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hahaha garage cactus

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Yea, it's just about growing season again now! Need a buy a bigger pot for the second time, it's grown into 2 separate plants now. Since we only get about 4 months of good warm sunny weather up here it only really grows during that time

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It's been a productive weekend so far! Dr. ColorChip done (see my thread on that), and replaced the transmission fluid and differential gear oil. I used the OEM stuff (ACDelco Dexron LS 75W-90) in the differential, but switched it up to Redline D4 ATF in the transmission. I've only taken a short test-drive so far, but the transmission already feels a little smoother than it did before. I think its a combination of both new fluid, and also the fact its a full synthetic.

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Holy crap, I love this transmission fluid! It was in the 40's this morning, and these Tremecs are notoriously clunky when they get cold. Not anymore, the full synthetic fluid is obviously working well! DSMs, S2000, Evos, and now the Corvette...Redline transmission fluids never disappoint.

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Good to hear! Thats the combo I just picked up too for the diff and trans.

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Those pumps I had made this the slickest drivetrain fluid swap ever.

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what pumps? I need a new pump.

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I used this pump that screwed directly onto the gallon jug of Redline: http://www.harborfreight.com/gear-oi...ump-61746.html

Amazon has a similar gallon jug pump: http://www.amazon.com/Custom-Accesso...ds=gallon+pump

I used this pump that screws onto a standard quart bottle: http://www.amazon.com/Plews-55001-Lu...35WK015WZ1ES3T

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Was waiting for that one pat :)

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The annual state inspection has now been PASSED! Apparently the ECU just needed more miles on it to run all the system checks and tests. On a related note, since Chevy reprogrammed the car, I have to get a new custom tune done so I'll begin working on that today with my tuner. Something about the calibration ID's no longer matching. I'm hoping it's mainly just copy/pasting tables for him once I get him my new stock file.

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I figured this would be a nice for the new house with two garage doors. Optional sun visor w/Homelink.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...0411161746.jpg

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congrats on the new house!

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old man mods

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It's the little things. Congrats again on the new place.

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Thanks dudes! And yes, you are right B :lol:

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Another cross-country roadtrip in the books! I think this was #6 for the car.

We spent the past week up in northern Minnesota at my parents' house on the lake for boating, beer, and way too much sun.

Overall trip, pretty good considering numerous WOT pulls while passing, messing around with my dad, etc. If I had to estimate, I would say the Z06 grille caused a 1-1.5 hit to hwy MPG (larger openings and no aero panel).
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...0723161430.jpg

I found this sweet stuff in Oklahoma at exit 72 on I-35! This is the first time I've found anything better than 91 in that state. After finding it on the drive up, I stopped on the way home too. There are a few BP's in KC with 93 as well, plus a BP in Missouri with 92. Overall, I'm pretty well covered so the TX/MN trip is easy enough to take on a 93 tune for most cars.
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...0723161234.jpg

Still the best burger and fries bargain around!
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...722161052a.jpg

And the obligatory photoshoot...
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...61158b_HDR.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...161159_HDR.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...61157b_HDR.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...61158a_HDR.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...161157_HDR.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...61157a_HDR.jpg

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Very cool. More I think about it, more I think I should get an American v8. Just no time to tinker anymore.

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Thats some solid mpg for a fun car! Looks like a fun trip!

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Looking good!!

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Thanks guys!

I can't argue that line of thinking one bit. After 2 1/2 years I couldn't be happier with the car. It's proven quite reliable, very few bugs/issues even being a first model year car, and the cost of ownership (maintenance, fuel, etc.) is quite a bit less than what I grew accustomed to with the Evos. The biggest thing, its a purpose-built sports car, not an econobox modified into a performance car by the factory, and then needing even more aftermarket mods to turn it into something fun while struggling with keeping it reliable/comfortable.

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^Anymore people change to domestic and we might have to change the forum name :)

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I think there are already more GM products owned by site members than Mitsus!

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I think a forum name change is needed haha.

