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Old 11-03-2009, 09:59 PM
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Sooo I decided I wanted a beater car to drive to and from work. and this is what I got.




what it really is... mwahahaha




Last pic of the fire breathing forced induction of madness

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Holy ****...is it seriously yours?

I love those things!
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nice adam. you finally got it. You have been talking about getting one for a while. congrats
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I find it funny that your insurance actually went down when you bought this car... Also I want to try some detail products on that biatch!
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Lee go for it it really needs paint, but if I paint it, it is getting a maaco paint job. So far I am getting a new clutch for it soon, well as soon as I fry this one... lol nah not bad for never having owned a manual trans I just gotta get used to this car.
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I bet ya I could get the paint lookin pretty good (at least the parts of it that the clear is still holding on to... for dear life lol). Looks like it could be pretty sweet with a few mods. When we linin up the beaters???
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sick! that's funny, usually you get an auto for a dd so you can be lazy and eat cheeseburgers driving down the road while talking on your cell phone.
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I don't eat or talk and drive really anyways so.... that is not an issue.
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Manual for daily driving.
Auto for drag racing.

That's the way to do it lol.

I drove the red dragon yesterday, and I must say, that thing is badass!
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Yeah I have the best of a lot of worlds.... 4cyl great fuel economy... turbo for fun... not really it is still slow lol. and a manual for fun,


then auto for some good drag racing action, V8 for some good power, and some bolt ons making it wake up a bit and allows me to drag race the hell outta the car... not really well we will see what happens when the rear goes... LOL

I find it hilarious that in my tbird I have a solid 8.8 in rear.. it has a beefy as hell rear.
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I find it hilarious that in my tbird I have a solid 8.8 in rear.. it has a beefy as hell rear.
You should swap the t-bird rear end in your camaro, and put the camaro rear in the t-bird.
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You want some of this adam?



JK, Nice ride.
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Originally Posted by LS1Adam84
Lee go for it it really needs paint, but if I paint it, it is getting a maaco paint job. So far I am getting a new clutch for it soon, well as soon as I fry this one... lol nah not bad for never having owned a manual trans I just gotta get used to this car.
maaco... what are you trying say? maaco only paints the highest of high end cars!

LOL, congrats on the DD.
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Turbocoupe>SVO...just kidding
















but seriously
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Ivan nahhh your SVO has more work done and a better driver... for at least this week lol...

in a couple years when i can tear into it maybe... I do want to see about swapping my interior out though.... yikes.
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nice tcoupe adam.....turbo swap ?
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Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
You want some of this adam?



JK, Nice ride.


i knew ivan would be in this thead..!!!
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Mike nahh if I do it might be for a better breathing e6 manifold and a t3 turbo for reliability. all are original parts off either an svo or older tcoupe.

Yeah I knew Ivan would be too, him and I have discussed the aweseomness of these cars.
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Originally Posted by LS1Adam84
Mike nahh if I do it might be for a better breathing e6 manifold and a t3 turbo for reliability. all are original parts off either an svo or older tcoupe.

Yeah I knew Ivan would be too, him and I have discussed the aweseomness of these cars.
Ranger Roller Cam in the future? I might go with a esslinger d port aluminum head and a boport stage2 cam in the future. If your interested in a ported head and ranger roller cam in the future hit me up.
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The far future maybe... I am not really goin crazy with the car really I want to keep it stock if i do anything it is because i got the parts for free or something.


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