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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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^^^ the ones i have dont have non of that its just a hallow plain tube.

should it be that way or should it have that type of material or something similiar in the inside of the resonator?
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i finally primered the car put the epoxy primer an then the urethane the primer
in a week..











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Looking good man! Can't wait to see it finished.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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thanks man.

should be done pretty soon just beed blast my engine parts an goin to paint them
so the engine bay looks nice an clean..

id like to paint it also but its to much work rather do it later once i swap engines again..
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 04:44 PM
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today i sprayed the car with the urethane primer i will post pics tomorrow.

the motor is almost done just need to put rest of the brackets an stuff together
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 04:47 PM
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btw the cam that was in the car was a new gm hot cam.

how much do you think i could sell the cam.
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What color did you decide on? Black?
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The longer I own my third gen the more I love them, cant wait to see the finished product its coming along nicely!
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the motor after i painted the block orange

my valve covers














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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:38 PM
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u guys like??
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damn everything looks good. Stick'n with tpi? why not go with a mini ram, or some or stealth ram?
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 04:45 PM
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^^

wish i could but don't have the money laying around for it right now.
im not sure if ill be able to finish it.
i might just leave it primered an roll it around like that an work on it
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Black primer
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wish i could but don't have the money laying around for it right now.
im not sure if ill be able to finish it.
i might just leave it primered an roll it around like that an work on it
ur letting us down now. all this work and ur ganna roll on primer? lol jk
i was rollin on flat black for a while . i got pulled over too much .
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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its a green primer cuz i was originally going to paint it stock color, so thats
why but its cuz this up coming month, we have a lot to do an prom is coming up, an
im not going to have time to finish it at SCHOOL.

plus i want to say i got to drive it the last month of school or so
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 03:24 PM
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ur letting us down now. all this work and ur ganna roll on primer? lol jk
i was rollin on flat black for a while . i got pulled over too much .
lol for real?

mine is going to be unique there going to be like have u seen that ugly
as green camaro, well it smoked me the other day lol
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how much do u guys think i can get some doors for my car?
mine are in real bad shape an im tired of working on them..
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Originally Posted by hlaalu
What color did you decide on? Black?
im not sure i think red with the z06 rims powder coated black would look
sick as hell
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looks good.

i'm painting the engine/undercarriage first. since my paint isn't too bad. but i did swap out the tpi for a good carb/msd setup. just can't make the power that i want on the tpi.

here is a couple of pics of my turd.




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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 11:34 PM
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your car is sick!

how much hp are u pushing?

i hope to have mine running but not finished by prom which is the 8th of next month.
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