Does anyone have a K&N air filter for an LO3 they want to get rid of?

 

Why? You're not going to go any faster!

 

C’mon son… I don’t need horsepower to get around you! If anybody should know that it’s you. Last oil change I realized I still had a paper filter in it and it needs to be changed.

 

Are you trying to say Vince drives like a lil b1tch??

 

Heavens no! What I’m saying is you’re the one that drives like a lil bitch and Vince just drives a hurt woman in a feeble attempt to catch the man she never will…

 

Dont get hurt, ma'am, just because i didnt make a certain underpowered grey vehicle a part of my stable

 

C’mon girl… we both know you could have had my car for much less then I want now months ago until you attempted to negotiate with a professional. Even at a humble 90HP I’m afraid it’s still just a little too 'much' car for you little guy…

 

A true professional would not let personal feelings get in the way of a negotiation...
But if you are willing to talk turkey, i am still willing to listen

 

I have to agree with Vincent's words. You could remove the paper filter and replace it with a maxipad and the that b*tch of an anemic car wouldn't get any faster, and probably wouldn't get any slower either. In fact it would probably save you some coin so you could save up for some big boy horsepower.

 

The only way that car will pick up any power or speed if it were to lose weight.

 

You should see how much power they're making with TBI nowadays. Just ask the TBI forum, they claim their engines are better than TPI in every way. And they make power and torque across the range, instead of just in a narrow peak like TPI's do.

 

Please… the only time I get emotional is when a ‘buyer’ ceases to make sense and begins to waste my time with senseless banter, woops… I mean ‘negotiation’. In laymen’s terms, stop trying to bring a toothpick to a knife fight. Tell you what… I’m taking this Saturday off and going to Big Bear. I’m going to ring the car out on the way up and down the hill. If it breaks… that will be the absolute best time to make me an offer. I have several friends that have gotten incredible deals simply by being at the right place and the right time…

Do you honestly think I’m would waste time trying to get more horsepower out of this motor? It’s strictly for the convenience of not having to deal with an inbreed counterman with a 2nd grade education attempting to advise me on how to ‘build’ my Mexican Ferrari.

Wake up and roll over to the dry side of the bed…

 

theres so much bitching going on around here i thought i accidentally clicked the nor cal board

 

Well if you stopped shopping for an engine at Kragen because they are have a "smoking deal" on reman'd engines then you wouldn't have that problem. Just nut-up and buy some ponies......

 

Damn woman! You didn’t want to believe me when I told you it was front to back and not back to front. Now you’ve got this nasty little yeast infection and how is this my fault?

The car runs fine; when the motor goes I’ll get into something exotic. Until then, I don’t see the point in investing in a big inch small block for a car that only gets driven 2-3 times a month.

 

Hmmm...i see a pattern. First the reddrocket, then the grey goose, making a combined 300HP at the flywheel. Is it because SOMEONE does not have the skill to pilot a high HP vehicle, which is causing a reluctance to do a real engine swap?

Heres the perfect car to show case your superior driving skills...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Well there are already 16 bids for that car so Mike is already priced out of its market due to the fierce competition of buyers that obviously own a 1980’s Mexican Ferrari with TBI and are ready for the next step up in the horsepower chain.

But I think Mike’s driving skills should only be complemented by only a fine German automobile that exudes his horsepower requirements. Such a fine German engineering example that meets his documented horsepower requirements substantiated over his years of Camaro ownership lead to only one such Ubervehicle: A 1985 VW Rabbit convertible…preferably red in color with a white vinyl convertible top.

