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  1. 01-23-2009 06:18 PM #1
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    Note: I haven't modded this car since 2006. Everything is the same as when I was in highschool, except suspension and seats.

    SPECS:

    Engine
    - 350 Four Bolt Main
    - Bored .030
    - Comp Cam
    - Comp Cam Double Roller Timing Chain
    - Stock Vortec Heads W/Comp Cam Springs
    - Edelbrock Performer RPM Intake
    - Holley Street Avenger Carborator 670 cfm
    - Polished Crank
    - Federal Mogul 10.5 Compression Ratio pistons
    - Speed Pro Chrome Moly Piston Rings
    - Holley Electric Fuel Pump

    Exhaust
    - Headman Headers
    - Purple Hornies
    - Dual 2 1/2 Pipe That Currently Dumps Before The Axel

    Transmission
    - TH 350 3 Speed w/Shift Kit
    - Hurst V-Matic 2 Shifter

    Rear
    - 12 Bolt from a 67-69 Camaro
    - Posi
    - 3.55 Gears
    - Mooser Axles

    Suspension
    - Fatman Fabrication Tubular Control Arms
    - QA1 Adjustable Coil Overs In The Front
    - Energy Suspension Polyurethane Bushings In The Control Arms
    - Moroso Solid Motor Mounts
    - Energy Suspension Polyurethane Transmission Mount
    - QA1 Coil Overs (175lb springs) In The Rear On Mono Leaf
    - Energy Suspension Polyurethane Bushings In The Leaf Springs
    - Traction Bars
    - Sub Frame Conectors
    - 8-Point Roll Cage
    - Front Sway Bar 7/8 dia

    Wheels & Tires
    - American Racing Torq Thrust II's
    Front: 15x7 Rear: 15x10

    - BF Goodrich Radial T/A
    Front: P225/60R15 measures 26x9
    - Goodyear Eagle GTII
    Rear: P275/60R15 measures 28x12

    Sound System
    - The Exhaust





    Old school pics of my 1st camaro, that ended up donating it's frame when I wrecked the new one. I spent most of the summer doing bodywork on the car. I was 15 when I got it. Car was in good shape rust wise, just needed a few patches on the floor boards. Part of this car still lives on in my new camaro...








    Then came what I have now. These are pics my dad took before I bought the car. I actually never saw the car before I bought it. He told be about it over the phone and I said buy it. This was when I was 17 years old.



    Here's without the snow on top of it

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  2. 01-23-2009 06:21 PM #2
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    I don't have many pics during this stage of the car's life. Didn't have a digital camera back then. But This is what I do have. During this time we also built the motor and put that in the car. I also spent a few hrs and buffed the paint job.

    Before I could afford wheels and tires





    After about 6 months of saving, I bought wheels and tires and for $100 had the exhaust finished from purple hornies back.




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    It's came a long way. I've always loved just about every year body style except the 93-02, or whenever they stopped making them. I think they still look nice, but the worst of them.
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    Then the wreck, happen a few months after I started driving the car. Inexperience plus, power plus 4.10 posi equals bad news.





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    So the only repair pics I have. My 1st camaro gave up it's frame for the wrecked one. I sanded the whole thing down and painted the frame and rad support. After a 12hr day we had everything swapped between the two cars except the sheet metal and small stuff.




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    The car all fixed up. Took a month working everyday to get it done. Finished it the month before I started WyoTech.


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    Damn...
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    Old taillights, and the ones I polished up for it



    Did some suspension work, here are the few pics I have of it. QA1 coilovers at all 4 corners, plated the rear frame rails for strength. All brackets were made from scratch. Fatman Fabrication tubular control arms in the front. Poly bushings everywhere I could put them. Solid motor mounts.




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    To end this for now I’ll post the “glamour shots”






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    Can't forget the seats and door panels I made



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    Very sexy.
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    nice.
    green car
    power: supertech pistons, eagle rods, sniper tuning, open 2.5" downpipe(~6inches long), junkyard; turbo, injectors, c.o.p's, 22psi
    grip: mfactory lsd, spec stage 3, solid mounts, intrax springs, blown struts lol, 19mm rsb, front&rear tie bars, partial chassis seam weld, front strut bar, s/r rdb&mbc, hawk pads, 2300-2320lbs, 235/45/17frnt 225/45/17rear yokohama a048's on rota slips(breaks traction in third gear)
    black car (daily(thinking about turboing it...))
    power: ram air, iceman intake, gude head & cams, jba header, 2.5" exhaust, sniper tuning, msd coil, fr wires
    grip: s/r springs and struts, front tie bar, 21mm rsb, spec stage 2, es motor mount inserts, hawk pads(front only), 215/45/16 kuhmo xs's on rota slips
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    I thought it meant gangster machine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by powder View Post
    I thought it meant gangster machine.
    Nope, the end build goal is handling. See how much over 1g I can pull. Once I get a house with garage I'll tear it apart and start building a frame for it.


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    Looks awesome man, I've always liked that car. Weren't you trying to sell it a while back? And why did you never paint it?
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