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View Poll Results: What level of Mods do you want for your car?
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Killer stereo, maybe wheels and tires.
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Stereo, lights, wheels, paint. Can be serviced anywhere.
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Exhaust, gears, wheels. Can be serviced anywhere.
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Suspension work, Exhaust, Gears, Wheels, etc. Most shops can work on it.
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NOS, Turbo, tune, duals, suspension, wheels, the works. Don't let shops work on it.
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05-26-2010, 08:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 443
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What level of mods do you want for your car?
What level of mods do you want?
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1998 Firebird Coupe
Mods: 3.73 Gears, Eaton TrueTrac, PCM Tune, LS1 Aluminum Drive Shaft, Cold Air Intake, 180 Thermostat, Magnaflow Cat-Back Exhaust, Moog LCA busings.
My Firebird Projects : Click Here
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05-26-2010, 09:03 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 12,573
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For the Nova- just about everything. Tires all the way up to headliner. Pro-touring suspension, modern electronics, modern carb'd big block and OD trans someday. A "modernization" of the whole car.
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05-26-2010, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Delran
Posts: 6,785
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no one touches my car but me. so i picked the only option that reflected.
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05-26-2010, 09:13 PM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Posts: 20,165
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
no one touches my car but me. so i picked the only option that reflected.
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I read his answers as the more modified a car is the fewer shops that can/will work on it - which is true. The question is not do you work on your own car. At least that is what I got out of this.
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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05-26-2010, 09:16 PM
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11 second club / Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Berlin, NJ
Posts: 7,148
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Street and strip. Thats the level for me in a nutshell
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2001 Trans Am WS6 •SLP Loudmouth II •UMI Suspension •12.857 @ 109.57
1996 Trans Am WS6 •Pacesetter Longtubes •Strange 12 Bolt •Spohn Suspension •11.152 @ 123.85
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05-26-2010, 09:24 PM
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Lord of the rings / 10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
Posts: 6,387
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I like a nasty street car over a purpose built vehicle. Costs sometimes more $$ that way but its what I want. Hopefully this new build will put my car at a whole new level.
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Forever dyno queen / 777rwhp 662 rwtq @ 17lbs / 10.2 @ 140
'24 Corvette Z06
'17 Sierra 2500HD Dmax
'17 Lex LS460
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05-26-2010, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: bridgewater
Posts: 868
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as rice as possible
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
its an ongoing joke between the Geo Storm crew and the Sebring coupe team.
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bolt-ons and a bed n' breakfast
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05-26-2010, 10:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In a van down by the river.
Posts: 1,040
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List of wants on my Camaro....
383 stroker 
Needs Paint stripes redone
Floor pan
Rust removed
Carpet
torque thrust ii's
New weather striping
Thats about it and i would only let one person work on it. Vinnie Green.
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05-26-2010, 11:46 PM
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12 Second Club
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: metuchen, nj
Posts: 1,476
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i just wanna mount a turret of some sort
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05-26-2010, 11:50 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: unknown
Posts: 2,776
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thunder
i just wanna mount a turret of some sort
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bring the thunder
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2000 Pewter Trans am, M6, SLP Lid,LS6 intake,Kooks 1 7/8" Long tube header,Classic Chambered Powersticks, hurst,off road X-pipe, Strano springs & Koni's, Monster level 2 clutch, HPtuners wide band tuned and a homemade ram air box sealed off.
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05-27-2010, 07:30 AM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
Posts: 19,368
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stage 3 like wtf is this for serious? its how fast do i wanna go and thats very
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05-27-2010, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mays Landing, NJ
Posts: 7,108
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
I read his answers as the more modified a car is the fewer shops that can/will work on it - which is true. The question is not do you work on your own car. At least that is what I got out of this.
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True but wouldn't it be the opposite in a way that the more mods you have the more a shop HAS to work on it?
How many people here can hook up their own nitrous kit(the RIGHT way lol) or install a turbo set up? I think the more wild you get the more a shop would have to be involved.
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2018 Camaro 2SS Redline package, ESC Novi 1500 tuned by EFX, Might Mouse wild catch can, GM STB, smoked ZL1 3rd brake light, Xpel XR Black 35% tint all around, Street Scene front splitter, C7 Carbon ZL1 side skirts, Drake Muscle Car Wickerbill spoiler
2010 Infiniti G37x-Moonlight White w/Graphite interior. Stock...for now. Xpel XR Black tint(hey it's a mod lol)
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05-27-2010, 07:52 AM
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Stalker
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 12,082
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level 11... seek and destroy
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05-27-2010, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: hamilton nj
Posts: 266
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well ive always done the work on my car i voted the one that resembled racecar im workin my way to a racecar if i ever finish it it'll be fast and not far from a racecar.
