Cascade Crew

QwkTrip · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:06 pm Post subject:

Interesting outcome....

I did a quick wash of the car today and it looks soooo much better! It's really not that bad after all. It also doesn't hurt that the car received a set of 18" black Z06 rims today. 9.5" wide up front and 10.5" wide out back. Wheels came with Kumho summer extreme performance tires and all I can say is they are SLICK AS SNOT in 35F ambient temperature! I guess I'll have to wait until warm weather to drive the car with any kind of confidence.

blue89 · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:35 pm Post subject:

So are you keeping the camaro or firebird?

QwkTrip · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject:

Driving the Camaro until I tear it down.

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:59 am Post subject:

Under the hood of every great bird is the heart of a camaro...

-Jake

QwkTrip · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:37 pm Post subject:

Whoa.... I just found this car. That is a good price for a car like that. Too bad it wasn't available a few weeks ago.

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/vehicle-classifieds/1381035-2000-ws6-tsp-ls2.html

But what is it with people who can't clean up the car before taking pictures? Rolling Eyes

iansane · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:53 pm Post subject:

Dewey316 · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject:

iansane · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:22 pm Post subject:

Technically it was a GMC. Laughing

QwkTrip · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject:

If they can call a Trans Am a "Super Duty" then I think it's fair that I use a GMC engine.

chevymad · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject:

Technically pontiac had the ls motors (real poncho's) and Super Duty's before any chevy or ford ever used the terms.

blue89 · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:57 pm Post subject:

Hehe, mine came out of a truck too....

QwkTrip

Replaced an O2 sensor and took the Camaro for another spin today. It was 35F degrees but the tires seemed to stick a little better and the car ran a lot better. I'm a much braver driver now so a bit of fish tail here and there isn't bothering me. But traction control is still my friend until the pavement warms up and the tires stick.

The cam is pretty big so every time I go from a stop I have to rev it up to keep from bogging or killing the engine. This definitely makes for a lot of tire spin in this cold weather and people think I'm racing. Wink

But the car is so quick that while driving normal it still walks away from most other cars. At part throttle I dusted off a Honda Civic SI Type R whatever majig (it was black and donned bright red badging advertising it was fast) . The guy then proceeded to run through traffic to catch up and then tail gate me down a residential street at 25 MPH. It's been a looooong time since I wielded this kind of power so what the heck.... Very Happy

.... I romped the throttle for an instant in 2nd gear, the car spun tires and fish tailed, the exhaust wailed, and I jumped a car length ahead in an instant. The Honda guy backed off immediately and calmed down. Now I remember how fun it is to scare imports. Laughing

I have a feeling my "slow" thirdgen is going to bait a lot more prey than this 4th gen. Twisted Evil

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:14 pm Post subject:

SlackerTA · Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:10 am Post subject:

You are an evil man... and I approve completely! Twisted Evil

RSFreak · Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:26 am Post subject:

Sounds like you're having fun with that 4thgen! Very Happy

QwkTrip · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:05 pm Post subject:

LOL! The car runs even better now that I replaced the correct O2 sensor. Smack!

The first sensor must have been a placebo. Thumbs up

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:14 pm Post subject:

Finally got a chance to shoot a picture. Just a basic black Z with 18x10.5 on the back, 18x9.5 on the front. Oh, and the obligatory purple window tint.

QwkTrip · Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:40 pm Post subject:

A rain cleaned off the roads a bit and I finally got to stand on the throttle today. I'm still unfamiliar with the car so I accidently got a little crazy in 1st gear and left a standing cloud of smoke off my tires. You know how you get in a zone and don't really pay attention? Ya. That was me. Anyway, it spun quite a bit again through 2nd but the car accelerated and went straight as an arrow. Had to let off at the top of 2nd gear but for the first time I finally got to feel it pull to 7000 RPM. If I had hit 3rd in the same way I think the car would have hooked and took off from 60 MPH.

After I had my fun I look in my rear view mirror and there is a guy in a Fast 'n Furious looking Volkswagen going as fast as he can trying to catch up with me. Laughing so hard it hurts

I was kind of wishing he had finished the job and caught me because I would have found a worthy occasion to find out what 3rd gear will do. Laughing