Restoring 99' T/A- true fire.

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Jan 8, 2008 | 01:03 AM

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Dremel tool with a cut off wheel. I put painters tape on the face of the tips until i completeley covered the front of them and then made an outline with a sharpy. After that i taped that template on the skirt and make it about 1/4 inch larger to give me the gap between the tip and the cutout. then i cut it with the dremel.

Jan 8, 2008 | 01:32 AM

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A buddy of mine did side pipes on his '98 TA a few years back. He put a Formual bumper on the rear and then added the firebird ground effects package to the rear. It looked really good and and everything flowed well. Sharp car for sure!

Jan 8, 2008 | 09:34 PM

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I like the side flames. I'd like the ones on the hood more if you did them on the side instead of on the top.

Jan 8, 2008 | 10:16 PM

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great looking car man you have some skill

Jan 8, 2008 | 10:50 PM

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thats an awesome build great paint job too!!!

Jan 8, 2008 | 11:19 PM

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Thanks guys for all the comments. I am in another bind again. I took off without warming the car up because i was in a rush and stompped it in first and second and then the car started acting up. I could not figure out the problem until i took a valve covers off and saw two valve springs completely broken. But for some miracle the valve never hit the piston so i just need a good set of valve springs capable of .600 lift again.

Jan 10, 2008 | 01:51 PM

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man the car looks sick!! makes me want to start mine!!

Jan 14, 2008 | 01:02 AM

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i'd like to see how the side exhaust looks from underneath.

and where'd u buy those tips and how much

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Jan 14, 2008 | 03:02 AM

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sounds like someone didnt test them before assembly 2 brings just breaking id check your pushrods and stuff too to be safe

also kinda confused on how u cutout for the tips something about tracing?

Jan 15, 2008 | 06:13 PM

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sounds like someone didnt test them before assembly 2 brings just breaking id check your pushrods and stuff too to be safe

also kinda confused on how u cutout for the tips something about tracing?

Well when the tips were off i completely taped the front of them using 2" tape. I taped across the front of the tips like if i were to be covering up the holes. I made sure i left excess tape so dont worry if you cover more than just the the front of the tips. After that i traced around just the outter most part of the tips face. Then i pulled the tape off as a solid piece and taped it onto the skirt. After that i made the outline larger to give me the gap between the tip and the skirt.

I'll check all the push rods, hopefully nothing is fubar.
Thanks.

Jan 15, 2008 | 09:57 PM

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now you need a nice lid and valve covers painted gloss black with tru flames on them.

Jan 15, 2008 | 11:17 PM

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that car is sick!!! i really like the C6's

Jan 16, 2008 | 12:45 AM

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now you need a nice lid and valve covers painted gloss black with tru flames on them.

Those are in the works, trying to make a relocating kit for the coils. Although i would hate to paint my clear mti lid.

Jan 16, 2008 | 11:58 AM

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Those are in the works, trying to make a relocating kit for the coils. Although i would hate to paint my clear mti lid.

get a black lid, for example this is some pics of Brian2006 setup

Jan 16, 2008 | 01:56 PM

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i think the ferrari type diffuser thing is a great idea for the holes, i've thought about something like that myself

Jan 16, 2008 | 05:49 PM

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get a black lid, for example this is some pics of Brian2006 setup

that looks sick! Where do i get those covers for the valve covers at?

Jan 16, 2008 | 05:58 PM

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Jan 16, 2008 | 07:10 PM

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One of the nicest TA's I have EVER seen before.

Jan 17, 2008 | 08:31 AM

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that looks sick! Where do i get those covers for the valve covers at?

check the sponsers or use search for "valve covers or corvette valve covers"

Jan 19, 2008 | 09:37 PM

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I photoshoped the rear to put the wind difusors from the Ferrari. Let me know what yall think.

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