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Adiabatic posted:Why is there no mid-engined GTI in that model? Because that's the reliable daily driver in his stable. 
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sansteele posted:That's a dope door, don't let this guy tell you otherwise. gently caress the GTI, the nutso supercharged V8 swapped Colorado and the nutso supercharged V6 swapped Corolla are both way more interesting. Too bad he doesn't have the WS6 anymore...
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Nov 23, 2014 08:13
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sansteele posted:Goddamn, I haven't seen anything about those. Do you have any kind of thread links, pictures or anything? Looks like his threads have fallen into the archives, and if he posted about them elsewhere I don't know where. He did post this thread about the truck when he put the 6.0L in, but there's not much content.
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Nov 23, 2014 08:21
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sansteele posted:I have archives so nbd, but thanks for that link anyway, goonsir I believe this is the original build thread for the Corolla, although I do not myself have archives to verify this: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2813206
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Nov 25, 2014 02:47
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Also, Costco has (had?) some LED fixtures for $40ish that GarageJournal seems fairly impressed with. I'd expect them to handle cold temperatures better than fluorescents, but that assumes that they aren't the Chinesest things ever.
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Jan 21, 2015 21:44
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kastein posted:It sounds like you need a blower off a 4-53. Those are a bit over half the displacement of your engine, but two stroke, so I suspect that one would work well if geared to run at the same speed as it would on the detroit. Failing that, a 6-71 or 8v71 blower... Don't those generally need the screws moved in tighter to work well on performance applications? I was under the impression that those Detroit blowers needed some work to be effective.
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Jun 29, 2015 01:46
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some texas redneck posted:I almost feel bad for the previous owner of the Tundra now, that really turned into a hell of a flip. Plenty of work, but you should see a nice profit. From his post-mortem, looks like the wrist pin let go, somehow…. defective piston casting, maybe?
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Jul 12, 2015 03:59
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meatpimp posted:Those cars have always been recipients of V8 swaps, but an LSx in there would be perfect. When I originally bought my LM7 and T-56, I was planning on dumping them into an early 240, but I ended up finding the Chevelle first and decided to change up the plans.
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Aug 29, 2015 23:30
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So are you going to just hope that your lack of traction is going to save the T5? 'Cause I thought they were pretty short lived behind stock smaller displacement motors, much less a built 6.0L.
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Aug 30, 2015 13:03
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I'm not going to ask if it's going to be supercharged, because I think that would be a stupid question looking at your other vehicles. Instead I suppose I should ask what kind of supercharger you are going to put on it.
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Sep 9, 2015 05:14
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FuzzKill posted:Yes the truck intake isn't a terrible choice if you have the room, it's just terribly ugly. I think they look pretty decent if you smooth out all the ridges and gusseting and studs and crap but that's a huge time investment - plus it won't fit for me anyway. I do recall that it makes the most torque down low vs. the car intakes, but lacks on the top end. IIRC it lacks compared to the LS6 intake, but it's still better than the car intake in pretty much every way except that it's bulky. It's making me second guess the LS1 intake I put on my 5.3, especially because I haven't decided how I'm going to solve the problem of making it fit with the accessories. Gonna have to buy a new water pump, and those suckers aren't cheap compared to the normal gen1 SBC stuff.
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Sep 12, 2015 05:34
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SouthsideSaint posted:Its cause of this I'm looking for a SBC due to no one wanting to gently caress with carbs or TBI. They are super cheap as always and parts are cheap and easy to fix. I'm trying to buy an apache that's been abandoned for a while but no one is calling me back. I mean I hopped a fence to put multiple notes sealed in a sandwich bag on the truck. Yea it's true that parts are cheaper for gen1 than gen3/4, but you really do end up with a better motor with the late model stuff. It's a lot easier to build a 400HP LM7 than it is to build a 400HP SBC. Plus, the late model stuff has pretty much everything stock that you'd pay extra to upgrade in a gen1. It's got a roller cam and roller pivot rockers (I guess that's one thing they aren't - roller tip), one piece rear main seal. With a gen1 you have to search to get a 4-bolt main, whereas every gen3/4 motor is 6-bolt. I guess it's not a surprise that they can make 600HP on a stock bottom end reliably, and double that if hotrod is to be believed. But yeah, it's nice to have the simplicity of a carbureted gen1 sometimes, although there are certainly drawbacks.
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Sep 12, 2015 22:59
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FuzzKill posted:a lightly used TKO600 [...] for less than half [of $2400] You bastard!  I paid about that much for a T-56, without the clutch or anything like that.
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Sep 24, 2015 06:22
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FuzzKill posted:Lack of updates but not lack of things! I'm a little bit worried about you, because "supercharger" is listed on neither list. Are you OK?
