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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 07:53 AM
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Been the owner of a 98' ws6 trans am for almost 2 years now, had the car apart last year and installed a cam .566 .568 lift 112 lobe seperation and double roller timing chain hooker headers off road y-pipe exhaust and all new bearings. the TA is once again apart recieving a set of stage 2 heads, slp oil pump, holley intake shaft mount rockers and mabye a meziere water pump. dont care how long it takes as i have only put about 3k miles on it in 2 years this car is my baby but i still cant wait till it's done.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 11:55 AM
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:20 PM
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 01:53 PM
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welcome bigken, glad to have you here
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 02:32 PM
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thanks, good to be here guys. Got a question for you mabye someone can help me with. i was installing a slp oil pump on my T/A and I managed to over tighten the pump to block bolts and they just kept spinning and when i pulled one of the bolts out it had aluminum from the block on the threads. will re-tapping the holes work or will i have to heli coil to holes..anyone have any experience with this???....
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 03:23 PM
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you'll probably have to heli coil it.http://www.ls1howto.com/ has all the torque specs
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 03:28 PM
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thats actually where i got the torque specs.. 18ft lbs for the pump to block bolts think the wrench was just no good cant catch a break
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 03:29 PM
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doh! ahh it happens
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Old Feb 21, 2005 | 08:02 AM
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thanks guys, hey b-man where did you get the panel between the taillights painted???... looks nice my t/a is white as well i was just thinking about having the red bird replaced with a white decal but the whole thing painted white i have never seen..
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