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Old Jun 5, 2015 | 05:50 PM
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Spoke with a BTR Rep today and was informed their Trunion Kit is on back order... Sourcing a kit locally now. :/
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Parts just started coming out when we were removing the old block earlier, haha.







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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 09:20 PM
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Cool to see the pieces of the puzzle slowly start coming together........ quite the contrast compared to the catastrophic dismantling......
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Originally Posted by A.R. Shale Targa
Cool to see the pieces of the puzzle slowly start coming together........ quite the contrast compared to the catastrophic dismantling......
I'm beyond excited to have this thing up and running How hard is it to steer if you leave stock rack in and no PS Pump?

I am dropping off most of the internal parts tomorrow for my engine guy to assemble.

Ordering fuel fittings/hose Friday. By the look of things, it'll be up by end of this month provided I don't miss any more parts, haha.

Alternator Relocation bracket came in today too!
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Old Jun 11, 2015 | 02:01 PM
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Finally showed up today!

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Was tearing into it Tuesday and snagged these photos.











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Old Jun 21, 2015 | 08:34 PM
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Awesome thread!!!! i should be in bed right now to get to work early but this sucked me in like a great book or suspenseful movie!!!! The ups n downs are amazing and heartbreaking at the same time!!!! How are things going???
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Old Jun 23, 2015 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by downfrog
Awesome thread!!!! i should be in bed right now to get to work early but this sucked me in like a great book or suspenseful movie!!!! The ups n downs are amazing and heartbreaking at the same time!!!! How are things going???
Hahaha, guess that's a good way to explain this whole build thread!

I just dropped off the last few bolts to my engine guy so we should have the new block in the car by end of the month hopefully.

Still waiting to order my fuel fittings though as it's another couple hundred.

So we're looking at maybe mid July before she's going to be fired up and running again.

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Old Jul 2, 2015 | 06:02 PM
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Marty Thomson over on the Boosted LSX page on facebook hooked me up and saved me close to $100 on my AN stuff.

It's coming down to the wire as I have an event the 31st. 29 days left to drop the engine in and get it tuned/dialed in!

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Old Jul 3, 2015 | 10:19 PM
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Not much left of that oil pan! Let me know how the cx racing kit works out I was pondering over it myself!
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Cant wait to see the boosted ls2 results nice thread. poor 5.3s lol
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Old Jul 5, 2015 | 11:16 AM
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Cant wait to see the boosted ls2 results nice thread. poor 5.3s lol
Me too! We're so close to having it all finished.
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Old Jul 14, 2015 | 04:06 PM
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Figured I should upgrade some of the suspension before it's all finished.

Waiting on my torque arm to be finished, BMR said they had to build it.





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sub'd. Nice build thread, you have definitely had yours up and downs! Keep it up, it will be awesome once you are done.
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Old Jul 15, 2015 | 02:05 PM
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Why trust the used springs I bought for $80, haha.


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Awesome build you've got going, can't wait to see it finished. I see you're in Jacksonville as well, where are you having the engine work done?
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Awesome build you've got going, can't wait to see it finished. I see you're in Jacksonville as well, where are you having the engine work done?
What's your name? We have probably have met once or twice if you go out to the meets.

Tracy over at SpeedFab/Tuners Inc is building it for me at the moment.


Got more parts in today today as well. Have everything I need to finish fuel system minus the actual engine in car to measure lengths. Working on fuel bucket now.






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Originally Posted by JordanRN
What's your name? We have probably have met once or twice if you go out to the meets.

Tracy over at SpeedFab/Tuners Inc is building it for me at the moment.


Got more parts in today today as well. Have everything I need to finish fuel system minus the actual engine in car to measure lengths. Working on fuel bucket now.






My name is James, but I haven't been to any of the meets. I haven't had my current camaro for too long, after finally getting into another f-body. Hopefully I'll see you're car around town when it's done.
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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 05:02 PM
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Dual Springs installed today and my torque arm came in!





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