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Mar 1, 2007 | 10:50 AM

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Roy Johnson, Jr

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Your project is coming along very nicely!

I guess I need to subscribe to this thread too!

Mar 1, 2007 | 04:27 PM

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Thanks. Well the Slave got here today, they tried to deliver the Fadanza alum flywheel but they did not leave it. The headers will be in tomrrow and I got all the ARP bolts so I plan on putting the motor in this weekend.

Mar 1, 2007 | 05:25 PM

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very cool!

Mar 1, 2007 | 08:34 PM

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Nice work man. You went crazy with that bead blaster!

Mar 2, 2007 | 06:43 PM

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any updates! i love the ls1 FD's

Mar 3, 2007 | 09:19 AM

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Got some parts here this week, so I will see what I can get done but I dont think I will get much done here this weekend I got so many other things going on.

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Mar 3, 2007 | 12:32 PM

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Looking good!

Mar 3, 2007 | 01:37 PM

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Mar 3, 2007 | 09:37 PM

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Thanks ok here is what a did today.

Pilot bearings on LS1's are a bitch. Here is what is left of the one I took out lol.
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Got the Spec 3 clutch on with the new flywheel, just cant get the motor and trans to bolt up by myself.
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Mar 4, 2007 | 02:42 PM

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ok guys this ends my work for the weekend. So I took today and cleaned the garage I was tired of all this **** my dad keeps for no reason.

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Mar 4, 2007 | 05:54 PM

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Great looking project so far, can't wait to see it finished. Good luck on the rest.

Mar 4, 2007 | 06:12 PM

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Looks great

Mar 4, 2007 | 06:22 PM

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looking good. i want to do a FD LS1 so bad

Mar 4, 2007 | 06:32 PM

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looks awesome huge thumbs up for all the attention to detail, cant wait to see this thing done!!!

Mar 24, 2007 | 03:04 PM

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Any updates?

Mar 24, 2007 | 11:46 PM

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The day has come guys. We busted *** today. Got the tabs ground off the frame rail, prep and paint. Then WE PUT THE MOTOR IN!!!!

ok so I'm taking my list of **** to do to get this thing running. Now I'm going to have a beer and watch Grandma's Boy.

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Apr 5, 2007 | 08:43 PM

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Well it might fire up this weekend, I'm going there to wire it and put fuel to it so we will see.

Apr 5, 2007 | 10:33 PM

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Good luck man.

Apr 18, 2007 | 09:56 PM

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Still working on it I'm days away going to do more pain in the *** work this weekend it is killing me lol.

Apr 19, 2007 | 08:39 PM

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Excellent workmanship! Thats going to be a blast to drive. You ordered Your headers? From where if You don't mind Me asking?
I have been building My LS engine with plans to put it in My 03 S10 (3840 lbs. with Me in it) but You have Me jones'n now, lol. I bet that will weigh around 3000 lbs or less? hmmmm...
Keep up the great work! Carl.

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