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Old Sep 3, 2014 | 01:43 PM
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Default Ultimate LS4 Buildup ??? You tell me.
"814 insane horsepower and 768 crazy lb-ft. of torque"

Read more: http://www.superchevy.com/features/1...#ixzz3CI0bDGMf
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I wonder how much he spent on this build. Guessing 30K.
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It's not even an ls4
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Here is a thread about that car back in 2011 and the owner posted many times in it and shared lots of pictures.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls4-perfo...nte-carlo.html

That build was way, way north of $100K.
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The biggest letdown of this build was that none of the parts like the balancer or other stuff we could benefit from in the ls4 community, its a awesome carthough
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Get rid of the stupid hood though. I guess the only thing that might be ok on the hood is the early 90's turbo Grand Prix inspired louvers but nothing more.
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The biggest letdown of this build was that none of the parts like the balancer or other stuff we could benefit from in the ls4 community, its a awesome carthough
Oh yes there is...I have one of the balancers that he had made. BHJ made them for him. I've had it for about two years now, but have yet to install it on my car. Not sure if BHJ would make another though.
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Oh yes there is...I have one of the balancers that he had made. BHJ made them for him. I've had it for about two years now, but have yet to install it on my car. Not sure if BHJ would make another though.
When I called them last year they said they didn't have any and would be a one customer sale type thing. Or else I'd have bought one
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Supposedly everything on the hood is 100% functional. He was getting way too hot with a regular hood.
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Why didnt he do old school louvered hood.
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