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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 12:35 PM
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My LS6 swap

I don't recall if I ever posted my gallery...the paint is finishing up today or tomorrow. Interior is next year, if fund allow.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...8&l=e0b23f3e8a
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 05:55 PM
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Nice work!

Interesting idea for the exhaust routing! I bet its whisper quiet inside the car!

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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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One pics shows an exhaust pipe under the pan like normal, but another pic suggests the crossover pip goes OVER the tranny.....How is the exhaust done?
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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Re: My LS6 swap

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Nice work!

Interesting idea for the exhaust routing! I bet its whisper quiet inside the car!

-jason
I wanted lots of clearance, quiet, and cats (kinda goes with quiet). It passed inspection and even though they only need to do a visual inspectino I asked them to sniff it to see...and it still would have passed. It is quiet and I love it. Its quiet enough I was behind some dumbarse mustang that had no mufflers and I could not hear own exhaust...so I passed him
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 06:19 PM
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Re: My LS6 swap

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One pics shows an exhaust pipe under the pan like normal, but another pic suggests the crossover pip goes OVER the tranny.....How is the exhaust done?
I imagine the picture you are refering to is the one that shows the Y-pipe and thats coming down from the right (passenger) manifold. I can see how it looks like it goes over the tranny. Basically its ran exactly as stock. In 3" of course.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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DAMN nice job... I looked at the body restoration... I seriously wanna do that to my car... Take everything off, all panels, and just paint everything and get the whole body fresh again... One day haha!
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 10:05 PM
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Nice, you roll around the UNCC area much? Quite a few 3rd gen camaros there

One pics shows an exhaust pipe under the pan like normal, but another pic suggests the crossover pip goes OVER the tranny.....How is the exhaust done?
Its eactly like a 3rd gen Fbody is routed. DR side comes strait down then in front of the pan and routed back at the Y (T pipe). Pass side comes down just in time to join up and exit in the factory style catback location

Nothing goes over the trans
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 02:34 AM
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Re: My LS6 swap

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Nice, you roll around the UNCC area much? Quite a few 3rd gen camaros there



Its eactly like a 3rd gen Fbody is routed. DR side comes strait down then in front of the pan and routed back at the Y (T pipe). Pass side comes down just in time to join up and exit in the factory style catback location

Nothing goes over the trans
Nope, mine stays around Mint Hill. It'll be at AutoFair this weekend though. In GMMOC, not the f-body club.
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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Not really a beauty on the outside, but it's definitely a beast! I love that blue you used on the intake / engine bay though.
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 04:15 AM
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Not really a beauty on the outside, but it's definitely a beast! I love that blue you used on the intake / engine bay though.
Paint is basically done, I just uploaded a couple of pics. No emblems or foglights yet but you get the idea. They are on the last page.
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