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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 05:02 PM
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GM High Tech april '07 issue





I grabbed all the issues off the stand the other day I'm pretty psyched that I got a cool little write up on the car. Hopefully with some more work and effort I can get a feature ! I'm trying to get the car even cleaner, and i also just discovered it was running on 7 cylinders for awhile.. (a valve was too tight, plug fouled) and was running consistent 13.6s. Now that i have relashed the valves and fixed it Im hoping to get into low 13 territory.

Figured i'd share to any of those GMHTP readers out there. Its an awesome mag!

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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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Good for you thats awesome!
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 05:23 PM
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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great job. Nice car to. A lot of work and to think yours was painted in what looks to be a deep 2 stall garage and it turned out that nice
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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off topic, but how old are you now?
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Im 19 now. I bought the car in April of 2001 i was in 8th grade i beleive. Thanks guys
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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congratulations.
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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AWSOME!! I too got my car in 8th grade at 13, Im 15 now, and hopefully by the time im 19 my car will be in 1 or 2 mags!!!
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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Congrats on being in the mag. Beautiful car.
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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That's awesome! Hope my car can end up looking as bad *** as yours!
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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sick man, I seen that
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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sweet, must be an awesome feeling to see your car in a mag.
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 11:43 PM
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WOW, I remember reading the article and sayin' "that's a sweeet ride' but I never imagined it would be anybody on here... Nice work...
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 11:53 PM
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His car was also in the burnout section of car craft mag a while ago.
Congrads again. I didn't realize you were so young. I am way behind.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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Yeah ever since I first joined TGO 3 years ago I thought you were much older. You being a kid like me makes it all that much cooler..

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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 12:18 AM
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Thanks everyone. Im just a young college kid working on a budget, slowly picking away at the car year by year. I'd still like to touch up a few things on the interior, and install a nice CD player and car alarm. Tomorrow i'll be ripping it apart to replace a fairly new water pump but it keeps me busy i suppose.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 12:21 AM
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i get that mag in the mail and i thought i recognized it.....congrats
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 08:26 AM
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From: Somewhere around the South Side of Chicago just crusin' in one of the Niteriders
Car: 92RS 25th Anniv./88 IROC Z28 Vert
Engine: 305 TBI w/Tpi Air / 305 TPI
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I wish I was 13 again or even 19 again...

Very nice...and I am impressed that in the 8th grade you knew what car you wanted, and got it right. Some people are 50 years old and don't knowwhat car they want.Imagine how much you can do to your car once you graduate from college and start making some real money.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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very awesome! i wish my dad and me were cool like that...we dont talk much...but he came over to show me his 06 vette
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 01:30 PM
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thats pretty hot man...

one thing though, do a 91-92 rear bumper
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 01:37 PM
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once again, just picked this mag up today, and that feature is pretty sick
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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Nice. Wish i had the money to fix up my rig!

But wen you have $30g+ into a sled money is a bit tight for other things
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Gr89RS
Yeah ever since I first joined TGO 3 years ago I thought you were much older. You being a kid like me makes it all that much cooler..


same here im 18 and a senior in high school..

the car looks great man congrats on the article! what did you do just send in the information and a picture? i would like to get into a big time magazine that is a big goal of mine.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by maroon88iroc
same here im 18 and a senior in high school..

the car looks great man congrats on the article! what did you do just send in the information and a picture? i would like to get into a big time magazine that is a big goal of mine.
There is an email address in the readers rides section of GMHTP, I sent them in a description and 4 pictures of the car. I never got a response so i wasn't sure if it was gonna be in the magazine or not, but sure enough..
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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very cool. the car looks awesome. i'd definatly be going nuts if i got my car featured in any magazine, even my local newspaper, lol. congats.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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congrats
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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That's pretty cool man! I'd sure like to get my car in a magazine like that.

Here's to us young guns!
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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Looks pretty darn nice on paper!! Hope mine gets there some day!!
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 11:21 AM
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SWEET!!!

I saw it in there the other day and wondered if it was you.

Good job!
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 12:31 PM
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Sweet ride dude! Still haven't picked up the magazine yet but I will. Talking with another member on here, I realized that my car will be the black version of yours.

Again, good job!
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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nice job man, i was reading that and was like thats a nice car. i was in the last months edition. The Budget Shoot-out. i was the black t/a running absolutly bad times. my normal is 15.2 at 93mph. i broke a tranny mount and third gear on my 3rd run. its pretty cool, esp since none of ur friends have been in a mag and u are lol
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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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and here i was thinkin everyone on here was older than me
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Old Mar 7, 2007 | 04:22 AM
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nice
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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i seen it and was psyched i was like a cool *** thirdgen in GMHTP. Then i was like is that tunedport335's? then i was like nah i cant see the ghost flames lol. well i was wrong i guess it is yours. congratulations! i'm shooting for the young guns article as a start. Only have 3 more years though to still be eligible though... maybe i can get my 88 Iroc-Z and 02 Z28 in together
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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Excellent job! I saw that in the mag a week ago, good to see its a TGO member!
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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Thats awesome, I was reading the "Street Heat" section and saw the Camaro. I thought to myself "I wonder if that kid knows about ThirdGen.org?"...I guess so...congrats!
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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I saw a car today that looks exactly like yours.
I was heading up Route 17 from North Carolina back to Virginia.
I had to come back and check this thread to see what state you are in since I thought it might have been you.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Zepher
I saw a car today that looks exactly like yours.
I was heading up Route 17 from North Carolina back to Virginia.
I had to come back and check this thread to see what state you are in since I thought it might have been you.
Nope wasnt me, my car it still sleeping in the garage..coming out next week hopefully

thanks guys
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 11:26 PM
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Thats awsome man, im 19 and have had my Iroc for almost 3 years now, its definatly hard going to school, work, and still find time to work on your car. Keep up the good work man!
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 12:07 AM
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Very cool...
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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nice work. i remember seeing that car when it still looked like a$$ like 3yrs ago. now its one of the nicest on these boards. good job man!
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