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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 01:37 PM
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yep newbie here, came over from s-series forum. in the process of doing massive reasearch to drop an ls1 into the s10. right now just got the 4.3 with a little 50 shot since its the daily driver. no track times cause i know it isn't ready for that and its my dailiy driver for now.

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and here is a pic of the ride hieght.......all static as the window says


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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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Welcome to the site... you came to the right place to do your research!
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 06:09 PM
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Welcome! Does the 50 shot give you any seat of the pants feel?
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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Damn that thing is low, nice ride though.
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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 09:51 PM
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Nice ride, welcome!
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Transcoupled
Welcome! Does the 50 shot give you any seat of the pants feel?
just enought to make me want more.........i mean really, why invest 4 grand to put some airride on a truck, when a few grand more that ls1 will look twice as good


thanks for the compliments, look forward to learning as researching all my questions, and boy do i have some
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 09:39 AM
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I had a bagged Extreme. Loved it besides replacing shocks all the damn time. Anyways welcome to the site!
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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welcome fellow minitrucker. i got a 99 x 4.3 auto. i came here to do the exact same thing!
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