Under 100 HP – Check
Red – Check
Manual Transmission – Check
Sub 20 sec ¼ mile times – Maybe
Overdriven at anything above 40 MPH – Check
German – Check
Suspension & Steering – It’s there

 

I couldn’t ask for a more perfect example of your senseless banter. Dude; put the pipe down, step away from the computer, before you hurt yourself! Who did you turn and hand the keys to when you wanted to see what your fresh combo would do against him on the street? Who sat shotgun in his own car because he wanted me to show him how to speed shift correctly? I’ve been trusted to pilot almost every high powered car in this club including your own. Ken just stop, I mean do you really want to go there player? Don’t hate…

 

Jimmy “The Great White Hope” Fearn! You are welcome to put that four door luxo wasabi trash can up against my 90 BHP Mexican Ferrari any time. Just to make it fair, I’ll have Ken chase us in the Hummer so I can winch you back on the road when you can’t hold my lines…

 

I have one question.
On the only canyon carving I attended, and as a copilot, in a vehicle with mismatched tires and old shocks watched a blue vehicle spin out in front of us and two other "drivers" that could not quite get away from the snowshoe rabbit, why was that.

 

He was just trying to get a better view of the BMW he was planning on buying.

Snowshoe rabbit

 

Are you sure you wanna go through with that? The last couple times we lined up it didn't come out very favorable to you. In fact, it was a downright trajedy to have to take down a thirdgen like that with my wrong wheel drive vehicle and with a couple less sparkplugs to boot.

 

I have no recollection of the times in question. Jimmy you aren’t trying to make **** up just to try and save face are you? The only thing that comes to mind is that time on Garden Grove Boulevard over by the alignment shop where I held a three car lead on you but why would you bring that up?

 

Sounds like its time to hit the streets about 3am.

 

.... 3 cars?

LOL......you gave up before you even crossed the first white line 'cause you had already lost by then. You couldn't get 3 cars on me even if my car is parked.

....I do have a round K&N filter you can have if it fits....it's the standard 3 x 15 carb-type street rod element.

 

If you guys want to play footsie with each other, you need to do it privately, or on sc3g.org when it comes bck up. This board is supposed to be professional and I am reminding you to keep it that way.

 

Hey buddy; there are a lot of grey Camaros out there with girthy Mexicans behind the wheel. I completely understand your frustration and with that said I believe an apology is in order. Jimmy, I’m sorry for smoking your paper plate wasabi mobile with my 90HP, 5,000lb, Mexican Ferrari. There! Are you happy now?

I appreciate your contribution however the LO3 takes a 12”x 2 1/2” element. I’ll just rock a paper filter until the next Pomona or Veterans.

 

The only apology necessary is to the father of the Camaro for allowing a normally aspirated V6 Japanese vehicle to completely decimate a V8 Camaro with full prejudice in such a nonchalant manor with no effort.

 

The real question is does the Wasabi mobile have a K&N filter. If so, then thats why it spanked the Mexican Ferrari.

I should have trademarked that term "Mexican Ferrari"

Maybe if the entire Camaro was made out of K&N filter material, there would be no wind resistance and Mike could go 300 mph with the TBi V8 he has.

ps- I am actually getting less HP out of my Edelbrock injection manifold on my Vortec motor than I did with my TBI motor- but I think its just lack of tunning. Someday I need to convince Don into helping me convert this computer setup and tune it.

 

Technology marches on. You wouldnt beat a Camaro of today, nor would a Japanese V6 of that time beat a Camaro.

 

Does anyone have a K&N air filter for an LO3 they want to get rid of?

And then it was all down hill from there.

 

I have an LO3 i want to get rid of.

 

Perhaps, but plenty of Camaros of that era would not allow me to do what I did even today.

 

I know its horrible isn’t it! It’s not that I don’t post on the boards it’s more like I can’t. As soon as I do… everybody wants a taste.

 

It's more like everybody's had a taste and is looking for their money back.

 

Keep it up sexual and I just might have to smoke your *** on an auto x course again…

P.S. Where did you get that adjustable panhard rod set up?

 

Some of us have already had a taste and are still trying to get rid of the aftertaste.

 

C’mon Chris, you said you didn’t just do that for anyone but you’d do it for me… and now we’re complaining about it? You seemed to have more than enjoyed it at the time…

 

The panhard height adjuster is from Jegs. (aka Panhard relocator) It is Jegs brand name part.

