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Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Well it's off my tablet now probably sold

 

 

Ryan

Must not have been meant to be.

 

 

Next car won't be a convertible. To many damn restrictions for racing :(

 

 

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I'm not a fan of convertibles. With that said I still think your current one is a nice car.

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Must not have been meant to be.

 

 

 

I'm not a fan of convertibles. With that said I still think your current one is a nice car.

 

yea saved me a few bucks lol

 

Dont get me wrong I enjoy the convertible. I would like to add to the stable

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yea saved me a few bucks lol

 

Dont get me wrong I enjoy the convertible. I would like to add to the stable

I don't think they're ugly, I just think they take away from the look of the car in some way.

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Drove it to Waterford mi to see my friends and we all worked on our trucks and swapped parts, then got dinner and cruised woodward.fd8dab2ea93bdee9cfc9734c947f532d.jpga2b2cdfad092d73556f758af41f9132d.jpg21e8d2cded6efcd0104307482abefaff.jpg3dda24efd8ca0807c007dd25814a6b18.jpg

 

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Woodward is coming up soon. Might be heading to the camaro event (50th party) mid August

 

 

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My buddy was telling me the ragtop Camaros are built super strong to add structural rigidity with the missing hard top. Lots of extra bracing the hard tops don't have. That's a good thing if your putting out big HP numbers, and mash that pedal to the boards regularly.

 

Can't believe how quiet it is in the cab with the top down. He put some diffuser of some sort on the back (don't have pics of it) that streamlines the airflow. No wind and zero noise (except for his exhaust, lol - 700HP at the rear wheels is LOUD). It's like you have a giant glass top. Pretty wild.

 

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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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The 5th gen was designed from a convertible point at the beginning of the design phase then transferred to the coupe.

 

Your friend probably has the Havoc rear diffuser

 

 

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Ripped the intake manifold off. Intake is easy. .. that retarded plastic pos cover they attach on top is ridiculous. I had the manifold on the bench and that stupid thing was still above the heads because it wouldn't come off.

 

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Yea I bet I'd wanna pull the intake off every how many miles to clean the engine. What a joke.

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Huh.... mine was full of dirt from my airbox lid being damaged. Otherwise I would have never removed the intake manifold unless I had a purpose like a blower. ... fuel system upgrade etc. I didn't pull it to clean valves lol. My truck only has 24000 miles on it... the valves look great!

 

You guys read too much stupidity on this website and somehow think it's real world lol.

 

This was my airbox lid62935b01a58fa630ae4ba9f6aca97e84.jpg

 

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Woodward is coming up soon. Might be heading to the camaro event (50th party) mid August

 

 

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I better see you at woodward we cruised it last night.

 

This whole weekend I spent time in the square new radio speakers and swapped grills with a friend. Then we out them all in a car show this morning and cruised some more. Pics are all in the photography section.

 

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Huh.... mine was full of dirt from my airbox lid being damaged. Otherwise I would have never removed the intake manifold unless I had a purpose like a blower. ... fuel system upgrade etc. I didn't pull it to clean valves lol. My truck only has 24000 miles on it... the valves look great!

 

You guys read too much stupidity on this website and somehow think it's real world lol.

 

This was my airbox lid

 

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How does an airbox lid get damaged on a brand new vehicle?

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