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Old Jun 4, 2011 | 11:06 AM
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Did you buy the "LS1 Coupe" from St. Pete?

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I will be running wiring soon and dropping in the new carpet for trimming.
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yes I bought from my buddy Rich, I always wanted that car and he finally sold it to me. Its just an amazing driver
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Old Jun 4, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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if you ever want to see something on the car let me know, i go to some cruise places.
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Old Jun 4, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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Sounds good! I'm always down in St. Pete and Indian Rocks for work.
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Did some more work a night or two ago. Test fitted the new carpet and pulled the fenders off. Absolutely no rust whatsoever underneath.








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a lot has been done since the last update. Here are some pics...
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Primed and painted the bay yesterday.. it needs to be wetsanded and recoated then cleared to be done. After that new suspension will go on the front.











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I also have all of the front suspension for the new 5-lug setup and will be putting together the rear shortly
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We have everything but the fuel system and the trans ready to go in. I tore down the new 5.3 yesterday and will be pulling apart the bottom end tonight. I'm going to soak the heads and get them cleaned up along with having the block hot-tanked. I also have a spare 6.0 that I'll probably end up building next year.

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What pieces are u using for the 5 lug swap?

Spindles, rotors, etc.
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Lookin good man! Looks like a pretty clean little coupe. Ive got the same thing ahead of me. I wanna weld up some of those holes and put some scottrod panels in.....thats the plan anyway.
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What pieces are u using for the 5 lug swap?

Spindles, rotors, etc.
They are SN95 spindles and I'll have 03 Cobra brakes up front and PBR's in the rear. I'll have an 8.8 in the rear, built to the nines. I have a set of spacers some guy on Corral makes to keep the fox ball joints with the sn95 spindles too. I picked up a 95 Cobra booster and MC to handle that side with new brakes and a manual prop valve.

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Lookin good man! Looks like a pretty clean little coupe. Ive got the same thing ahead of me. I wanna weld up some of those holes and put some scottrod panels in.....thats the plan anyway.
I wish had the patience to weld up the holes. This car is being built on a "budget" and I don't have a welder at my house. Make sure to post up pics as you're doing it
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Can u pm me the link for those spacers?

I can't seem to find any 94 spindles.
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Nice new carpet where what size is it and where did u get it?
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Originally Posted by LS1PUNK
Can u pm me the link for those spacers?

I can't seem to find any 94 spindles.
I'll pm you the link

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Nice new carpet where what size is it and where did u get it?
I actually got lucky on the carpet. It was a local sale for $40 from someone
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Can u pm me the link for those spacers?

I can't seem to find any 94 spindles.
http://forums.corral.net/forums/susp...rakes-fox.html
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Originally Posted by oh3cobra
We have everything but the fuel system and the trans ready to go in. I tore down the new 5.3 yesterday and will be pulling apart the bottom end tonight. I'm going to soak the heads and get them cleaned up along with having the block hot-tanked. I also have a spare 6.0 that I'll probably end up building next year.
Looking good!

Just curious why the 6.0 is your spare (vs. the 5.3)? Why didn't you go with the 6.0 from the get-go?

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Originally Posted by TipsyMcStagger
Looking good!

Just curious why the 6.0 is your spare (vs. the 5.3)? Why didn't you go with the 6.0 from the get-go?

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5.3 was picked up for less than $250 and it's still in great condition. I'm still in the air as to what to do with the 6.0.. I had the 6.0 from a local shop pull-out already, but came across the 5.3 and I figured it would be a cheaper to get everything set in there with and then swap to the 6.0 down the road.

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