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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:58 PM
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Just finished my conversion to the LS1 lid setup! Initial seat of the pants is the car feels different compared to the Moroso, feels like it's pulling harder. Going to try to go to GLD tomorrow to see what it runs .

When i researched doing this seems people had to hack up the lower airbox. The hacking I did was around the two inner bolts that we don't use and opening up the full airbox from below. I didn't have to hack too much on the bottom to get it to lay flat. overall not too hard and not too time consuming! Used the fernco 3" to 3" from home depot. Also had to separate the wire look a little to get the IAT harness to reach over to the other side. Also, the MAF harness was a little tight, so I rotated the MAF around a bit so that there is a little slack in the wiring.

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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 01:12 PM
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You should expect to see roughly 2tenths,thats what i got over the Moroso
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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Wat hood do u have
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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Oh I see in your sig u have the 98+ front end. Correct?
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Oh I see in your sig u have the 98+ front end. Correct?
correct. Did all the conversion at the same time.

I still had to modify the lower airbox slightly, I just wanted it to be flat on the radiator support and it won't lay flat without cleaning it up underneath.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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looks good
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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Nice job bro, whats your car look like now with the new front end? Do you have before and after pics
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:12 PM
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Looks good man! I noticed what seemed to be a crisper throttle response when I did mine. U can check it out if you bring your car on by Tuesday.
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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Looks good man! I noticed what seemed to be a crisper throttle response when I did mine. U can check it out if you bring your car on by Tuesday.

thanks mike, 7pm or so? I'll send you text on Tuesday during the day to confirm.
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Originally Posted by robsquikz28
Nice job bro, whats your car look like now with the new front end? Do you have before and after pics
no after pics, right now it's polo green with a black front end on it and a primer SS hood that still needs some more adjusting. ugg...wish I had a shop, this stuff would go so much faster, but it's a hobby and I'm not in too much of a rush
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If you still have your old upper radiator shroud I'd buy it off you if it's not broken
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thanks mike, 7pm or so? I'll send you text on Tuesday during the day to confirm.
Sounds good, 815-219-3353
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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looks good, im gettins the parts together to do mine. if its 2 tenths over the moroso, wonder what it will be over the pos ebay short ram i have . seems like a smarter and cheaper way to go rather then a moroso or lingenfelter CAI.
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