LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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blew a head gasket finally got off my lazy *** and fixed it hahaha
added a few goodies while i did it waiting to do true duals this weekend




another vid before the car took a dump haha

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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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Glad to hear you got it done. I hate swapping heads in car, so much so that I drop the whole engine to do heads/cam swaps.
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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haha i thought about it but it wasnt that bad at all really i was shocked i thought it was gonna be a friggin nightmare but all went pretty well got it dont in a day lol
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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I did mine in the car. It's really not so bad. All it takes is some busted knuckles and a few four lettered words..
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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i had a lot of the four letter words hahahahaha the biggest pain for me was really just the headers lol
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its not all that bad especially if you have no a/c and its in a f body rather than a vette..
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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so got a new prob i posted in another thread but it wont shift at wot from 2nd to 3rd
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more vegas people poppin up!
glad you got her back up and runnin..
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will do i see your stickers everywhere ahhaha
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