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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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My T Rex camed third gen

here are some vids of my third gen with a 242/248 T Rex cam. It is still untuned and I still need to drop in the fast90/90 set up that is going in this weekend.

Putfile - T REX


Putfile - T REX 61
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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Sounds nice. What did you use for your intake, and where did you route it?
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 12:57 PM
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thats friggin awesome
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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Sounds nice. What did you use for your intake, and where did you route it?




I bought two 45 degree 3.5'' pipes and one 3.5'' rubber elbow from intakehoses.com and a k&n filter connected at the bottom.
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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that was awsome! and you care looks great too
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 12:40 AM
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Very nice. Diggin the paint job as well. What are your future plans for that beast?
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Old Jul 22, 2006 | 09:01 AM
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I'm jealous of LS1's....you guys have such awesome intakes and heads it's unreal. Theyre not ports, theyre DOORWAYS. And god, the camshafts you guys get away with...


Sounds badass
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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 10:58 AM
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looks like a REALLY nice job on the car. dont see too many lookin that good.
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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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That sounds sick. I want a cammed LS in my car now. I guess I'll just have to put a huge *** cam in my little LT1. I want one so bad after hearing that. What size stall do you have?
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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by LT1powered89
That sounds sick. I want a cammed LS in my car now. I guess I'll just have to put a huge *** cam in my little LT1. I want one so bad after hearing that. What size stall do you have?
Don't go too big or you'll regret it...

I'm cammed out the wazoo for a daily driver and it SUCKS in traffic, I can't pull on anyone til 4,000 rpms...but once I hit 5k, FRIGGIN HOLD ON
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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very nice, i like your idle. What exhaust are you using?
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Old Aug 11, 2006 | 07:19 PM
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The whole car looks badass.

The T-Rex makes them chop up nicely. Sounds mean.
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Old Aug 11, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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Nice car all around man. What kind of wheels are those?
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Old Aug 12, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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God I love the sound of these engines in a 3rd gen.
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 12:40 AM
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any more info on your set up.

what heads headers and exahust?
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 08:16 AM
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Sweet! Love that scream of the LS1. Sounds like Spintech muffler am I right?
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by 87roc_t56
Sweet! Love that scream of the LS1. Sounds like Spintech muffler am I right?
It does sound a lot like spintechs....I run their Pro Streets on my 302
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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Nice car all around man. What kind of wheels are those?


there zr1 replica's from ebay Front 17x9.5 Rear 17X11
275/40 315/35

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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by trigger GTA
any more info on your set up.

what heads headers and exahust?


It has stock heads, planing on getting darts 205's. It has Hawks s.s. LT headers with 3'' collectors with a custom y pipe and a dynomax 12'' bullet dumped before the axles. I also just installed a fast 90/90 setup with a NX Gemini nitrous kit ans a ASP pulley.

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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 02:24 PM
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man that is making me want to put my cc306 cam in my lt1. sounds great
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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Here you go Sean, I think you wouldn't go wrong.

Video - CC306, True Duals, Hooker long tubes and a few other mods.
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Old May 15, 2007 | 10:32 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

**** sound real good but way to blow all the dirt and stuff on the nose of the collectors edition
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Old May 16, 2007 | 10:59 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

Originally Posted by Toms88GTA
**** sound real good but way to blow all the dirt and stuff on the nose of the collectors edition
?
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Old May 16, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

in the video everytime u rev up u see all the dirt and dust from the floor go all over the nose of the collectors edition bird behind it
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Old May 17, 2007 | 01:02 AM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

That is by far my favorite 3rd gen ever. I want to do bad things to that car haha. I must now make a ls1 3rd gen...you bastard.
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Old May 17, 2007 | 03:52 AM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

hahahahahaha damn.. what is that thing idling at?? like 1200?? but either way, badass
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Old May 18, 2007 | 03:26 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

Originally Posted by 5678TA
: what is that thing idling at?? like 1200??
With the T-Rex.........probably lol.
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Old May 18, 2007 | 06:39 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

haha ya cause theres no real lope in the idle.. just a raspy badass sound.. i mean i set my idle at 850 with a 306S and its just lovely.. set her at 650 once but the damn alternator wouldnt charge.. that was just a popcorn machine..
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 02:36 AM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

Have you put in the fast 90/90 yet and gotten her tuned? I love the way your car sounds...and looks. very menacing.
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

Sounds Awsome! Great job!
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

Is anyone else having problems viewing the videos? The site will pop up but the video won't play.
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

Nice! Why do they call it a T-Rex? How did you run your heatercore?
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

T-Rex is the style of cam, made (IIRC) by Thunder Racing. Good for mid-high RPM power. I'm not sure about the original poster, but I used a 3/4" 90 degree Dayco 80416 (Napa 9820) hose bend on the larger side, and then regular bulk hose for the smaller side. Works great. The OP probably used some longer pieces and tucked them out of the way.
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

The T-Rex was designed for maximum power out of stock un ported LS1 heads. The idea being nothing eats a T-Rex etc.
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 03:43 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

If you look at the video there is no fan box in the engine bay. Not that I saw. Looks like he deleted the heat.
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Old Dec 1, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

That sounds really pretty. I can't WAIT to get mine started. When are you going to get in the FAST and tune?

I have a somewhat unrelated question...what's required to run those 17x11s? I've got a 4th gen rear...would I need spacers? Thanks!
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

Damn I havent keeped up with this site for a while. I did install the fast90/90 and took it out to the track. It still needs a tune and I'm also gonna be ordering some afr 225 small bore heads soon and well be installing a custom Patrick G spec'ed solid roller cam with it.

Here is a vid of the car at the track. Cam, and 90/90 only
http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n...ThirdGen92.flv
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Originally Posted by 91_5.7_TPI
That sounds really pretty. I can't WAIT to get mine started. When are you going to get in the FAST and tune?

I have a somewhat unrelated question...what's required to run those 17x11s? I've got a 4th gen rear...would I need spacers? Thanks!


No spacers needed witha 4th gen rear. the front weels well require a spacer adapter.

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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

I think that Photobucket is down today or something. I can't log on and your video doesn't work.

I have 17x9.5 ZR1s on the car now. I just want to get some x11s at some point.
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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Schweeeeeet!
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

whats the duration and lift for that cam? Will it idle any lower than that.. I always liked the lopey sound budda bapp bapp buddad bap
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

everything about your car is badass I love it
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

who was videoing it? tell them "say something"......"say something"......ect

great run!
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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 12:54 PM
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Re: My T Rex camed third gen

Dang, that sounds pretty good. Good launch too. What size were rear tires? I'm having traction problems with my stock LT1 on my 18x8's and I'm going to try to fit BMW 18x9.5 wheels in the back.
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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any updates on the car?
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 09:56 PM
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car looks good sounds great !
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