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turbo_jimi
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Well, except for delivery, I have traded my Blazer for a 1980 Camaro. It is black on black with a Z hood and Spoiler. I'm told it has a Vortec 350 with a Holley carb and a TH350 transmission. I'll have to check the numbers for verification. It comes with spare parts which is cool. It was originally an LG4 car. I'll post some pics once I have it...hopefully this weekend. Oh, and it does run.  If all goes well, I will bring it to dyno.
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1985 Z28 Crate 350, Hurst T-5, 3.23s, Flowmaster Under previous set-up: 143.82 rwhp 216.98 lbs. torque @4390 rpms 3/12/11 |
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Schultzy89GTA
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1989 Pontiac GTA
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds good but without pics it hasn't happened
-Schultzy
P.S. congrats on the new ride! |
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chevymad
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:18 am Post subject: |
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Hey hey! Now you're a true 80's redneck James.  |
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turbo_jimi
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | | Hey hey! Now you're a true 80's redneck James. |
Just need a mullet and i'm totally there.
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Alphius
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:12 am Post subject: |
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Sweet! The thirdgen is still better. 
Can't wait to see pictures and hopefully see it at dyno.
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turbo_jimi
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:14 am Post subject: |
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My 85 is still my #1. If another little venture I'm working on pans out this weekend, it will get me 50% closer to my purchase of a new long lock for it. 
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fiveoformula
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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PICS!
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turbo_jimi
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Things are looking good and I should have it within the next 24 hours. I'll start snapping pics when it arrives. I'm stoked!
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turbo_jimi
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| turbo_jimi wrote: | | My 85 is still my #1. If another little venture I'm working on pans out this weekend, it will get me 50% closer to my purchase of a new long lock for it. |
On a side note, my other venture did not pan out, but oh well. It will just take more time for the long block. Or, I could always swap out the two engines I have and take the 80 back to a stock configuration. Any thoughts on this?
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turbo_jimi
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Well, let's start off that it's not a 350; it's a 305  It did have an electric fuel pump jury rigged to catch on fire, but Aaron came over and helped save the day! I had a spare mechanical fuel pump and with a couple of trips to Baxters and one to Autozone, the car is at less risk of going up in flames. It's going to take some cleaning, but it will be something to play with until I want something else or sell it and invest more in the 85. Here are 3 pics to show what I got myself into in.
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iansane
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats!
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Al Hasse
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Nice!!
Hard to see in the photos, but is that a Berlinetta script on the C-pillar? If it is, it should also be on the driver side nose and passenger side deck lid/spoiler. None-the-less a good looking 2nd gen.
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Twilightoptics
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1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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How would it catch fire?
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91RSVert
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Body looks good in the pictures. How is it in person? |
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Alphius
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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It has two different taillights.
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: | | How would it catch fire? |
Haha... I don't know about fire but somewhere between the wire nuts stringing speaker wire off the tachometer to power the fuel pump or the six+ feet of cracked dry-rotted rubber hose looping all over, it probably would have ended poorly.
Al, the script on the c-pillar is the "Type LT" logo which shouldn't have been on there in '80 but I assume it was glued on after one of the paint jobs. |
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Al Hasse
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, it was hard to tell in the photo. The curl at the beginning of the script looked correct, but looked a little off at the end. |
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turbo_jimi
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: | | How would it catch fire? |
I was joking, but none the less, it wasn't looking good.
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turbo_jimi
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| Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| 91RSVert wrote: | | Body looks good in the pictures. How is it in person? |
It's a twenty footer when it's not raining and about a 10 footer when it is.
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