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Old Jun 5, 2013 | 12:49 PM
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The hood ornament is awesome, mine stays no matter what. It's like a crosshair sight for a land missile
Great minds think a like, I love my fighter jet sight
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 12:53 PM
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If this were 2005, I'd have put the smooth one on to have the car more modern. But now the car is an old body style so I embrace the little stuff like this that make it special from other "me too" sedans. I like the round headlights too on this car and the 215 CLs
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 01:12 PM
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Back out the star!
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 01:36 PM
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Back out the star!
If the star stays on it will definitely be blacked out (or back out lol)!
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 02:11 PM
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Definitely black out the rear star. If you remove it you will have 3 small holes to contend with.
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 02:23 PM
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Definitely black out the rear star. If you remove it you will have 3 small holes to contend with.
The rear star, all badges and all trim will be blacked out.
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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Like a modern day Grand National!

"fast with class" 25 years later...

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The rear star, all badges and all trim will be blacked out.
Old Jun 5, 2013 | 02:57 PM
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Like a modern day Grand National!

"fast with class" 25 years later...
Grand National was an awesome car!
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 08:39 AM
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Grand National IS an awesome car!
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 08:57 AM
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pas - what rims do you have on the car (in signature picture) ?
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 08:59 AM
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I totally agree Armo! So hard to find a clean one these days.

Well most of you have probably already figured out that my car wont be ready for Timmayfest. Still working on a few things and then Jerry needs to do the tuning. He has been super busy on a few other projects so no way he could have gotten to it. No sweat. Since the car wont be ready I am not sure I will come up for T-fest.
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:02 AM
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pas - what rims do you have on the car (in signature picture) ?
ADV.1 Trackfunction 10's
3-piece wheel
20x9 F 20x11 R
Offsets are +28 F and +33 R
Tires are 245's and 305's on the back
This is what they look like now.....
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:26 AM
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car is looking great! This is my new go to thread on this forum, loving the progress and can't wait to see/hear the final product.
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:28 AM
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Wow, you were able to get 11" and 305s on the rear ??? What did you have to do to the fenders ? (Love the thread and rims...)
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:37 AM
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Wow, you were able to get 11" and 305s on the rear ??? What did you have to do to the fenders ? (Love the thread and rims...)
Well I am not sure the 305's fit yet without any rubbing yet. Here is the full story. The wheels originally had 265's up front and 295's in the rear. The rears did not rub one bit! But the tires had that stretch look to them. So I decided to go up one size. Now the fronts with the 265's would rub just a tiny bit when the car was fully lowered and I hit a bump or something. It wasnt bad at all. I decided to bring them down to 245's and that should take care of the very small rubbing I was experiencing. Once we get the car down off the lift I will check the 305's and see if they rub. If they do it will be just barely and I will have the shop roll the fenders. As of now the fenders havent been touched.

But yes, 11" in the rear doesnt leave much space at all. lol I love the look of it though.
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:52 AM
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My 305/11 inch did not rub but I also had CL offsets.

Old Jun 6, 2013 | 11:04 AM
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 01:55 PM
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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Now sell the CTS-V for a ZR1

Took a ride in my neighbor's lightly modded one. HOLY HELL! I don't scared easily with fast cars, but this car damn near did it. You hit 120 like a joke!


OP- sorry for the off-topic, car looks great! Can't wait to see final results and some vids of her, gonna be nutssssssssss
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 04:25 PM
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The shop had to redo some work on the wastegates. They just hung down a hair too far. So the passenger side is finished and looking on point. Working on driver side and oil lines now.
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:31 PM
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Nice, you be at the shop tomorrow for dyno day?
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:37 PM
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Nice, you be at the shop tomorrow for dyno day?
Thanks Craig! I will be driving up to T-fest tomorrow but won't be up until around 4pm so I will probably drive straight to the track to watch you guys tear it up!!! I will be at IPS on Saturday.

BTW- I just Paypal you the money for the MB Arts! Just so I don't forget. I will grab them from you at T-fest.
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:37 PM
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Looks amazing, can't wait to see what this thing will be capable of!
What exhaust manifolds are you using, judging by the flange in the last pic the stock ones( unless that's for mockup or something)? If that's the case, I would think that will create a massive bottleneck for the power levels you are aiming for.

Stoked to see this finished!
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 09:40 PM
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Looks amazing, can't wait to see what this thing will be capable of!
What exhaust manifolds are you using, judging by the flange in the last pic the stock ones( unless that's for mockup or something)? If that's the case, I would think that will create a massive bottleneck for the power levels you are aiming for.

Stoked to see this finished!
Yes this is stage 1 and set up to bolt to stock manifolds. A custom set of manifolds will be made for my car after testing.
Old Jun 6, 2013 | 10:23 PM
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Thanks brotha. Hope the weather is as good as it is tonight, cool and in the mid 60's. Look forward to meeting the twin snail boss


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