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Old Jun 22, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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hello to all, I'm new on here and I have some pics of my turbo project. I was running a 402 with nitrous and it made great power but I wanted more. Turbo was the only way to go because I didn't want to spray a 500 shot to make the power levels I'm shooting for. I'm still waiting for the actual turbo to get here but almost everything else is done..It's going to be a street car with a/c, leather, c/c and c/d, so I went with a finishline built T-56. I love to bang gears.
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...shiny new parts.

I use that same flax oil as well, from the Vitamin Shoppe!
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Where's the beef?
I don't have it yet, it's being coated...should be here mon or tues...
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Originally Posted by 6techniques
...shiny new parts.

I use that same flax oil as well, from the Vitamin Shoppe!
works very well.....
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I don't have it yet, it's being coated...should be here mon or tues...
Awesome, I've been following on HPJ too.

I'll be adding a S400 to my car this weekend.
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I've seen your build on HPJ definitely looks like its gonna make the power. You going with a T88? I plan to upgrade to a ST80 prolly in the winter.
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Awesome, I've been following on HPJ too.

I'll be adding a S400 to my car this weekend.
It's quite a few of us HPJ on here.....this project it taking forever to finish, I paid for the parts on feb 27th....still waiting for turbo and gears so I can finish...
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trust me thats not a wait on turbo parts. Took me an ENTIRE YEAR to get just my hot parts and a few miscellaneous parts. Took me about a year and a half from when I bought the turbo to when I had the car running since I kept running into small problems.
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trust me thats not a wait on turbo parts. Took me an ENTIRE YEAR to get just my hot parts and a few miscellaneous parts. Took me about a year and a half from when I bought the turbo to when I had the car running since I kept running into small problems.
wow, I would have killed myself...It's been hell waiting this long, I guess I'm just in a hurry like a kid with a new bike....
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Lots of folks waiting on stuff a lot longer



I'll get some pics this weekend
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I'm going to consider myself lucky then, I guess it could have been longer...
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Just curious, but why did you go with an aluminum block as opposed to an iron one?
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Damn. Amost 700 hp wasn't good enough for your street car?!
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gonna be sweet to have all that power all the time... looking forward to seeing it all put together
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