01SOMSS!

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I've been posting this up on Socal muscle and since alot you guy know my car I wanted to share what's been going on with it. I did all this for a few reasons. 1 looking to get in another Magazine once i get my power adder,and 2 i wanted to get ready for the past l.a invasion. its been a long process i just had alot of set backs and didnt finish the car on time for any of the car show i wanted to attend. alot of this work was done a month or 2 ago. i just wanted to keep you guys up to date. anyways as some of you know I've been wanting to repaint my engine bay for a long time. My engine bay has always been clean and nice looking,but i hated the fact that i had a few lil scratches here and there. I also didnt like the fact that the engine bays on fbodies dont have a clear coat on them.
here the before pics.



here's a close up at the lil scratches i had.










the body work turned out to be very time consuming. i hated every second of it. finally got all the holes filled in and rerouted the grounds like Datzneat once told me too. i removed
-front bumper
-pcm
-manifold
-coils/brackets
-valve covers
-headlight assembly
-coolant resivor
-battery
-ground wires
-detached the brake and clutch resivor
-window dash gard
-ac condenser
-ac and coolant hose that goes to the firewall/water pump.
-detached the fuse box




after about a week i finally got her ready for my painter to touch her up. i should be getting it done early next week. I should also get my mani/coils and brackets back from the paint shop soon.

01SOMSS!

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the paint was done.not a 100% satified with it. need some stuff touched up.she'll be going to coachwork best of show as soon as i get some more $



here's some pics of the manifold,coils and hood hinges.excuse the background. the pics might be kinda dark. I just took them (9pm)






and for Jose,Sam that are convince that my car has a small cam.
here ya go. stock springs...lol!

01SOMSS!

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here' a few more pics. i cleaned up the engine bay really nicely. i rewraped the hoses with clean blk tape,regrounded the grounds so that they are hidden,repainted a few parts like the headlight brackets,hood lock brackets,dash gaurd and redid the headlights with fresh paint. i also polished every single aluminum line i have under the hood.

it was a lil cloudy at first so excuse the quality.

ac lines




headlight brackets came out nice

dash gaurd


and headlights

01SOMSS!

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some pics of the new tall valve covers.




these were a pain in the but to install with the coil brackets since there's no clearance. they also kept leaking on the psg side. i called the company who sold them to and they send out some new ones. so i get a 2nd chance on doing it the right way.I ordered a ls6 valley cover,extended msd wires,new tr55 plugs, coil relocation kit, and a k&n breather filter. i big cam would compliment those beefy valve covers

01SOMSS!

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update.






i got the damn valve covers on. these things are a pain in the ***. i had to cut and modify a **** load to get them to fit in. they're really tight in there.

old set up from a few weeks ago.


a sneak peak of what they will look like on. these are the 1st set i returned. you kinda get the idea.
new set up.

01SOMSS!

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i also picked up this really rare discontinued MBA piece.
its a high polished tb cable cover

here's what it looks like mounted. its not bolted on yet.


I also have this waiting to be swapped over.I'm going to have to shine them up a bit

01SOMSS!

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so just an update.

I took some engine bay brackets to get chrome. they should be in by Sep 7th. I spent 180.00 on that
here's the to do list

-chrome bracket/$180.00-done
-K&n filter 30.00-done
-plugs-5.00
-new valve covers exchanged $125.00-waiting on the shipping
-relocation brackets,new extended msd wires,tr55 plugs/$170.00-Done
-Ls6 valley cover $80.00-need to order
-chrome cme tips $180.00-need
-mount/install cme and LM $100.00-need
-touch up cme valance scratch/price???-need
-oil change 55.00-need

****, that's close 925.00
+ 480 that i paid to paint the engine bay.
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$1405.00



hopefully i can get all this done by the show...I owe about 3K on the car. so next summer I should have no more payments. then that's when the go fast goodies all come in

01SOMSS!

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I got some goodies in the mail today. i got the new valve covers in today. I'm happy as hell they are brand new. i had scratched the other ones due to clearance. i have a 2nd chance on doing it right this time.



Engine bay brackets.
before


after being chromed



more bling. got the new set of valve covers in


and the coils,ngk tr55 plugs and Msd extended blk wires.I'm really impressed with this kit. its really nice.




hopefully the valley cover comes in tomorrow.

01SOMSS!

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i got the valley cover in today.
I'll be doing this ls6 pcv conversion this weekend along with the rest of the install
http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=18

Duffster

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I'm not a fan of chrome, but that looks sharp! Nice choices so far! About to do the coil relocation myself (in process of cleaning my engine bay up).

Keep at it! ! ! (more pics )

01SOMSS!

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thanks. I'm really thinking about hidding the coils underneath the fuse box/and psg fender,battery bottom area. I'm probably going to have to splice up the coil harness and extend it so it can reach

Duffster

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Looked into getting some identical connections and making extensions?

01SOMSS!

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update.got a lil bit of work done tonight after my work out.
pulled the valley cover off.

here you can see the difference between the ls1<ls6 valley cover


ls6 valley cover in

I went ahead and did my plugs too.
kinda weird the all drivers side plugs were burnt but with a white shade and all the psg side were burnt/worn with a dark shade. I noticed the car has been bogging and jerking a bit at low speeds in the last few months. hopefully this tune up helps it a bit.



Coils mounted.


tomorrow i'll have to finish the valley cover. i just need to plug in the hoses and reinstall the mani. I also have to install teh valve covers and the coil relo kit.

King Nothing

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damn damn damn i can't wait to see this car at next years LA invasion

MYSTIC-1SC

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Damn thats a nice setup.

Black FormulaLs1

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looks very very nice..

01SOMSS!

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thanks.any ideas on where to locate the coils besides the cowl?

Duffster

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I've seen it done for fair-weather-only cars done into the wheel wells...

Someone else put them onto the strut tower bar...

kyles2000z

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Very nice job thus far! Can't wait to see the finished product! I see you forgot to tape up the studs on the shock towers...have fun running the nuts back over it!

jdoyle

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from your post #3, are there any tips (really, anything) that you can give for painting the back of the headlights?

thanks in advance.