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95 camaro z28 six speed 13.1 @ 106mph N/A
slp mid tubes, hooker 3" cat back with cut out, moroso cai, holly 58mm tb, eibach drag launch springs, kyb agx shocks, lakewood lca's, brand x 100 shot
stroker build this winter
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05-27-2010, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Delran
Posts: 6,785
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Quote:
Originally Posted by V
level 11... seek and destroy
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i posted that last night and it got deleted.... 
cant beat level 11 though...its 1 faster
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05-27-2010, 08:16 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mays Landing, NJ
Posts: 7,108
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Level 12-antenna switch.
Game over.
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2018 Camaro 2SS Redline package, ESC Novi 1500 tuned by EFX, Might Mouse wild catch can, GM STB, smoked ZL1 3rd brake light, Xpel XR Black 35% tint all around, Street Scene front splitter, C7 Carbon ZL1 side skirts, Drake Muscle Car Wickerbill spoiler
2010 Infiniti G37x-Moonlight White w/Graphite interior. Stock...for now. Xpel XR Black tint(hey it's a mod lol)
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05-27-2010, 08:38 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 252
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The camaro is staying a mild street and strip car (heads, cam, gears, converter, and some suspension work). The bird will also be a street and strip car but a bit more wild (getting a turbocharged 5.3 and 4l80E). I like to do all my own work so no shops for me unless it's machine work or powdercoating. I think purpose built cars are awesome to watch run at the track but I want to be able to drive my cars everywhere.
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2010 Radiant Silver Cadillac CTS Wagon
2007 Blue Silverado Max LTZ CCSB 4x4
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05-27-2010, 08:52 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: south & north nj
Posts: 1,482
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ib4200
as rice as possible
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your almost there
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99 Legacy - slow winter dd
04 GTO - less slower summer dd
84 Trans Am - Father's car - all original / original owner
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05-27-2010, 10:33 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 443
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Wow. Lots of diversified responses. But it seems that most want to push their car to the max.
I made this poll to see if member had a specific "vision" of where they wanted their car to be. Adding a stereo and leaving all else stock, is just fine, and there are no worries about needing service while out on a long trip. Going balls to the wall is a wonderful option too. But there are serious drawbacks too, and for street use, especially if used for long trips, where a breakdown might occur.
Personally, I made a Microsoft Project plan of what I wanted in my car. So far I have accomplished all but the few minor issues. When the plan is complete, so is the car. I will enjoy it from that point on as a competent street car I can take on vacation and other trips and not worry about service.
Those of you who have serious race machines probably have backup cars for when the fbody brakes down. And that is common if you go to the strip often.
So, there you have it. That is why I posted the thread. Its good to know where the general population is coming from.
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1998 Firebird Coupe
Mods: 3.73 Gears, Eaton TrueTrac, PCM Tune, LS1 Aluminum Drive Shaft, Cold Air Intake, 180 Thermostat, Magnaflow Cat-Back Exhaust, Moog LCA busings.
My Firebird Projects : Click Here
Last edited by Mark42; 05-27-2010 at 10:35 AM.
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05-27-2010, 10:47 AM
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11 second club / Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Berlin, NJ
Posts: 7,148
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Originally Posted by Mark42
..Those of you who have serious race machines probably have backup cars for when the fbody brakes down. And that is common if you go to the strip often. .
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yea, you could say that. 
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2001 Trans Am WS6 •SLP Loudmouth II •UMI Suspension •12.857 @ 109.57
1996 Trans Am WS6 •Pacesetter Longtubes •Strange 12 Bolt •Spohn Suspension •11.152 @ 123.85
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05-27-2010, 10:55 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 485
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i have a backup car for my beater car lol and i dont even have a fast car.....yet
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05-27-2010, 11:16 AM
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Token v6 Guy
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: No longer neon land :(
Posts: 5,703
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I didn't see the option for me - I want the following from my car:
Fart pipe
Stick on hood scoop
10,000 rpm tach in an auto car
Whistle tip exhaust
Synthetic muffler bearings
Cross drilled brake lines
Big wing
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2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8 - 12.079 at 116.45
2010 Ford Taurus SHO - stage 4+ tune and an intake - no times yet
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05-27-2010, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 252
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 12secondv6
I didn't see the option for me - I want the following from my car:
Fart pipe
Stick on hood scoop
10,000 rpm tach in an auto car
Whistle tip exhaust
Synthetic muffler bearings
Cross drilled brake lines
Big wing
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You forgot HID Headlight Fluid 
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2019 Satin Steel Metallic Cadillac Escalade ESV Sport
2010 Radiant Silver Cadillac CTS Wagon
2007 Blue Silverado Max LTZ CCSB 4x4
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05-27-2010, 11:23 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 485
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 12secondv6
I didn't see the option for me - I want the following from my car:
10,000 rpm tach in an auto car
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damn....i got a monster tach lol
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05-27-2010, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: West Milford/Villanova
Posts: 1,044
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Where's the "all the above, plus new floorboards" option?
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1992 Camaro RS 305 TBI,- Off the road, awaiting rebuild
2004 GMC Sierra- Current Daily Driver.
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