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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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just finished this project a couple weeks ago. it is a 5.3 bored to 5.7, torquer v2 112lsa cam, ls2 heads, shorty headers, forged rods and pistons.
its not totally done yet but pretty close


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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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Sweet!!
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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Sounds great!
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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sickk!
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 11:02 PM
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Nice.
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Old Dec 25, 2011 | 09:58 PM
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heres the new dyno video

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Very nice!
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video from last sunday at the track

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I wish I could race year round. You have any pics of the rear suspension setup or a build thread?
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sounds insane, nice runs to.
bad *** fo sho
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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truck looks and sounds good. How is the drone with the dumps?
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 08:36 PM
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nice build man, what headers did you use?
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Looks and sounds great. I've been wanting to take my little sonoma out to the track and see what kinda numbers the little 6.0 could lay down but just no time to go do it.
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Originally Posted by Black98s10
I wish I could race year round. You have any pics of the rear suspension setup or a build thread?
no, when i bought the truck it had an lt1 in it, i put together this motor/tranny build after the lt took a crap. the best i can do as far as the suspension pics tonight is my startup video on youtube, search for sprayedchvys10
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truck looks and sounds good. How is the drone with the dumps?
lol well right now i dont have 4th gear or convertor lock, so its not that great but with both of those its not bad at all, a couple years ago i drove it from texas all the way up to new hampshire and back
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nice build man, what headers did you use?
thanks, i used sanderson shorties from current performance
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