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Old May 13, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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been waiting to install this for a while and finally got it put on thanks to sr71bbjr a local member on here and great guy, let me know what you think. thanks
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Old May 13, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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I think it looks like a silver ls6
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Old May 13, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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looks good man did you install the ported throttle bodie too? notice much of a difference?
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yea il be putting the ported tb i did on this weekend im going to do a little more to it first but i do have another ported one on there. i think theres is a nice difference in it, i got on it to see and it cherpt second hard and its never done that before? specially in higher RPMs you can tell.
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looks like it's time to paint some valve covers to me bro! :-)
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nice dude, you buy it already painted?
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nice dude, you buy it already painted?
No he did all the prep work and painted it himself. Took alot of work to smooth it out but it was well worth it. Looks better in person.
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Looks good, but why not paint it NBM?
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Looks good, but why not paint it NBM?
NBM is a dark color and the silver helps brighten up the look of the enginebay.
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No he did all the prep work and painted it himself. Took alot of work to smooth it out but it was well worth it. Looks better in person.
looks really good in the pics
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thanks everyone yea i did the paint myself, i thought about NBM but just decided to go silver.
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Originally Posted by sr71bbjr
looks like it's time to paint some valve covers to me bro! :-)
you want to help with those to? lol, how hard are those to take off and on?
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hey chris that looks good bro
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you want to help with those to? lol, how hard are those to take off and on?
I can do it. Its not to bad.
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