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#101
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Feb 18 update- later this month
Feb 18 update:
Hi Douglas, we are machining currently and will begin shipping later this month. The website will show inventory next week after the holiday. thanks, Paul at RARE Quote:
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1970 Lucerne Blue Firebird Trans Am, deluxe blue interior. Original Ram Air III, M-21, 3.73. Being built as a 4" stroke "434" with SR 614 Ram Air IV heads 1972+ Lucerne Blue 4-door hardtop "what if" T-41 Le Mans Sport GT/Grand Am concepts. Equipped with future 3" journal "455 HO"/"what if" prototype "SD 455". What if GM had continued production of the 1970-72 GM A body somewhere in the southern hemisphere? |
#102
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They got the round ports and the long branch in from the foundry. Waiting on more D ports.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
#103
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great news...
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#104
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Got my D Ports
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1964 Catalina 2+2 4sp, 421 Tri-power 1965 GTO, Roadster Shop chassis, 461, Old Faithful cam, KRE heads 305 CFM, Holley EFI, DIS ignition. 1969 GTO 467, Edelbrock 325 CFM, Terminator EFI 1969 Firebird Convertible |
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#105
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Good to see! Curious when you had originally put your order in?
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
#106
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June or July of last year.
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1964 Catalina 2+2 4sp, 421 Tri-power 1965 GTO, Roadster Shop chassis, 461, Old Faithful cam, KRE heads 305 CFM, Holley EFI, DIS ignition. 1969 GTO 467, Edelbrock 325 CFM, Terminator EFI 1969 Firebird Convertible |
#107
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At least you got them now. I ordered oversized Dports last Aug but did the order over the phone so I don't have anything online to look at as far as status or anything.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
#108
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Woo Hoo, those long branches look good!!!
Glad to see some progress is being made!!! My buddy ordered his 69 firebird from Viet Nam. His RAIII engine came with those manifolds. I'm especially glad that all the production hold ups ( and everything that caused it) did drive RARE out of business!!!
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1977 Black Trans Am 180 HP Auto, essentially base model T/A. I'm the original owner, purchased May 7, 1977. Shut it off Shut it off Buddy, I just shut your Prius down... |
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fixed
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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#110
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Looks like RARE has their long branch firebird and round port ram air manifolds available. Still waiting on the ram air D port manifolds i guess for the firebird / gto.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
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I received my round ports last Thursday. I ordered them from a guy on ebay in prescott Arizona. They shipped from Illinois. Paul told me for months I would get a call...never did. Now I need D ports, I guess I'll have to suck it up and buy them from him.
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" Is wearing a helmet illegal" Mike Kerr 1-29-09 |
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I want the oversized D port version,,,they said Id get a email when available.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
#113
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I saw the oversized round port manifolds were available on the RARE website and ordered a set on Friday the 10th. They arrived a week later on the 17th, shipped from Prescott AZ.
The pipe flanges I ordered along with them are laser cut from steel plate instead of the original cast type they show. The price went up quite a bit. |
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#114
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
#115
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Yes, these flanges will allow more clearance if that's an issue. Here's a few pics: |
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#116
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Looks good! Yeah RARE offers a 3" headpipe,,starts out a 2.5" short stub and is 3" the rest of the way. They have a pic of it on their website.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
#117
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So there's some people that never got calls. Why the different shipping locations? I will buy from him again but only because he is the only gig in town, he is not a straight shooter... especially for a vet.
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" Is wearing a helmet illegal" Mike Kerr 1-29-09 |
#118
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I waited almost a year for my 2.5" 2nd-gen D-ports. I've also bought other items from R.A.R.E. that weren't always quick to ship. However, Paul was always 100% honest with me, and the products always exceeded my expectations. Due to the low-volume (and low-profit) nature of his business, he's at the mercy of supply chain constraints, foundries, machine shops, powdercoaters, etc... I don't believe he's out to screw anybody. Every time I called him, I got a prompt response about the state of my order.
If you've ever tried to operate a one-man specialty business, you'd give him a bit of grace. If you think you can do better, buy a truckload of iron ingots and bring something to market. |
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#119
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RamAir Resto/ Paul Status?
Does anyone know the status of RamAir Restorations and if they are still in Business? I called Paul at RARE several times over the past few days and the message I get says "The party you are trying to reach is out of service". I did speak with Paul exactly one week ago and he said he was shipping my manifolds that day and said he would send me tracking info. Never received tracking info or manifolds and he did not respond to an email I left on the RARE web site either. This sure does not look right!
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#120
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[QUOTE=dpoltzer;6417541]Does anyone know the status of RamAir Restorations and if they are still in Business? I called Paul at RARE several times over the past few days and the message I get says "The party you are trying to reach is out of service". I did speak with Paul exactly one week ago and he said he was shipping my manifolds that day and said he would send me tracking info. Never received tracking info or manifolds and he did not respond to an email I left on the RARE web site either. This sure does not look right![/QUOTE
Hopefully and probably nothing serious but yeah that doesnt sound good. Maybe someone here actually knows him that could chime in. Maybe its been there all along but on his site it says new phone number.
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72 lemans,455 e-head, UD 255/263 solid flat,3.73 gears,,,10" 4400 converter,, 6.68 at 101.8 mph,,1.44 60 ft.2007 (cam 271/278 roller)9"CC.4.11gear 6.41 at 106.32 mph 1.42 60 ft.(2009) SOLD,SOLD 1970 GTO 455 4 speed #matching,, 3.31 posi.Stock manifolds. # 64 heads.A factory mint tuquoise ,69' judge stripe car. 8.64 @ 87.3 mph on slippery street tires.Bad 2.25 60ft.Owned since 86' |
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