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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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Looks nice man. Congrats.
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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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Yeah thats bad *** anywhere. I wish i had the money to do that. Cant wait to see some dyno numbers or track times.
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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Excellent attention to detail! Nice work! Make sure you post the Dyno numbers…

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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by code4
It's the stainless works cheapy with stock length belt. It was a PITA to get lined up correctly.
DITTO!!! I'm running the same bracket....it took forever to get right.

BTW, Nice work man!
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Old Mar 31, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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i like my alt bracket alot better, no need to line it up

anyways in your pics do you have an aluminum deep pan for the transmission? which one and who far does it hand below the oil pan? debating on which pan to get on mine.
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Old Mar 31, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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Looks great! Whats needed to get the radiator like that and which radiator is it? Looking awesome and great work!
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Old Mar 31, 2007 | 10:59 AM
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i like my alt bracket alot better, no need to line it up

anyways in your pics do you have an aluminum deep pan for the transmission? which one and who far does it hand below the oil pan? debating on which pan to get on mine.
Yes it is summit brand SME-1001R for $112.95. I think it hangs a little over an inch. It's a nice piece, even has a drain.

I drove it to town last night (150 miles round trip) Played around with it on the street still at 9lbs of boost. It feels crazy fast to me.

Belt started walking around, maybe I should buy your alt bracket. Would it fit with my rails? What belt tensioner do you use with your bracket?
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Old Mar 31, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Superman09
Looks great! Whats needed to get the radiator like that and which radiator is it? Looking awesome and great work!
Radiator is summit part # GRI-125241-X for $189.95. I cut the front brace out with a sawzall then welded in a new brace made of 1x1" sqare tubing. I had to tig weld aluminum L brackets to bolt the rad to the square tubing. Also I had to tig a fitting for the coolant line coming off of the heads.

I used a perma cool single 16" fan set up as a puller. But the turbo killed it from heat. I put a simple little heat shield in & haven't had any probs since. I also ordered a blanket from Jose but it hasn't arrived yet.
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Old Mar 31, 2007 | 01:32 PM
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Looks awesome, can I post these pics in the Truck manifold Turbo set up sticky up top? I'm always looking forward to members who do the truck manifold set ups themselves and would like to have all their pics in that post to showcase their hardwork.

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Old Mar 31, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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Looks awesome, can I post these pics in the Truck manifold Turbo set up sticky up top? I'm always looking forward to members who do the truck manifold set ups themselves and would like to have all their pics in that post to showcase their hardwork.

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That would be great, thank you very much.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by NA$TY-TA
Looks good..... what fuel are you running in it now and what tuning have you done so far?? How much timing?? What are you using for tuning??? 3 BAR setup??? Wideband???
Found my KR, my dp was not secured well enough. My boost & timing are going up

My much needed MT 325/50/15's will be here tonight.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 11:42 AM
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Great build! Looks AWESOME!!
By chance what are the casting #'s on the exhaust manifolds that you are using? Thanks in advance for the information.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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Incredibly clean, very nice!
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 12:31 PM
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I'm curious to find out how loud that BOV is going to be!
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by code4
Found my KR, my dp was not secured well enough. My boost & timing are going up

My much needed MT 325/50/15's will be here tonight.
I was going to say, there is no way you are knocking at 9 psi with 12* timing, especially at that CR, and ask if you checked for false knock, glad you found it! I am running an LS2 with 9.4:1, stock cam, etc. in my GTO with the APS kit and alky and so far, I ham currently at 13 psi with 22 degrees and still have more tuning to go, but the clutch called it quits.

Anyway, nice job you did there and good luck with it!
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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NICE clean and simple. Are you going to leave the DP dumped or run an exhaust???
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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looks very nice!
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 05:41 PM
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damn thats a nice set up, congrats
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 11:26 AM
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Very clean setup code4, congrats! Check your pm's.
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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Thats a top notch job! Very nicely done!
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