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Old 07-28-2006, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Vents
FB, where'd you source the I/C

looks good BTW.
I bought the package from someone selling a bunch of stuff

the I/C is a reichard racing minicube A2W setup
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Originally Posted by kp
Good luck with it, doing a truck manifold or tubular headers?
well I have a set of truck manifolds sitting here...may start with that and fab up some headers down the road...
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Originally Posted by Fireball
motor wasn't sealing....too much blowby the rings

figure if I'm gonna build a new motor...might as well do it right

BTW...its a GT47-88 turbo
I was saying to myself
"either that is a really ******* huge turbo or really small IC"

Nice job
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Pressure check the air side of the intercooler Our's had a ton of leaks from them
Old 07-28-2006, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
Pressure check the air side of the intercooler Our's had a ton of leaks from them
will do....looks like a good bead all around...but you never know....we have a tig, so that should be fixable if an issue
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man that 88 is ginormous, good luck bro, gonna be nasty
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Should be a lot of fun, it's crazy how much the turbo and a/r weigh... 65 lbs for mine. I'm planning truck manifolds right now unless Intmd8 armwrestles me to a different solution.
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Fireball: Sweet! where did you order the cherry pepsi from? I have been looking for one for months...
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Originally Posted by stang90gt50
Fireball: Sweet! where did you order the cherry pepsi from? I have been looking for one for months...
Bought it from pepsi direct..only cost 14 dollars




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