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Old 03-13-2011, 10:11 PM
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hey everyone, some friends and I installed a 228r 110lsa from texas speed in my car yesterday around 3pm and finished about 5am. We also installed an ls6 oil pump, ls2 timing chain, pac 1518 beehive springs and 7.4 pushrods. Here is a clip from today, the car will be going in for a tune on tuesday

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Sounds great. Nice job.
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I hear music!
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Sounds really good dude.
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Sounds great
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Sounds good....who is doing the tuning?
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Brett at xp in Oklahoma city. Thanks everyone for the comments !
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Sounds great, I love the 228R.
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Sounds great. 228r from Texas Speed is a nice choice.
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Sounds awesome. Im putting together my parts list for a trex install in the next week or so.
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Excellent thump.
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sounds very nice. I like the specs. This may be one of my final considerations!
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Thanks
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trey, the dyno tune is the max rush!
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Im pretty nervous about the dyno. Lol
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Cam sounds great man. Sounds rowdy for a pretty mild cam and should drive great. Good choice!

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thats everyone again. I highly recommend Texas Speed. I really need my cam by last friday and they made sure that it happened (at 930am at that). Thanks TEXAS SPEED. Now going to get the car ready for the tune!
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has a very nice rumble to it, hope it all does well
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Good choice on the cam you will love the way it drives ..
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Sounds awesome. I've been shopping cams for the past couple weeks and Texas Speed and Vengeance Racing are my top two choices so far. Just cant decide on how big I want to go... my Camaro is my DD


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