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Old 10-21-2018, 03:18 AM
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im back after a few years of being gone . got rid of my 92 rs . now im back with a 88 iroc z . im putting a 5.3 with a 7875 turbo . th400 tranny im putting a stage 2 btr turbo cam
right now im jus buying parts . hopefully ill get the engine in the car in the spring

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i got a 5.3 coming today . should have old engine out an new engine installed in two weeks
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lm7 . 2001 05.3 with 225000 miles no knock doesnt burn oil

lm7 . 2001 05.3 with 225000 miles no knock doesnt burn oil
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im going with a speedmaster intake an a 92 mm throttle body https://www.hotrod.com/articles/20-l...ifolds-tested/

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Interested to see how this turns out.
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Interested to see how this turns out.
thanks man im gonna get it running na then over the winter put a 7875 turbo on it should be around 500-550 whp
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thanks man im gonna get it running na then over the winter put a 7875 turbo on it should be around 500-550 whp
Nice. Should scoot along quite nicely with 500 hp.
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Nice. Should scoot along quite nicely with 500 hp.
im hoping for low 10s around 130 ish
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I need a MIG.
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I need a MIG.
i got one .im thinking about a spool gun . then a friend sent me this video . hopefully it works good an saves me 200 bucks on a spool gun
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i got one .im thinking about a spool gun . then a friend sent me this video . hopefully it works good an saves me 200 bucks on a spool gun
From the video it seems like it would work fine for occasional use. If you are planning on doing a lot of aluminum welding, I think I would spring for the spool.
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got the engine on the stand today .
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jason donate older style iroc wheels
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the old locked up l98 350 waiting to get pulled
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i jus ordered the summit stage 2 turbo cam . anybody know what length pushrods im gonna need ?
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i just ordered a gt45 ebay turbo with oil lines https://www.ebay.com/itm/GT45-V-Band...947b%7Ciid%3A1
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i bought the fuel lines i gpt a 450 fuel pump . got sum decapped truck injecters that flow tested at 75.4 . i got the accessarys an brackets an a truck wiring harness an ecu from a 02 truck .im picking up a th350 with a shift kit tommorrow . about ready to start putting it all together

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i gpt the th350 now i need torque converter an tans crss member an lines
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PARTS AN PRICES TO DATE
: windsheild 40.00 ls swap motor mounts 30.00 t4 merge pipe 26.00 blowoff valve 3" pipe 20.00 50 mm blow off valve 40.00 , . fbody oil pan 50 .00 . engine stand 47.00 5.3 lm7 100.00 FBODY OIL PAN 50.00 truck intake 50.00 pushrod tool 25.00 summit stage 2 turbo cam 259.00" carbon fiber hood 300 valve springs an retainers 235 wiring harness ecu truck accessarys an coil packs 165 complete fuel lines 450 pump an decapped 75.4 injecters 300 th350 w shift kit 150
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i run into a problem putting last 4 springs in . air pressure kept leaking down an valve was dropping . so im gonna pull heads an go ahead an change lifters to ls7 lifters an a ls9 head gasket an arp head bolts. trick flow duel springs .600 lift

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super auto two piece truck intake 68 dollars
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i traded the th350 for a 06 gto t56 . i also got the cam in yesterday
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im thinking about using holley terminater x to tune this . i was gonna use hp tuners but i think this will work better . whats everybodys opinions or experiences
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super auto two piece truck intake 68 dollars

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i ordered
speed engineering headers since im gonna run na for a while

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i ordered nitto nt555g2 285/35/18 front an 295/40/18 rear
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i just ordered a b&m shifter for the 700r4
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i ordered a set of 243 heads refurbished .
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