Yeah... popped the gasket in 3rd, lost it a bit but managed to get control at the last moment...tapped the wall at very slow speed...nothing major from what I understand as far as damage..
Here is a vid of my friends A4 GTO vs Laura (my fiancee) driving my Z28.
They were within a few tenths of each other all day long. Funny thing is with his tune (put down 361rwhp on a local dyno here) we though he was going to take us at higher speeds... didn't happen. I ran him myself and he would get me out of the hole (he was pulling 1.9 and 2.0 60fts with no effort) and I would slowly gain back through each gear, then gain by a big margin on each shift until I would be out in front by the end. Happened every time (both cars ran head to head about 12 times).
Looks like I have another bumper to paint. I just painted it a month ago
I didn't see it up close but a number of people said it wasn't bad. I think the lack of bumper supports saved it. :)
I am still working on getting pictures and stuff... didn't have the computer much this weekend...only managed to get videos uploaded. I also found out that I was running on 89 octane saturday :(.... Monmoth gas station screwed me over, the Fiancee didn't want to pay 4+ a gallong for premium and stuck in 89 octane instead. Explains the loss of trap speed even though we had -1xx DA saturday.
The Fiancee said she wanted to take the car down the track (since she has never ran on a track before in her life). Only 19 cars ended up coming due to the threat of rain so she felt comfortable making some passes. Well....she made 27 passes :icon11: my clutch (Factory Clutch with 84K on it) has finally given up on me but she did rather well..
I hopped in it after her 15th pass, lined up...rolled the rpms up to 2200 rpm and let out .... RPMs shot up and I didn't move... (3.3 60ft for the win!!!)..haha... I was only able to get a 13.2 out of it on a 2.0x 60ft and my MPH was 104 ~ 105 with noticable slippage just before my shifts launching from near idle. I made only a handfull of passes before handing the keys back over and letting her enjoy what was left of the clutch.
She got a few 106mph traps right when she first started but by the end of the day they were 104~105 (too much abuse? the hotlapping? the 89 octane?? who knows) but she did manage a nice 1.99 60ft which further proves I have no driving talent..haha. Any ways just thought I would share, I am putting a new clutch in shortly (LS6 clutch came with it from the factory and that's what is going back in), and doing some suspension mods next weekend (1LE springs) so I am losing stock status. It was definately a blast trying to get the best out it that I could, but I guess it's time to toss on a lid and the springs and see what happens. :)
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Looks like I have another bumper to paint. I just painted it a month ago
I didn't see it up close but a number of people said it wasn't bad. I think the lack of bumper supports saved it. :)
I am still working on getting pictures and stuff... didn't have the computer much this weekend...only managed to get videos uploaded. I also found out that I was running on 89 octane saturday :(.... Monmoth gas station screwed me over, the Fiancee didn't want to pay 4+ a gallong for premium and stuck in 89 octane instead. Explains the loss of trap speed even though we had -1xx DA saturday.
God I love my town. Nothing like paying $4.09/gallon. Cost me $56 to fill up Saturday night. You could've atleast spelled it right though. There's a U in there. lol. Also, instead of going with an LS6 clutch, go with the LS7 clutch and flywheel. It's only $425, on Scoggin Dickey. http://www.sdparts.com/product/SDLS7CK/LS7ClutchKitPressurePlateDiscFlywheel.aspx
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Looks like I have another bumper to paint. I just painted it a month ago
I didn't see it up close but a number of people said it wasn't bad. I think the lack of bumper supports saved it. :)
I am still working on getting pictures and stuff... didn't have the computer much this weekend...only managed to get videos uploaded. I also found out that I was running on 89 octane saturday :(.... Monmoth gas station screwed me over, the Fiancee didn't want to pay 4+ a gallong for premium and stuck in 89 octane instead. Explains the loss of trap speed even though we had -1xx DA saturday.
God I love my town. Nothing like paying $4.09/gallon. Cost me $56 to fill up Saturday night. You could've atleast spelled it right though. There's a U in there. lol
Did you go out there tspence? S8ER01Z, your fiancee sounds like a hell of a driver.
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Looks like I have another bumper to paint. I just painted it a month ago
I didn't see it up close but a number of people said it wasn't bad. I think the lack of bumper supports saved it. :)
I am still working on getting pictures and stuff... didn't have the computer much this weekend...only managed to get videos uploaded. I also found out that I was running on 89 octane saturday :(.... Monmoth gas station screwed me over, the Fiancee didn't want to pay 4+ a gallong for premium and stuck in 89 octane instead. Explains the loss of trap speed even though we had -1xx DA saturday.
God I love my town. Nothing like paying $4.09/gallon. Cost me $56 to fill up Saturday night. You could've atleast spelled it right though. There's a U in there. lol
Did you go out there tspence? S8ER01Z, your fiancee sounds like a hell of a driver.
No, I didn't. I just finally joined MFBA this past weekend. I didn't really know about the track rental anyways. I've got to give the new clutch a little break-in time before I start running the hell out of her again too. lol
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Looks like I have another bumper to paint. I just painted it a month ago
I didn't see it up close but a number of people said it wasn't bad. I think the lack of bumper supports saved it. :)
I am still working on getting pictures and stuff... didn't have the computer much this weekend...only managed to get videos uploaded. I also found out that I was running on 89 octane saturday :(.... Monmoth gas station screwed me over, the Fiancee didn't want to pay 4+ a gallong for premium and stuck in 89 octane instead. Explains the loss of trap speed even though we had -1xx DA saturday.
