[jbmatth]

I know there isn't a ton of traffic in the forums anymore, but I prefer this to FB groups. I picked up my first IRL, '05 with a KO4 swap using lots of ZZP parts, all I've had to do is swap the stock radio for my prefered head unit, and added single 12" sub with 1,000w RMS amp. Otherwise it will likely stay as is since it'll be my DD. 3 days after getting the IRL I found a Cobalt SS for cheap locally and bought it, sadly it was in way worse shape than I realized in my quick view over lunch. It is way rougher than I thought and will need a ton of work to make it drivable.

A couple of other things about me, I live in NC Oklahoma on 40 acres with a 3,500 ft^2 shop. I work in the oil industry and that allows me some extra funds to play with cars and trucks. I have too many vehicles but plenty of space so I live with it, and my wife doesn't mind too much, I currently have 12 vehicles including a ZX2 SR, 4 Chevy trucks, '99 Viper GTS, and '66 Cobra replica with a 7.3L "Godzilla" swap I did last year, a few of the more often driven ones have identical stereo's in them just for ease of use.

Here is the IRL and Cobalt SS:

Then for those who might like to see I'll include the Viper and Cobra too, obviously I'm not too brand loyal, but like GM the most:

That's all for now, I look forward to learning more and interacting with the community.

JB

 

[jbmatth]

Welcome. Nice cars

Thank you Eagle, I'm just happy to be the steward for them for a few yearsl

Welcome from east Texas! They are fun grocery getters for sure. And your RL being turbo swapped already, you're set!
Man that viper is gorgeous

Thank you Goaliemo, I've had a blast with it since getting it, I will start driving it more in a couple months when my current DD hits 250k miles then will be put up for sale. The IRL with the turbo swap is something I probably wouldn't have done, but when I found it I had to go for it, it certainly wakes it up compared to the SS.

I was shocked when I found it for sale just down the road in OKC, it popped up 2 weeks after paying my house off so I figured why the heck not. It was repainted a couple years ago and other than normal rock chips in 2-3 places it is perfect, definitely going to be staying around for a while. Do ya'll have any meetups down there?

JB

 

[jbmatth]

Sounds like a pretty solid deal.

No meetups in the east Texas area. I know there's occasionally some in the Dallas/ft worth with the cobalt guys. But they post all that on FB and I pretty much quit using FB all the way around. So, I don't keep up with it. Especially that both my cars have been down for years.
There's also a couple tuners in the DFW area if you ever need that taken care of.

Having a turbo lsj and supercharged lsj is awesome! They each have there own perks

Thanks for the info, I am on FB, but am terrible about knowing what events are upcoming for all the stuff I'm into. What tuners do you recommend in DFW? I've tuned a few LS engine swaps but am by no means good at it, usually just enough to get it driving.

The SS would be nice, but it is in need of a lot of work, what I thought were going to be bad inner tie rods ended up being a bad rack, and still need to either rebuild the engine or replace, it spits a ton of oil out of the exhaust and leaks just as much.

JB