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Old 07-10-2004, 08:08 PM
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Back in black baby! :D

Ain't she a beaut?
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Car: 98 WS6 Formula
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SOOOOOO PURTY!!!
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Thats my wife and son in the background .
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SAHWEET JESUS!!!! it looks really nice pasky!
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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Check out those v6 springs in the front hahaa, I love that stance.
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Drag stance! :hail:
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wow looks really nice man
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yea, I wish I had a higher quality camera, also the flash wasn't working.
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still looks damn good
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Hey Pasky,

That looks really, really, & totally AWESOME man!!!!!!!!! How about some shots of the interior.:hail: :hail:
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looks pretty good!
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Car: 1966 impala , 1998 sebring vert,1978 buick regal turbo, 1991 chevy silverado 3/4ton 4x4 lifted
Engine: 283, 2.5,3.8 turbo 350
Transmission: powerglide,auto overdrive, th350,4L80
yeah and an under hood pic as well
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Throw some tint on there and you're set. So when you selling it? *gets in line*
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:hail: :hail: sweet MARO Pasky :hail: :hail:
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my v6 springs must be shot or something cause my car sure enough doesn't sit like that in the front.
Old 07-10-2004, 10:33 PM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
Engine: 95 383 CI (6.3) LT1
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Thats because you don't have a lt1 sitting on them . Yea it needs tint bad, details can wait. Interior still needs the center console on it and I havn't cleaned the carpet, all in good time, thanks for the compliments guys.
Old 07-10-2004, 10:34 PM
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Car: 1966 impala , 1998 sebring vert,1978 buick regal turbo, 1991 chevy silverado 3/4ton 4x4 lifted
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Transmission: powerglide,auto overdrive, th350,4L80
anytime man that car is sweet
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Car: 85 firebird
Engine: Pos 2.8 pulled and replaced with a 350 tpi motor converted to carb.
Transmission: 700r4, vette servo,shift kit, hayden 15"x8" trans cooler.
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Check out those v6 springs in the front hahaa, I love that stance.
Looks nice! Have any problems driving it with those springs? I kept the v6 ones too. People said the suspenion would bottom out .
Old 07-10-2004, 11:22 PM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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Yea exactly.

Although I do need to be careful with the big dips, but normal road driving is just dandy.
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Hey Pasky, what are your specs 1/8 1/4 timing with the Lt1 and the t 56 borg warner?
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
Engine: 95 383 CI (6.3) LT1
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Don't know yet, but its a mustang killer, blows thier doors off (all years). I havn't run into any mustangs that are heavily modded. Beaten 2 LS1 fourthgens and a lot of ****. In fact, just got done with an evening cruise. Mark another 99 GT agains't the LT1.

I need to put the spohn torque arm and lower relocation brackets on before I go to the track, I get a lot of wheel spin through first and second.

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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
Engine: 95 383 CI (6.3) LT1
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Here is the before pic:



Original factory color was black, previous owner painted it white for his girlfriend, she didn't like it, so he sold it to me. I restored it to its original glory .
Old 07-11-2004, 07:59 AM
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wow what a difference ....the black paint looks 100 times better
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Thats because you don't have a lt1 sitting on them .
do lt1's weigh more than a traditional sbc? my car isn't a v6, it was originally though and i never swapped the springs, but my car sits up higher in front...given it's a sport coupe with no gfx but my wheel well gap is alot more than yours.
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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Actually, they weigh less thanks to the aluminum heads. The T-56 is 125# that may be a helping factor.
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Re: Back in black baby! :D

Originally posted by pasky
Ain't she a beaut?
yup.

very much so.
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Well done Pasky. I love black Camaros. Welcome to the dark side.
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nice, did u do the engine bay and the doors and all that good stuff that is involved with a color change.
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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Nope, everything but the engine bay was painted, doors, door jams, etc...
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Car: camaro sportcoupe
Engine: 7.0L
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my 700r4 has gotta weigh more than 125#'s. maybe my springs are newer, i know that the previous owner had put springs under it, but didn't know when or how long ago. i should get some saggy ones off of a v6 car...

kind of a bad pic but you get the idea...mines the red car on the left...sits kinda high for a car with a v8 and v6 springs in it...

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Maybe the prev owner installed the wrong springs in your car.

Mine sits like Paskys does. Front has like an inch from the tire to the wheel well, rear has like 2 1/2.

Yours does look WAY too high.

Looking at your car pasky makes me think twice about the arctic white i was thinking about.
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I've seen some really hot looking arctic white camaros. The car wasn't clean in that pic, was very sunny, and had the ugly rims. I painted it black because it was the factory color.
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nice looking, alot better than before.
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what looks good on a white one is blackouts on the headlights and taillights and tint all the way around ...well not the windshield..LOL...but you know what i mean that looks really good
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w00t!!!

All i gotta say is, "SAA-WEEEEET 'MARO OF G0D!!!"
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pasky that's one hot car, you've sold me on what color i'm gonna paint mine...BLACK!!!!!:hail:

rims coming anytime soon?

what a beast,
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VERY nice pasky! That car has come together well, good job! It looks great!
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Looks awesome man! I love the stance! Mine kinda looks like that now that I got a new motor in it too Now if I could just get it painted... and finish the other million things I have to do to it...
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
Engine: 95 383 CI (6.3) LT1
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Originally posted by Tobias05
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pasky that's one hot car, you've sold me on what color i'm gonna paint mine...BLACK!!!!!:hail:

rims coming anytime soon?

what a beast,
brandon
Rims will not be changed, I love the stock z28 rims.
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Hey pasky, what happened to the hood blisters man? Car looks great though!
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Thier in the trunk . Need to find a hood.
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beauty

That car is a beauty pasky! Black is the best colour on any car I'm convinced. Just hard keeping it clean. My car has the opposite stance, its higher in the front after going to the LT1 from the 305. What mods do you have, my car flies with this thing in it! But traction is an issue.
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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1.6 RR's, ls1 driveshaft, slp headers, no cat, computer tune, spohn torque arm, wonder bar, lower relocation brackets next week, wonder bar, Pro 5.0, 3" exhaust the whole way to a hooker aeroflow on a turn down, and I got a cc306 cam sitting in the closet ti'll the valve springs get here.
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Car: 1992 Camaro RS
Engine: 5.0L TBI
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Originally posted by pasky
1.6 RR's, ls1 driveshaft, slp headers, no cat, computer tune, spohn torque arm, wonder bar, lower relocation brackets next week, wonder bar, Pro 5.0, 3" exhaust the whole way to a hooker aeroflow on a turn down, and I got a cc306 cam sitting in the closet ti'll the valve springs get here.
LOL...two wonder bars huh?
Sorry! Couldn't resist!
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LOL...two wonder bars huh?
Sorry! Couldn't resist!
Smart *** .
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LOL...two wonder bars huh?
Sorry! Couldn't resist!
Smart *** .
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That's one hell of a rake you got going on there.....

Looks 20times better...
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