I suppose its time to make a build thread...truck manifolds!
10-04-2010, 08:02 PM
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i really like the new build over the old one, keep it up man. looking forward to how it runs. 110% get the 2 step, you will not be sorry
10-04-2010, 11:52 PM
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i respectfully disagree. my car leaves substantially more smooth off the two step,5#'s, and 5500 rpms, than it did without the two step at 6400 rpms on a heads/cam/75 shot setup. much less violent and similar 60's. (still dont know how long the trans will last though but mine has 107k miles of abuse haha). et goals are definitely obtainable too
i really like the new build over the old one, keep it up man. looking forward to how it runs. 110% get the 2 step, you will not be sorry
i really like the new build over the old one, keep it up man. looking forward to how it runs. 110% get the 2 step, you will not be sorry
10-09-2010, 11:33 PM
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I just spent the last 4 hours of my life doing a wire tuck on the driver side. It was the most tedious and unnecessary thing I have done on the car to date, not the hardest but still gay as AIDS. Heres how it went down:
Seperated the wires I didnt need anymore(TCS, ABS, washer fluid, AC, etc) from the other that will remain in use
Labeled everything before cutting the wires.
38 wires and a hole saw to the wheel well
The end result
Im going to pull the cruise box out and mount my fuse boxes in their place. Then Ill run the harness under the radiator support, and up the wheelwell on the passenger side to the PCM.
Seperated the wires I didnt need anymore(TCS, ABS, washer fluid, AC, etc) from the other that will remain in use
Labeled everything before cutting the wires.
38 wires and a hole saw to the wheel well
The end result
Im going to pull the cruise box out and mount my fuse boxes in their place. Then Ill run the harness under the radiator support, and up the wheelwell on the passenger side to the PCM.
10-09-2010, 11:35 PM
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Im going to be drilling out the spot welds on the fuse box bracket and also putting a piece of sheet metal over the hole. Im going to weld up all the holes I can in the engine bay and smooth them out, then repaint.
10-13-2010, 05:41 AM
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sorry thinking about starting my own build real soon. what exact radiator is that? where did you buy it? so it fits standing straight up in the stock location? without having to cut and make your own bracket?
10-13-2010, 06:07 PM
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UMI TA w/DS loop was bought off a member and is en route. Picked up a VA speed turbo cam from another member also. Hotchkis STB showed up at my house yesterday, also bought from another member. And some sheetmetal coil covers from a different one lol
Im still needing some 3point SFCs if anyone has some.
Im still needing some 3point SFCs if anyone has some.
10-15-2010, 11:10 AM
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That is impressive! I learned alot from my ebay build last year and decided I need to use better parts to be able to drive my car all summer. I had issues with exhaust leaks, boost leaks, fluid leaks, overheating, all kinds of **** that I dont want to deal with again.
