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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 11:17 AM
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when you have to have side exit exhausts but cant stand the noise
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Home-made paddle shifter for 4l80e, work like a charm.
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Push rod susp for added adjustability
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Ls and LSA rails, been working perfectly for years.
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Home made LSA lid with heat exchanger! Worked better than stock.
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diggin the paddle shifter setup.

copper plumbing fuel rails, truly using what you have lol
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How we lose 550 pounds in Africa, fibre glass, ally and glue. Hole is where the radiator and trans cooler lives..
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Making slow *** Pontiac 455's fast, twin D1 prochargers.
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diggin the paddle shifter setup.

copper plumbing fuel rails, truly using what you have lol
The LSA has those around the corner ends, we had no choice. Once we discovered that they work it was a no brainer.
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love the ingenuity! I think you will likely have belt slip issues on those D1s though with that long of a belt and no pulley between that big stretch of belt at the top. I'd at least add an idler pulley near the blowers but I could be wrong and it might work fine.
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100% right, it did and we did add the idler. We ended up with so much boost that the bov was constantly open. It has reverted to a single now and is awaiting its new eddy heads and roller cam conversion. Should go in in the next month or so.
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Very nice, perfect hot rodding.
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Afrotech, gotta love using what you got, and making it work.
Be interesting to see more stuff from Africa, if you have a track, how sticky they are on veh. inspection, etc-surprised some of the stuff from diff countries, even a guy in Russia has a chevelle
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The copper fuel rails?! You Savage!
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I 10000000% honestly want to make some copper fuel rails for my car now. . . . and I think I will.


Thanks for the idea!
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this is incredible!
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Love the copper also..... Maybe unpainted with natural patina....
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