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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 04:45 PM
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i think im gonna do it. its a bit dirty but i can clean it up pretty easy.



Old Feb 15, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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Yeah man, that sounds like a good deal. Local or what?
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:01 PM
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Yea hes like 1hr 10min away but he said he would meet me half way and do it for $230 oh and he said he was going to try and clean it at is work. Prob gonna pick it up Wednesday night


why cant i buy a upper and lower gasket kit? i have to get them separately and the upper comes with like 4 uppers or 2 uppers and bolts for the spacers.. wtf?!

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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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i would do it if it was a track heat
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:43 PM
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meh its more of a DD than a race car. plus my heads are only GT40X heads
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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whats your point? track heat isnt a race piece
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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i have a track heat intake... and its coming off the car soon....
Old Feb 15, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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dont u have that on ur 347?
Old Feb 17, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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ok i picked it up today for $230. he cleaned it up and it actually looks pretty good. it also come with a 3/8" spacer too that i was unaware of. also came with the hardware.

im not sure if im gonna run the spacer. what do you guys think?
Old Feb 17, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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May as well. A spacer will reduce heat. Pics?

Do you have a cowl hood?



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