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08-05-2009, 08:10 AM
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#91
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Location: Upstate New York,USA
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Great work! Looks like you're having fun! I love the welds. I bought a cheap harbor freight MIG (Flux only) welder and my welds are getting progressively better but nothing approaching your weld quality. Thanks for posting the pictures. That helps a lot of us in our own creativity.
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08-05-2009, 03:44 PM
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#92
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Kansas
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Here is some flux core welding from my previous kit...i think it looks amazing
of course, i have also taken welding classes too lol. just haev to be patient with it, you guys will learn
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08-05-2009, 09:46 PM
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#93
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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Upstate New York,USA
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Welding classes at... ? A VoTech or a college or ???
Quote:
Originally Posted by reamo04
Here is some flux core welding from my previous kit...i think it looks amazing
of course, i have also taken welding classes too lol. just haev to be patient with it, you guys will learn
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08-05-2009, 10:40 PM
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#94
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Kansas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DirtyDaveW
Welding classes at... ? A VoTech or a college or ???
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highschool actually  and in college i had a class that went over techniques.
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08-06-2009, 03:29 AM
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#95
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Looks really good- love the progress...I'm kinda torn between just getting a bigger blower or going the turbo route...decisions decisions...
Blower would be easy since it would be just unbolt and bolt in bigger one...but fab'in up a turbo kit sure does look like a lot of fun...
I'm a huge fan of doing stuff myself and anyone else who does it in their own driveway/garage. Anyone can get out the check book and buy whatever they want- those of us who make stuff ourselves are the ones who get my respect...I give way more props to someone who grabs a welder and some pipe and makes a turbo kit themselves, with scab welds and all..(don't worry, mine look way worse than yours...lol) than someone who spends 5k getting a bolt-on kit with robot welds...
Looking forward to seeing the finished product!!
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94 Z28-Procharged FMIC, Custom Halos, cubic inch and whine mod, 9" -typical other bolt-on crap. way too much $$ to think about...
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08-06-2009, 10:42 AM
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#96
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Windsor, ON Canada
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thanks! Its awesome doing it all by yourself! I wanna try to do everything on the car on my own, the cage should be interesting to do!
Jay
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87 Iroc-z
370ci Forged LQ4
Garrett 74MM T6 Turbo
TH400 3600 Stall, Pro-brake, Rev Man V/B / Moser 9" 3.00 Spool
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08-20-2009, 07:54 PM
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#97
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Windsor, ON Canada
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Well I got my tires in today for the front...
Rear-
15x10 Summit Star
275/50 Mickey Thompson ET Radials
Front-
15x4 Summit Star
165/80 Kumho Radials
Jay
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87 Iroc-z
370ci Forged LQ4
Garrett 74MM T6 Turbo
TH400 3600 Stall, Pro-brake, Rev Man V/B / Moser 9" 3.00 Spool
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08-20-2009, 10:16 PM
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#98
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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Upstate New York,USA
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Looks good Jay! Progress is always a wonderful thing on these cars.
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08-22-2009, 10:56 AM
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#99
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Location: Jacksonville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Procharged94Lt1
Anyone can get out the check book and buy whatever they want
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Actually, that's my goal in life. Right now I'm lucky to afford a bag of ramen.
Those summit rims look good. Makes me want a set for my truck.
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08-28-2009, 08:41 PM
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#100
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Awesome build jay, wanna do mine next????
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09-08-2009, 05:42 PM
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#101
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Windsor, ON Canada
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update...i bought my first house.....fixed the hotside on the car, fired it up and the headgaskets are ****ed! Shot a bunch of coolant outta the merge. I dunno why, last time I drove the car (month and a half) it was perfect, didnt blow smoke, oil was fine etc.
So the car is done for the year, once i move into my house I will tear the motor down and check it all over.
Jay
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87 Iroc-z
370ci Forged LQ4
Garrett 74MM T6 Turbo
TH400 3600 Stall, Pro-brake, Rev Man V/B / Moser 9" 3.00 Spool
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09-09-2009, 07:17 PM
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#103
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Location: Windsor, ON Canada
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Well cylinder 8 pumped out a ton of coolant.
Pressure tested every cylinder and it was 210 across every one!
Now the back 4 rockers on both sides started to rust so I need to take them off and wheel them, Im gonna pull the heads next week and see if its the head or gasket.
So kinda good news!!!
Jay
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87 Iroc-z
370ci Forged LQ4
Garrett 74MM T6 Turbo
TH400 3600 Stall, Pro-brake, Rev Man V/B / Moser 9" 3.00 Spool
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09-09-2009, 07:48 PM
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#104
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 215
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Wow, very nice car! Dyno run and burnouts were awesome too  Good luck with the gasket.
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Black '94 Z28
Forged 383 224/234 8.5:1 4psi stock heads intake& TB
Hooker LTs & cat back built 4L60E TCI2500 3.73 daily driver
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09-27-2009, 05:56 PM
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#105
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Windsor, ON Canada
Posts: 812
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My heads sold!
and whats this.... Ported AFR 195s on the way??? whaaaaa
Compression should now be in the 8.5-9.0 range depending on IF i mill the heads or how much I mill them
Heads flow 300/209 @ .600 lift
Thanks to 93blackTA on the boards!
Jay
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87 Iroc-z
370ci Forged LQ4
Garrett 74MM T6 Turbo
TH400 3600 Stall, Pro-brake, Rev Man V/B / Moser 9" 3.00 Spool
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