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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 08:30 PM
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where can i get a good price on chrome engine dress up. mostly caps and covers, and will coil covers fit under my slp STB? if they do, can someone post a pic?

chrome door sills too?
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 11:45 PM
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dynoproauto.com for door sills
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MBA sold all the caps/covers but are now out of business. Thunder Racing seems to have most of whatever stock they had left. They don't have chrome though - only polished aluminum or anodized colors. I bought the polished aluminum versions from MBA and had them chromed.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 07:55 AM
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thanks, hey does anybody know if fuel rail covers will fit under a slp STB??? If they do, please post pic.
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Yes they will.
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jegs.com has alot of dress up stuff for f-bods that noone else seems to carry
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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www.thunderracing.com still might have some MBA products in stock. I'd give them a call.
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thanks, hey does anybody know if fuel rail covers will fit under a slp STB??? If they do, please post pic.
No they wont. The bar is too low. You will need a BMR or similar height. The SLP will let the FRC's under it, but it is extrmely close. When you rev the engine it will gouge and scratch the hell out of them.
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Originally Posted by FIREHAWK#608
No they wont. The bar is too low. You will need a BMR or similar height. The SLP will let the FRC's under it, but it is extrmely close. When you rev the engine it will gouge and scratch the hell out of them.
yeah you're right. I just measured it and there is not enough clearance. I have to get another STB, ****!

unless anybody knows how to add a lil height where STB is bolted?
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yeah you're right. I just measured it and there is not enough clearance. I have to get another STB, ****!

unless anybody knows how to add a lil height where STB is bolted?
If you put 3 or 4 thick washers under the mounts that *might* give you some wiggle room, but then you will have less threads showing to screw the nuts down on.

Honestly, if you have FRC's you don't have the SLP bar.

I was going to do FRC's a year ago, and I didn't feel like getting a new bar so I ended up polishing my whole engine instead. So I know very well how the bar wont fit. It turned out for the better though.

I don't even have the SLP bar anymore...
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yeah, you've got a badass lookin engine
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yeah, you've got a badass lookin engine
Thanks. Here's an a photo taken from my helicopter:


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how'd you clean up all your wiring???
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how'd you clean up all your wiring???
Remove everything that doesn't need to be there. Like the pcv system, factory wire loom, strip the factory injector harness-retape after running the wires thinner and hide the newly wrapped wires under the fuel rails. Relocate the coils under the cowl. You can see a glimpse of the polished coil brackets over each vavlecover under the cowling. -Joshua
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