I'll probably get crucified for this.... LOL

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I'll probably get crucified for this.... LOL

Reply #15 – July 13, 2011, 11:19:53 PM

I'm a die hard blue oval guy, yet I just bought a Honda Ridgeline and the wife loves her Benz. Pull the Bow tie emblems off , and it 's still an air pump surrounded in sheet metal.....nice ride.

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Reply #16 – July 14, 2011, 03:04:41 AM

Quote from: The Shredder;363396

Nice Camaro... but I want your TC instead. What year did they go to the LSx motors? Those years are FAST stock cars.

I THINK 1998..... Yeah. with a tire they are bottom 13's high 12's Bone stock with the LS Motor and a drag radial. The weak point in this car right now is the stock 10 bolt rear end.... I'm planning on scattering that early next year so I have an excuse to buy a Strange S60 :)

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Reply #17 – July 14, 2011, 03:07:19 AM

BTW, Here's a video of the 12.92 pass. Its not that great quality, but you get the picture. :) I absolutely RAPED the Camaro next to me off the line, and I beat him pretty good with a less powerful/slower car. He was on NT ET streets too :lol:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v230/streetracer127/?action=view¤t=M2U00151.mp4

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Reply #18 – July 14, 2011, 10:11:29 AM

Quote from: The Shredder;363396

Nice Camaro... but I want your TC instead. What year did they go to the LSx motors? Those years are FAST stock cars.

97 was when the Vette went to the LSx platform. F-bodies followed up a year later.

Nice looking Camaro. Good to see another one on the board :D Did the prior owner mention what converter is in the trans? I'd be looking at that first before I did anything else if that's untouched.

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Reply #19 – July 14, 2011, 10:37:47 AM

Quote from: Blackout;363335

The T-bird has been up for sale for a while now, but nobody has even came by to take a look at it. I need to fix the power seats and its good to go for its new owner.

So you sold the bird? What wrong with it? What's it need?

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Reply #20 – July 14, 2011, 07:51:26 PM

Quote from: jpc647;363416

So you sold the bird? What wrong with it? What's it need?

The bird sits in the driveway :( It is still for sale....

It leaks past the exhaust valves a decent amount, so it needs a minimum of a valve job. If its cracked too bad for hardened seats, I was going to buy a boport head and be done. Everything else is great, and most of the sensors are new. I have to bolt the seats back down, fix a power seat lead, and vaccum it out LOL. Doesn't leak or burn oil at all.... and has a lot of upgrades. The body is a bit rough, but overall its a great car. I just lost interest..... AFTER putting a bunch of money into it LOL

I really don't have room for it anymore either.

I'm trying to figure out what converter the trans has right now, the previous owner sent the trans out, so he wasn't sure for some reason.

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Reply #21 – July 15, 2011, 02:20:30 AM

I'm about to replace the Optispark on my family car...IF I can find one...I sure ain't buying a new one...

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Reply #22 – July 15, 2011, 09:24:33 AM

Nice car. I use to have 82 Z28 with 400sb built turbo350 tranny and 9inch out back.
Fun car.

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Reply #23 – July 16, 2011, 10:43:49 AM

Clean, but needs to go faster. My festiva could hang with it :p

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Reply #24 – July 16, 2011, 11:22:29 AM

Quote from: Blackout;363453

The bird sits in the driveway :( It is still for sale....

It leaks past the exhaust valves a decent amount, so it needs a minimum of a valve job. If its cracked too bad for hardened seats, I was going to buy a boport head and be done. Everything else is great, and most of the sensors are new. I have to bolt the seats back down, fix a power seat lead, and vaccum it out LOL. Doesn't leak or burn oil at all.... and has a lot of upgrades. The body is a bit rough, but overall its a great car. I just lost interest..... AFTER putting a bunch of money into it LOL

I really don't have room for it anymore either.

I'm trying to figure out what converter the trans has right now, the previous owner sent the trans out, so he wasn't sure for some reason.

It's a shame. The body on my car was pretty rough too. I'll find another one some day, completely rust free that is.

