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General Discussion / Re: Your worst 1st generation Camaro fears - realized

« on: July 02, 2006, 04:40:14 PM »

what is differnt from changing the dash panel (where these cars often rust) when you have to remove the vin tag anyway?
vs chanhing the entire body...

currently. you can just about buy every new panel to replace on a first gen....

so while i do not agree that it is ethical...many people restor these cars where every single needs to be replaced anyway...is that not also considered a rebody?..new fenders.new quarters. new doors. new dash. etc...

if youve ever seen one of those bodies. youd want tofix your original...nothing lines up and you wind up having to do more fit work than it would take to hang new sheetmetal anyway. lol

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General Discussion / Is John Miller here (from the metro Detroit area)

« on: June 25, 2006, 01:59:27 AM »

i'm trying to find a buddy I met a few years ago, named John Miller.. he lived downriver and had a light green 68 Z, and eventually picked up a white 67 SS.

I helped him with a few things on his Z and one day, his number stoped working and he no longer lived at the house that I had known.

anyone know of this guy, or how to get ahold of him... he was a regular cruiser on Telegraph and Downriver.

Thanks
Aaron

Akaleniecki@cs.com

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General Discussion / Re: 140 cam, manifolds, and cross ram????

« on: June 25, 2006, 01:56:28 AM »

yeah..., i had a friend with a Rallye Green 68 Z that had the 140 in it, with headers, stock intake and carb, 3.73 and m-21.... i didn't like it untill about 80 mph LOL...

i'm going to keep the 30-30, perhaps advance it 2-4 degrees, and enjoy it.

thanks

Aaron

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General Discussion / Re: 140 cam, manifolds, and cross ram????

« on: June 24, 2006, 04:41:34 AM »

so i can't imagine how these guys run the -140 with manifolds LOL...

aside from the Lt-1, which i have had experiance with, is there another cam that anyone uses in a DZ motor that has a similair idle to the 30-30 yet runs better?

i thought about just putting the 140 cam in and keeping the stock intake and carb, while boosting the compression, but i'm sure that would be worse than the 30-30, aside from the wicked idle...

do you really loose that much low end from the 140 to the 30-30 if keeping the stock intake and carb?

my car is geared with 4.10s and a M-22, but i'm considering an M-20 for better off the line street manners..

any thoughts?

Aaron

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General Discussion / Re: 140 cam, manifolds, and cross ram????

« on: June 22, 2006, 07:33:10 PM »

john.
since i have to remove the heads anyway, i was thinking of swapping cams while im at it. do you know of another cam that will work better than the stock cam ? considering that im keeping my manifolds and smog.

ive never abeen a fan of the lt1. but people seem to like it. aside from the LT1 cam. what might you suggest? or would you leave it alone?
thanks
aaron

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General Discussion / 140 cam, manifolds, and cross ram????

« on: June 22, 2006, 02:39:27 PM »

i'm seeing alot of z's restored with the new crossram, 140 cam, and exhaust manifolds with smog.

i love the idea, but can't believe that it runs better than the 30-30 cam with single 4bbl on the street with manifolds.
I've got the stock parts on my car and have been thinking of doing the crossram swap, but curious to know if others have gone this route and kept the manifolds on the car?

can anyone speak to this?

thanks

aaron