hey everyone. New from NJ...
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hey everyone. New from NJ...
Just wanted to say hi. I found this site while using google. Turns out one of my pics was linked to in one post and it came up during the web search. I then decided to register and become part of this site.
Im pretty active on the NJ f-body owners association site, NJFBOA.org, and i'm registered on several other f body sites along with many other car related forums.
Currently I own 2 Camaros, a 85 iroc and a 2001 SS. the 85 is basically stock and the SS is considerably modified. I also have an 89 iroc chassis ill be using to rebuild the 85 which has major body rot. On top of those cars, i have a 79 vette project, 99 dodge ram diesel, 99 yukon denali, 99 grand prix gt and a 2003 Ninja zx-636r.
thats about it for now i guess...
Im pretty active on the NJ f-body owners association site, NJFBOA.org, and i'm registered on several other f body sites along with many other car related forums.
Currently I own 2 Camaros, a 85 iroc and a 2001 SS. the 85 is basically stock and the SS is considerably modified. I also have an 89 iroc chassis ill be using to rebuild the 85 which has major body rot. On top of those cars, i have a 79 vette project, 99 dodge ram diesel, 99 yukon denali, 99 grand prix gt and a 2003 Ninja zx-636r.
thats about it for now i guess...
, weclome to PC.
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yea, the rear bumper was a test fit from years back, i put it on one mornign just for a show at raceway park NJ, and never got around to taking it back off, in person it looks really good with the black still cuz it matches the "berger" panel and my stripes. Plus its something different, so maybe one day itll get painted or maybe not, who knows.
now i figure ill share a little more about the car...
I bought it brand new from a dealer back in 2001. Since then i went through the stock clutch(splines spun INSIDE the disc itself at 10k), 2 rear axles, starter, front brake rotors 3 times(stockers ket warping). And the thing that was the biggest concern was oil consumption and the infamous piston slap... i had it bad. 1qt per 900 miles. but i looked at it as one day id do a new motor....
well, on August 11th 2005, i got 20 bucks worth of "fuel" at a shell gas station in Hawthorne NJ. Car was smoking more than usual on the way home, but i figured cuz i was beating on it more that day and recently removed the cats. I got home fine, and parked it in my garage. The next night i began a shorty header install and upgrading all my rear suspension. That saturday i finished up and fired it up, i got about a mile and it ran like complete garbage. check engine light was on, i assumed something with the header install. I was actually blowing raw fuel out my tailpipes. i spent 10 days checking everything. I swapped coil packs, plugs, wires all cuz of no spark. then #3 primary was wet when i looked inside the header. i swapped out that injector cuz it was stuck open and pourng straight fuel. Before that, i had drained the tank and blew the lines out and even wiped down the inside of the tank even till it was bone dry. i checked out what came out of my tank and it was at least 2/3 diesel, 1/3 super. I contacted the nj dept of weights and measures, the local police to file a report etc. nothing could be proven cuz the stations tanks were drained and refilled the day after i got fuel. they knew what had happened....well, after swapping the one injector i thought i was good to go. i tried it again... little did i know #1 injector was also stuck open due to the diesel mix. well it filled #1 cylinder just enough, when it cranked over, it hydrolocked, snapped the rod, shattering the oil pan, blowing out the side of the block, and even blowing out the mount for the steering rack on the frame. the crankcase must have also been filled with fumes which ignited as well. it was pretty nasty. after several months, my extended warrany company came though and cut me a check for a new engine. Then in feb 2007, i fired up the new motor for the first time, it was great, took about a month to finsih most things up... got it on the road, lost the first balancer at highway speed, replaced it, lost that one at the track at 100mph, replaced that and the water pump it destroyed, and so far has been running nice since. I have hp tuners for it, but no time to learn to program so its still on a stock tune, lol. cam is 239/242 .603/.609 and engine has almost all common boltons, so with a real tune, it should be sick. right now i run 12.7@118., with a 2.3 60'(3rd stock rear, bald tires) trap speed shows what its capable of with good traction, then add a tune, and ill be real happy.
Now here are pics from mainly the SS engine replacement....
blown motor after sitting for 8 months...
blown motor...all from diesel in my fuel...
out it comes...
a little touch up while it was out....
'03 ZO6 corvette crate engine(405hp stock)
now i figure ill share a little more about the car...
I bought it brand new from a dealer back in 2001. Since then i went through the stock clutch(splines spun INSIDE the disc itself at 10k), 2 rear axles, starter, front brake rotors 3 times(stockers ket warping). And the thing that was the biggest concern was oil consumption and the infamous piston slap... i had it bad. 1qt per 900 miles. but i looked at it as one day id do a new motor....
well, on August 11th 2005, i got 20 bucks worth of "fuel" at a shell gas station in Hawthorne NJ. Car was smoking more than usual on the way home, but i figured cuz i was beating on it more that day and recently removed the cats. I got home fine, and parked it in my garage. The next night i began a shorty header install and upgrading all my rear suspension. That saturday i finished up and fired it up, i got about a mile and it ran like complete garbage. check engine light was on, i assumed something with the header install. I was actually blowing raw fuel out my tailpipes. i spent 10 days checking everything. I swapped coil packs, plugs, wires all cuz of no spark. then #3 primary was wet when i looked inside the header. i swapped out that injector cuz it was stuck open and pourng straight fuel. Before that, i had drained the tank and blew the lines out and even wiped down the inside of the tank even till it was bone dry. i checked out what came out of my tank and it was at least 2/3 diesel, 1/3 super. I contacted the nj dept of weights and measures, the local police to file a report etc. nothing could be proven cuz the stations tanks were drained and refilled the day after i got fuel. they knew what had happened....well, after swapping the one injector i thought i was good to go. i tried it again... little did i know #1 injector was also stuck open due to the diesel mix. well it filled #1 cylinder just enough, when it cranked over, it hydrolocked, snapped the rod, shattering the oil pan, blowing out the side of the block, and even blowing out the mount for the steering rack on the frame. the crankcase must have also been filled with fumes which ignited as well. it was pretty nasty. after several months, my extended warrany company came though and cut me a check for a new engine. Then in feb 2007, i fired up the new motor for the first time, it was great, took about a month to finsih most things up... got it on the road, lost the first balancer at highway speed, replaced it, lost that one at the track at 100mph, replaced that and the water pump it destroyed, and so far has been running nice since. I have hp tuners for it, but no time to learn to program so its still on a stock tune, lol. cam is 239/242 .603/.609 and engine has almost all common boltons, so with a real tune, it should be sick. right now i run 12.7@118., with a 2.3 60'(3rd stock rear, bald tires) trap speed shows what its capable of with good traction, then add a tune, and ill be real happy.
Now here are pics from mainly the SS engine replacement....
blown motor after sitting for 8 months...
blown motor...all from diesel in my fuel...
out it comes...
a little touch up while it was out....
'03 ZO6 corvette crate engine(405hp stock)