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Old 02-04-2007, 08:35 PM
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here are a bunch of pics of the progress i have made on the swap.... basically everything is out but the tranny which i cant get one driveshaft bolt off which the impact has trouble with
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Old 02-04-2007, 08:41 PM
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a couple more... the tops of all 8 pistons are scorched
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how old are you?? and how do you afford all of that??
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no ****....which shortblock did you go with?
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keep us updated on the progress....so did your motor finally quit on you????....i guess i missed it if you posted about it some time ago[8D]
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lookin good, wish i had the funds to do a project like this
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how old are you?? and how do you afford all of that??
im 17. the two guys helping me were 16. i was showing them how to work on cars... i do alot of saving to afford everything. lol... pretty much my whole pay checks
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no ****....which shortblock did you go with?
i went with the MMR 900 short block. it has the arp upgraded bolts, piston are notched for valves, mmr performance oil pump, mmr 7qt oil pan.... and im shipping the heads out tomorrow to mmr to get stage 3 porting and oversized valves and i have manley springs and new seals already.
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keep us updated on the progress....so did your motor finally quit on you????....i guess i missed it if you posted about it some time ago[8D]
nope, i finally got enough money to finish the heads so i took them off and decided to pull the rest and get the new motor going back together now.
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thats pretty impressive considering you can prob work from 15-17 and still not have enough money for all that stuff
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