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07-03-2015, 04:14 PM
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#151
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
Join Date: May 2008
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Who put that ugly blue tape on the can there???
Geez, 1 star work.
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repo bigals turd gen and part it out to a loving home
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07-03-2015, 04:16 PM
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#152
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
Posts: 6,357
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Originally Posted by LTb1ow
Who put that ugly blue tape on the can there???
Geez, 1 star work.
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Some guy who likes blue things.... ![bertstare](http://www.njfboa.org/forums/images/smilies/bertstare.png) . It will be coming off next time I'm down there.
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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07-04-2015, 08:48 AM
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#153
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
Posts: 19,341
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Shorten your hose clamp. Its like a zip tie no one cut.
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07-04-2015, 09:34 AM
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#154
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
Posts: 6,357
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
Shorten your hose clamp. Its like a zip tie no one cut.
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Thanks.... I will get right on that.
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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07-04-2015, 09:53 AM
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#155
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Stalker
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 12,077
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
Shorten your hose clamp. Its like a zip tie no one cut.
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I saw that too, reminded me of my pool filter plumbing setup
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07-08-2015, 08:05 PM
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#156
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
Posts: 6,357
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So busy night but very successful. Adam came up and did work this evening! She started right up and sounded awesome!!! I really missed that sound. I have a few items to button up but otherwise she is ready to be back on the road. I need to clean her up but below is a quick teaser shot.
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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07-08-2015, 09:10 PM
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#157
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Bridgewater, NJ
Posts: 835
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Sweet!
I have the editor from GM EFI coming to NJ in the new few months and I told him about your car - he wants to do a feature on it.
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
So busy night but very successful. Adam came up and did work this evening! She started right up and sounded awesome!!! I really missed that sound. I have a few items to button up but otherwise she is ready to be back on the road. I need to clean her up but below is a quick teaser shot.
![](http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w170/bmdeluca/The%20Bird/The%20Rebuild/0708152016b_zps0vv1dbaf.jpg)
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1984 Camaro: 350 Auto, Global West Suspension, Baer Brakes, CTW Wheels
1989 GTA: Bolt-on L98. Global West Suspension, full Magnaflow exhaust, Wilwood Brakes, CTW Wheels
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07-08-2015, 09:31 PM
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#158
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
Posts: 6,357
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Originally Posted by Paul Huryk
Sweet!
I have the editor from GM EFI coming to NJ in the new few months and I told him about your car - he wants to do a feature on it.
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Thanks for the heads up and mentioning my car to him. I have been chatting with Rick as well. I told him once I got everything squared away, we would find a suitable time to get the feature done.
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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10-25-2015, 07:00 AM
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#159
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
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Location: Millstone Township, NJ
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
Last edited by Blackbirdws6; 10-25-2015 at 07:13 AM.
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10-26-2015, 06:54 AM
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#160
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Power Member / trans break does not equal transbrake
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Meadowlands
Posts: 4,513
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any plans to install a speed warning at 70mph?
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99 Z28 - SBE LS1/60e
Motor - 10.84 @ 128 - 1.47 60'
Nitrous - 10.16 @ 132 - 1.40 60"
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10-26-2015, 07:52 AM
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#161
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
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Originally Posted by LS1ow
any plans to install a speed warning at 70mph?
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You meant 170 right?
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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10-26-2015, 03:25 PM
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#162
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Resident Camera Guy
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 10,971
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Incredible, his work is definitely welding porn.
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03-15-2018, 08:13 AM
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#163
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
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Well the saga continues and it's been a while since I posted any upgrades for the car. The changes have been pretty minimal but setting a new best last year reignited my interest to go further down the rabbit hole.
Clutch Hydraulics:
At the last Racewars, my trans/clutch were requiring more deliberate operation to avoid missing a gear. The issue got worse as the day went on and the car also become harder and harder to get into reverse. Towards the end of the day, I just made sure all I had to do was go forward which was effective. Getting home and putting the car in the garage was a different story. I decided to try the simplest thing first which involved swapping the clutch fluid. The fluid looked clean and was bled prior to the rental but let's just try it anyway. After doing that, getting into gear went much much easier. The slave is pretty new so my only thinking is the wilwood master included with the original McLeod clutch may just be tired. My thinking is the seal for the master is leaking slightly and when the fluid gets hot, the fluid gets past the seal easier resulting in a clutch that doesn't fully release.
A new Wilwood clutch master seal may be tough to find and honestly, I prefer the piece of mind of a new unit. I purchased a Tick clutch master and new slave to replace the hydraulics completely. These will hopefully be installed in the coming weeks in prep for the Slipstream event in the Poconos on April 21st.