I'll be up for autox in about 2 months I am hoping. I still have alot of work but am making serious headway on my truck. I will put my truck against your Camaro this time Notice the new front control arm I have sitting on the tire. I am redoing my front suspension points. Cage is just about finished also.
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ps- to Randy, I haven't forgotten about you. I am doing much more than first thought and will be out after Iget the truck back from paint to purchase the bedliner stuff we talked about.

 

The rear end feels a little light coming out of corners at speed. I’m thinking if I can lower the rod height I might be able to reduce/correct the problem.

Now that sounds like fun! What are you doing for rear suspension? Four link or just spring the **** out of it and tune it with a shock?

 

Might want to lose some weight in the driver seat area... Then tune your rear.

Cage? For errant motorcycle riders?

 

Thats going to mess with your mid corner balance. Its how the chassis rolls. Lowering the rear will make it push more going into the corner also. Better off corner bite is adjusted with the torque arm length to get he rear tires loaded. A better quick fix is to reduce the front strut rebound rate. Does it happen mainly on one direction, or both directions of corner exit?

My truck needs to stay a truck so you the *** end is just leafs. I am limited because I need load capacity. Just have played with shock points over the years and shackle & shims to play with the angles of the leaf mount points for roll center adjustments- it does very respecatable for a lowered 1/2 ton that carries up to 4000lbs payloads on a regular basis.

 

Yeah, I always talked about getting cages into my cars especuially the Camaro for my wifes safety. She refuses to climb over one and or loose her back seat- I can understand. This was a wake up call for me and I am doing it regardless in my daily. If it were a car instead of a bike I would be dead. Also, if I had not hit the throttle at the last second he would have come into my front windsheild area rather than the a-pillar and this cage would help reduce any such collapse of the roofline and make it harder for something like a stay tire coming over a freeway divider to clean me out. I have witness many freak accidents in my time and just want the insurance I always talked about but never added til now.

Yes it freaked me out a bit- I was lucky.

 

That makes sense because I recently bumped the Koni’s to their maximum setting and that is when the car started loosening up. The car is phenomenal when it comes to straight line transitions but to answer your question, it does it in both directions. I’m running the Global West torque arm.

4000lbs!?! I’d say that’s a little more than respectable! You should see what I have to do to a late model one ton to carry a half way decent cab-over… Are you planning on keeping the same engine and transmission combination?

 

Typical nose heavy turdgen feeling.

You might be surprised how well a vehicle will hold up and protect you. I'd say a car would have been fine. Been there, done that... have the scars to prove it. Sent a Caddy SDV to the boneyard with a driver side t-bone steak courtesy of one speeding Toronado. Either it was the car (most likely) or some invisible source was between me and the door taking the brunt of the blow. Couldnt even open the opposite side doors after a couple weeks, so yea... it was bent. Its a wakeup call, thats for sure. I've chalked mine up to pure luck as well, I distinctly remember thinking that'd be about it...

 

On another note... did someone say auto-x? And said yes? OOOOhhh!!! Can I watch the destruction yet again? Please???
Maybe I will have to put my front swaybar back on and some GAS in the tank and see if the turd does any better with fuel than with no fuel. And fix my PS or get rid of it, its even worse than before about screaming bloody murder with the heat coming off the SC.

 

What about a 4-link and bagging the rear end with a Kelderman Air-Ride kit or similar?

Might let you cover all the bases — fill the bags for load carrying, then drop ride height for auto-x.

