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Old Jul 29, 2024 | 01:43 PM
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I got pissed off at a shop for trying to charge me $400 extra for a clutch swap than they said a week prior. I ended up rage buying all the tools to do it myself and I now have a 7875 turbo menacingly sitting on my table. I've seen so many people talking about how much you have to do to remove and make space under the hood to fit a setup, so my idea was f*** it pop it out the hood. I got pics for what I'm trying to achieve. I was told by a guy who did the same thing for his ls2 c6 to get Chevy Sierra manifolds, but his account on insta got deleted. I'm kinda trying to keep my A/C but if it's gotta go it's gotta go. I was hoping the idea of having the whole suma b**** exit the hood would make things less complicated. Has anybody done anything like this or have any advice? This is my first big project. I'm only worried about getting it all hooked up right now. Here's some pics:


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Old Jul 29, 2024 | 02:04 PM
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Has anybody done anything like this or have any advice?
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that silver car you can see with the hood turbo under the first photo with the same setup belongs to knightdrivetv I called him up and asked him about it and said he used flipped around headers and put CO2 to wastegates rather than intake manifold. I'm not going to lie to y'all, I'm a little special and not in the good way, I hope y'all r understanding and don't just immediately hate me.
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Originally Posted by helpilostmykeys
I'm not going to lie to y'all, I'm a little special and not in the good way, I hope y'all r understanding and don't just immediately hate me.


Your not the first guy to show up here a little "special"...so I wouldn't sweat it.
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I had a local guy by me that had one on a C5. It was a drift car. There's a event Friday night, if it's there I'll grab some pics.
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