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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 04:51 PM
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Anyone else putting their cars under the proverbial knife this winter?

What I plan on getting done this winter:
-96mm PP Typhoon intake with a matching TB. Whichever I find.
-LS6 valley cover (my intake ports are fukin filthy!.. )
-42# injectors
-Adj FPR
-NGK Tr6 plugs
-Coil Relo
-Nice set of valve covers
-Lid (?? maybe.. FIPK.. ??)
-100MM MAF (or 95 if I can find one cheap enough)



MAYBE some Kooks headers too... LS6 intake is off my car now (for sale) did that earlier in about 20 minutes.. NO I did NOT snap the OPSU. I don't know why/how people keep breaking that...
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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I believe there is a winter build thread on here
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by bayer-z28
Anyone else putting their cars under the proverbial knife this winter?
More like a sawzall!!!

New big cube bullet...(thanks, VSpeed)

New rear...(hell, new driveline; clutch, trans upgrades, etc!)

New wheels/tires...(thanks, Fikse)

New brakes...(thanks, donor CTS-V)

New suspension...(thanks, UMI)

...maybe a little under hood bling too

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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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No such thing as winter here in TX - it's always racing time - haha
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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gotta install everything thats been pilin up the last 6 months.

9 inch
cam
clutch/master cylinder
qa1's
racestars and qtp's
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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Uuugh.. I forgot what it was like to have a pile of parts hanging around. I think I just got bored with the car because I haven't modded it in a while.. I need my fix.
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bayer-z28
Uuugh.. I forgot what it was like to have a pile of parts hanging around. I think I just got bored with the car because I haven't modded it in a while.. I need my fix.
it was really hard lookin at everything all summer. got to the point i wouldnt go outside thru the garage cause i couldnt stand seeing all the parts and not be able to put them on. ive had 4 surgeries on my ankle in the last year and a half so everythings just been collecting dust
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yea i have a pile building now. some stuff in my list i have (noted my a *) and others i hope to pick up for a good price. if new i note new:

243 heads (ported or not dont care)
LS7 lifters
LSR 231/239 .614/.624 113LSA*
LS2 timing chain*
LS6/melling oil pump
Strange S60 w/3.73 gears (mostly street car)


i am gonna use my stock rockers and will only change my pushrods if i have to, i already have comp cams chromoly 7.4 rods
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^ I'd do the PR's dude. They're not that expensive (unless you already have hardened ones.) I taco'd one of my stockers and they may bend more easily with heavier springs.
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Originally Posted by bayer-z28
^ I'd do the PR's dude. They're not that expensive (unless you already have hardened ones.) I taco'd one of my stockers and they may bend more easily with heavier springs.
keep reading after the s60 line..... i had that problem already 2 weeks after i bought the car....downshifted from 3rd to second on a power shift with the crap hurst shifter...and BAM...broke one and bent one. so yea i have chromoly ones now. thanks though.
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ls2 block. itll be done soon.
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Originally Posted by trans_am7935
keep reading after the s60 line..... i had that problem already 2 weeks after i bought the car....downshifted from 3rd to second on a power shift with the crap hurst shifter...and BAM...broke one and bent one. so yea i have chromoly ones now. thanks though.
That's exactly how I bent mine.. I don't really like to admit it.. But I was going to try to get back into a gear to start moving and maybe get sideways at 35 but no.. I mis judged the speed and I think I put it in 2nd or something.. Went to pop the clutch up and WRAAP... I heard the R's peg and immediately floored the clutch again. That was before I did the H/C setup. It was entirely my fault. The trans is built, so that's not is. It was ticking from then till I did the H/C.

We were doing the H/C and I saw the bent one out of the corner of my eye when my buddy was pulling the PR's out...Woah woah! Took em all out of the container and rolled em... Picked out about 5 or 6 bent ones out of the 16 and one was BAD.
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Old Dec 8, 2010 | 03:47 AM
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going to start my winter project i have so much to sell still
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12 bolt w/4.56 gears
Rod bolts
Stage 2 t 56 rebuild
Tsp tru duals
Cme
Ported fast 90
Paint the hood
Sfc
And the suspension will be put together in spring
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Old Dec 8, 2010 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 1fastlsx
going to start my winter project i have so much to sell still
Same here.. Been checking the classifieds and eBay a lot lately too. Trying to find some cheap used parts.

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I believe there is a winter build thread on here
IS that what the "____====WINTER MOD MARKER====____" Threads are for?? I never understood that.
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