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takin my 87 iroc-z out today.

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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 12:35 AM
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takin my 87 iroc-z out today.

I'm so happy, I get to drive a car with some power again, and after putting headers on my buddys 91 this weekend I wanted to drive my car so bad, so now I can, its going to be great. wish me luck ya'll.

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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 02:01 AM
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congrats man, i know the feeling since i just put my car back on the road too!
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 12:00 PM
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I know, I'm so excited too, I get to go pick mine up today, and drive it for the first time ...Like a month ago, I was looking at a irocz, but a friend of mine bought it, and last weekend we were driving around in it, and I wanted mine so bad, I was kinda jealous...But now tuesday finally came, and I get to see what my irocz can do today...I hope she goes , and i hope i don't have the problems he had, first day he blew the radiator and the shift kit
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 04:26 PM
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ohhhhhhhhhh do i hear you guys, i got to drive mine to the shop did 75 ont he highway and didnt even know it, what a dream, shes in the shop getting 3,73 right now cant wait to get her back in to the garage for the rest of april, change her fluids plugs and pro detail her for her debut on may 1st have fun everybody
Old Apr 7, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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i havent driven my car in 4 years, your lucky man. i wish i could hurry up and complete the rebuild. summer is around the cornor
Old Apr 7, 2004 | 07:37 PM
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i fianlly bought mine yesterday, trailored it home, cleaned her up, and took her for a ride today with no plates or insuraance and bruned some rubber off....man was that fun, i'm used to driving a ford f150 with a 5.4 in it, and man does it feel good to have some power at your foot
Old Apr 7, 2004 | 11:31 PM
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Just curious, but what kind of headers did you put on it? I been working on my hooker lontubes and I am on 3 days right now. Its harder then I thought.
So I can't take my 88 IROC out in this nice weather.
Old Apr 8, 2004 | 12:27 AM
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yeah guys I'm already getting 20 mpg and I haven't even optimized the ignition yet, I still have cheap wires and ac plugs in it. I'm getting my msd's and bosch plugs from my formula.

Yeah my car is running great, I cruised about 100 miles yesterday the first day I took it out, and it was great.

Tonight I was going to pick up one of my friends from her work, and this stroke in a gtp with a triple gauge cluster on his pillar. I'm like, "what a stroke", and we all start laughing, I had two other dudes in my car at the time. Then I get the chance to get next to him and its at this light, where if I beat him I can pass in front of him, and make my turn. So I get to the light, put it in first, I wait for the light, I stall the converter, and hammered it, spun the tires, but kept way out ahead of him, he was 4-5 car lengths behind us already, I hit second, and turned on my signal and got over, then I got ready to turn, and he goes flying by me.
Ah my first kill, lol, when does it end.
Old Apr 8, 2004 | 09:31 AM
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If you are at 20mpg, I doubt you will see anything from ignition upgrades.
Old Apr 8, 2004 | 11:20 PM
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no deal. It will help, the plugs and wires can be better, more clean burning, happier running engine.
Old Apr 9, 2004 | 07:34 PM
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will be a whole lot smoother if you swap out the plugs and wires and do a coil. we just did a MSD over the cover kit and new NGK plugs in my brothers firehawk, WOW its runs a lot smoother. didnt realize how fast that car was till after the swap

after feeling a difference in his car, im swapping to the NGKs myself
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