My goal is to pick up a black ZL1 1LE manual in a couple of years.Originally Posted by Artos
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My goal is to pick up a black ZL1 1LE manual in a couple of years.
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Owned an 85 Monte Carlo SS. Modded it with a built small block 400 and TH350 trans with a 10" stall converter and a drop in Currie Enterprises Ford 9" rear end with steel axles and Detroit Locker. Fun car.
I then moved to a '69 Z-28 RS. It did not have the original engine DZ 302 and the rear fenders were flared, but I put an even more modded 400 small block in it with a TH400 and 10" stall. Very fun car and a beautiful machine.
The funny thing was, it had an option in the rear trunk called a "Liquid Tire Chain" it was an aerosol can that went into a canister mounted above each rear wheel well. There were nozzles facing the rear tires in each of the fenderwells. When a switch was pulled, vacuum was applied to the cap of the canister that locked the aerosol can in and a pin pushed the aerosol can onto a puncture pin which punctured the aerosol can letting the aerosol contents spray onto the rear tires. There even was an AC Delco part number for the aerosol can on a sticker on the canister cap. I just found out this past year that this option was only put on a little more than a hundred vehicles, much less a '69 Z-28 RS which is estimated to have only 1500 made of those.
Yes, it bothers me that I didn't keep that thing and restore it, but what can you do right?
Last edited by Adrenaline_6; 04-24-19 at 21:56.
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Wife and I had a 2017 GT 5.0, Race Red with black wheels. It was a slick car. We traded it in for a BMW X1, ( LOL I know ) That one is still rather fun for a turbo charged 4 cylinder with sport mode haha... Wanting to trade it in for the Twin turbo V8 X5 later on....
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Pictures are needed. This is from, well, seven years ago, before I turned everything black. I remember when the paint looked that good...
Last edited by JediGuy; 04-25-19 at 00:19.
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Just a warning, the Suspension is really rough with the racing dssv shocks on the 1LE package & the only real complaint you hear from this car is it's tough around town (the mag ride in the regular is outstanding being able to adjust from tour / sport / track)...most guys are saving the factory rubber & replacing them with a more street version friendly. I'll be lucky to get 10k miles off the regular ZL1 Supercar F3's & the 1LE has full R compound so expect half that.
If I lived closer & was a track rat, the 1LE would be my choice. Bucket list is to get up to Austin @ COTA & get an instructor.
1LE getting some air...camaro-zl1-1le.jpg
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I thought (think) the new GTO was a great concept.
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Not a problem. Every suspension component on my TA is solid end links. No rubber or poly bushings to be found. I'm used to it.
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Just ordered / received this:
http://m.bmrsuspension.com/?page=pro...productid=1635
Not certain but thinking I'll go ahead & get the upper/lower & control arms as well...the 1LE doesn't suffer as it has a more solid bushings set up, but the regular is a freak'n squirrel on hard acceleration at any speed. Jannetty Racing has a pretty slick HP upgrade I'll look at after the warranty is out. Gives you about another 100-150 ponies & meant to keep the focus of the car for the road course without causing the heat soak issues.
Man, those 1/4 mile mile guys go nuts on HP mods.
"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass."
Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, 1941
"A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2:
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My car was like 14 months old when it had Head/Cam/Headers/Exhaust. Now the only thing that is original is the body and parts of the interior lol.
The ZL1 is supercharged dude... smaller pulley and there you go!
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Do you notice heat soak with the supercharger? I’ve held of putting forced induction on the Mustang, as it seems like it’s generally not recommended for an HPDE type car.
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