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I've tried moving shifter around into different gears and checking fluid level like any tranny but nothing. I also lifted rear tires off ground and they spin with engine etc. Just doesn't have uummphhh when wheels are on the ground. Does 94 LT1 have onboard Diagnostics? I heard they did by just jumpering two slots in the Diagnostics connector and codes will be flashed through check engine light. Don't know for sure. Maybe Tim would know.

Start car. Put in ANY gear and press gas and car will barely move, I mean barely. Sounds like torque converter problems to me.... but I don't really know anything about a tranny. Well the computer is completely hooked up to tranny and rest of the engine. Engine runs fine as far as I can tell. The PCM IS throwing codes. I don't have a reader for the codes or anything so I don't know if it is throwing codes because I removed all smog stuff and put headers on or what. I plan on buying cable for turnercat late this week. I did have the tranny rebuilt and shift kit installed. Would this require reprogramming of the PCM and possible torque converter problems? I have messed with brake switch but doesn't make a difference. Any ideas?!?! This is the last thing to fix then I can drive it for the first time!! This is driving me nuts!

Hey Magnum, where did you get the basecoat and the clear with holographic microflake? How much did it set you back? Will that microflake work on any other basecoat? like black?

Very nice! I should have ordered more. Thanks Tim... you da man!

Whoa... gas price today was $1.95 :shock:for the cheap stuff... WTF!!!! It jumped .20 or more in the last few days. Where I live.

:2thumbs:Whoohooo! Can't wait!

That sounds like a better idea to me. My z is in the shop with tranny issues now. I am going to jump on this as soon as it is fixed and actually drive it for the first time... can't wait. :rockon:Then I can also see how the clearance is on some speed bumps where I live. I'm 99% sure I won't be able to drive it into my complex because it won't clear the speed bumps... damn them!

whoa yeah baby!! Gotta love the audience reaction to it too... hehehe...

I know this is NOT going to work at all. To clarify, the single bolt that attached the bracket to z body was wiggling around from the weight. I thought that it could have been easily welded to body to stop the movement. That was the only problem that I had with the bracket. It was attached to the side part of the z which is not flat but rounded so it wasn't holding too well. I had already opened up the bracket so the height and everything was right on. Just that bolt was not very stable. I know this is a cheap pic of what idea I had for welding it, but do you think it would hold up?

That is a good idea getting some from the tire shop and rolling them out to car to look at them like that. I still have yet to see a complete pic of a z or zx with white raised lettering or outlining. I just think it would look sweet. I love the old school look.

Well I just got my car back from getting sidepipes hooked up to my headers with O2’s installed. These bad boys are way low... I have like NO ground clearance. I don't know if I can go over ANY speed bump. I had originally mounted them higher up on the side of the car and busted out the sawzall and hacked the front fender behind the front tire. This way the sidepipes looked low but sat up on the side of the zx just barely below the door and the 2-1/2 pipes did not hang lower than the frame. Actually turned out nice and I figured a route for the exhaust so that the entire exhaust was not going to hang lower than the frame of the car also. The brackets that I got with sidepipes just were too wimpy though. I told my exhaust guy that I wanted them to weld the "L" bracket to the body or something so that they were stiffer to the body and not moving around like they were. He told me he would figure something out. Well this is what I got. Sidepipes installed using the lip from the frame. He told me that he couldn't mount them any higher because they would sag with the weight etc. I don't know much about welding or exhaust hanging etc. so I just told him it looked good and paid the $250 and was on my way. I still think there is a way to mount them higher up on the side of the car using some sort of reinforcement if sagging is really a problem from just welding the bracket onto the car. Maybe like welding a piece out from the little lip under the car, then one up the rounded side of the car, then straight down to the original piece extending from the lip, altogether in a sort of triangular shape. Then attaching sidepipes to this. Maybe this is a dumb idea…. Maybe I should of ran that idea by a welding friend before saying it…. Hehehe… oh well. I have done research on this for a while and I have seen notched frames etc. for pipes leading to sidepipes but no real close-ups of how the side pipes were actually hung and from what point on the car. What ideas do you guys have? First two pics are of how I getto rigged it originally-- after taking this picture I removed the rubber and bent the bracket more open so the pipes sat higher and bracket was more stiff. Last pic is how it looks from exhaust shop rack. Cool but LOW! Picture looks funny because lower part of the heatshield is sticking out because I didn't attach it all the way yet. Oh yeah that stinkbug look is from jackstands in the back. From exhaust shop up on rack. Can you say LOW!

I did some seaching but couldn't find any pics. Is anyone running tires with white lettering face out on a z or zx? Looking for tires and wonder if it would look good or not. Anyone with stock z rims, maybe turbo rims cause that's what i've got for now.

What time on sunday do you plan on going if this rain ever stops long enough?

I am planning on going to UTI Arizona in April. I just came back from visiting the campus. That new 25 million $$$ campus is way nice. I also visited AAI (Arizona Automotive Institute). They are pretty close to the same price but IMO there is NO comparison. UTI is WAY more high tech and up with the times.

Sounds like a great idea.... i'll take one or more of those.