i'd go another half coil however my tq arm is already hitting the floor board on hard bumps. i'm afraid i'd bust a hole. the dilemma is i also want to mount slicks for some track time. any lower and i won't be able to fit them. i guess the only fix is coilovers. so i can adjust height. yea, deployment money!!!!

 

great looking car love how you did everything that is my new current project for next 5 years. Thanks for serving this country! BTW stealing your paint job just not same colors.

 

thanks, what colors you going with?

 

it wont be same hood either but going with either green and white, black car white stripe or blue and white or blue and silver

the hood will be a cervanis hood and will prob have two stripes

https://www.cervinis.com/product.aspx?car=1&id=1126#114

 

ok, been in the sandbox for 30 days, really really missing my car

 

Well we appreciate your service, how long is your tour this time?

 

7 months total...i barely got the motor broken in when i left. so when i get back its fluid change time and head to the track. i'll get new rear rims and et drags. hoping for high 11's on motor.

 

A good freind of mine just got back state side last month, he was in the Port on patrol (E-6) hang in there Marine we all wish you safe travel

 

thanks for serving our country, if you want ill fly out to your house and drive the car for you =)

 

What Torque Thrust wheel did you go with. They look like the AR605M but my wheel guy says the two off-sets that you can choose from (+24 or +34) on the 18 x 9's won't work on rear of a thirg gen. Your car looks great!!! My car is identical to yours except for a cowl hood. It has a 383 in it now but i just started building a 6.0 LS for it.

 

rev sells these wheel on ebay also....along with the company i used. they are based out of texas..i forget the company name though...only wish i could remeber the name of the company. i have the bill sheet at home..you could wait 2 months and i'll be back in the states.

 

I think I may end up copying you a little bit, only my car is a hard top. I really love your car it's one of the nicest on the site.

 

looks good dave, too bad you're missing thirdgenfest though

 

I think the stance is dead on perfect. I'm also very interested in your exact TT2 wheel style and offset/backspacing. Please post the particulars when you get home.

And I wanted to mention, Thank You for serving our great country!

 

I 'd have to agree.

Beautiful Car! A real winner. Your hard work has really paid off.

 

thanks...i still got a little more to go if my wonderful wife will let me spend the money...

 

stance looks great but im the slam activist on TGO so ima say the back could be lower haha

 

My wife is great. I know that in my situation alot of women would have bailed a long time ago on the whole car thing. I put it in my marriage agreement that the car stays though. Ha Ha..She doesn't want to hear about the car at all but she puts up with it. On the other hand I haven't gone overboard with the mods either compared to the list of things I want to do to the car. Family comes first.

That's not to say it doesn't come up in conversation from time to time...to sell it, if you know what I mean.

Keep up the good work. I look forward to reading more about your accomplishments. Good luck.

 

Is yours always as low as it in your sig? I am not a fan of it that low. Nice car by the way! I like the look of a couple of inches lower, but that's it. Where I live anything lower than stock height is going to be a problem
I can only admire the other thirdgens on this site that are lowered. They look awesome.

 

Awesome car, good luck with the engine. Have fun with her and thank you for your service.

 

thanks, and thanks...i'll be home in less than a week now..it's going to be hard for the wife to keep me from the garage or out cruizin....trying to plan some get togethers...i know i'll take the wife on a nice drive up the coast from oceanside to maybe hunington beach. hopefully no tickets!!

 

Beautiful Car Man, I too served in the military so many thanks for what youve given. Keep up the amazing work!

 

Awesome build man.....
I just read almost the entire build from the beginning !

When you get home can you post up where you bought the wheels & the offset specs?
I would love to put a set of those on my 91 z28 vert!

Thanks

 

well me and the wife drove, but only to just past Dana Point from Oceanside...but here's a video link of idle right before we left.

http://youtu.be/-LrMbfD68d0

 

First and foremost thank you for your time serving us and this country

The car looks absolutely amazing. you did a great job.

That 406 sounds real healthy

 

Dave, did you find your invoice on your wheels so that you can post the particulars on them (backspacing, offset)?
Thanks.

 

What is the exhust, has a nice low thoaty rumble, I am at that phase of by build now

 

Sounds awesome Dave!!!! Hope you and the wife had a great drive!

 

it's a single 3" back to magnaflow crossflow muffler with dual 3" out.

 

here is the website for the wheels. i got 0 offset....18x9 with 5.0 bs and 18x8 with 4.5 bs.

http://rev-wheel.com/index.php?optio...ture&Itemid=55

 

Thanks, I was just looking at that set up, I used Borla on my 69 but its really pricey

 

well, the girl is hibernating now...can't seem to get a good alternator from local supply....have to call up jegs/summit. i've went thru 2 from autozone. neither of them on the car for more than an hour.

 

Is your rear end stock or did you put in a 4th gen?

 

it's a moser 12 bolt.

 

So on the stock rear the wheels would set different than yours?

 

no, they would be the same. the rear is the same width as stock.

 

shes gorgeous keep her safe good work!!

 

such a beautiful and amazing car! thank you for your service over the pond in the sandbox!

 

Sick! Just awe inspiring!!

 

leaving California and headed to Warner Robins Ga. Anybody around the ATL area?

 

just ordered complete set of gauges from speedhut...this is what they'll look like. can't wait to put them in..

 

Absolutely the best for the price gauges out there.
I ordered a full set for my LS1 swap. I LOVE THEM. wiring is super easy, quality is great, they look awesome, you customize them FOR FREEEEEEE, I got mine in like two weeks, they really cut shipping costs for me (to CFB Petawawa Canada) and their customer service is the ****.

If you have any questions about instal, I can likely answer. I have a picture of mine lit up in my LS swap thread, and I have a thread from when I first received them.
I should be giving them their first road test this weekend.

 

Great looking car. I have a long time before I can get mine look as good as yours. I have family that live in Warner Robins and I live about 45 mins from Atlanta.

 

thanks, and the gauges finally shipped out today. hopefully, i'll have them by this weekend and next week i can work on putting them in.

 

gauges showed up..should be putting them in by this weekend...if all things go smoothly. they look absolutely amazing and completely packaged better than most products i've ever purchased.

 

Man i like those gauges, i also just bought some for mine. I went with the AutoLite II's. That RED is just killer in the sun, Awesome Job.

 

Wow. What a great looking car. Congrats

 

well, after some time working on other projects, now is the time to get the car finished up and put back on the road as a daily driver. maybe, only for a short while. wrapping up my 20 year career in the Marines and retiring next spring. got to get her "done" before school starts 2016. so standby for more updates.

 

great job with the car man !!!!!! I have yet to see a car this close to looking like mine very clean car very nice. I had mine painted around the same time as you did yours love the red on this car.

 

well, had issues with the car not starting. Turned out to be a bad ignition switch. so i changed it and car now starts. so it got me kicked started to installing gauges. I got the temp and oil sensors installed along with the tach wired. I think the hardest part is just going to be the fuel gauge wiring. put some power to the gauges and they look awesome lit up....can't wait. here's a pic of them in the panel.