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Old 02-01-2008, 11:11 PM
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My buddy and I are in the process of building a 96' extended cab S10.

Be using a
Forged 9.0:1 370 engine
twin GTK550's
Stock #317 heads
T56 trans.

Today we received the turbos, wastegates, and BOV

Ill let the pictures explain the rest













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Old 02-02-2008, 12:25 AM
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Gonna be sick!
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what radiator is that?
Old 02-02-2008, 12:39 PM
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becool, S10 V8 radiator, Flex-a-lite 220 fans
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gonna be useless with out a 4 link and at least a minitub
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Originally Posted by 72RATCAMARO
gonna be useless with out a 4 link and at least a minitub


and why's that? Lots of people throw down ALOT of power and run serious times on leafs.
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not alot of weight in the back of the truck. But its hard to do everything right away. I can at least drive the truck while I fund a back half for the truck....
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Nice, ill def be keeping an eye on this one.
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Nice work. Should be able to pass in traffic.
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Here is the custom CNCed serpentie system that Jeff did up this weekend. I gave a hand with what I could



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Wow, looks pretty good. Should be "just on the edge of terrifying" when you're done...
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OH MY Thats going to be SICK!!!
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looks like im going to flipping the turbos around, like the Twin turbo Lingenfelter sonoma. Should help me get the exhaust farther than past the firewall

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what made you decide twins over a larger single setup?
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the fact that it was going to be hard to fit it in the truck somewhere
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Originally Posted by 99SLOWC5
looks like im going to flipping the turbos around, like the Twin turbo Lingenfelter sonoma. Should help me get the exhaust farther than past the firewall

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I was interested in where the DPs were going to go!!
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downpipes will exit out the fender if they have too , like I've said on the S10 forum, the truck is not being built for daily driving, its made for screwing around on the street and getting down the track
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hell yes! I love s-10 LS swaps!!!
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Still waiting for my STAINLESS WORKS mandrel bends to show up. Its been 3 weeks now.
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This about fell off the planet, any more progress?


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