!Free Mods
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From: League City, TX
!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 ?
[ November 23, 2001: Message edited by: WILWAXU ]</p>
-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 ?
[ November 23, 2001: Message edited by: WILWAXU ]</p>
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From: Austin, TX
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.
[ November 13, 2001: Message edited by: RyanJackson ]</p>
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.
[ November 13, 2001: Message edited by: RyanJackson ]</p>
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From: Chi-Town, IL
Re: !Free Mods 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]" />
Re: !Free Mods 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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I can shift faster than you.
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From: Baton Rouge, LA
Re: !Free Mods [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.
Jason
<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.
Jason
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From: Houston, Tx
Re: !Free Mods [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.
Marty
<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.
Marty
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From: Mississauga, Ontario
Re: !Free Mods 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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From: Austin, TX
Re: !Free Mods 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.
Ryan
Ryan
