MrElectric03

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Sounds good, I just picked up a 98 Z28 myself, once I make room in my driveway ill be doing all of that as well and getting it ready for the cage.

krazy4

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You gonna build a drag car out of this one?

MrElectric03

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Yep, finally got tired of my heavy old bird, my forged motor and 9" are going into the Z28 and either a TH350 or TH400, im gonna cage it to run 8.50s but hoping if I can get everything I can out of the setup I might get it to run a high 9.

krazy4

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It will run 9s on the unit!!!

LS1BLKSS

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damn im almost there myself, i rmoved heater box, a/c, pass. side air bag, radio, speakers, spare,jack, pass. seat, rear seats, rear seat belts, carpet, thats 175 pounds, still need:bumper supports, door bars, metal under fender, abs, drag brakes, lighter k-member/ upper and lower a arms... trying to hit 2800 race weight

whitedevil

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Lol, start with a clean turd gen, immediately lighter from the get go. thats what I was gonna do with mine. A friend of mine out here keeps up with modded ls1 cars in his, and he is still on a lo3 305 tbi motor! pretty impressive in my book.

LS1BLKSS

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but i wanna look good while kicking *** lol

MrElectric03

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i planned on that as well but if you completely strip both the two cars are not a whole lot different, I was still going to go with a third gen but got a killer deal on my 98Z so I had to go that route.

MrElectric03

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Once I get it all setup and used to driving a RMVB auto and launching all that im hoping to crank out a 9.80, thats my goal.

Do you happen to know if 60ftkiller sold his TH350 setup back when he was selling it Trent?

krazy4

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Yeah he sold the trans. Too bad because that thing was badass. Shifted like a champ!

MrElectric03

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Damn, oh well, ill find another.

wichoms4

what up guys been working on the car a lil. got the dash out , remove passenger air bag n heater box. check the pics.

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heres what came out.




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inside shot with everything removed.

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egine bay.

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heres how the car sits as of rigth now.

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MrElectric03

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Nice...cant wait to start tearing into mine!

hlaalu

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are you going to tear out the carpet and everything else that's dead weight?

wichoms4

trust me its alot of fun & you learn alot too. there's a realy good thread on removing the dash, helped me alot. i need a motor bad... anyone out there with a ls1 shortblock????

ssbowtie1

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link to the thread please...

XpEdItIoUs

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Damn, This brings back memories of my car. I removed the HVAC, stero, washer fluid tank, fog lights, all the smog stuff and so much more. I lost track once i started using the sawzall . I added a little weight with the iron block and turbo kit, but I think the power will make up for that.

Here are some pictuers of what I did to mine.

MrElectric03

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Looks good XpEdItIoUs, I like how you did your fuses. my plan is to keep my dash but mount the fuse panels under the panel for the pass air bag.

XpEdItIoUs

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I keept my dash I just had it off for the wiring mod.

MrElectric03

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Ill have my 98 shortblock for sale but you would want to build it.