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Old 07-02-2011, 05:11 PM
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Well I haven't turned a wrench in a while. But today I did get around to lowering the Mach which was very much needed. I bought some cut stock springs from another Mach owner and installed a MM pinion snubber. I must say it looks SO much better!!
Old 07-02-2011, 05:17 PM
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Cut Springs? Really? It might look better but that cannot be good for your suspension.
Old 07-02-2011, 05:21 PM
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Getting the cold side in tomorrow. Had alot of relocating to do to get to this point. All accessories are installed too. Good clearance all around.
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Pulled the transmission, sending it to tick. Now I gotta find where the oil leak is coming from. Also did weld in sfcs and new torque arm/panhard bar from umi. Gotta find the oil leak and where the diff fluid is leak
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beat the **** out of it, then washed her. thats what I did to my car today. just like every other nice Saturday afternooon
Old 07-02-2011, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by dtsti
Cut Springs? Really? It might look better but that cannot be good for your suspension.
The stock springs (mainly rear) are best for traction, so you figure it out.
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got a ported intake and retune
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By this time next week I'll be nearly at the "DONE!!!" mark for my car. By saturday/sunday of next week here is where it will stand: fully forged 402 LS2 (built for a BIG shot of nitrous) w fully ported LS3 heads, baby starter shot from my NOS fogger, Gforce carbon fiber driveshaft, EBC drilled/slotted rotors, "Red" pads, full set of braided brake lines, new CarbonMan carbon fiber lip spoiler and SAP grills on, ... oh yeah ARP wheel studs... and hell I don't even remember what else, there is LOTS AND LOTS of boxes awaiting install for when my car gets back from it's engine transplant!

This is what I'm putting on to the car over the next week ontop of what I've already got done (list too long to remember).. I'm always modding, but the car has been at the shop so I couldn't install the stuff as it arrives so all next week will be one big install.
Eventually I'll get some nice rims for it, but that is proving to be ALOT harder then I thought as the very very few rims I like on a GTO are also the most popular styles-- So I'm saving up for a set of custom built rims. Gonna suck paying for that bill.... cuz it'll be 6 rims to buy....

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Just yesturday I put slotted rotors on the car and this past month I put 12 way adjustable shocks all the way around and lowered it over an inch
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i haven't done ****. i moved it today so i could get the lawn mower out...that's the first time it has been started in prob a month or so.
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What has this to do with street racing?
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I'm in the process of fitting a mach 1 chin lip to my camaro and I'm gonna make a rear flat bottom for it. Tryin to get to 125+in the 1/4 with the ls6 before the ls7 goes in. Weight removel is at a constant on this car.
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Cammed my Camaro-trying to nail down the tune
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Originally Posted by ls1 1990 VN
What has this to do with street racing?
They alow 2 bs threads at a time
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Put in a yank ss 4000, tranny cooler and got new mt et streets!
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Washed the car, skreet raced it on sprayz, and then I parked it at 2am. Woke up and said **** you car. Went back inside.
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I started my GTO last week. Then I cleaned up all the oil and ps fluid it pissed all over the ground... The rack and rear main are shot... at 25k miles. Hopefully the extended warranty I got for it covers this BS.
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I changed the rotors.

On the to-do-list later this summer includes: PSRI, 90mm MAF, 39lb injectors, and Even Flow Cooling Mod.
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I haven't touched my car in weeks, literally touched. Looked at it about two weeks ago.


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