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

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Old Mar 10, 2011 | 08:47 AM
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Well when my cost of materials = $0 and my cost of labor = maybe $8 in china buffet every 2 weeks for a month plus a plate of cookies. I'll take that ANYDAY!! If in 18-24 months the paint looks like ****, well by then I'll re-do the right way because I should hopefully have a job. Until then, I'm gonna be the cheapest son of a bitch around but I'm still gonna get **** done and I'm gonna go fast LIKE RICKY BOBBY!! haha

btw. I'm currently unemployed so that's why I'm being so cheap.
Oh, sorry Jason, I didn't realize you weren't working. Sorry.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 09:08 AM
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Are you going to make this your build thread Jason?
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 11:10 AM
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yea when i start gettin **** to build. I need the motor to help start the process. once i get that then this will become the build thread.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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lol i need a motor too
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 12:44 PM
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lol i need a motor too
What happened to the one under your Christmas tree?
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Its at the machine shop gettin a new block, billet splayed caps, half fill, new pistons, balanced etc. hope its done soon
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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haha well I put my new harbor freight engine stand together in the apt. living room tonight so that was fun. This weekend I'm gonna work on getting my cam out of the old block at Mike's (Black94z28)house so I can see what condition it's in, if it's good I'm gonna re-use it, if not then AC I'm gonna have to see if your cam is still available and the specs on it.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by am_muscl
haha well I put my new harbor freight engine stand together in the apt. living room tonight so that was fun. This weekend I'm gonna work on getting my cam out of the old block at Mike's (Black94z28)house so I can see what condition it's in, if it's good I'm gonna re-use it, if not then AC I'm gonna have to see if your cam is still available and the specs on it.
Dude, I spent 2 hours steam cleaning your carpets, you better not mess them up!
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 07:40 PM
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Dude, I already messed up the carpet from the back door to the tv... can you come back out and re clean it for me??
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Old Mar 13, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 10:26 PM
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UPDATES!! Front Fenders are primed!! I'm expecting to have the car fully in primer within the next two weeks and the car fully painted by the end of the month









Also got the dash painted....IN THE SNOW OUTSIDE!!! which suprisingly turned out flawlessly!!


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I cant believe you posted the pic of me with the rattle cans...anyways, I always look like a ratard in all your pics you take of me! BTW, this was all done in an apartment parking garage!
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:23 AM
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good progress guys. can't wait to see it in person!
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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 11:05 AM
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Ghetto engineering at its best! lol
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Wow Mike in that first pic it looks like you've been inhaling those fumes. lol
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Originally Posted by SmokedOutZ28
Wow Mike in that first pic it looks like you've been inhaling those fumes. lol
yeah, jason asked me to do a stupid pose for his project Rattle Can Thread lol
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lol at mike
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Originally Posted by Black94Z28
yeah, jason asked me to do a stupid pose for his project Rattle Can Thread lol
Take that as a learning experience lol
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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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That a 4 inch Cowl on that thing???

How is seeing over it because im looking into a 4 inch for my bird
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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 11:10 PM
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yea glasstek 4 inch cowl. it's not bad at all to see over. on a t/a those raptor hoods are badass.

but today I picked up some nice stock casting ported lt1 heads today from fatlt1. GOOD GUY!! so I'm gonna be selling my stock heads that were cleaned and decked, helicoiled, with new valve stem seals, pac beehive springs, new locks and retainers, and the choice of either 7/16" or 3/8" rocker arm studs. They have 0 miles on them with literally 15 seconds of run time since the cleaning and decking. The valves are stock valves, but the rest of the valvetrain has less that 1k miles. The casting is also the 643 casting which is one of 2 castings required for a core for their max ported lt1 heads.

So up for sale are these for $350 shipped:








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