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Old 11-02-2008, 05:21 PM
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Default LS1 Pinto project
I finally got some motivation to start back on my Pinto and thought I would start a project thread.
short List of goodies:
2001 LS1 stock short block
big valve/valve spring ported heads
Lunati camshaft about 600 lift.
th400 neil chance converter
8.8 ford rear 3.73 posi 31splines
76mm turbo liquid to air intercooler.
10pt cage
11inch 5 lug disc brakes on all four corners.
should weight about 2800 w/me

How it sits now.
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Old 11-02-2008, 05:23 PM
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Awesome. Good luck.
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Wait, is the intake on backwards?
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mmhmm. either a mistake or part of a wacky turbo setup.
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that is pretty damn cool, good luck with the build
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Originally Posted by R1ch
Wait, is the intake on backwards?
lmao....lol nice set up man
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Thanks!
The intake will be backwards. The reason I'm doing a liquid to air intercooler is I'm out of room so we're putting the intercooler under the dash.
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A pinto.... I would kill for one.
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That's too cool. I own a Vega and want to do the same thing.
Is that a GTO oil pan? I'm guessing you'll be fabbing up a set of exhaust manifolds/headers.

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That's too cool. I own a Vega and want to do the same thing.
Is that a GTO oil pan? I'm guessing you'll be fabbing up a set of exhaust manifolds/headers.

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It is a GTO oil pan. My brother owns Vettes and performance so I'll leave the turbo kit up to him. We're going to try to use stock truck manifolds.
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many turbo race vehicles do this with air/water intercoolers behind the dash. one of the many reasons is weight distribution and keeping hot temps as far away from the intercooler as possible.
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Originally Posted by 95PGTTech
many turbo race vehicles do this with air/water intercoolers behind the dash. one of the many reasons is weight distribution and keeping hot temps as far away from the intercooler as possible.
Good points. I would just do an air to air to keep things simple but I'm out of room up front. cost will be a few bucks more but it should make more power and be more consistent. Works for me.
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Wow, I'd be pissed if I got my doors blown off by a Pinto! Especially one with the somewhat "disco era" kind of stripe package. I'm assuming that's factory, right? Looks like something from the '70's. Good luck with it!
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Yeah, that's the first thing that I thought when I saw the first pic - "Oh man, those stripes are totally '70s!"

Cool project, I'll be watching this one.
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That thing will be a blast!
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Best of luck with your project.
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Do Charlie's Angels come with it? lol.

Great project. I gotta see this one come together.
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MMM Charlie's Angels. Thanks for all the compliments. The stripes stay and if and when we paint the car I'll be looking for some replacement stripes.
I cut out the crash bars tonight and lost 18lbs.
I should have the motor put together this weekend and have the finished motor and trans in next weekend!
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Awesome project! And I see the Buick GN in the background.

I built 2 Buick GN powered RX-7's that hauled *ss.... and were total sleepers.
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