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Old Mar 28, 2003 | 12:31 AM
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Fire in the hole!!!!

I was just thinking about my last project, carb to TPI swap, and decided to post these pics for the people who haven't seen them.
I think they are pretty cool,




and here is the Video.
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Old Mar 28, 2003 | 01:05 AM
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ya i got that movie, that was really cool, nice lil flame
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Old Mar 28, 2003 | 01:11 AM
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i saw that also! it didnt hurt anything did it?
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Old Mar 28, 2003 | 01:18 AM
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Originally posted by MdFormula350
i saw that also! it didnt hurt anything did it?
If it did, oh well. That motor combo is long gone.
It did get me a 14.1 @ 99mph, though. I could have gotten a high 13 out of her if the guy in front of me didn't break down at the last minute of the night. I was soooo pissed, being the next car to run and this dudes car takes a dump and they call it a night.
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Old Mar 28, 2003 | 11:11 AM
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what happened?
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Old Mar 28, 2003 | 11:39 AM
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Zepher, I still can't believe you traded that intake, it was really nice.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 01:44 AM
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Originally posted by mat89RS
Zepher, I still can't believe you traded that intake, it was really nice.
Ya, only reason I traded it was because of the MAF on the LT1, then I found out that I could run in SD mode. Found out too late though, but I do have an LT4 hot cam.
This intake should be more than adequate,
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 01:46 AM
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Originally posted by NJITIROC
what happened?
Ecm wasn't firing the injectors because I forgot to wire a 12v ignition power to it and the flame was started fluid backfiring out of the intake.
Car was very very loud, had open headers in there.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 02:03 AM
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WOW! That must have been scary!
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 02:06 AM
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 02:08 AM
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That looks scary.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 08:46 AM
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can someone send me or repost the link to the video? It says h is bandwith limit was exceeded
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 02:50 PM
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Did I exceed my bandwidth? I've got 30gigs/month bandwidth!
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 03:14 PM
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Is that the motor blowing up?
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 06:42 PM
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Is that the motor blowing up?
No, it's just spitting out fire.
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 07:17 PM
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Hmm, fire coming out the intake.... Dammit, you must have put the cam in upside down!!!!
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 07:27 PM
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Hmm, fire coming out the intake.... Dammit, you must have put the cam in upside down!!!!
Maybe that is what happened.
Do you think I should flip it over?
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 07:30 PM
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Yea, probably.. Just make sure that when you flip it over, you also flip the crank over...
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 04:57 AM
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Originally posted by Ward
Yea, probably.. Just make sure that when you flip it over, you also flip the crank over...
Oh, ya, don't want to forget that.
Should I repack my muffler bearings too while I am doing all this work?
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