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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 09:27 PM
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Just some pics of some garage work...it will go on a 383 LT1...Precision T76 Q trim w/ 40mm gate. Half was welded with fluxcore, half with gas. Had issues with my welder before.

It consists of 2.5" logs with 1.75" primaries. The DP will be 3"... looking for 700rwhp thru M6...

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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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sweet... those were the pics i wanted!
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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so how close is your down pipe to the steering arm, do you have any pics of it?
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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so how close is your down pipe to the steering arm, do you have any pics of it?
Need to do the DP next. Shouldnt be an issue with 3".
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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a few plug clearance pics on the driver's side:





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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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Very very sexy. i love it good job.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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Very very sexy. i love it good job.
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You'll be seeing some backpressure on cylinders 1, 3, and 5.
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by SStolen
You'll be seeing some backpressure on cylinders 1, 3, and 5.
More so on cylinder 1 since thats the onlycylinder where both banks exhaust passes by. Eitherway it cant be any worse than the TTi or QMP kits.
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My brother has a welding shop and could maybe do this for me. I dont know much about turbos since I always thought they were out of my budget. How much would it cost to do this? Could it be done on an LS1?
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Originally Posted by NoTicketsPlease
My brother has a welding shop and could maybe do this for me. I dont know much about turbos since I always thought they were out of my budget. How much would it cost to do this? Could it be done on an LS1?
It could be cheap if he does all the work for you. BUying all the piping and flanges and such can run you $500 easy and more if he does tru headers. If I were you I would look into him using the 6.0L truck manifolds. Do a search in the FI section as this has been hashed 1000 times.

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ill tell him the bad news he is a ford guy. thanks for the info, ill do more research.
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Stop taking pictures and get this in the car Just send the wife on a month long vacation so you can finish
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Stop taking pictures and get this in the car Just send the wife on a month long vacation so you can finish
When I send her away I'll be sure to swipe $9k from our joint account so I can finish my own ride! Its not for my car. I made this for a board member. He actually bought my Precision T76 Q trim off me with the hotparts. I am going to be upgrading to the GT42 76 with the T6 housing.
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