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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Very nice! I read the thing all the way through. Very impressive.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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same great build. did you ever do mesh over the fog lights and plate?
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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Havent had a chance to.

Its snowmobile season now, so the car is under the car cover and sleeping =).

I am going to be buying some property soon, so Ill be moving the car to that garage and getting a heater hooked up. Once that is done, Ill hook up the fogs, and put the mesh on the license plate cover.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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Did you ever get the trans put in and numbers? I'm waiting on you before I get mine done.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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Where did you get that sweet ssbraided PS hose?
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 00_STANG_KILLER
Where did you get that sweet ssbraided PS hose?
Summit and you also have to get the fittings to complete it. You make your own. I did the same thing. There is a thread that has all the part numbers that you need.
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 98Camarod
Summit and you also have to get the fittings to complete it. You make your own. I did the same thing. There is a thread that has all the part numbers that you need.
Thanks i appreciate it!
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 06:00 AM
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Great job with the write-up!
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Old Jan 2, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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Thanks guys =)

Just fired the car up, its been sleeping for the past 2 months. Was great to take it around the block and break the tires loose lol.

I need to work on my alternator. The volts are very very low. I need to either get a smaller pulley or get a higher amp alternator.

Another small issue is the steering stem hits the down pipe a little. So when I turn it almost doesnt want to turn the wheel unless you give it a little force. So I may end up going to a performance shop and having them either cut the downpipe and raise it a little, or weld the 2 pipes together and stick the v-band clamp farther down the pipe.
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Old Jan 2, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Monello
Thanks guys =)

Just fired the car up, its been sleeping for the past 2 months. Was great to take it around the block and break the tires loose lol.

I need to work on my alternator. The volts are very very low. I need to either get a smaller pulley or get a higher amp alternator.

Another small issue is the steering stem hits the down pipe a little. So when I turn it almost doesnt want to turn the wheel unless you give it a little force. So I may end up going to a performance shop and having them either cut the downpipe and raise it a little, or weld the 2 pipes together and stick the v-band clamp farther down the pipe.

I am holding out on the Speed INC alternator pending your results literally... My PTK alternator has a crappy belt arrangement, but the only real problem is that it doesn't charge enough down low. There is no reason for me to ditch it for a setup with the same issue.

As for getting clear of the knuckle... If you don't have a sway bar it's EASY, just raise the downpipe. If you are keeping the swaybar, about 1/4-3/8" will need to come off of inside of the mount to get the clearance needed to get it to pull up tight and miss the knuckle.
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Old Jan 2, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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Frost,

What i may do is going to autozone or murrays and match up an alternator with the same setup, but higher amps. The alternator from the speedinc kit is from a early 90s tahoe so there has to be a higher amp alternator that was stock. Maybe towing package or something?

Aside from the voltage issue, there are 0 belt issues. So once we get a good alternator matched up, we should be golden.
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Old Jan 2, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Monello
Thanks guys =)

Just fired the car up, its been sleeping for the past 2 months. Was great to take it around the block and break the tires loose lol.

I need to work on my alternator. The volts are very very low. I need to either get a smaller pulley or get a higher amp alternator.

Another small issue is the steering stem hits the down pipe a little. So when I turn it almost doesnt want to turn the wheel unless you give it a little force. So I may end up going to a performance shop and having them either cut the downpipe and raise it a little, or weld the 2 pipes together and stick the v-band clamp farther down the pipe.

I just cut and raised it up since i'm not using a sway bar since mine hits too.
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Old Jan 2, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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Im keeping the sway bar on mine since i love taking high speed turns =p.

Frost, do you mean the swaybar mount that needs to be cut and raised?
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Old Jan 2, 2009 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Monello
Im keeping the sway bar on mine since i love taking high speed turns =p.

Frost, do you mean the swaybar mount that needs to be cut and raised?
I'm all bout the straights you can have curves.
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Old Jan 2, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Monello
Im keeping the sway bar on mine since i love taking high speed turns =p.

Frost, do you mean the swaybar mount that needs to be cut and raised?
get your pipes loose and look, If you take a bit off the inside of the sway bar mount, you can move the piping such you will get steering knuckle clearance.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 07:55 AM
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Hey Frost, I am doing this same kit, I also am the guy that Pmed you about the Alternator relo bracket. The alternator that the guy sent me is supposed to be a 140amp alternator. Oh and I know you said you had problems with the PTK bracket, but the one that I have seems to line up the pulleys good maybe I will get lucky.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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Thanks frost, im going to have to try that out.

Still in the process of trying to buy a house down the street from me that I will be renting out. But it has a 2 and a half car garage, that is going to be awesome for working on cars. Once that gets secured, and I get a heater in there, I will start working on the car again.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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looks good
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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Don't forget to post up numbers when you get a chance.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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Nice Budget Build! I wanna see some numbers
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