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Dmxstyle, whhhuuuuut.

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Just have one of each. :)

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I'll tell munchgsx/nick to post up but on 3 years of owner ship he has had only 2 minor issues that allowed the car to still be driven. it has also made over 600/680 on a stock bottom end LS1 with over 160k miles.

I hope to make the jump soon.

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Car looks awesome!!

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I got the 600-watt Z06 radiator fan installed this weekend. No pictures since its a just a radiator fan, and looks identical to my factory 500-watt fan (fun fact, both are made by Spal). Not something that I really needed, but I got a great price on it from RockAuto so I decided just to get it for those hot summer cruises when I'm really pushing the car hard in triple-digit temps.

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Nice! Curious but what do your coolant and oil temps range from in normal and hot weather?

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Stock the engine was generally in the 220-230F range regardless of ambient during normal driving and the oil was 210-240F. Now that I've added the Z06 grill and dumped in a bottle of Water Wetter, they both hover right around 200F plus/minus 5 degrees during normal driving/highway cruising. The Water Wetter alone was worth about a 10 degree drop. Spirited driving will bring both up some, but the new fan should help with that. I also just ordered a heatshield wrap for the primary cat that sits fairly close to the oil cooler which should drop oil temps a bit during aggressive driving (which I hope to have on before this weekend's Shreveport cruise). I used some reflective heat sheath turned inside-out on the radiator hoses to prevent some of that heat from radiating up into the intake pipe/keep it out of the engine bay. The ceramic coating on my ported manifolds also helped drop underhood temps. In hindsight, I wish I would have ceramic coated my X-pipe too.

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This weekend just for a small project to keep me busy in the garage I added the DEI catalytic converter heatshield to my driver side primary cat. That cat sits very close to the oil filter and oil cooler, and as you can imagine, dumps quite a bit of heat into both. DEI came out with a simple solution earlier this year so I decided to go ahead and give it a try.

https://www.designengineering.com//s...ld-install.jpg
(not my pic)

https://www.designengineering.com/ca...tic-converter-

The heatshield itself was quality, but the little metal ties they include were flimsy pieces of junk. I now understand why they include 4 when only 2 are needed! I think two large hose clamps would be a much better solution. Regardless, I got it installed and all seems well during my Sunday test-drive cruise.

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AMERICA FOR THE WIN!!!!

I will randomly chime in here, after owning 2 C5 Z06s, and a C6 Grandsport... Corvettes are amazing. I've determined people who think otherwise have either 1) Never driven one spirtedly 2) Aren't car people. Corvettes are the performance bargains of the century! I'm finally to the point where I just want to hop in a car, beat on it a bit to bring a smile to my face, then cruise around with the A/C on and not hop out of my seat with every bump. Although my corvettes were low mile examples, I never had to do anything to them except change the oil. Reliable, great gas mileage, cheap to insure, owners are old pricks so you can find a nice example easily, easy and cheap to fix. I think my next car will be a C7 Grand Sport.

In the mean time, I'll drive my LS1 equipped Nissan 350Z and wish it was a corvette :)

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Why did you sell your C6 GS for a 350Z? Seems like a real step backwards.

With the influx of younger guys buying the C7 vs. previous generations, the C7 does cost quite a bit more than the C6 to insure.

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I agree, I've had several C5's, great performance car for reasonable monies and I love the targa top. My only beef was there are a lot of them around so it's kind of a belly button car. I really want a C7 though, I haven't heard a bad thing yet and they are so much better than the C5's.

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I agree with you Kevin totally and I've driven very high mile units with 4xxwhp and I've spent a lot of time spiritly driving.

I agree with kracka about your C6 to 350z.

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I'm sure price is the reason for Kevin

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Fuck it! With all the money he spends on sales tax and title transfers...

https://media.giphy.com/media/v6enRskwMlS7u/giphy.gif

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Gonna have to invest in one of those for the strip club.

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haha! Imagine what fuckers like Derek Stinton pay! New 'fun' car or two every damn year.