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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 05:19 PM
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Intake looks sweet.
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Old Jan 7, 2012 | 06:37 PM
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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I may have missed it but what headers did you use?
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 02:49 PM
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they're Schoenfeld headers. they're make specifically for LS swaps into 88-98 chevy 2wd trucks.
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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makes me want another trk
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 08:48 PM
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they're Schoenfeld headers. they're make specifically for LS swaps into 88-98 chevy 2wd trucks.
Thank you. Truck looks great
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 10:01 AM
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got my fittings to tie into the stock fuel lines.



getting ready to start making the lines i need & get everything for the fuel system done.
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 01:53 PM
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I'm curious as to how you did the wiring, I'm working on a swap now and I haven't been able to figure it out yet... Truck looks great though, I love the color, and I love the painted Intake.

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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 08:37 PM
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I'm curious as to how you did the wiring, I'm working on a swap now and I haven't been able to figure it out yet... Truck looks great though, I love the color, and I love the painted Intake.

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i'm still in the process of wiring. i have a stand alone harness from Nelson Performance to run the motor & trans. the hard part is thinning out the factory truck harness & tying into it for the gauges. what year truck are you swapping into? i have wiring diagrams for 96-98 if you need them.
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 04:19 PM
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SHE'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
did the rough wiring this morning & just fired her up.
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 05:21 PM
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Now come help me finish mine! lol
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 09:42 AM
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just need to get some hoses & start putting everything back together.
should be back on the road soon.
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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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inner fenders are sprayed, hoses are ran, CAI is done, now time to start putting her back together.

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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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Looks great Ray. Got mine fired up for a few seconds the other day. Nowhere near done, but it was nice to hear some noise
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so close i can taste it!!!!!!


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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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pulled the trans cross-member & notched it for my exhaust.


& picked up an overflow tank.


should have my ECU mount finished tomorrow & hopefully make some progress this weekend.
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just a few more things to button up & she'll be back on the road!!!!!


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really drove her around today for the first time. runs good, but very slow throttle response. not sure what it could be. i need to get my 3" exhaust ran, right now i have the headers going to the puny 2" pipes that were there. i also may see if i can borrow another stock throttle body, mine's been ported & polished, maybe ported a little too much? after that, maybe look into the tune? other then that she runs great, idles good, shifts good, i'm pretty pleased so far, but i know there's more to this motor.



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i've been neglecting my truck a lot since i bought the IS300 & started gathering parts to swap an LS1 into it, so i figured it was time to show her some love & bought some Michigan Metal Works Flat plate upper & lower control arms.




while i have it appart i'm going to put some new bags in & i have some new drilled & slotted rotor & pads, & need to wire & plumb my 2 new compressors. once i get the truck back on the road i can start the IS570 swap.
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Did you figure out why it was driving sluggishly?
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