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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 10:54 PM
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ive been working on my partners car this summer.. hes part of my "posse" or also a "wolfpack"

its a 1989 camaro irocz originally a 305 tpi and 700r-4



he said "the hell with a built tpi, not enough for me! unless i add a sc or nitrous"

i said "piece of cake lets install an ls1, a t56, and a 4th gen dashboard."

he said "ok"

i said "let me know when your ready"

once we gathered all the parts i got to work on my days off..
total of 8 days through out the month with some delays..

engine looked healthy when purchased and added few goodies. we need to get an exhaust set up, egr block offs, dual fan set up, install the steering shaft and some little issues we came across and get the car tuned!

not sure if i could've done it with my eyes closed but were glad that the car finally cranked over..






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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:09 PM
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looks good, is that the same gto cai like urs?
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:10 PM
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Thats fukn sick foo now the lx or the 92 z is ready for the swap.. but killer work dude.. big props to u looks clean bro
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:24 PM
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Looks nice.
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:28 PM
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But i still dislike the dash
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:34 PM
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lookin good. love white 3rd gens.
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:38 PM
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that looks like the equivalence of a 5 tier wedding cake with extra sprinkles, double frosting, and ice cream. (cookiesNcream/mintNchip)

hmm posse sounds cool and mysterious but, wolfpack does have a nice ring to it.
So, looks like we just added one more member to our wolfpack, so where there was 3, now there is 4 members to our wolfpack.
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:43 PM
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^^ pandilla de lobos
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By any chance would the camaro i posted in my thread happen to be an ex posse member of your wolfpack? The car was built and purchased from the valley. Im not saying you built it just maybe someone that might of hang out with you.
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
Thats fukn sick foo now the lx or the 92 z is ready for the swap.. but killer work dude.. big props to u looks clean bro
how about you just sell me that LX
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 11:58 PM
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Pfffttt...that's cake, not to highjack your thread but look what I built with my eyes closed

In all seriousness it might be too much power for the owner going from under 200rwhp to over 400rwhp once the exhaust is on there. He would have never got there with the TPI boat anchor
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HAHA I heard that you like to talk **** for your brother on thirdgen.org to the people who don't swing from his nuts cyber. You think your being funny but not only do people think your a douche on here but thirdgen.org as well . Talk **** on my car when you got something for it, not just a third gen with a ls1 swap (like half of thirdgen.org) and a "Nice" dash
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 12:10 AM
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Na bro lol i love that car more than i like my 92 lol i wana repaint it and either make it saleen clone or just ad a hood and extended lx wing...plus u got faster cars u dont need this 5.slow lol
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Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
Na bro lol i love that car more than i like my 92 lol i wana repaint it and either make it saleen clone or just ad a hood and extended lx wing...plus u got faster cars u dont need this 5.slow lol
Don't get rid of that fox, It's clean. Now a days it's hard to find them clean since most rusted or are rusting away.
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Clean swap...
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 12:50 AM
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I like those wheels on there. very nice thirdgen man.
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
HAHA I heard that you like to talk **** for your brother on thirdgen.org to the people who don't swing from his nuts cyber. You think your being funny but not only do people think your a douche on here but thirdgen.org as well . Talk **** on my car when you got something for it, not just a third gen with a ls1 swap (like half of thirdgen.org) and a "Nice" dash


get ur facts straight bro.. u must spend some quality time on tgo looking at our build threads. if so thank you for reading my build but my original build thread is no longer there.

btw if you ever post non tpi related topics on thirdgen.org so cal forum they are biased towards the "bastardization" and they will place restrictions on your opinions..

as for me i dont need people "swinging off my nuts" go start your own thread of your accomplishments and certificates..

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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by 59 camaro
looks good, is that the same gto cai like urs?
yeah bro
Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
Thats fukn sick foo now the lx or the 92 z is ready for the swap.. but killer work dude.. big props to u looks clean bro
lets do it.. u got $$ lol

Originally Posted by RPD_Vette84
lookin good. love white 3rd gens.
same here bro .. he wants to paint it black but i dig the white.!

Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
By any chance would the camaro i posted in my thread happen to be an ex posse member of your wolfpack? The car was built and purchased from the valley. Im not saying you built it just maybe someone that might of hang out with you.
no.
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In all seriousness it might be too much power for the owner going from under 200rwhp to over 400rwhp once the exhaust is on there. He would have never got there with the TPI boat anchor
that stock diff is ganna break!


Originally Posted by GMMGWS6
that looks like the equivalence of a 5 tier wedding cake with extra sprinkles, double frosting, and ice cream. (cookiesNcream/mintNchip)

hmm posse sounds cool and mysterious but, wolfpack does have a nice ring to it.
So, looks like we just added one more member to our wolfpack, so where there was 3, now there is 4 members to our wolfpack.
lets pick up that lx from his house on our way to vegas.. hell give us a deal .lol jk


Originally Posted by Mr.z/28
I like those wheels on there. very nice thirdgen man.

some white calipers would look nice in there!

Originally Posted by 94'BLKBRD
Clean swap...
thanks bro! not my first

Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
But i still dislike the dash
mine looks fine in there..al though i prefer to do something different.


since your on tgo im sure ur familiar with stage20

25thRedrs twin turbo ls 3g

first ls1 3g that i recall

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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 01:54 AM
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i thought about pickin this one up to do another swap but 6spd.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv...557862340.html
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Originally Posted by XpEdItIoUs
HAHA I heard that you like to talk **** for your brother on thirdgen.org to the people who don't swing from his nuts cyber. You think your being funny but not only do people think your a douche on here but thirdgen.org as well . Talk **** on my car when you got something for it, not just a third gen with a ls1 swap (like half of thirdgen.org) and a "Nice" dash

For the record all I did was call out die hard TPI guys on tgo.org who were threatened by simple LSx swaps and claimed the TPI was superior in 3rd gens


If iI wanted to build a high HP car with poor street manners, no interior/amenities and set up for the 1/4 mile I would have (probably for less $$). I could say the same "come talk **** when your car has paint and gets 28 mpg"

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