 

Bret, the rear is bagged already. What I do not like is going to something where I have to solely rely on the primary use of the airbags or coilovers for load. If a failure occurs at any kind of highway speed I do not want it to colapse on a weak suspension. The leaf springs are a primary system with the airbags as a load increase redondancy and also setup as bumpstops in case of failure with weight. It would drop but would still get me to my destination without a catistophic failure since the leaf setup itself is fairly independant and heavy duty. If I didn't take the loads I do, I would have put a 5 link into it years ago- but if I were to do that I wouldn't even have a truck- I would drive a sports car if I did not need a truck as....well.. a truck. This truck I have is amazing what it can do versitility wise. Its a compact workhorse and is unmatched by anything you will ever see in the fact that it is lowered, it handles repectfully well, it can tow increadible loads safely up and down the Cahoun Pass, and is so heavy duty in reliabilty and is just so damn fun to drive. If you gotta get across town quickly and safely with or without a payload, this is it. Its why I am not buying a new truck and I am putting my 18 year old girlfriend back together (the only 18 year old girlfriend my wife will allow).

Thats my reasoning.
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Mike, Its a new motor with Vortec heads. Doesn't even have 10k on it yet. trans is a radically built 700r4(I mean radically- everything is gutted and built inclucing a Vette case, 5 planetaries billet, servos, kevlar bands, blueprinted and reworked valvebody, 11 clutches, 13 vane pump, .521 boost valve, custon made drum, sungear, aftermarket imput shaft, gears, etc. EVERYTHING is built in this thing. Jimmy Gilante from Darrel Young racing trans was a very good friend of mine. You can no build one better than this. Driveshaft is a ACPT custom made Carbon Fiber unit with 1350 yokes. THe rearend is a Currie9" extra heavy duty housing and axles w/ a detroit locker and heavy duty rear disc package. This baby is built to hammer daily.

Chris, Yes autox I have not autoxed this truck in probably 15 years. I usd to take it out for fun runs when I raced my Vette. Matter of fact one day in Devore Sheriffs test ground facility, The head sheriff instructor in a '92 300ZX ran a best of 60.53 on very good Dunlop low profile tires. I was in my truck (built, but nothing like today) and on BFG comp TA HR4 275 60 15's and embarassed him with a 59.68. I still have the time charts from back then. Its fun to watch the corner workers give me plenty of girth when I come by in this longbed puppy with the *** end hanging out a bit.

 

Back on subject.

Mike, The fact that it does do it both ways is good. you could try dropping the rear bar 2mm and uppiong the rear rebound one or two clicks if you have Koni Yellows (which I think you do- I could be wrong). That GW TQarm is great. It would be my choice if I had a car with more HP (shorter length not necessary for my little V6).

Little known secret, My Camaro is actually very tail happy when I press it. It is the only way I can light it up and keep the rpms up in tight corners like autox. Otherwise this thing bogs off the corners like a pig. If I had real power in it I would have to drop the rear bar to a 23mm and shorten the TQarm. THe thing that makes my Camaro fast is the agility of the light nosed V6. You would have to drive it to understand just how different from your V8 cars it feels- its night and day- you are welcome to someday. This car steer like a damn jetfighter and just carries its speed, and if you are a bit too hot going in the massive binders ease you right down effortlessly and controlled. It is truely a joy to drive. My neighbor Gordon (Gordons Autowerks) drove it a few weeks back when I was on vacation over a weekend. He had replaced one of the Moser axles I put into it and fixed the leaking seal (f*cking Moser and their so called heat treating- A rubber seal grooved the axle) anyways. I came home to him grinning from ear to ear and said quote" I could get into some serious trouble driving that thing daily, I took it down one of my back streets and tried to threw it into a corner at about 50 and it just stuck and drove right around like no big deal." We both smiled- he knows I trust him and did not mind (we both know it was alot more than just one corner). Gordon is 61 years old and has worked on performance cars for over 40 years. He said I can now see why you don't need power in that thing, you don't have to slow down. Besides, its got K&N's in it (thats the moral of the story )

It's late and I am babbling- Truck is keeping me up late nights.

 

Thanks Dean, I really appreciate the input. I will definitely take your recommendations under advisement. Hey, if I’m going to listen to anyone…it might as well be the guy who kicked my a$$ up and down the auto cross track. Speaking of which, keep me posted on your truck that way we can definitely set up another “How To Mount Mike” exhibition.