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Old 07-20-07, 10:48 AM
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. . . so, I bought a Firebird . . .





Anyone want to lend me a dolly?
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Originally Posted by Tofuball
. . . so, I bought a Firebird . . .





Anyone want to lend me a dolly?
How about a tow truck?
Old 07-20-07, 12:23 PM
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Lets do it.
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so whyd you buy a firebird?
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Originally Posted by Tofuball
. . . so, I bought a Firebird . . .




Welcome to the club. If you need any parts from a 2000 Formula trans am other then the engine, let me know. (It's got a posi rear!)
Old 07-21-07, 09:00 AM
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Crazy rays tommorow! with . .. dare I say it . . . Scooters?!

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Welcome to the club. If you need any parts from a 2000 Formula trans am other then the engine, let me know. (It's got a posi rear!)
Sounds good to me!!

Mine is a 95 base, silver, with the 3.4L engine (same as my van :P)

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so whyd you buy a firebird?

got it for $700 w/ blown head gasket, it's for Jacquie.
Old 07-22-07, 07:44 AM
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anyone have spare t-bolt hose clamps? i need one for a 2.5" pipe and one for a 3.5" pipe.
Old 07-22-07, 09:30 AM
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home depot sells them for pretty cheap.
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T-bolt clamps, or just regular screw clamps that will cut into the hose making it fail?
Old 07-22-07, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by AkumaKuruma
T-bolt clamps, or just regular screw clamps that will cut into the hose making it fail?
I use them on everything and I've never had any problem with them. as long as you don't screw them on way too tight, you're fine.
Old 07-22-07, 11:58 AM
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theyre for the post turbo piping and theyre holding about 24PSI at the high end..they better be on pretty tight.
Old 07-22-07, 03:09 PM
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as long as the pipes your putting them on have the flare things on the ends of them and you're not using crappy quality hose... you're fine
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I just watched Transformers last night. Awesome job on the VA State Police cruiser as the Decepticon, Barricade... Anyone catch our highway patrol's motto on the side?
Old 07-23-07, 10:13 AM
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"To punish and enslave"

....or did you mean the one in the movie?
Old 07-23-07, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AkumaKuruma
"To punish and enslave"

....or did you mean the one in the movie?
I mean the one that was in the movie.

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apparently humor is lost on you
Old 07-24-07, 07:27 AM
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apparently humor is lost on you
I didn't even realize what you were talking about. Heh.. They're the same.
Old 07-24-07, 12:26 PM
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Finally got the car to hook in Joliet this weekend. Out of 6 passes (went out in second round, lost by .14 to a much faster car) the best ET was a 10.19, best mph was 133, best 60ft was 1.34 - definitely going in the right direction.

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Sweet you got the **** off the ground. Thats the right direction. Tire wrinkle ftw.
Old 07-27-07, 12:06 PM
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Found out why it had a bad (1.42) 60ft on the last pass that may have cost me the race. Out of the 8 bolts that hold the k-member in the car, the 4 on the passenger side were loose. Not so much loose, as "falling out" of the damn thing. It's no wonder I couldn't get the car to hook straight. It's damn lucky I didn't hit the wall.

Back to the chassis shop it goes, time for another alignment. I can say the first couple passes it hooked well (1.37, 1.35 60ft) so it's definitely got potential. I can't wait to put some adjustable front struts in there, I should really be able to transfer the weight then.
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You using autofab for the chassis shop or who? JPC doesn't do that right?
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LAS Performance in Pennsylvania. Run by this guy, Billy Laskowsky:




Before I brought the car to him, I couldn't get the tires off the ground because the weight wouldn't transfer; the alignment was so jacked I couldn't let go of the wheel without pointing it at the wall.

My best 60' was a 1.39, and my FIRST pass after he aligned it was a 1.37, then a 1.35 on the next. He also built Ryan's entire chassis, and his cars definitely hooks and goes straight (a lot of times on the bumper)

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Hi Theo,
You seem to be a authority on this subject. There is a mazda in my driveway that needs to go away. It doesn't have a title, and it's in the process of being stripped. Is it worthwhile to cut it into pieces for scrap metal? Can you help? Thanks.
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Excellent, excellent. That pic of Ryans car is nice and straight when coming off the ground.

I want to go meet jeff at PSI. I'd like to just take him my ls1 and go over what I'm looking for out of the motor and let him build it. You up for it some time next week?
Old 07-29-07, 12:58 PM
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Maybe, but I'd recommend going there and just talking to him first. I don't know what his schedule looks like, so he may or may not have room to just leave it there, ya know?


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