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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 12:37 PM
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Well five months later and one caprice classic wagon and one 2003 5.3 vortec. It's finally done and I just love it. What a sleeper.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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Nice job
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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Congrats. How hard was the install?
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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Had to cut and box-in the front cross member, cut down the trans dap mounts because they ran into the ac pump and make spacers to lift the engine up a little. Weld a longer bracket forward on the tranny cross bar. I also want to thank all you guy's, Spalding Auto in Washington and John at Spear Tech.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 02:19 PM
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Nice pics. Sleeper indeed!
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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Cool swap man. How do you drive that car in AZ with no A/C man...
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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Today it will only be 105, not hot yet but I'm working on the AC now.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 03:07 PM
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Your install looks nice and clean. Any plans to get some cool air to the filter?
What are you running for gears in the **** end of that boat/battlecruiser?
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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 09:23 AM
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Yes one of my plans is to extend the tube over to the right side and out to the front. The bigamus boat has a 2.77 I've been having fun embear assing some suv's and rice burners. You have to know when to hold them and fold them.
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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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Nice swap. Just curious what was interferring with the cross member? Oil pan or accessories?
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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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AC ran into the cross member. Had to spacer the engine up about and 1.125. Truck oil pan had about a .5 clearance when done. Had to cut flanges off of the exhaust manifolds and turn them to clear the side frame rails.
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Mesa
Well five months later and one caprice classic wagon and one 2003 5.3 vortec. It's finally done and I just love it. What a sleeper.
Holy ****, thats the cleanest caprice wagon I have ever seen.
Nice work.
Take that thing down to firebird and post some timeslips.
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