PaulZ06-------'0x xx/xx -Bolt Ons, 3.73 gearVideo
7--11.405@123.61--1.616 --Qksiver-------'02 01/05-VR CAI, NT DR, Clutch Slip
8--11.442@122.51--1.643---spindoctor----'01 01/07-ET ST, CAI, LT
9--11.461@119.79--1.634---procs2v-------'02 04/08-HT CAI, MT DR, LT, Post 220 Video
10--11.566@119.50--1.772-Robert@SpeedDemon-'04 02/09-CAI, BFG DR, LT, Post #380

02sslayer

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dude stop it ure making me want a corvette lol.

on another note, my caddy broke down about a month ago, so ive been forced to drive the camaro in this **** weather. so far the car looks like **** cuase i never get a break in the weather to wash it. and the interior is just goin to hell in a hand basket, i need new floor mats allready. and my car had kind of a new car smell whenm i first got it now it smells like mildew and crap. it really doesent have that clean look to it anymore, it sucks but what ya gonna do.

zlicious94

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Hey Joseph! You are on a camaro tribute vid in the multimedia section lol!! Your burnout is at 1:03 Someone loved that burnout I think its the one where you almost lost it lol.

02sslayer

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dude thats awesome, i just watched it! out of all the burnouts on youtube mine gets picked for a video. he should have gotten one of you dude lol

musicman

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Dummy question time, rim screws go on both inside out outside of the wheel right? First time messing with this, heh.

edit: n/m

zlicious94

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Hey at least one of us made it! We do need some more love out here in the pacnw

Keep forgeting to ask you how your dog is doing? Post some pics if ya have any!