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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 04:00 PM
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HEY GUYS check out my car- I can do pics now!

Heres some pictures of it, tell me what U think.







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'88 RS (originally 2.8)
-350, .040 over, vette alum. L98s, stock tpi.
-305 injectors & chip
-TES headers & edelbrock cat back
-3.73 gears, 700r4.
Best with 2.8-17.4@77mph
Best with 305-15.0@93mph
Best with 356-13.7@101mph
on a 2.050 60 ft.
(Damn the 2.8!)
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 04:02 PM
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Also, do you think it looks better like that, or like the pic in my sig-thats how i want it to look. heres a bigger pic

I like it like this
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 04:12 PM
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Personally, i think that is butt-*** ugly. Keep it the same...Those IROC wheels are great. Maybe the cowl hood, but not those horrible wheels.

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Future Mods: Flowmaster American Thunder Cat-back, Catco High Flow Catalytic Converter, Hooker Super Comp Shorty Headers, Dual Snorkle Air Cleaner with K&N Filter, CompCam 264H, White Paint, 88-90 IROC wheels or BBS ASA JS5 wheels, Sony XPlod 50x4 head unit, KICKER Impulse Coaxials 4x6 speakers, KICKER Impulse Coaxials 6x9 speakers, KICKER ZR1000 Amp, KICKER 12 in. subs, Grant Steering Wheel, New Intake(Edelbrock carband manifold),New Fuel Pump, Ground Effects
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 04:14 PM
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that bad eh?
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 04:15 PM
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Car: 91 Camaro RS Update: Sold Camaro, now own a "91" Corvette.
Engine: Corvette L98 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Nice engine, but the car needs to lose the Bra and also if you clean up the interior with some Armor All or something it will look a lot better Don't paint the stock rims black though.
"91" RS, 305 tbi, 5spd, Slp Y-pipe, Random tech Cat, Flowmaster crossflow, Ultimate tbi mods, Edelbrock open element with 3" K&N, Taylor Spiro Pro wires, Redline water wetter, 180* thermostat.

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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 04:33 PM
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Yeah, i know. that bra is on there only because there is a nice crack on the nose from the previous owner, and now the paint is slightly yellowed. I have a new nose ready to go on.
the interior.....well it needs some cleaning.
keep em comin!
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 08:19 PM
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Nice car! Looks like the real deal. I like the first rims best though. I don't care for the black.

Mike

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Smokin 1989 GTA- Bone stock except for exhaust. (no catalytic-stainless pipe into Flowmaster 2 chamber) & AC Delco Rapid Fire Plugs
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 08:32 PM
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Not to shaby..I Like the original IROC rims though myself,say good bye to the bra and hello to some armor-all..hehehe...:8^)..nice car guy!
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 09:08 PM
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I agree with everyone else about the rims. I like that intake

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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 10:12 PM
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Ok I don't know to much about TPI but mine don't look like that is it custom or something? And yes I am dumb.

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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 10:30 PM
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Hey i just got my rims painted black ill trade you for your iroc rims
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 11:00 PM
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thats an aftermarket tpi that has better airflow, very expensive stuff but very nice. Nice car, all the same stuff they said up there, keep the wheels, or get chrome irocs, those are sweet, not that I would... um.. know.. or anything he he =)

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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 11:10 PM
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I'd change the steering wheel and shift **** first.

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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 10:20 AM
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Thanxs guys for the good words.
Tas-you don't like the shift **** man? Its from a 4th gen, i think its sweet. Way better than the brick they give us from the factory! It fits in your hand real nice.
but ya, the wheel stopped paying rent along time ago its about to get kicked out.
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 10:22 AM
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Thanxs guys for the good words.
Tas-you don't like the shift **** man? Its from a 4th gen, i think its sweet. Way better than the brick they give us from the factory! It fits in your hand real nice.
but ya, the wheel stopped paying rent along time ago its about to get kicked out.
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 10:27 AM
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I agree with the comment about the shift ****. It kinda looks like a big turkey leg stuck in the console. Oh yeah, don't paint the wheels black.

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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 08:03 PM
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Definitely keep those rims regular. Nice car and i like that gauge pillar you have in the upper left hand corner
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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 08:10 PM
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I love the wheels! If they were a really glossy black, it'd look great. Glossy black wheels, and a bright red car. Mmmm! Too bad it's white.

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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 08:10 PM
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I like the dark wheels, but I'd leave the outer band shiny. When I painted the charcoal back into my IROC wheels, I kept staring at them before I pulled the tape off the polished part. I really liked the solid charcoal look.

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Old Oct 24, 2001 | 09:27 PM
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I like the black wheels. If you could find some 16x8 steelies, on a white car you could get that Police Interceptor look going.
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Old Oct 25, 2001 | 05:37 PM
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Finally some people who like the black wheels!
I think i will like it better with black. I am going to try just filling in the grey areas with black but leaving the lip and tht tops of the spokes silver, like on the 2002 SS wheels.
If that looks like a** then I'll go all black. If that looks bad, then i am going to strip all the paint and clearcoat off and keep them polished.
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Old Oct 25, 2001 | 06:45 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 91z4me:
Ok I don't know to much about TPI but mine don't look like that is it custom or something? And yes I am dumb.

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Im pretty sure thats the John Lengenfelter (sp?) TPI system if i am correct.

hows that working for ya?



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Old Oct 26, 2001 | 05:46 PM
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Yeah, its the Lingenfelter/Accel SuperRam intake.
I didn't get any track times with it on because my engine hydro-locked in a flood a few months back -right afer i put the intake on!
I can say that it made a big difference from 3500 rpm and up compared to the stock tpi i was running. It pulled hard to 6000 even with the vette heads and small cam, although it peaked around 53-5400 rpm.
It is now going atop a set of AFR 190s with a LT4 hot cam in my new 357. It will scoot if i get it all tuned in.

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