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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 02:32 PM
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Good luck with the build. I am just finishing up mine, drove it last week, and have some wiring to finish up. Any questions I could help with let me know.
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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Changed to the F-body pan had to modify the windage tray a little bit no biggi so test fit cell phone pics camera broke


fuel lines all done taped the stock tank



working on new power steering hoses and heater hoses now all braided
new reservoir
heater hoses off water pump with CSR water neck on the side

And I gotta say chevythunder is a stand up guy with a great product that he stands behind. I had the wrong injector clips on my harness so he paid the return shipping fixed it and sent it back out fast there and back in like two days.
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 11:25 PM
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Ordered a chrome brake booster and master cylinder also looking for a alum overflow does anybody make one for the C3 ?
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Old Dec 28, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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Had to get the radiator modded but it runs now ill get a video up as soon as I get the exhaust finished up
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Old Jan 2, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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So drove the car today and it had kind of a I guess the best word would be surging idle im running a 255 through the filter regulator all -8 lines stock ls1 injectors runs fine when im into it a little 93 octane fuel new wires plugs exc any ideas ?
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codes? If at idle, I would suspect MAF or IAC.
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ill check them today
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Old Jan 3, 2012 | 06:13 PM
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also the russel fuel rail addapters with the plastic clips that summit sent are indeed junk had to order the new style this time from Jegs the guy at summit told me they didnt have a diff style

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