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Jul 31, 2013 | 09:20 AM

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stock ring gaps, stock rod bolts, ls9 gaskets, arp head studs

Sep 15, 2013 | 02:12 PM

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Subscribed!! Love the car man! Thanks for the info!!

Sep 16, 2013 | 12:50 PM

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Any updates?

Sep 16, 2013 | 01:43 PM

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I've been racing my mustang and since we put the setup in my maxx's car I haven't touched my ltd. I am going to get back on it later this winter and get it done for next year with a few upgrades.

Mar 4, 2014 | 04:58 PM

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Well winter almost over any updates

Mar 5, 2014 | 06:15 AM

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Sadly I haven't touched it again, been trying to get my mustang done for spring.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...uilt-year.html

I just don't have room in the garage for the mustang, the ltd, and other builds right now.

Mar 5, 2014 | 12:02 PM

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What year 5.3 to look for

I'm taking the V6 out of my 97 firebird and going the 5.3 route which year and model truck or engine shoul I look for?

Mar 5, 2014 | 12:03 PM

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I'm taking the V6 out of my 97 firebird and going the 5.3 route which year and model truck or engine shoul I look for?

If you want the strongest possible stock motor 2005 and newer... they will all have the stronger rods and floating pistons i believe

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Dec 28, 2015 | 08:01 PM

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Big winter plans for this sucker? You should probably sell it to me...

Dec 28, 2015 | 10:59 PM

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Big winter plans for this sucker? You should probably sell it to me...

It's coming out of storage back to my garage next week, no big plans as of right now.

Dec 29, 2015 | 08:41 AM

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What trans were you running initially, and how did you like the glide with the weight and tall rear end ratio in this beast?

Also, any chance of being able to re-host some of the pics like the hubcaps and wheelchair pic for those of us who missed them?

Dec 29, 2015 | 05:58 PM

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What fuel press reg do you run on your cars

Dec 29, 2015 | 07:15 PM

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I don't think I've ever seen a sleeper even in the same ballpark as this. Too bad the pics won't load.

Dec 30, 2015 | 04:21 AM

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I myself would still really like to see the turbo placement and everything associated with it. Oh and that 6 muffler exhaust lol.

Im guessing the turbo is somewhere in one of the fenders like how you did the twins on ur foxbody.

Dec 30, 2015 | 06:40 AM

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Many would like to see how we did the hidden kit, I don't have any pics of it tho. It is in one of the fenders.

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I don't think I've ever seen a sleeper even in the same ballpark as this. Too bad the pics won't load.

Thanks, I'll have to upload pics again when I bust out the old computer.

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What fuel press reg do you run on your cars

mallory 4305m

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th400 then glide, I liked the glide with the 2.73 gear, ended up with a 3.08 rear when I switched rear ends. Works great on the street. I'll try to get the pics uploaded again.

Dec 30, 2015 | 09:42 AM

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th400 then glide, I liked the glide with the 2.73 gear, ended up with a 3.08 rear when I switched rear ends. Works great on the street. I'll try to get the pics uploaded again.

Thanks! I'm always surprised to see how much people with heavy cars really like their glides, and then it's also cool to see how many miles they put on them with a tall rear end gear so the freeway revs are reasonable.

Is yours a 1.76, 1.82, 1.80, or what do you like? Maybe the first gear doesn't matter so much for street/no prep racing with a turbo?

Jan 7, 2016 | 04:47 PM

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Last car I would expect to haul the mail, but thats the point I suppose...very nice.

Jan 7, 2016 | 04:51 PM

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I've always liked this car, and eventually built one for myself (In my sig). I didn't/wasn't able to hide everything in the engine bay as you did, but I'm still happy with the results. I did an L92 w/ an S-480 with a full 4" exhaust and an 80e transmission. I've only been 10.8's @ 131 on 11#'s (only 1/4 passes on the car yet). Thanks for the inspiration.