***December COTM....Ruckus99ss***

***December COTM...Ruckus99ss***

First off I want to say thank you to everyone, I really did not think I was going to win. As always there were some awesome cars that I was up against.
I was lucky to get this car. I joined the Air Force and after basic training I told my parents to sell my Mustang. I put a lot of money and hard work into the car but I went the n/a route with it and to put a power adder on the car I'd have to change to much of my set up.
A few months later I went home to visit and tripped over a deal I couldnt pass up. My 2nd to last day back home in NY I was hanging out with a few friends and they were talking about a Camaro SS for sale over by them. I found out where it was and the next day went looking for it. I found the car and couldn't pass up the deal. The car had 15k miles on it when I bought her and had lt's, ypipe, catback, lid, and a stall. I bought the car that day and left for AZ. Two weeks later I was able to ship it out to AZ.
That weekend I ordered new rims and tires, had the windows tinted, and headed to the track. The way the car sat I ran a 13.48@102 in the AZ summer heat. The next weekend my wheels came in, true duals were installed, and the car was tuned. The car put down 317rwhp in 113 degree heat and that night ran a 12.9. A few months later I was able to rip off a 12.58@108.88 with the car, and then I tried to sell it. Luckily, just in time, I decided to keep the car and ordered a HSW wet kit for it. In the beginning I had issue after issue with the nitrous and tried everything to fix it. It turned out I had a bad bottle. Once the bottle issue was fixed I ripped off a 11.68@116, then again fought with selling the car to pay off some bills. I got low ball offer after low ball offer on a car with 23k miles. Finally I came around again and kept the car. I could not be happier that I kept it.
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Recently the above rims have been replaced with 15x3.5 Greg Weld wheels and 15x8 Summit Stars

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I recently reached my goal of 11.50. As of last weekend the car has gone 11.42@119.08 with a 1.65 60'. My next goal is to get the car into the 10's without touching the motor itself (ls1 cam, heads, and intake).

Current mods
Performance:
-Tpis long tubes
-Custom true duals with xpipe and magnaflow mufflers
-Coolant bypass
-MTI Lid
-Slp ram air
-K&N Filter
-S3 Ported Throttle Body
-Hypertech 160 thermostat
-Slp smooth Bellows
-HSW Wet Kit (100 shot)
-NicD tune

Suspension/Chassis:
-Eibach Prokit
-Monroe sensatrac struts
-UMI Relocation Brackets
-BMR chromoly LCA
-Prothane Motor Mounts(not installed)
-Prothane Tranny Mount (not instealled)
-PBT Zinc Coated Cross Drilled & Slotted Rotors
-Hawk HPS Brake Pads

Drivetrain:
-Protorque 3000 stall
-TopGear Motorsports custom shift kit with .490 boost valve
-B&M 24K Tranny Cooler

Wheels/Tires
-15x3.5 Greg Welds
-26x7.5 Mickey Thompson sportmans
-15x8 Summit Stars
-275/50/15 ET Street Drag Radials

Dyno Numbers
317 RWHP N/A
412 RWHP Nitrous
Again thanks to all that voted and if you have any questions about the car feel free to ask.

Congrats to Ruckus99ss on the COTM win. Another very worthy car.

As a side note. Look at the clouds in the first picture with the airplane just over the car. The clouds mimic the plane. Nice shot.

Awesome car! Very worthy win.

Side note, where are your coil packs?

Great pics and car!! congrats on the win!

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Originally Posted by TempleU_WS6

Awesome car! Very worthy win.

Side note, where are your coil packs?

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you'll see 2 bolts on each side above the head under the cowl. They are located there

Thanks again everyone

congrats on the win, guess i cant run for cotm anytime soon. very nice pics too :cheers:

Sweeeetttt ride!!!!

Very nice!! Is that Luke AFB? I spent a lot of time there. My best friend just happened to be stationed there while I was on internship for the government in Phoenix, so I stayed with him a lot.... and got drunk a lot.... and they convinced me to shave my head....which I will never do again lol. Anyway, congrats, you deserve COTM for sure.

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Originally Posted by Y2KArcticSS

Very nice!! Is that Luke AFB? I spent a lot of time there. My best friend just happened to be stationed there while I was on internship for the government in Phoenix, so I stayed with him a lot.... and got drunk a lot.... and they convinced me to shave my head....which I will never do again lol. Anyway, congrats, you deserve COTM for sure.

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Yup thats Luke

Congratulations. BTW, what did you do with the black wheels?

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Originally Posted by GatorSS

Congratulations. BTW, what did you do with the black wheels?

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I ended up selling them last week. I didnt like the way they looked with extended studs so just got rid of them

Congrats!

Congrats on the win, I like the color. Nice paint color with the clouds

Do you like the Nitrous kit you have on the car? What is the HSW kit? The reason I ask is that I am going to buy a kit soon and was looking at a ZEX wet kit adjustable 75-125. What do you think/ The ZEX is about $530.00

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Originally Posted by Footlead

Do you like the Nitrous kit you have on the car? What is the HSW kit? The reason I ask is that I am going to buy a kit soon and was looking at a ZEX wet kit adjustable 75-125. What do you think/ The ZEX is about $530.00

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hsw is harris speed works. I personally would never trust a zex kit there noids in that box look like 3 dollar ones from home depot. I got my kit for well under 530 last year actually got it for right around 400 new shipped

Thanks for the advice. I looked up the HSW website and they look great and are cheaper.

Thanks:right: