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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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Back in black baby! :D

Ain't she a beaut?
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:09 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:09 PM
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Car: 98 WS6 Formula
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SOOOOOO PURTY!!!
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:10 PM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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Thats my wife and son in the background .
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:11 PM
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SAHWEET JESUS!!!! it looks really nice pasky!
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:14 PM
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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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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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Drag stance! :hail:
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:17 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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wow looks really nice man
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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yea, I wish I had a higher quality camera, also the flash wasn't working.
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:25 PM
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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
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still looks damn good
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 08:30 PM
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 09:01 PM
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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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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 09:02 PM
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looks pretty good!
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 09:02 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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yeah and an under hood pic as well
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 09:40 PM
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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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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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:hail: :hail: sweet MARO Pasky :hail: :hail:
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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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.
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 10:33 PM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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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.
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Old Jul 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
Engine: 283, 2.5,3.8 turbo 350
Transmission: powerglide,auto overdrive, th350,4L80
anytime man that car is sweet
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 11:18 PM
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Transmission: 700r4, vette servo,shift kit, hayden 15"x8" trans cooler.
Originally posted by pasky
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 .
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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 11:22 PM
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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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Old Jul 10, 2004 | 11:42 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 12:44 AM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 05:17 AM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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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 .
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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 07:59 AM
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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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wow what a difference ....the black paint looks 100 times better
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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 09:43 AM
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Originally posted by pasky
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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 12:57 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 01:05 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Well done Pasky. I love black Camaros. Welcome to the dark side.
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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 03:15 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 03:25 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 03:25 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 03:48 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 07:41 PM
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nice looking, alot better than before.
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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 10:19 PM
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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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Old Jul 11, 2004 | 10:32 PM
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w00t!!!

All i gotta say is, "SAA-WEEEEET 'MARO OF G0D!!!"
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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 01:30 PM
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 Eaton 7.625, 3.42 Zexel Torsen
right click: saved every pic....

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
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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 01:44 PM
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VERY nice pasky! That car has come together well, good job! It looks great!
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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 01:56 PM
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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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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 02:06 PM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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Originally posted by Tobias05
right click: saved every pic....

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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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 11:26 PM
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Hey pasky, what happened to the hood blisters man? Car looks great though!
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Old Jul 12, 2004 | 11:59 PM
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Car: 1991 RS Camaro (Jet Black)
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Thier in the trunk . Need to find a hood.
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 12:19 AM
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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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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 02:30 AM
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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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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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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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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 03:41 PM
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LOL...two wonder bars huh?
Sorry! Couldn't resist!
Smart *** .
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 03:41 PM
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LOL...two wonder bars huh?
Sorry! Couldn't resist!
Smart *** .
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Old Jul 13, 2004 | 05:24 PM
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That's one hell of a rake you got going on there.....

Looks 20times better...
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