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Old 01-03-2010 | 09:55 PM
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SO somebody spent $500.00 and then had to work on it? How much modifying was done to it? Or was it done by the previous owner and you don't know? Your going turbo with it? I was going to see if you went natural induction if/ when you do manifolds to make another set and sell them to me.
I can remember seeing one turbo time pan that didnt need to be modded. The corner of the pan that goes down next to the diff has to have almost 1" taken out of it. Like my title and post says it will be turbo. The 98-99 f-body manifolds should fit in the regular fashion but why the hell would anyone not do a turbo?
Old 01-03-2010 | 11:19 PM
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As for the turbo, to each their own, I'm going to go normal for the first "season" then go with a supercharger for the rest or life. But that's down the road. I think supercharging is more "tuner" friendly that turbo.
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nice man, i love sy/tys. Good luck with it
Old 01-10-2010 | 07:47 PM
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Old 01-10-2010 | 10:37 PM
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I wish the brakes were bled
Old 01-10-2010 | 10:44 PM
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My second ride in the typhoon... It was almost as fun as I imagined it would be. Haha
Old 01-10-2010 | 10:59 PM
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nice project thats gonna be sweet
Old 01-11-2010 | 05:11 AM
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Nice project...Any pics of the rear suspension setup??? Did they do the tall spindle conversion or just use blazer spindles?? Should be really fun when you're done!!!
Old 01-11-2010 | 07:51 AM
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how did you mount the alternator?
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Nice project...Any pics of the rear suspension setup??? Did they do the tall spindle conversion or just use blazer spindles?? Should be really fun when you're done!!!
Stock spindles. I'll try to get picks of the rear
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how did you mount the alternator?
it will be like the turbo f-body guys
Old 01-11-2010 | 09:44 PM
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that pic of me holding the ty is when we were loading it on the trailer. We moved it to the garage where we will be doing all of the work. The header stuff was ordered yesterday. We also torn into the front of it to get ready for the turbo hot parts. Ill get a pick of it tomorrow. The updates wont be as fast as the syclone build but they will be steady. Hoping to be driving by the end of February
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Old 01-12-2010 | 09:57 AM
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Is that an aluminum core support????
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Is that an aluminum core support????
It is indeed. We are actually probably going to switch it out for a stock one though. Not really big fans of it. Plus we would either have to make a custom hood latch, or run hood pins if we kept it.
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Wanna buy it? Lol
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Last night we cleaned up some wiring that wont be needed. Also temporarily removed some lines that were in the way. Header kit has been ordered, and will be here tomorrow. Once that arrives the exhaust/turbo setup begins.

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how much for the allum core support?
Old 01-14-2010 | 10:12 PM
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$300 shipped with fiberglass headlight buckets
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Thats gonna be great good luck.
Old 01-23-2010 | 02:01 AM
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Header build starts tomorrow.... Pics to follow



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