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Reply #25 – July 16, 2011, 10:14:48 PM

I do not use the Opti Spark on my LT builds. Ls coils do the trick nicely. Or a DELDEQ

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Reply #26 – July 17, 2011, 01:11:02 AM

Well, if I could afford to throw 800 bucks on a replacement for a distributor, I wouldn't bother with a GM in the first place, lol.

Still, looks like good stuff...which is why Generic Morons should have used something like that in the first place....instead of an ignorant-assed design, placing the (fragile) distributor UNDER the *%&*%& water pump.

By the way...how do you install a water pump on an LT1, and not have it leak coolant in 6 months to a year?

I've put 2 on the Caprice now, they've both failed in less than 2 years...the second time, it ruined my optispark.

I've used an Oreilly's pump, and the second came from a carquest. I put them both on the same way, used orange RTV on the pump, carefully slid it on, all the bolts back in, etc.
Even 88turbo was here, and helped out.

I'm no stranger to a wrench, but I'm apparently not getting something right. Any idears?

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Reply #27 – July 17, 2011, 07:03:13 AM

ELECTRIC WATER PUMP . They work great and i have had mine for 10 years now. NO LEAKS but i replace the motor every 4 years just for safety. They work great.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&biw=1258&bih=586&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&q=lt1+water+pumps+electric&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=2610184484135464255&sa=X&ei=HcIiTtrFGs-dgQfN4MS-Cw&ved=0CEcQ8wIwAw

Stick with me i would never STEER YOU WRONG THANKS

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Reply #28 – July 19, 2011, 04:17:49 AM

Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;363554

Well, if I could afford to throw 800 bucks on a replacement for a distributor, I wouldn't bother with a GM in the first place, lol.

Still, looks like good stuff...which is why Generic Morons should have used something like that in the first place....instead of an ignorant-assed design, placing the (fragile) distributor UNDER the *%&*%& water pump.

By the way...how do you install a water pump on an LT1, and not have it leak coolant in 6 months to a year?

I've put 2 on the Caprice now, they've both failed in less than 2 years...the second time, it ruined my optispark.

I've used an Oreilly's pump, and the second came from a carquest. I put them both on the same way, used orange RTV on the pump, carefully slid it on, all the bolts back in, etc.
Even 88turbo was here, and helped out.

I'm no stranger to a wrench, but I'm apparently not getting something right. Any idears?

Here's another Idea. When you get a new water pump, drill out and tap the weep hole for whatever size you want NPT. Thread a brass barbed fitting in there, and run a hose off of that AWAY from the opti. Works like a charm! Also, make sure you silicone the seam between the opti cap and the aluminum body. This can prevent a LOT of issues all by itself. This is a vented opti I'm assuming, correct? My 94 was converted to run with a vented cap, so it works pretty good. My first time replacing one, it took me about 3 hours, from cracking the rad drain to filling everything back up. I used a brand new Napa water pump. I'm still not sold on an electric model though.... that would be a good option too.

Another thing, I'd only buy two different optis. Either a stock AC Delco unit, or what I run right now: Chandler Motorsports Optispark. Lifetime warranty, GREAT build quality, and best of all it was CHEAP. I think right around 175 bucks for the entire unit. You can find Chandler Motorsports on E-bay. He's only about 1.5 hours drive from me, and managed to get me my opti in literally LESS than 24 hours... through the mail. Great guy. He also sells the opti harnesses just in case.

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Reply #29 – July 20, 2011, 10:52:09 PM

I'm not biased to any manufacturer. I don't like that Generation of Camaro. The front end looks ridiculous in my opinion. The wheels look really big on it. 18"? 17"s look good on those car, if those are they look huge. The 383 definetly adds to it. I'd rather have a newer Gen Trans Am WS6 with an LS1 made into a 383. I hate LT1's. Plus everyone I know with a Camaro puts headers and a full exhaust with a K&N filter and thinks it's bullshiznit when it runs no faster than a 14.2 at the strip.