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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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err updates and ****.











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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 11:25 PM
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also spent a few hours behind a blasting cabinet. really great thing to have if your a neat freak.





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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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Looks good! Did you take any pictures of the motor mounts?
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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yes. right now tho im just using wooden mock mounts. works very well lol.
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 05:03 PM
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nice. keep up with the pics man. im loving this.
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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yea I fell like I live at the bead blaster. I just did the whole suspension on my RX7 holy.
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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yea I fell like I live at the bead blaster. I just did the whole suspension on my RX7 holy.
yea dude they are great but **** it takes alot of time.
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Old Jan 7, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Looks great...Can't wait to see some pics or vids of it ripping up the streets
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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tyte beans
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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why is it this guy is always at the top of the list his swap sucks and he isn't doing it right
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:08 PM
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why is it this guy is always at the top of the list his swap sucks and he isn't doing it right

there is no wrong way to do it.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by icantdrift
there is no wrong way to do it.
I can tell you of some ways that cause a person to have to do more work though! ha ha
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mayday0017
why is it this guy is always at the top of the list his swap sucks and he isn't doing it right
Great first post.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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why is it this guy is always at the top of the list his swap sucks and he isn't doing it right
what a loser.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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was the camaro you pulled the engine from an automatic? if so, what are all the parts I need to switch to a t-56? i have a 01' vette engine that came with an auto tranny and i'd like to swap in a t-56 instead, will I need a new harness and pcm?
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 02:26 PM
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man you can say what you want be he just wishes he had someone like me working on that car I could make it happen I mean hell the guy is useing blocks of wood for motor mounts
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mayday0017
man you can say what you want be he just wishes he had someone like me working on that car I could make it happen I mean hell the guy is useing blocks of wood for motor mounts
He's just mocking up the engine mount location with the wood blocks.
Pay attention, you may learn something. Punctuation usage would be a good start.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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man i need to invite that guy over to my garage one of these days
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by kansaschity
was the camaro you pulled the engine from an automatic? if so, what are all the parts I need to switch to a t-56? i have a 01' vette engine that came with an auto tranny and i'd like to swap in a t-56 instead, will I need a new harness and pcm?
i just wired up the sensors into the harness lol. if anything i wont have reverse lights. if you have a general understanding of wiring you can figure it out tho. its quite simple.
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Ted J
I can tell you of some ways that cause a person to have to do more work though! ha ha
one way is spelled h-i-n-s-o-n
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