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Mean Green z28

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  1. with all the above signs; gas smell in oil, overheating and bubbling in radiator (you can do a hydrocarbon test on the coolant to confirm), hard starts, you may def. have a bad head gasket. Running rich could also cause the wiped cylinders as mentioned. If gone too long, you may have bearing failures due to excessive gas in your oil.
  2. you could also use Krylon Fusion paints designed for plastics. they absorb into the plastic and are flexible. ive used it on a dashboard and it worked perfect. j
  3. you could also just use a timed relay like this ... http://www.amazon.com/PowerArt-Switch-Adjustable-Module-Electrical/dp/B00CRYUSR2/ref=pd_sim_e_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1YK5Q1FYANBGEF7KHQYW#productDetails That was what I was gonna use on my outer lights before I found these
  4. update! Bought a set of LED taillights for the car. Got them locally from a guy but they came missing a harness. Ordered it from the manufacturer and waiting. They'll look like this once installed... All in, I'd have spent $126 total instead of $399+shipping ... lol, Iove good deals
  5. lol, you're right One of my friends wanted to find a Camaro that he sold years ago when he fell on hard financial times. He searched long and hard and finally was able to locate the car and spoke to the current owner who said he wasn't willing to sell it ... however, he called back some time later and asked for some crazy amount; thinking a sentimental buyer may fork out more, my friend said "thanks, I'm not THAT sentimental and laughed it off" and bought another car. If you really want to have that car, let him know your intentions and give him your contact information and an honest cash offer ... having a cash offer in front of him, he'll think about it harder. Also, be willing to spend a bit more than he can just sell to someone else.
  6. No, I don't think it's the super snake. It's def. a GT500 but missing the key features like the actual badges/writing on the sides, front splitter and a few other small things to make it a real Super Snake. It could be in standard GT500 disguise though, lol hope not, lol ... that's exactly what I asked him too
  7. Madmax, you hit the nail right in the head on land of possibility! Recently, around the world, the anti-American sentiment has been growing ... however, if if you want to be able to achieve as much success as you want to put in, it's still the place to be! You're right about Florida too, on being able to live life a little better with your earnings, it's freaking expensive here! haha, on my recent trip to FL, I was amazed at the housing prices down there ... I could get our same house as here for a little over half the price and have plenty left over for toys! Most of my money nowadays goes to settling my student loans and debt that we accumulated when my wife quit her job and decided to go back to school for her second degree ... hopefully soon I'll be able to get back in the game of "personalizing" my car .. still lucky to even have a muscle car, lol
  8. Have been driving my Camaro this winter and we've had a LOT of snow this time around (Maryland, USA). Swapped out the summer tires to some slimmer all weather tires and its handled the snow well. Ofcourse I took the Subaru out when the wife didnt have to work lol. My stability/traction control is my right foot haha, I feel the stability control kick on every now and then but that's mostly when im getting stupid and trying to kill myself, haha Although I love the Launch control on the Camaro; its called "competition driving mode" and allows you to stab the throttle and have the car rev up and maintain about 4500rpms and then just let go of the clutch and hold on... the newer cars also have no lift shift, which holds the engine from overrevving when you shift with the throttle pegged to the floor ... gimmicks that allow almost anyone to drive like a seasoned driver! Haha
  9. http://www.red.com/learn/red-101/lens-vignetting Maybe that'll help?
  10. I'd upgrade the alternator before I think of re-winding it. There's electronics in there that keep the unit from overcharging your system/etc. and you may mess with that if you only re-wind.
  11. pretty cool restoration!
  12. I'm guessing its the reduction in the amount of rebound your suspension sees (damping). On a perfectly damped system, you should see your suspension oscillate maybe 1 times (2 max) before coming to a complete stop in movement; if you think of it as a graph vs. time ... if you put weight on the rear and release, it should bounce back up (above the regular height), then come back below just a bit and then settle down at the final height. Does yours oscillate for a more than that before coming to rest? Typically, you want your damping to be like the green line (not really comfortable for ride though), but in reality it's like a mix of the RED for the first rebound and then settle like the GREEN line. The above graph was to show you the difference in oscillations. The below graph is what you're looking for in a balanced system. EDIT: Found the perfect graph for you! Look at the number they want you to be above. Less than 0.3 and you see a lot of oscillations and greater movement before coming to a rest .. the higher you go, the quicker you settle. Once again, the green line is perfect but harder to achieve with ever changing loads/etc and the preferred numbers should be between 0.3 and 0.7
  13. Lol Yeah its the same cone filter from top and bottom. There's quite a bit of space in the fenderwell behind the headlight. Previous gen had a lotmore though.. As for the inlet tubing, its 4" tubing and is good enough for a naturally aspirated car without much internal/head work done.
  14. Installed a Cold Air kit... ... and a cold air scoop and washer fluid bottle relocation kit (due to the location of the scoop)... The air scoop directs air from the lower front opening. Pic is with the inner fender liner removed.
  15. I remember having to ride around in the 90's with an open face helmet but a handkerchief and sunglasses to protect myself from the exhaust and dust
  16. Kavvs, those are not the winter set mounted, they sit inside the fenderwell ... that pic is of the stock wheels and they're wider; they were just a test fit to see how it fit, I'm not running the spacers on the stock rear wheels.
  17. Def. not a stupid question. If you look closely at the pics, you'll see that the first bit of stud doesn't really have any thread on it and mainly just tapers to a point; probably to ease installation. Some of that unthreaded portion is what we cut off and never got close to the threads.
  18. A little bit more cutting... and the rears are a bit too wide with the stock wheels on spacers...lol ... they'll be fine with the other rims.
  19. Cut the studs down a bit bzzzz.... bolt on the spacers... Tadaaa!!! Still gotta do the rears... Since I didn't have the rears done, I left them on the front and put the stock wheels back on ... I think I like the stance now! ... maybe a bit too far, but I know what offsets I'd want in my next set
  20. Yeah. They're all season tires, not really winter tread .. but still better than summer z-rated that turns into plastic in the winter lol
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