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Basically, I bought this car back in September and this will be my "build thread".

Here is a brief synopsis of the past few months:

The rear spoiler is not mounted well, so I will need to get another; probably has broken clips.

The AC bezel is not even on both sides, so it probably has a broken clip.

All of the buttons are flaking.

The seat is not bolted all the way down.

The trunk lift struts are shot.

The hood is missing one lift strut.(Is this common?)

The PO had installed a iPod aux connection; THANK YOU!

The PO had installed a Fusion amp and 2 12" MTX speakers in an old School sealed box.
AGAIN, thank YOU! No offense to the PO, but the Amp was not tuned or setup properly. The Bass filter was on the wrong setting and the gain was up WAY to high. I usually don't go past 3/4, and most of the time keep it around 1/2, just to overprotect the amp.

To me it sounds cleaner and more even. Again, nothing against the PO, as everyone likes their music different.

The rear seats fold down; WTF? That is AWESOME!

It drives so much better than my 2003 CTS.

There was about $7 worth of change underneath the seats. Yeah!!!!

The inside trunk studs are beat to hell and I guess someone had something large rolling around back there as most of them are bent. I am going to pull everything out and get a hammer and dolley after them one of these days.

All of the mats are terribly faded.

The muffler/resonator delete is too much and I think the mpg is suffering a tad; ya think?

The slave cylinder and clutch are going out.

It already has UUC motor mounts, so while I am in there replacing the clutch and flywheel with an LS7 unit, I am going to get the Kooks and at least one rear axle.

It needs a new shifter, tuneup and the fluids changed as well.

Well in the last 4 weeks, I have:

Put on new rear tires
Installed the LS7 Clutch, flywheel & slave, with remote bleeder
AZ shifter
CS shifter bushings
Delrin shifter bushings/bearings
Changed tranny fluid
Washed
Clay barred
Waxed
Fixed rear sail panel
Installed x-pipe
Installed bullet mufflers.
installed SLP HF cats

I did the cat this weekend and then went on a trip and could noticeably notice a driving difference and the mpg jump by 2 on the highway.

Onefast V

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It must be that aerodynamic improvement from the wash clay bar and wax job haha looks like a good list of first mods!

shadyLS6

i see no pics.. hood only has one strut. doubt no muffler/resonator would affect MPG. clean the MAF. pull the batt for a few hours. let it reset.

good first mods.. Ls7+ modded shifter.. did you shimm the linkage at the trans? like in the B&M thread on here

johnny2343

Pics or it didn't happen

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First, thanks guys! This is DStunter's old car if you remember it. I will get some photos soon.

Yes sir!

Thanks bud! WELL, I disconnected the battery this weekend when I was replacing the bad cat, but my P0054 code came back and I have new Rear O2s. Any suggestions? I updated another thread that I started awhile back.

Can you provide a link for the shimmed linkage? I don't remember seeing that one and I thought I had read every one!

I know.


Old photos to hold off the savages:




The wheels are about to change color, for something different.

johnny2343

Why thank you sir.
I do like it in all black

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You are very welcome! I think the next change may be polarizing. I like all black as well, but it is, as the cool kids say, played out. lol

rand49er

Yuh think?!!



j/k Sounds like you're having fun tinkering it back to great condition plus that $7 in loose change will come in handy. That was a fun read.

shadyLS6

nice...

well if the trans was still out i would say this is a must do mod..
https://ls1tech.com/forums/cadillac-...shifter-2.html

furbe

Idiot

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Thanks bud!

Thank you very much; I will take a look at it!

Play nice asshat.

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Well, I took the REar O2 sensors off, cleaned them, cleaned both sides of the terminals with electric parts cleaner, switched sides and installed.

Now I am getting the similar code for the passenger's side. P0060

So it looks like a bad NEW 02 sensor. Time for an exchange at the parts store.

shadyLS6

Your going to have to turn the rear O2 sensors off with those H/F cats.. anything but stock will throw codes..

what did the high flow cats looks like? dense honey comb?

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They looked just like the stock ones.

fst_ls1

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nice.

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thanks.

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For Sale.

Onefast V

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that was short lived..

soulja

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LOL! wt?

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It has to sell first.