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My 97 Transformation - Sound of a New Rebuild.

Re: My 97 Transformation(TON OF PICS)

TLSheff said:
Car looks great, usually not a big fan of stripes on these, but it actually doesn't look bad this way. However, I think you should blacken the bottom/mid section of the bumper because it all being red looks funny to me since the back bumper is still the dark grey.... just my 2 pennies

Also notice the picture.... your convo on tires and racing got me to notice... are your fronts running rotation backwards? usually that design would run the other direction, after all in the rain the way it is now would pull water to the middle of the tire and cause hydro-planing, not push it out away from the tire to keep traction.... correct me if im wrong tho, just curious
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Thanks for the compliments. I'm waiting to get a front air dam, and I'm definitely planning to paint the mid section Gloss Black, same with the gray part of the rear bumper. It's just a matter of time and money since I'm not a great painter.

And as for the wheels, Good eye! Yes they are backwards. I switched them around to see if they would hook up better on dry road that way. Found out that they don't, so I'll be putting them back the right way lol:th_laugh-lol2:
 


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I heard that the tread wears out faster if you have them on the wrong way.
 
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Very clean with the Red and white stripes, got any better photos of those rims?
 
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I like how the stripes stop and dont go all the way down.......nice job
 
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nawarkk said:
I heard that the tread wears out faster if you have them on the wrong way.
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Can't tell if it's the way they are mounted, or the way I've been driving, But they're wearing pretty quick:th_laugh-lol2:

Spartan GL said:
Very clean with the Red and white stripes, got any better photos of those rims?
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selliott said:
I like how the stripes stop and dont go all the way down.......nice job
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Thank you. I'm kind of glad I didn't go all the way down with them now that I've decided I want to paint the bumper inserts black.
 
My GP now on a 2.6 pulley (video)

Well with the help of this forum, and a few good friends, I caught the modding bug and ran with it. It has all led up to this. My supercharger build.

Besides staged heads (maybe) I think I'm done modding her until I end up going turbo. Here is a quick speedo vid from a dig. It's no Ferrari, but I am very pleased with the way she performs. Thanks GPF for helping me along the way!

‪Built GTP on 2.6" pulley‬‏ - YouTube

Also Breaking the tires lose from 50-70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44kCp_FwPQ

Mods are the following

VS cam w/ls6 springs
LS1 TB
65 LB injectors
Ported Gen3 blower
Race-Tronix fuel pump
XS Headers
65# fuel injectors
Mail order E85 tune
Ported Lower intake
Intense-Racing Stage 2 intercooler
2.6 inch pulley
Wbody store belt wrap system
too much other little stuff to remember....
 
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Re: My GP now on a 2.6 pulley (video)

OrangeL67 said:
Well with the help of this forum, and a few good friends, I caught the modding bug and ran with it. It has all led up to this. My supercharger build.

Besides staged heads (maybe) I think I'm done modding her until I end up going turbo. Here is a quick speedo vid from a dig. It's no Ferrari, but I am very pleased with the way she performs. Thanks GPF for helping me along the way!

‪Built GTP on 2.6" pulley‬‏ - YouTube

Mods are the following

VS cam w/ls6 springs
LS1 TB
65 LB injectors
Ported Gen3 blower
Race-Tronix fuel pump
XS Headers
65# fuel injectors
Mail order E85 tune
Ported Lower intake
Intense-Racing Stage 2 intercooler
2.6 inch pulley
Wbody store belt wrap system
too much other little stuff to remember....
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I hope you got yer pump situation dealt with. Congrats on the 2.6 btw.
 
Re: My GP now on a 2.6 pulley (video)

Pulls damn hard to 100 for sure. Hey I like the 400hp+ stock cars too my friend. "I'm going to have to mod her" meaning gf? Lmao....... nice!
 
Re: My GP now on a 2.6 pulley (video)

Damn! Im jealous!! Good work man, if I ever find the funds, ill def do it!
 


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Thanks guys. I'm still trying to learn how to launch this thing.

Eased it to 1/2 throttle by 20mph
3/4 throttle at about 35 (then it kicked back into first and spun to 50!)
Let off a little and went WOT after it grabbed at around 55 mph.
(still spun a little from 55-60)

It really surprised me, to say the least
 
Re: My GP now on a 2.6 pulley (video)

I wish you had a video of it running outside of the car! :-/ like a nice pass would be sweet!
 


Re: Sounds of a new build. Video

rynoman03 said:
I hope this one stays together for ya.
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Thanks Ryno. It should hold up pretty well. This build will be Tuning, timing, compression, boost (in that order) I found out the hard way that spinning the hell out of an inefficient blower is going to make a ton of heat & there's no way around it. And we all know heat makes KR.

I started on a 3.3 to make sure the new GT block didn't see any kr, and honestly, It feels as fast as the GTP block on the 2.8. I couldn't be happier
 
It seems someone merged this.... I presume you made another members ride thread?

If so, please read the rules at the top of the section.

You are allowed one thread per vehicle.
 
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