'00 FRC Hardtop - moar LS/Murica/long distance high speed cruising

[LCG]

nah...i'm just planning to rev this thing to the moon and keep it there

I once reved a LS1 to the moon and kept it there.. It was unique.

[nsogiba]

[d0wse]

How have I missed this thread? Love the C5. Loved your E39. Cant wait to see how this one turns out

[nsogiba]

Do a Z06 spring... jussayin'

valve springs, huh, are you planning a cam?

nah...i'm just planning to rev this thing to the moon and keep it there

It was long! Lots of tweaking. They are kind of hard to access but it was totally worth it. Car sounds incredible and you can hear it coming from a ways away.

nice. the longtubes really do transform the sound of the car

[btns44]

Awesome! How was the install? Plan on throwing on some headers maybe this summer.

It was long! Lots of tweaking. They are kind of hard to access but it was totally worth it. Car sounds incredible and you can hear it coming from a ways away.

[white out]

Do a Z06 spring... jussayin'

valve springs, huh, are you planning a cam?

[nsogiba]

only got 4 cylinders done last night, I pulled everything apart and realized I had ordered the newer 1 piece valve seals mistakenly. Luckily I found a set of fel-pros locally, but there went another hour chasing down the parts.

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[190Evan]

My face exactly when I heard " 6 pack of PBR pounders"

[nsogiba]

wife working late tonight and going to have a few drinks with friends afterwards. which means i'm grabbing a 6 pack of PBR pounders and putting in some quality time tonight in the man cave. hoping to get the rear sway bar out of the way, exhaust all buttoned up, and LS6 intake clearanced for the LS1 quad steam lines

[nsogiba]

started working on stuff

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Got all the crap transferred to the new manifold, not bad for a couple hours of work. Need to mess with the steam lines next

[nsogiba]

2009 Outback XT. Rare turbo 5 speed model. Stock other than a modified airbox for sounds. Probably going to sell it this year and get a truck.

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it does good skids

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[LCG]

awww vette buddies!

what do you drive on the snow?

[nsogiba]

my buddy is TIG'ing everything up for me and sent me some pics

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image by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr



Coworker bought an '01 Coupe with a 6 speed, great condition, 60K

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then, this
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which works out fine because i'm gonna tear it down this week for the valve springs and intake, install exhaust, etc.

[JEllis1]

Sweet build!

[nsogiba]

so some ups and downs

got the fishmouths mocked up on the midpipes, traced out the insides, removed the pipes from the car. drove around the block with no pipes, wow it's loud, should be fun. also tacked together fishmouths to v-bands, v-bands to valves. I forgot to order turndowns so I don't melt anything, got a 180* mandrel bend on the way from summit, will be here in a couple days.

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clamps that come with the longtubes suck, leaked badly. will pick up some longer bad clamps, have had good luck with those in the past

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and the not so good. tires will need to be replaced this year. time to accelerate my wheel/tire plans

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most urgent is the front fiberglass leaf spring, this thing had a very fine hairline crack lengthwise when i first bought the car and got it on the lift, but this big crack is a new development. will either pick up another Z51 spring or throw in a Z06 unit

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