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Dec 12, 2015 22:05
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leica posted:Their projects are pretty cool, but they also do a lot of dumbass street racing. Instead of being cheap asses they should just spend the money and get their poo poo legal for the speeds they run at the track. That would probably double his outlay on a project. Much cheaper to take it to the track once, get kicked out, then sell the car for a profit and start over on a new one.
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Dec 15, 2015 02:52
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kastein posted:Remember to put "connector buttplugs" (not sure of the proper name, that's just what I call them when I'm not at work, where I just list a part number) in the unpopulated ECU pins, otherwise you'll let water and dirt leak through the hole. How critical is this in non-engine-bay applications? I'm planning on doing basically the same thing, but mounting the ecu on the inside of the firewall behind the glovebox.
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Dec 17, 2015 02:54
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:I still can't get over how physically small LS motors are. I'm telling you, small block chevys are good for just about everything. Have been since 1955.
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Feb 15, 2016 09:18
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FuzzKill posted:I am upset with myself for the length of time this is taking and for what I have accomplished to this point. Okay, what the gently caress. I think a good chunk of the people here would be extremely pleased with finishing as much as you have in the same amount of time; I know I would be. Keep on rockin'.
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Jun 18, 2016 03:44
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some texas redneck posted:Didn't Dorman come out with a replacement 4.6/5.4 intake manifold that fixed the OEM manifold's tendency to crack? Yep. And a replacement diaphragm for the VW PCVs that are built into the valve cover, so you don't have to tear the valve cover off to fix the PCV. Dorman's good people.
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Sep 19, 2016 03:48
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IOwnCalculus posted:They're coming out with all sorts of stuff lately. They have an intake manifold for the LS1 which actually uses a licensed FAST 78 lower half, and their own upper half. Ends up being about on par with the LS6 / late LS1 manifold, and a minor improvement over the early LS1. They were even discussing the possibility of a version with a larger throttle body opening. Whoa nice. Looks like it's $300, and has EGR. Is there a version without EGR? E: I mean, it comes with a blockoff, but it'd be nice if there was a version without it even being in the casting.  MADE IN USA 
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Elmnt80 posted:Thanks for reminding me, they have some awesome replacement hoses for late 2000s or early 2010's chryco minivan where the factory heater hose has a plastic y in it from the factory. The y cracks and leaks after a few years, so dorman sells a set of replacement hises where its replaced with an aluminum y. Need to put that into stock given its cheaper than buying both hoses from gates and the gates ones still fail. Dorman's number is 615-900. http://www.dormanproducts.com/itemdetail.aspx?ProductID=74055&SEName=615-900 I wish all parts store dudes gave even half a poo poo as much as you do 
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Sep 19, 2016 18:54
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FuzzKill posted:The shop is so well lit that if you don't drop from actual exhaustion you can easily work well into the night and lose track of time as you don't realize how late it is. Did they send you the right parts? That sounds like something you'll have to solve with a phone call to Edelbrock.
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Dec 8, 2016 10:56
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FuzzKill posted:Edelbrock was supposed to call me back today. After talking with several different people someone actually understood what I was trying to get across and did some research on their end. It appears that they may have mocked up the kit with the wrong water pump - not entirely sure yet. Have you tried the L92 pump? I think it's similar to the LS3 pump (I don't know if it's the Vette or the Maro one) but has the taller pulley on it.
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Dec 10, 2016 01:09
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FuzzKill posted:The newer truck pumps use the same offset as the 2010+ Camaro, which is an entire belt width too far out from the block. Also I think they have a weird hose angle and it's on the wrong side. Corvette LS3 is tighter than the F-body (about 1/2 belt width) but you can either get water pump spacers or pull the pulley off the shaft some. Oh, alright. I didn't know that the later gen4 cars and trucks had the same offset. I thought the L92 pump had a really long/wide (depending on how you look at it) bell pulley so that it would line up for either the car or truck configuration, but I must be thinking of something else. Sounds like you've got the problem mostly solved with the Vette pump, are you going to ask Edelbrock for compensation for sorting out their poo poo?
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Are you running a 6-rib belt for the supercharger? I did some reading last night on the LSA supercharger, and they use a dedicated 8-rib belt for that. I guess the LSA uses Corvette spacing for the accessories, then has an 8-rib additional pulley on the end of the crank pulley that is close to truck spacing for just the supercharger. If they had to do that for the factory supercharger, I wonder if you'll have issues with belt slip with only 6 ribs (shared with the accessory drive) with this aftermarket one. But I guess Edelbrock would not have released the product if it did.
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