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Old 06-12-2010, 09:35 AM   #1
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FUN ! FUN ! FUN !

My LS3 is a blast to drive !
I initially was going to do a blower , but after reading on this forum the idea of an old school , cammed , 60's type of modded car intrigued me .
I ended up going with this .
Mild Texas Speed Comp cam 225/230 , springs , retainers , pushrods , roller rocker kits
SLP full CAI
Dynatech 1 7/8 SS headers , HF cats , OEM exhaust
LG short shifter
Spec 2 clutch
Richmond gear 4.10's
Tune
This car is running great , has power everywhere and sounds awesome under the hood and out the back .
I'm going to dyno it again soon and post the #s .
I did have the slave cyl fail last weekend and still don't know why . We replaced it and all seems well for now .
Tuning was also an issue with the E38 computer but with some help from Ed @ Virginia Speed and my tuner learning this new computer we got it .
The best part of driving the car is the power you have all over the board thanks to the gearing . I'm running it up to 7300 revs but realistically the engine is probably done by 6500 .
If any of you are considering similar mods go for it , you won't regret it .
The cost was reasonable and the result , FUN! FUN ! FUN !
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Old 06-12-2010, 10:19 AM   #2
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Any video? I will soon be camming mine. I got the same setup from TSP
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Old 06-12-2010, 10:34 AM   #3
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Old 06-13-2010, 01:41 AM   #4
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Nicely done sir!

People are underestimating the gear swap....that's gotta be one of the best ways to get this sled moving!

Thanks for sharing your fun with us!
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Old 06-13-2010, 02:22 AM   #5
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Sounds nice!
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Old 06-14-2010, 04:09 PM   #6
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Thanks , I'm really , really enjoying this car .
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Old 07-01-2010, 07:48 PM   #7
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Finally correctly tuned , nice choppy idle but runs like stock .
The car is insane , I think a bigger cam is in order though .
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Old 07-02-2010, 12:00 AM   #8
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car sounds awsome and you are right about the gears. that is one of the first things on my mod list (tune, cai, headers, exhaust and 4.10s). thanks for sharing.
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Old 07-02-2010, 12:03 AM   #9
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does that sound about right for the first set of mods? any suggestions anyone........power for price mods.
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Old 07-02-2010, 12:30 AM   #10
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i never get any responses to my posts.... i guess you have to have hundreds to get any respect. well maybe one of these day i will be there, untill then i will just keep taking to myself.....
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Old 07-02-2010, 12:48 AM   #11
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sounds great. maybe if i come across some money i might do something like that
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Old 07-02-2010, 07:35 AM   #12
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Ac that sounds like a great start.
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Old 07-02-2010, 08:11 AM   #13
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car sounds awsome and you are right about the gears. that is one of the first things on my mod list (tune, cai, headers, exhaust and 4.10s). thanks for sharing.
That sounds like a good list. How about some more pictures/description of that 68 you have? That looks awesome.
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Old 07-02-2010, 08:29 AM   #14
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gotta love the sound of a big cam car!
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