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Old 06-26-2005, 11:50 PM
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Well i finally bought my car and i am going to pick her up tomorrow or tuesday, im very excited and i cant wait. the dealership put brand new tires on and new cats, is there any thing i should do once i get it? i was thinking of changing the oil and tranny and rear end fluid just to be safe, what do yall think?
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What kind of car is it?? Change all the fluids to be safe, get a new airfliter, and get the suspension, bushings etc lubricated/serviced, i'd flush the cooling system too, but thats just me, then throw some water wetter in there then go break those new tires in! Oh yea, one last thing, i also hear the the stock ls1 cam is a lil small, and the manifolds would flow alot better if they were long tubes
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id change the spark plugs as well with some NGK tr-55's.
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Oil change. Synthetic oil (mobil 1 0w40 or german castrol or amsoil). Wix, K&N or Mobil 1 oil filter.

New transmission fluid. Any name brand dexron III. (no synthetics)

Rear end fluid could be done if you feel like it.

NGK TR55 plugs.

Will you be doing any mods soon? (cough*torque converter*cough)

Congratulaions.
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its a 2000 red ws6 48k miles, ya i was thinking of changing all the fluids, but you think i should do plugs too? warranty want cover that **** will it?
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Warranty doesn't cover any maintanence. For all you know those are stock plugs in there. Might as well swap them out. Have fun getting to #8. (ps, you might as well install headers and do plugs then. Not only are plugs easy when doing headers, but they are easier with headers than manifolds)
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ya i will probably do the oil my self, and then for the tranny fluid and plugs i will take it up to kwik kar and have them do it
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oh yea, might want to change the fuel filter as well. do the tranny and plugs yourself.




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