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Old 10-15-2004, 02:35 PM
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Took about 2 hours from start to finish by myself. I didnt break anything either that 2 hours was including the dremeling of the bottom of the intake for it to fit. Started it up, and it ran fine im happy! Throttle response has improved also
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Nice...

So I take it that you didn't get the coolant lines to go with the LS6? How difficult was dremeling?
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How difficult was dremeling?
Yes, and how did you know exactly where to cut, did ya take the coolant line off and trace it?
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No, you just dremel off the mesh underside, youll see it, it looks like a checkerboard. Just dremel it all off. Its not hard at all, and saves you money from buying new coolant lines. Just get a dewalt angle grinder, and go at it
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Read my other post on here. I hope that you don't lose power like I have. I used to run a 13.1@107.5........I installed it and went to the track.......now I run a 13.4@104.
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I gained throttle response, and more upper RPM pull. raced my buddies firehawk, with same mods as me except he had ls6 intake and i pulled him 4 cars to 120, now, i have the ls6intake and its 5 cars to 120
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you should take your ground off your battery, to let it reset, then turn on your lights, to drain the juice out of the comp. Then plug her back in let her start and idle. It needs to relearn the new airflow.
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i gained nothing w/ the ls6 intake so i took it off and sold it. I retuned the car and my car always runs w/in a few hundredths run to run. I could better spend 300 elsewhere.. ditto on 1.8x rockers too IMO


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True, but i know ive gained, as I raced my buddys hawk before and after. the car just runs better IMO
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Originally Posted by ohhiitznik
Took about 2 hours from start to finish by myself. I didnt break anything either that 2 hours was including the dremeling of the bottom of the intake for it to fit. Started it up, and it ran fine im happy! Throttle response has improved also
I was going to follow JMX's write up on installing the LS6, but you have to buy to new coolant pipes, or one coolant pipe and 2 plugs, if you go by his method. Are you saying that if i just dremel all of the underside off, I dont have to buy ANY new parts?
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Originally Posted by ohhiitznik
you should take your ground off your battery, to let it reset, then turn on your lights, to drain the juice out of the comp. Then plug her back in let her start and idle. It needs to relearn the new airflow.
Does the battery need to go completly dead, or do you just run the lights for a minute?
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To reset PCM:
Turn the car ignition on but don't start the car...take out 10a and 15a (PCM BAT, and IGN) and then wait 5 min, turn the car off, replace the fuses and turn the car back on.
The car will take about a minute to re-learn the idle.
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Originally Posted by 2000WS6Vert
To reset PCM:
Turn the car ignition on but don't start the car...take out 10a and 15a (PCM BAT, and IGN) and then wait 5 min, turn the car off, replace the fuses and turn the car back on.
The car will take about a minute to re-learn the idle.
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Originally Posted by 2000WS6Vert
To reset PCM:
Turn the car ignition on but don't start the car...take out 10a and 15a (PCM BAT, and IGN) and then wait 5 min, turn the car off, replace the fuses and turn the car back on.
The car will take about a minute to re-learn the idle.

Wait, will that mess up my tuning that ive had done?
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Originally Posted by Revelation222
Wait, will that mess up my tuning that ive had done?

Any clarification on these questions?
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No, it won't mess with your tuning.
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Originally Posted by Revelation222
Are you saying that if i just dremel all of the underside off, I dont have to buy ANY new parts?
True.
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Originally Posted by LS1LT1
True.

Sweeet. Gonna get started tomorrow.




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