God I love my town. Nothing like paying $4.09/gallon. Cost me $56 to fill up Saturday night. You could've atleast spelled it right though. There's a U in there. lol
Did you go out there tspence? S8ER01Z, your fiancee sounds like a hell of a driver.
No, I didn't. I just finally joined MFBA this past weekend. I didn't really know about the track rental anyways. I've got to give the new clutch a little break-in time before I start running the hell out of her again too. lol
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A stock replacement. To buy it, get it installed, and also have the flywheel resurfaced, and a few other things done, it did only cost around $650 though. But, it's only a matter of time before it goes, since I have 3.73's and a few bolt-ons.
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A stock replacement. To buy it, get it installed, and also have the flywheel resurfaced, and a few other things done, it did only cost around $650 though. But, it's only a matter of time before it goes, since I have 3.73's and a few bolt-ons.
ahhh get those labor charges outta there. that's why you gotta learn to do it yourself somehow. I learned ALOT about my car when I swapped out my motor for a cobra motor, I had a guy from a local performance shop come down and help us out, only charged me $300 for the whole swap(it took a lot of time with running and getting parts to troubleshooting things) so I got a heck of a deal. I did hear those f-bodies are hard to work on though with the engine set back to far.
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^^^^^ Then u should have paid a little bit more for a performance clutch
are you talking to me or something? if so i wouldn't even pay for a clutch since i have an auto. if you aren't talking to me, i have no idea what you're talking about haha
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^^^^^ Then u should have paid a little bit more for a performance clutch
are you talking to me or something? if so i wouldn't even pay for a clutch since i have an auto. if you aren't talking to me, i have no idea what you're talking about haha
He was talking about tspence since he needed a new clutch and paid out the ass for a stocker.
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A stock replacement. To buy it, get it installed, and also have the flywheel resurfaced, and a few other things done, it did only cost around $650 though. But, it's only a matter of time before it goes, since I have 3.73's and a few bolt-ons.
ahhh get those labor charges outta there. that's why you gotta learn to do it yourself somehow. I learned ALOT about my car when I swapped out my motor for a cobra motor, I had a guy from a local performance shop come down and help us out, only charged me $300 for the whole swap(it took a lot of time with running and getting parts to troubleshooting things) so I got a heck of a deal. I did hear those f-bodies are hard to work on though with the engine set back to far.
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A stock replacement. To buy it, get it installed, and also have the flywheel resurfaced, and a few other things done, it did only cost around $650 though. But, it's only a matter of time before it goes, since I have 3.73's and a few bolt-ons.
ahhh get those labor charges outta there. that's why you gotta learn to do it yourself somehow. I learned ALOT about my car when I swapped out my motor for a cobra motor, I had a guy from a local performance shop come down and help us out, only charged me $300 for the whole swap(it took a lot of time with running and getting parts to troubleshooting things) so I got a heck of a deal. I did hear those f-bodies are hard to work on though with the engine set back to far.
My car is easier to work on than a 2V Mustang, I pulled many motors out of both types of cars.
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^^^^^ Then u should have paid a little bit more for a performance clutch
are you talking to me or something? if so i wouldn't even pay for a clutch since i have an auto. if you aren't talking to me, i have no idea what you're talking about haha
He was talking about tspence since he needed a new clutch and paid out the ass for a stocker.
Yeah. I probably could've actually done it myself. One of my bosses said that he's swapped out clutches on his little Toyota trucks a couple times and could've helped me. All I would've had to do was pull the car over the pit in his dad's shop. But, I didn't really have the time and I was afraid to mess something up. I may have paid out the ass for a stocker. But, it's a way better price than what the Chevy dealer quoted me at. They tried to tell me it'd be close to $1400 for a stocker. lol. Damn stealerships. Next time I'll just spend my money on a Spec Stage 2 or something, and just do it myself, with a little help. Hopefully, since I'm really not too far from stock, and 3.73's aren't that big of a change from 3.42's, I can make the stocker work for quite a while though.
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A stock replacement. To buy it, get it installed, and also have the flywheel resurfaced, and a few other things done, it did only cost around $650 though. But, it's only a matter of time before it goes, since I have 3.73's and a few bolt-ons.
ahhh get those labor charges outta there. that's why you gotta learn to do it yourself somehow. I learned ALOT about my car when I swapped out my motor for a cobra motor, I had a guy from a local performance shop come down and help us out, only charged me $300 for the whole swap(it took a lot of time with running and getting parts to troubleshooting things) so I got a heck of a deal. I did hear those f-bodies are hard to work on though with the engine set back to far.
They're a b*tch to change spark plugs. That's for sure. I tried that earlier and wound up getting pissed off, because I kept burning myself on the headers. So, I gave up and decided I'd do it tomorrow night instead. lol
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You could've atleast spelled it right though. There's a U in there. lol. Also, instead of going with an LS6 clutch, go with the LS7 clutch and flywheel. It's only $425, on Scoggin Dickey. 
To buy it, get it installed, and also have the flywheel resurfaced, and a few other things done, it did only cost around $650 though. But, it's only a matter of time before it goes, since I have 3.73's and a few bolt-ons.
