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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 08:01 PM
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My first turbo project. Always been on nitrous.
2007 LY6
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Trans cooler ready, will be mounted underneath car.
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Damper with cog drive for fuel pump
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Straub Technologies LS Bushing Trunnion Kit. Very,very nice
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Fuel pump drive mocked up
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Call me crazy but, haven't you already started a build thread for this car? I swear I've seen this car before lol
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What trans temp gauge are you using?

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Call me crazy but, haven't you already started a build thread for this car? I swear I've seen this car before lol
In the forced inductions
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What trans temp gauge are you using?

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Going to read it though the ecm
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Going to read it though the ecm
what ecm are you going to use?
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