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did some work today for my project.

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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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i took the whole 9" apart today cleaned all the gear oil out of it scraped the old gasket off wire brushed the rust and old paint off brushed rust remover on and will be painting it tomorrow.i hav to change the 4.33 gears to the 3.70s i have andthen ill put it back together and hopefully get it in the car. ill post befor and after pics up tomorrow morning
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Thats it?? **** i thought you would be done and have it all together by now??
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alright we will be waiting for the pictures lol
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well i would lol but the acid that strips the rust takes 24hrs to work fully then i have to paint it. it was rusting pretty good. but now im movin and will keep updating this as i put the rear suspension together. ill have pics of the whole install
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ill be paintin it up tonight then ill be changin the gears sometime and wen i get paid on the 15th ill be gettin the DS








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Glad to hear it's coming along. Gonna be nice when it's all finished up bro!
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i no i can not wait! im also excited cuz ill be able to stop pouring money into it to fix things lik b4 since everything will be brand new. cant wait to see wat it runs next year!
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Any plans on a head/cam swap?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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buildin a 383 probably goin AI 200cc heads with a nice big custom cam and a 200 shot. were goin solid roller as well
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Damn that's gonna be insane when you are finished! Better get a wheelie bar...lol
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its a 6 speed they dont pull the wheels that high
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You should put that theory to the test and spray that 200 shot from the dig..ha ha
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i will be lol ill be gettin a micro edge controller but just for saftey things ill be attempting to spray it out of the whole hopefully all the money ive spent so far for suspension will pay off
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Well I look forward to some videos on this one..
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will do ill keep updates on the build but probably in different threads seems that one thread doesnt get as muh interest
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This thing is gonna be MEAN!!!!!!!
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hav some updates after 12hrs of sanding and scotch brighting this thing we got it primered. it looks great!


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finally finished paintin it tonight looks great!! these pictures dont do it justice.


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That Looks awesome!!! Good work man!
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