1992 Camaro "The Lady Mullet" Z28

[motorheadmike]

Beefy.

I remember when these things used to be 20-30 bucks. They are damn near triple that now with taxes. WTF.

Unfortunately, the rain isn't supposed to break for another couple of days. So we're waiting until then to install this and the torque arm bushing (assuming it's the same as an LS1 Camaro (more leftovers)).

 

[mclellan83]

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[motorheadmike]

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Let the mullet... err... man enjoy his Camaro. Sheesh. 😉

 

[ck80]

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The question is, if this is one of those classy new neighbors with some money over in Saskatchewan

 

[motorheadmike]

The lady's mullet machine is back on the road and it's sounds like it has a little extra "party in the back" now. The increased vibrations from the exhaust and polyurethane bushings are pretty noticable... but the drone from the exhaust isn't too bad at highway speeds.

And I would definitely say this was causing the thump in the floor boards.

Topped it off with some Castrol Edge 5W-50 and it's good to go West.

 

[Supercharged111]

I drove one of my guy's cars on the track to give him my impressions. I could only do about 3 laps and came back in. The shifter was bouncing around so bad I couldn't hit the 2-3 upshift without being very slow, careful, and deliberate. I told him his mount was shot and I was right. Completely torn, but I think his had metal framing so it could only go so far. I'm guessing her car was hard to nail a 2-3 shift leaving a corner?

 

[motorheadmike]

I drove one of my guy's cars on the track to give him my impressions. I could only do about 3 laps and came back in. The shifter was bouncing around so bad I couldn't hit the 2-3 upshift without being very slow, careful, and deliberate. I told him his mount was shot and I was right. Completely torn, but I think his had metal framing so it could only go so far. I'm guessing her car was hard to nail a 2-3 shift leaving a corner?

It couldn't leave a stop light without problems.

 

[motorheadmike]

I know there is a thread arguing the "advantages" of adding bigger pipes on a 305. So here's some interesting info about the RPO N10 dual catalytic converter exhaust on the 89+ F-bodies. It allegedly added 13% more power to the LB9 305 (205hp to 225hp). Go figure.

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Still gutless.

Parts to do this properly aren't cheap either.

$225 for an NOS exhaust hanger?

NOS 89 90 91 92 1LE IROC Camaro Trans Am N10 catalytic converter EXHAUST HANGER | eBay

This is for the 5-speed manual trans equipped cars only; GM number 10080747. See our other sales for NOS N10 cat shield and more NOS 3rd gen parts.

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$100 for a rusty shield?

89 90 91 92 Z28 Camaro IROC Firebird Trans Am GTA N10 exhaust HEAT SHIELD GTA T5 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 89 90 91 92 Z28 Camaro IROC Firebird Trans Am GTA N10 exhaust HEAT SHIELD GTA T5 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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$1000 for an NOS set of pipes:

NOS N10 dual cats - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

Engine/Drivetrain/Suspension Parts for Sale - NOS N10 dual cats - Yep you read that correctly. $1000 firm. I have an NOS dual cat N10. I picked it up about 5 year ago from a fella who had it for eons before that. It's been drug around from house to house and from CA to TX but its in great shape...

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Dafuq.

Here's what the factory version looks like:

N10 dual cat exhaust - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

Exhaust - N10 dual cat exhaust - Been working on this 89 Camaro for the last year. Non running when I got it. G92 optioned/5spd. Pulled out the engine to rebuild. Found the heads no good. Wanted to keep the original block and no heads to be found we went with some 305 vortec heads so I could use...

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Pretty nice actually.

Also interesting are the two different cams available that year for the lowly LB9 with the A4 vs. the LB9 with the M5 and the L89 tree-fiddy with the A4. Talk about peanut cams:

General Tech Data - ThirdGen.Org

Camshaft Data LiftDurationLobeRockerMotorGM P/NInt.Exh.Int.Exh.SeparationArm Ratio1985 (L69 and LB9)305 AT14088843.403.415202206114.5(115/-114)1986 (LB9)305 AT14094097

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Sheesh.

Natasha took the car out today, and I think she enjoyed the added noise and attention. Also not having the car break down was a bonus. Either way I didn't get yelled at.

Also, I think I figured out what the car sounds like: a stock Hellcat. They don't sound all that good either. 😉

 

[pagrunt]

$100 for a rusty shield?

That's patina, they wouldn't be selling it if it was just plan ol' rust.

 

[ck80]

There's idiots asking thousands for stock hoods on thirdgen.org as well.

I think that price on the stock pipes is less reflective of the market than it is of the throw s number at the wall and wait for it to stick crowd.