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Old 02-17-2012, 11:14 PM
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This is for a friend that is overseas I have been collecting the parts for him and im putting it all together for him

starts off as a V6 Auto and it will be a LS6 6 Speed when done

what we have

Texas speed PRC 2.5 heads
228R cam
LS6 oil pump ported
Double roller
LS6 Intake
Kooks headers
42lb Injectors
It will get dyno tuning from texas speed
I am fabricating K member and all suspension pieces
Powdercoating on well hell what ever we can I am a powdercoater

we have a harness that is plug and play to make it easy

SO.....so far I have torn down the motor coated some parts installed the cam chain oil pump I will be picking up the car in the next few days to start pulling it apart once the motor is good







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the heads are temp installed along with the covers everything will get bolted down tomorrow and torqued
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very nice, I like the powder coating you did..
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awesome adam, cant wait to see all the progress. look forward even more to driving it haha

edit: for a 99 firebird by the way

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Nice work will follow this thread for sure
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looking great Adam. Love the powdercoating. Congrats Erik you deserve this man.
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yeah the covers look so much better than they do in the pictures everything is going together smoothly its freezing rain and snow here today but will try and get the car over here this weekend to get started on it just need to get rid of the shell of a truck first

that parts washer paid for itself already wish I had it years ago even with all the crap I was cleaning off it kept the fluid clean as new

here is my other project https://ls1tech.com/forums/small-blo...-thirdgen.html
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and here are more pictures for those guys that like pics
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v5...ird/?start=all



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