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Old 12-19-2012, 04:49 PM
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All I see is read X's =( is it just my comp??
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Originally Posted by 68steiny
Awesome build and nice fab work. FYI..and please correct me if I am wrong, but I was also going to run my fuel pump next to my return line, but a fab shop said you want your return to be as far as possible from the fuel supply due to aeration issues.
While this is true, it's irrelevant for 99% of street cars. Unless you are making some serious power, it's completely fine to run the regulator near the tank with a short return. I'm sure others will say no, but it has been tried and proven for a long time. If you run an adjustable, or boost reference for a turbo setup, it can be a pain crawling under there and adjusting it. For me, it's just simplicity and cost. I don't want to buy twice the fuel line, and once the fpr is set, I won't have to get under the car for a long time.

And yes. All pics should be working (they are for me anyway).
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Some of them don't work on my phone. I have lots of little blue question mark boxes.
Old 12-20-2012, 05:50 PM
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Checked fitment of flipped manifolds today. Wow, I've got room for days.


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What turbo are you planning to use ????? I had decent luck with a $650 BW
S475 but at a 1.32 ar it had a bit of lag. It's offered at 1.10 and .96 but they
are a bit more expensive.
Old 12-20-2012, 10:03 PM
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I'm thinking a MPT70. Cheap and they work good. I haven't really decided yet. I want to plumb all the piping and then make that determination. Probably end up using whatever I can get a good deal on.
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Never seen a 240 wagon, love it!
Old 12-21-2012, 01:41 AM
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What about if you were going N/A? If you used those truck manifolds would you clear the steering shaft?
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Not with these manifolds (they were free), however I'm 99% positive that c6 manifolds would clear just fine.
Old 12-21-2012, 09:58 AM
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Crap. I have a spare set of truck manifolds. What would be in the way?
Old 12-21-2012, 12:45 PM
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Steering shaft. Other than that there is plenty of room for just about anything you need.
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Removed the A/C lines today and started fitting the front end back together. The top piece that the hood latches to is now held in by aircraft fasteners that I brought home from work (I'm an Apache mechanic).

Also, a buddy of mine won a silent auction on an entire pallet full of ls1 stuff for $350. An entire billet serpentine setup with PSC power steering pump and a ton of other goodies. He's hooking me up with all the ls1 specific parts and keeping the rest. Score!

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Awesome build! Love these cars.
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Saw this on 1320video's FB page, loving this build bro!
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On the ground, jack not stuck under it this time lol. It's really slammed now :/. Going to have to either run some really stiff struts, or new springs. Looks killer though.

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I'm glad you have a first gen V shift k *** on there.
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Because I have a 2nd gen **** on my V
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Fedex man dropped off my harness today. A case of Boulevard Wheat later, and it's stripped of all the unnecessary/not used pin outs/wires/connectors.

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Originally Posted by onetype
Because I have a 2nd gen **** on my V
Awesome, I love it. Both your cars will be wolves in sheeps clothing.
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Well, I thought we had it all depinned of auto stuff/emissions etc.. But we didn't. So a few more hours today, and removing the c2 fuse block (running a universal 8 fuse block) it's really stripped now.

Going to start on the fuel lines tomorrow, ordered weld on -6an fittings to braze onto the hard lines.



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