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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 08:40 PM
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engine after mine dies

I just saw this and i am going to replace my 6 with it in a while, i never wanted to put an 8 in it but it is just cool, here look
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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 08:56 PM
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they had a car just like that on e-bay, bids started at 5k... i think its gone now
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Old Jan 14, 2002 | 09:14 PM
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also, where would be the best place to get an engine from, a complete one?
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 09:53 AM
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If you're going to put a blower on it, your best bet is a junkyard engine. Strip it to a block, have a magnaflux done (checks for cracks in the block, and any other parts you want them to do), if the block's okay, have all the machine work done to it, and rebuild it yourself with the parts meant for it.
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 04:44 PM
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is that legal though, because someone told me that i cant have something over 4 inches from the top of my hood?
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 05:36 PM
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4 inches from the hood is true.
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 06:17 PM
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the only reason that i want to do that is because i like the look, i wonder if i could just put the scoop on my hood because i like the scoop, do you think that i could if i put an LS1 in my car
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 06:23 PM
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Dont let me burst ur bubble, but do u realize how much it will cost to do a v8 swap? ls1-4k t56 or 4l60e-2k, motor mounts, radiator, fans, and trans crossmember-500, computer, wiring harness-500, miscellaneous parts-250. Time? lots. The blown motor u put a picture of, the blower itself is 2600 dollars, look in jegs or summit. i think because it looks good is the WRONG pretences to do something of this magnitude.
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 09:21 PM
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If ya want a blower... did you know there's blowers available for our 2.8's? Only for carb or tbi tho, so maybe convert to tbi off junkyard parts, then cut the hole in the hood
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 10:37 PM
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It takes alot of money to be that tacky, thats what I want for my Firebird.
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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 10:46 PM
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Guess we said fu(k it to the sleeper effect
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Old Jan 16, 2002 | 03:33 PM
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I saw this in the second poster's profile: 12 hp guarunteed from floor matts? Am I misreading something?
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