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Old 11-13-2001, 03:42 PM
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Default !Free Mods

!=Remove <img src="images/icons/grin.gif" border="0">

-Free Ram-Air (!FRA)
-Fernco coupler mod (3"x3" or 3"x4")
-!Cutout
-Raise Air Box
-Ported Throtte Body
-Torque Trap
-Nostrils cut out on hood (Firebird only)
-Seal Air Box
-Bent metal lip down under air box
-Air Filter Screen / Panty Hose Mod
-Port MAF (!MAF)
-!MAF Screen
-Port & Polish Throttle Body
-Cut EGR (!EGR)
-Timing Tricker (!TT)
-Throttle Body coolant by-pass (!TB)
-!Thermostat
-Short belt (51 inches)
-Grind throttle stop to 4.6 volts
-!A/C belt
-Front tires at 45 psi (warm)
-Hollow Log
-!Collector mod
-!Muffler
-Knock Desensitizer Circuit
-!Air pump
-Fan switch
-!Bellows
-Ram Air Tubes
-!Silencers


Of course weight reduction...

Anything else out there ?

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Old 11-13-2001, 03:46 PM
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Don't forget the !passenger mod. <img src="images/icons/wink.gif" border="0">
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Default Re: !Free Mods

That falls under weight reduction <img src="images/icons/wink.gif" border="0">
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Default Re: !Free Mods

lockup switch
nostrils cut in hood (firebird only)

isnt the fernco mod and !bellows the same? you mean baffles out of the hood, right?


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Default Re: !Free Mods

pictures of t-stat mod:

Thermostat

Where to put spacer in housing

How t-stat is assembled

example of spacer

where spacer is placed, assembled t-stat

a .090" spacer will give a ~170' temp, and I was thinking an 1/8-inch was ~160'.

Ryan

- I got those from TECH-LS1 by the way. This was originally Steve's thermostat modification.

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On the coupler mod "-Fernco coupler mod (3"x3")"
I used a 3x4". It seemed to fit better. I could not get a 3x3 to fit. Just FYI.

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I got the free ram air!!

and !BACKSEAT
Old 11-14-2001, 02:36 PM
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I got the SLP Airbox MOD <img src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" />
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Thats always a good one... <img src="images/icons/smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" /> <img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[Burnout]" />
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John, how exactly did you do your !Air pump mod?
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Remove your air pump, block off the air tubes. It's under the drivers headlight.
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what good does the short belt do you if you are not skipping over any acessories.. or are you skipping the ps pump?

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Yep, Dave... you answered your own question <img src="images/icons/wink.gif" border="0">
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What exactly does the "Hallow Log" mod do ?
Old 11-14-2001, 11:21 PM
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Tell me why you would take out your air pump??

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[quote]Originally posted by LS1UltraZ:
<strong>Tell me why you would take out your air pump??

Sean</strong><hr></blockquote>

Saves about 7lbs and cleans up the engine compartment quite bit.

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[quote]Originally posted by BlackWS6:
<strong>What exactly does the "Hallow Log" mod do ?</strong><hr></blockquote>

From what I have seen it allows the stock exhaust manifold to flow better by gutting it.

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I've never been a big fan of the throttle body bypass mod, as I feel that since the throttle body doesn't get hot in steady highway driving, or with repeated back to back passes down the strip, that bypassing the coolant through it won't help performance in any way at all.
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i dont know if the tb bypass works performance wise, but there is a temp difference. In my many attempts to put a fernco tube between the tb and maf, ive felt my tb plenty hot even after only driving around little (ambients around here at the time were 85-90+), and after i did the bypass i can cruise or hot rod for an extended amount of time and set my hand on the tb right after i stop and it isnt hot to the touch. maybe its just me. i dont know.

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Most people will say that the air doesn't touch the tb long enough to get heated by it. I say every little bit helps some how.

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