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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 09:01 PM
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Looky what came in the mail today....
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When i got my vert it was with the idea it would stay stock and be a nice dependable cruiser. That lasted only a few months......
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Welcome to the modded LS1 world.... may your journey continue and not completely empty your wallet!
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I got an SLP lid for Christmas...was installed on the car an hour after I opened it.
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When i got my vert it was with the idea it would stay stock and be a nice dependable cruiser. That lasted only a few months......
I am still battling that one. I had/have the same idea...got a 'vert specifically because I wouldn't be able to track it...but now I have the devil on my shoulder telling me to mod it.
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I have always had a modified car of some kind. You can mod these quite a bit and they are still reliable, economically good toys. I wouldn't hesitate to drive mine long distances on the freeway. If the engine compartments weren't so cramped and hard to work with I would have put a set of heads and more cam in mine too. Got a SS3600 converter going in this spring.
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Old Mar 18, 2015 | 10:13 PM
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I have always had a modified car of some kind. You can mod these quite a bit and they are still reliable, economically good toys. I wouldn't hesitate to drive mine long distances on the freeway. If the engine compartments weren't so cramped and hard to work with I would have put a set of heads and more cam in mine too. Got a SS3600 converter going in this spring.
I agree on the space issue. My GTO had gobs of space on either side of that ls2.

This car I look under the hood and just go "wtf". Kudos to the engineer for fitting that engine in there but I seriously think some of my old imports had more space......

And hopefully next year will be a stall.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 01:31 PM
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Well the ebay smooth bellow reared it's ugly head. I'll need to trim to get it to fit. Grrr. That being said the OEM bellows fits like a glove....

Cliff notes: learned the lesson of don't buy ebay smooth bellows. Granted mine was damn near as steal.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 01:32 PM
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I have a very fitting username for this. But yes mod away. Sorry to hear about the shitty bellows.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 01:37 PM
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Nice username. And I really wanted the bellows to work BUT a possible unmetered airflow issue is not worth 1-2 horses. Not a fan of how the stock unit is plastic but.........

If a better solution ever pops up I'll address it then.

Also the diameter of the maf side of the bellows was off as well.
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I think I had to trim mine when I got it too. No biggie.
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I'll bust the dremmel out one day....
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Tried the dremmel and the diameter of the bellows is straight up too large on the maf side.
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I know there is a how to somewhere on using pvc pipe to make your own I have come across but was far to busy last summer.
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