Bought this car brand new, took delivery on June 2nd 1998 from Sullivan Pontiac in Arlington Heights, IL. Its all been downhill from there. It played tow vehicle to a 5x8 foot Uhaul for my move to Texas in July 98. It stayed stock until I hit the 12's (12.96 on regular ol radials). Then came the modifications.
Last trip to the track, it rained us out -- got one pass after they attempted to dry the track, and they still restricted us to 1/8th mile due to water in the shutdown area. At any rate, launched nice and soft to run a 7.46 @ 96 MPH on motor (1.80 sixty foot). One of these years I'll get back out and see what it runs on the hose.
Every option except WS6 and leather
HP Racing EVO 19 inch rims, 19 x 8.5 front, 19 x 9.5 rear, Hyper Grey finish
Slippery ass no hooking until 70MPH Dunlop Direzza tires
Blue gauge cluster illumination
Custom 1/4 inch carpet burn in the hatch well from the welder (oops)
Aftermarket stereo stuff in factory locations
20% window tint on sides and back
5% window tint on T-tops
370cid 6.0L (4.030 x 3.622) iron block
Patriot LS6 style heads, 64cc 2.080 / 1.600
Patriot "Gold" dual valve springs, retainers, seats, locks
Comp Cams 238/240 @ .050" .605/.609 112 +2
Comp Cams "R" lifters
Comp 7.425" chrome moly pushrods
LS6 intake manifold
ASP underdrive dampener
Hooker long tube headers, custom hack n' whacked the Y-pipe (3" to 3.5")
3.5" cutout in the usual location
3" Hooker catback
NX MAF nitrous kit
Walbro 255lph in-tank fuel pump
PCM tuning via EFILive
Pro 5.0 shifter
probably a bunch of other little crap I forget about
Hotchkis lowering springs
Bilstein shocks/struts
BMR adjustable torque arm
Alston Chassisworks subframe connectors, LCA's and panhard
Built T56 (iron 3/4 fork, yadda yadda)
Denny's "Nitrous" driveshaft
Moser 12 bolt, 4.11 gearset, Eaton posi, 33 spline axles
Remote start kit
JVC indash AM/FM/CD/MP3 whatever
Diamond Audio M5 components
Infinity Kappa Perfect 10.1 sub in a custom cubbyhole box
Infinity digital sub amp
Carver M2120 mains amp
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awesome build !
nice car man, believe it or not i actually knew a guy that looked like your user image.
nice car man, believe it or not i actually knew a guy that looked like your user image.
Yes, switching from an iron block nitrous motor, to an aluminum block twin turbo. Should be a lot nicer for a daily driver. No more filling bottles, taking them in and out of the car so the Texas sun doesn't overheat it while you're at work, etc.
Looking good. Is this the car that will get the APS kit? I can't wait to get mine on.
12.9's .. lol I haven't run 12.9's since it was bone stock
Nice ride man, 12.9's with DR's is good! I need more practice!
He never takes it to the track any way! Those times are from Cloberthon 1 or some thing to that effect
Damn, that car looks good on those wheels! Too bad it probably runs 12.9@120 on them =)
I like it!
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