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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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Okay here are more pic's of the install and some of the intake as well. It fits fine under the hood for those that wanted to know..
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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What I have left to do is the following:

1... finish up the ruturn for the fuel systel as you can see in one of the
pictures ------------------ DONE

2....find an upper rad. hose ----- DONE

3...finish up the wiring of the stock pcm so my factory gauges work

4...install the Kirkey seats

5....new seat belts

6....get it alligned

7...dyno-chassi tunned


hit the track

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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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Well I tried to put all of the awesome smilies in here but I exceeded the smilie limit.

Speechless... I'm still curious how much that whole setup ran you I want one!
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 10:12 PM
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Everything about this who set up is custom... The $$$$$ amount is up there and then some... Hopefully in about 2 weeks I'll have the #'s for this set up...

Wayne
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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Man...



...That explains it all
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 12:04 AM
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Okay got the upper rad hose all figured out and in... Another notch off of the list..
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 12:09 AM
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Nice !!

Why do I get the feeling that your rear sway bar isn't going to cut it for you!
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 12:13 AM
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Oh ya I have a bmr rear anti sway HD kit that also needs to be welded in as well..
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I am speechless...or typeless.
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custom sheetmetal intake? How well does it flow and how much did it cost?
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 09:39 AM
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Well now I know what I'll do if my 346 ever locks up...
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 09:42 AM
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that looks awesome..keep up the great work
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:54 PM
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Update... tonight the fuel system is 100% and the upper rad. hose is all in and tight as well...
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:22 PM
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looks killer man....... im sure it will run that way too...... im not sure if u realize who i am but im the guy u raced that one night up off 202.... with the red lt1 ss....my car will be back out sometime ..... we can race again then..... but im sure ur cars gonna run real good..... ill be at track on sat witha customer car u should stop down..... it should run good..408,powerglide, 350 shot......
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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Ya I remember that night... last time I race anyone when my car isn't ready for a race.. you know what I mean and as for another race no problem I'll be all dressed up for ya so the BS doesn't start again... other then that being said ya that car should run nicely.. what track? I'll be hitting my motor as well with about a 300 dp shot as well. just finishing it all up and gonna start the tunning soon.. got my weight down on the vehicle as well hopefully.. been doing some light weight mods and removing some of the non essentials as well. keep in touch bud.. look forward to another race
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Originally Posted by Tatoy
Ya I remember that night... last time I race anyone when my car isn't ready for a race.. you know what I mean and as for another race no problem I'll be all dressed up for ya so the BS doesn't start again... other then that being said ya that car should run nicely.. what track? I'll be hitting my motor as well with about a 300 dp shot as well. just finishing it all up and gonna start the tunning soon.. got my weight down on the vehicle as well hopefully.. been doing some light weight mods and removing some of the non essentials as well. keep in touch bud.. look forward to another race

haha yeah it was a good race non the les.... ill be goin to cecil on sat..... the car has been 9.2 on a 350 letting off at 1000 foot... it was running out of gear.... we had a 3.70 in it... i just changed it to a 3.50 gear..... so it shoudl run good..... its been 9.73 at 139 on a 150 shot.... so im curious to see what it runs on sat..... ur motor looks killer..... bryan and pecos are good people...... they also went to a good school hehe.... i also went there thats how i know them.....
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 12:20 AM
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Ya I was just at atco for a track rental with my buddy that was in my car that night with me. he did good 9.20 @ 149 mph and it's got alot more in it as well. tunning it all day and only made 2 semi full passes in it..see ya around --
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looks killer
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quite sweet indeed
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How does the intake flow? Just curious. Also how much did it cost you? I`m needing one for my
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