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How can I "clean" my lm7 and make it look better?

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Old 11-16-2011, 06:27 PM
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Default How can I "clean" my lm7 and make it look better?

I think that my lm7 looks ugly in the front. I will not use ac on my car, And is it possible to use another lower mounted alternator and a better looking waterpump etc? Atm itīs just alot of aluminium.

What parts can I change to?

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eliminate the EGR, if you want a "pretty" water pump go electric like a meziere. or you could just have that one painted. you can have the brackets powdercoated also thats what i did and it looked great. get rid of the big truck intake and get a ls6 one, also have the valve covers powdercoated. and of course clean the block and paint it.
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If you dont like the locations of the stock accs, there are plenty of options out there for different configurations. If you are not into spending money (like me) I did a lm7 and you can keep everything stock but clean it up and it looks great! Pay special attention to the block (paint it) and clean or paint the manifold. I also painted the brackets, especially the big heavy ugly alternator bracket, metallic silver out of the rattle can with a coat of clear over it and it looks great! also tape off the h2o pump and do the same. It will look like a totally different engine!
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yeah ill agree, plenty of other options. paint will go a long way tho too! seen a few good threads in (iirc) apperance and detailing about cleaning up engines and painting them.

also...that big ugly intake...can be cleaned up and it doesnt look too bad...

aluminum---can be polished pretty easily...if you have a polisher...(my old man bought one...so i experimented with some parts....pretty easy)



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