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some texas redneck posted:What are your plans for the gauge cluster? Going to try and keep it looking stock and get the tach working with the V8, or custom, or somehow hack the VY cluster in? How about ECU? Since it's out of an 08, I'd think you'd need to get it flashed to get rid of the immobilizer, traction control, etc. That's denmah on youtube most likely. He is insane in all the right ways. ultimateforce posted:Big engine bays: LS The nutjobs at HotRod magazine built a 1200hp junkyard "5.3" LSx with a stock bottom end (complete with rust etching on one bore from sitting in a junkyard with water in the cylinder), changed the ring gap, heads, cam, and two monster turbos and thrashed the poo poo out of it without blowing the engine up, then discovered it was actually a 4.8L. There's a reason I love those drat engines and kinda wish one fit into my build plans.
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Motronic posted:I suppose you could do that. But what are you trying to save in there? The seals that hold the ATF you'll never put in it again? Probably the gears inside that don't like water/dirt  I would probably pump it full of grease and then loop the hoses if I owned one, honestly. Keeps the water and grit out - I know firsthand what happens when some water gets into a power steering pump, it settled down through the hoses into the steering gearbox (regular ol' saginaw style) and a few weeks later the steering felt notchy and grindy, then after a couple months of sitting, it was seized. The pump and box were coming out soon anyways (pump whining, box very loose and leaking from every seal) so I didn't really care, but it would have really sucked if they weren't something I could find in every junkyard in the country for like $50. If you only drive it in fair weather or get lucky it'll be fine, but I try not to rely on things like that.
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