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    I'm sick of being heavy and slow so I put the car on a diet...

    I'm frustrated by the way my car has been running lately so I decided to put it on a diet. here's some pics...











    -Paul

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    2004 Z16 commemorative edition Z06
    100% stock: 11.9 at 118mph




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    OK, although it would be nice to drop this much weight I actually pulled the interior as I'm having a legal chrome-moly roll bar installed by Henry at http://www.hfrfab.com
    The car goes in this weekend! I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I'll miss my 'ol chrome car bar that I've had in the car for years, but with the turbo going on soon its time to pull the trigger and get this done.
    -Paul

    1995 GT 'vert
    Best times on old 302 combo:
    12.03 at 112.5mph NA
    Best time with 9:1 compression NA dart block 331 setup:
    11.50 at 121mph
    Dyno'd: 415rwhp/410rwtq


    2004 Z16 commemorative edition Z06
    100% stock: 11.9 at 118mph




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    where'd you get the interior painted?

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    take those speakers and seat belts out 2!!!

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    where'd you get the interior painted?
    i was also wondering that it looks amazing. how did you get the mustang writing painted so perfectly?

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    Wow, their website has some pretty impressive work on it..
    2015 A6 Mustang GT that so far has gone 9.48@147 but still the fastest prochargerd S550 in the world aside from Tim Essick's!
    www.Rodeheavershotrod.com

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    good luck! =)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodeheaver's View Post
    Wow, their website has some pretty impressive work on it..
    he did some work on my friends dragster and it looked awsome,
    Troy
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    Quote Originally Posted by crusher101 View Post
    where'd you get the interior painted?
    I had it sprayed when I had my old body kit done so that it matched perfectly. The place that did it is out of business.



    Quote Originally Posted by sk8trkid
    i was also wondering that it looks amazing. how did you get the mustang writing painted so perfectly?
    A lot of time and patience. I did it myself with a touch-up paint bottle and a brush. I just took my time and it came out like that. It needs redone as I did it about 7yrs ago and the paint is cracked a little bit. It doesn't look bad, but it could use a re-do. If I got any paint onto places that I didn't want it, it came off fairly easy by picking at it and "flicking" it off.

    Tim- this guy does incredible work, and I have yet to hear a bad thing about him. I just back from dropping the car off and I feel even better now having met him and discussing what I wanted and what he could do. A couple places are going to be tight, but he seemed confident he could attain all of the attributes that i wanted, and there were a number of them. LOL! He said it should be done the week of October 5th. It'd be done sooner but I want the Chris Alston Chassis Work's clevis type swing outs which he has to order... man are they expensive, but they'll look so good in there that I had to have them.
    -Paul

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    Best times on old 302 combo:
    12.03 at 112.5mph NA
    Best time with 9:1 compression NA dart block 331 setup:
    11.50 at 121mph
    Dyno'd: 415rwhp/410rwtq


    2004 Z16 commemorative edition Z06
    100% stock: 11.9 at 118mph




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    BTW- I've had my interior painted since '98, and it still looks as good today as it did when I had it shot. A lot of people have questioned me about that and I figured I'd add it here.

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    yeah i wish i could have went along today .
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    Quote Originally Posted by 97LaserRed View Post
    take those speakers and seat belts out 2!!!
    The rear seat belts may have to come out or be relocated as the plate for the rear bars doesn't have enough room to fit in there with the seat belt mechanism since they both want to occupy the same space. Henry is going to try to make it work though. As for the speakers, they are staying. I may rip the mach460 enclosure out and put an 8" sub in its place, but that is a ways down the road.

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    cmon tell us where you got your interior painted canary :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by crusher101 View Post
    where'd you get the interior painted?

    Quote Originally Posted by Killercanary View Post
    I had it sprayed when I had my old body kit done so that it matched perfectly. The place that did it is out of business.
    he said it was out of business now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crusher101 View Post
    cmon tell us where you got your interior painted canary :)
    Bedford Ford's paint shop which as I said is now out of business. I have a friend locally that does all my paintwork now.
    -Paul

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    Best times on old 302 combo:
    12.03 at 112.5mph NA
    Best time with 9:1 compression NA dart block 331 setup:
    11.50 at 121mph
    Dyno'd: 415rwhp/410rwtq


    2004 Z16 commemorative edition Z06
    100% stock: 11.9 at 118mph




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    yeah i guess i just didnt see it. sucks i wanted to get my dash trim painted white.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crusher101 View Post
    yeah i guess i just didnt see it. sucks i wanted to get my dash trim painted white.
    Well, good thing for you there are thousands of other paint shops out there you can call to have it done.

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    yeah i guess i just didnt see it. sucks i wanted to get my dash trim painted white
    if your good you can just do your interior pieces yourself with rattle cans

    its not too hard to do

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    I tried using a "spray bomb" with color matched paint and the results were NASTY! It was impossible to get a uniform coating on all of the surfaces. If it had a finer spray it would have worked, but finding color matched paint in spray cans can be a bit difficult.
    -Paul

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    Best times on old 302 combo:
    12.03 at 112.5mph NA
    Best time with 9:1 compression NA dart block 331 setup:
    11.50 at 121mph
    Dyno'd: 415rwhp/410rwtq


    2004 Z16 commemorative edition Z06
    100% stock: 11.9 at 118mph




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    looks good paul.. How many points you getting?

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