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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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That BEYOND cool....
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 06:36 PM
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Very nice
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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Kick ***,looks good mike.I know what mine feels like,I can just imagine what the LS7 is like.
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 11:54 PM
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Wow... Hard to say any more. I'm lost for words
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:11 AM
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That is freakin sick. Half of my left teste for one of those lol. Post up some vids to see the little monster in action.
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 11:33 AM
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yes, need more pics and a vid :-D
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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Dang it, I have to clean my computer AGAIN!!! Sweet ride man .

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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 03:59 PM
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Not a full blown LS7. It is a sleeved LS2 block with LS7 heads and top half.
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the only thing that makes people think that it is a 427 are the covers? i mean how else can we tell if it is a 427? either way it is nasty, and a very clean swap. looks good
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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We Need More Pics Of That Bad ****
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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Awesome Mas!
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 06:13 AM
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4am now I just got back from Sports Compact Cars Magazine
Ultimate Street Car Challenge. I had alot of fun down there with all of the events and other cars. I will post up some video of the car soon.
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 07:25 AM
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Any pictures from the event? Any results? Are you using stock LS7 heads? What intake manifold?
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 11:18 AM
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now Im really interested in what happened. I always hated that challenge because they bash the 7s.
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 11:27 AM
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its actually a LS7 headed/sleeved LS2 shortblock to answer JohnB question, no dry sump oiling. im sure Mike can answer the rest, hehe.
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Very nice setup man!
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that car will kill you and you will die a happy man.
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Old Aug 4, 2006 | 08:05 AM
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wow
i wonder how the Sport Compact guys reacted to the cars performance
they got a first hand taste at what "No Replacement for Displacement"
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im sure there were more than afew wondering what it takes to have their own LSx swap sport compact
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Super clean job & i can't wait for vids either

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Old Aug 4, 2006 | 11:30 AM
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Some pics from the trip.








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