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Old 04-23-2007, 10:17 PM
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I repainted the wheel wells and relocated all the grounds that were located on the wheel wells, then I filled the holes. I also relocated the grounds on the front cross beam on either side of the lid. Did the wire mod and also did the samething to the hood latch cable as well. I polished the stock valve covers, the throttle body, the maf, the battery hold down, the break lines, and the tensioner. I made a cover for the computer. Changed out a buch of bolts to stainlesssteel. Relocated the original ramair box sticker to the mti lid.
I cleaned up all the wiring and condensed as much as I could to reduce cluter. I tried to make it look like it could have came from the factory. What do you guys think.
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Damn! that looks rly nice, not gonna lie. wanna do mine? haha
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i could eat off that damn engine... that ls1 must be happy to have such a clean home under the hood haha.
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Originally Posted by SuperCuban
Damn! that looks rly nice, not gonna lie. wanna do mine? haha

I will chear ya on and give you morale support and tech support on the mods but I don't see me actually doing it for ya unless ya paying.
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Originally Posted by Rob98LS1
i could eat off that damn engine... that ls1 must be happy to have such a clean home under the hood haha.
Thanks actually it is an 6l iron block LQ4.
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looks good!!
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lq4? was that an engine that went in trucks or something? Looks real similar to an ls1.
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Originally Posted by Rob98LS1
lq4? was that an engine that went in trucks or something? Looks real similar to an ls1.

Yep, it uses all LS1 parts, it is only the block that isnt LS1 I bieleve.
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well I don't care if its an LS1 or an LQ4, its ****** clean!
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sick looking formula, how hard was it to remove the ac hose from the firewall????
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Originally Posted by Rob98LS1
well I don't care if its an LS1 or an LQ4, its ****** clean!
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Thanks man.
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Originally Posted by Ws6man2000
sick looking formula, how hard was it to remove the ac hose from the firewall????

It wasn't too bad I just removed it all when I gutted under the dash.
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Originally Posted by Getav8
Thanks actually it is an 6l iron block LQ4.
yeah i was gonna say thats one empty engine bay for such a new car, everythings missing lol
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I like it!
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Looks clean man. I like them that way! What did you do to fill in the holes?
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Very nice. I like the factory sticker on the aftermarket airlid, nice touch.
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Originally Posted by tektrans
Very nice. I like the factory sticker on the aftermarket airlid, nice touch.

damnit you beat me to it tektrans. Very very nice LQ4, what kind of numbers are you getting with that setup
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Originally Posted by ICEMAN 31
damnit you beat me to it tektrans. Very very nice LQ4, what kind of numbers are you getting with that setup

It is a 6L iron block with a pretty close to Trex spec cam it did 437 to the wheels, ls6 intake, home ported TB,MAF, and stock 98 heads.
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Originally Posted by 1meantransam
yeah i was gonna say thats one empty engine bay for such a new car, everythings missing lol


Yeah there is no cruise control, air conditioner, heater, emissions, power steering, and lots of other weight reduction.

My goal was to create a stripper that looked like a factory made deal. People who don't know the underhood of a fbody can't even imagine the work that went into making it look like it does. I put it next to a stock car and it is like night and day the difference in the lack of clutter. It is also a heck of a lot easier to work on and to keep clean.
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Originally Posted by toofazt
Looks clean man. I like them that way! What did you do to fill in the holes?

I used bondo, I however had one hole pop out in one of the holes that was not threaded (the ones with threaded holes will hold the bondo) so I took an allan head stainless bolt sanded it and painted it, then bolted it through the hole with a locking nut. If you look close on the passenger side wheel well you will see it, most people don't even notice it.


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