New owner,First thread, warn me please.


Empty Pockets

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Yep, I put him on ICE! :biggrin


Really. ...Uh, have you started any of your CARS yet?
 

BlackICE

GT Owner
Nov 2, 2005
1,416
SF Bay Area in California
Really. ...Uh, have you started any of your CARS yet?

I ICEed Guedo, before he installed the mods. Found a bag of stuff he claimed belonged to you. I turned the bag over to DHS. They should be contacting you shortly.
 

Empty Pockets

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I ICEed Guedo, before he installed the mods. Found a bag of stuff he claimed belonged to you. I turned the bag over to DHS. They should be contacting you shortly.



Rats! Back to the drawing board...at a location in an undisclosed country ...:willy
 

Blue Moose

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two more tips:
1) do NOT put shaving cream in the trunk.
2) You will learn that Chip Beck is an amazing guy! HOWEVER, if you're following him, he is sometimes 'directionally challenged'.

Lady Moose
 

junior

GT Owner
Mar 9, 2007
1,152
So Cal
Yes It has LG pro long tube headers, X pipe, Borla stingers,LG tunnel plate, Katech torquer cam, C6R valve covers and springs, katech coil relocation brackets, Haltech killer bee intake Calaway eibach coil overs, phadt raceing sway bars, caravoggio flat bottom stearing wheel, forged 360 wheels on Nitto Invo's, ceramic brakes and a few other things as well. For some strange reason lately all my free time has been spent on a differant car however??? :biggrin:biggrin:biggrin

Gee Lorenzo, I didn't know you like to modify your cars :rofl. If you're used to "Katech" powered cars, you should be at ease with the F-GT power. There's no meesing around that "Katech" stuff, these are the guys that power the racing Corvette car engines, and they know what they're doing. I'll bet you guys a dime, that as we speak, Lorenzo is looking at :
Bumper delete
Heffner exhaust
Wipple Supercharger
Trans cooler
Enzo tires
lowering kit
 

Lorenzo

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Hello again, Happy new year!!
I have been researching a few things and your right on the money however this car commands a bit more caution when modding I.M.O.
By that i mean it's not like a Vett in the sence that if you screw up something with one of these you can't just go to your nearest dealer and get another one. The Z seams almost disposable compared to the GT if you know what i mean. Dont get me wrong it's just that the GT is in a class by itself I.M.O. Growing up on a farm here in Nebraska i was able to drive to school at the age of 14 with a farm permit so i bought a 56 chevy at the age of 11 with money from selling a cow i raised. long story short I { with a little guidence} rebuilt my first engine at age 12 so putting a wrench to these cars is almost second nature. :cheers
 

tmcphail

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Getting parts for these cars or modifying them is easy, they are really tough to break at hi power configurations especially when they are set up correct.
 

Jones

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267
Orange County, CA
Warning , Stay away from Jones ,Cmoody Soroush and Waldo !!!! Wild party animals !!!
Very volatile at Rallies!!!

:cool...sorry for the delay in replying, just regained consciousness from New Years Eve. Rest up for IV.
 

thegtguy

*Supporting Vendor* GT Owner
Apr 20, 2006
552
MI
I agree with everything that has been stated so far. I will say that the 4 issues that has given us the most work in 2008 are, in order:

1. I want a certain HP and a certain look. Usually leads to spending more $.
2. Be careful who you let drive your car. More times than you think this ends up as giving us more work, ooops (collision repair).
3. Make sure you are in 1st instead of 3rd.
4. Be careful who you let work on the car as we have had to "clean up" others work.

-Also if the wipers don't function properly make sure the front trunk is closed.

-Don't let your battery go dead and leave your keys in it. This results in trip to the dealer and you better hope that the manual override in the door works properly. This way you can open the door without any battery power.

Rich
 

timcantwell

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Thanks Tim That's just the kind of attitude that REALLY makes this forum stand out from the others i have been on. I noticed it right away, no joke im not just blowing smoke, You guys are a real breath of fresh air after being on another forum for one of my other cars :thumbsup:thumbsup

I really appreciate it. Lorenzo

Hope to meet you in person some day soon!
 

KJRGT

GT Owner
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May 4, 2006
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I'm just now reading this great thread. Great "memories" :willy and funny, funny stuff. :lol

Lorenzo, a big congratulations on purchasing your FGT one incredible machine whether it be street, freeway or track. :thumbsup

Reading through eveyone's comments just let me recall the learning curve I also went through, and also how all you guys and your different personalities are so fun to be a part of. :banana

Just one disagreement....RED is NOT the fastest....just ask Matech. :biggrin
 

Empty Pockets

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Just one disagreement....RED is NOT the fastest....just ask Matech. :biggrin


AAAAAH HAAAAAH! There's an echo (of sorts) on this thread! :lol:cheers