Braking:
Last year I slapped on Hawk HP+ pads up front and HP 5.0s in the rear which definitely improving stopping performance but still didn't give me the confidence I wanted to haul down this overweight missile. I've been talking about upgrading the brakes for a while and finally pulled the trigger in a more serious way. The bummer is I knew this would necessitate new drag front runners since the 15's wouldn't clear any setup I had interest in purchasing. After debating different brake setups (C5, GM brembo from Camaro/V/etc, Kore3, etc), I came across a new kit from Sam Strano featuring Wilwood calipers, stainless lines, bracket, and Stop-Tech rotors. Reading through Brembo conversions from other GM cars, some require you to have the center of the rotor machined to fit the hub, shims, spacers, etc. Pads will also be cheaper although knowing how many miles I put on the car and how I use it, this isn't real benefit to me. I do like the 6 piston setups from the V2 cars but in addition to the drag wheel clearance challenges, braking hard with skinnies up front would not be ideal.
Last night I was able to put in a bit of time on the car so on to a few pics. The hub was a little bit of a bitch to remove but she eventually gave way with a bigger hammer. The lower caliper bracket mount needed to be lopped off to make way for the new UMI bracket. A Pal got me a nice cutoff tool which worked really well. Mid way into cutting I stopped to check progress thinking I'm around a quarter of the way through only to find it was almost completely chopped off lol.
Don't worry....the hub oxidation will be cleaned.
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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03-15-2018, 09:12 AM
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#164
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
Posts: 19,341
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Full on committed now! To bigger brakes, that is...
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03-15-2018, 09:26 AM
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#165
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
Full on committed now! To bigger brakes, that is...
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Yep. Once I lopped off the bottom mount I said "Well, no turning back now....".
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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03-15-2018, 01:51 PM
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#166
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Jackson, NJ
Posts: 1,723
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Did you order the parachute yet?
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1983 camaro- Scrap
1988 camaro- Also scrap
'05 Silverado- You guessed it, scrap
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Originally Posted by LS1ow
and once i get PHB, what do i ajust it too?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jersey Mike
Seven.
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03-15-2018, 01:54 PM
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#167
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
Posts: 6,357
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wretched73
Did you order the parachute yet?
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Car is too slow for a chute
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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03-15-2018, 02:33 PM
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#168
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Power Member / trans break does not equal transbrake
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Meadowlands
Posts: 4,513
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
Yep. Once I lopped off the bottom mount I said "Well, no turning back now....".
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upset you didnt say "Oh chute, no turning back now"
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99 Z28 - SBE LS1/60e
Motor - 10.84 @ 128 - 1.47 60'
Nitrous - 10.16 @ 132 - 1.40 60"
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03-15-2018, 02:53 PM
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#169
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LS1ow
upset you didnt say "Oh chute, no turning back now"
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Now I'm upset with myself. Creativity is all but gone man.
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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03-15-2018, 08:40 PM
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#170
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
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Well I planned on finishing the one side of the car this evening but looks like I received the wrong rotors. I got everything mounted and realized when tossing in the pads that the rotor need another inch or so to make the edge of the pad.
Annoying but I can shift to the other side of the car to get everything ready once I get the new rotors here.
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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03-16-2018, 07:39 AM
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#171
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
Posts: 6,357
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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03-16-2018, 07:55 AM
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#172
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 20,149
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air gap is important
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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03-16-2018, 08:57 AM
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#173
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
Posts: 19,341
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Its the new expand under heat design!
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03-18-2018, 08:41 AM
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#174
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
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To my surprise, the proper rotors arrived yesterday. After some St. Patrick day shenanigans yesterday, I decided to work that off this morning and get to work.
The new rotors obviously fit much better. After torqueing everything to spec, I test fit the new 17" Weld drag front runners. They cleared the new brakes beautifully just as all the measurements suggested. I grabbed a set of 17" WS6 wheels and those will need a spacer to work.
Next up is to bleed the brakes and start working on the other items. I'll try to get the skinnies tires mounted sometime this week.
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97 T/A Ram Air Convt
Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
81 Turbo TA
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03-18-2018, 11:37 AM
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#175
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Hackettstown, NJ
Posts: 1,634
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Those are sharp looking. What's diameter vs. the stockers?
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1998 Z-28 - SLP lid - Ported TB - LS6 Intake - Dynatech SS headers/Catted Y - Magnaflow Exh - 3.42 - Yank SS3600 - UMI weld-in subframe connectors, Adj LCA, Adj PHB, Q1A TA - Bolt-in Relocation Brackets - Strano springs - Koni shocks - 17" C6Z06 wheels - 326HP/335ft-lbs - 12.35 @ 110.41
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I can appreciate a dream but this person needed some real friends.
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