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Old Sep 5, 2020 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Rescue Rogers
You can convert your LS5 to a Hydraulic roller motor, use the best heads and intake you can buy and it will be just as awesome as any new motor....depenong on your compression ratio, unless you want an aluminum block....Horsepower doesnt care what style or how old the pump is, it cares about efficiency. My old school 327 is pretty wild with new school tech inside it...Now a 5 speed will really make a huge difference over any 4 speed, that you cant just throw parts at.
What you need is a giant bag of money to fall out of the sky so you can do all this...LOL
I would like to explore some modifications along this line to my L46, but I would like to discuss with someone knowledgeable beforehand. It would be preferable if that bag of money would fall on me as well.
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Old Sep 5, 2020 | 09:46 PM
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Okay.....the bag of money thing.....ever hear of the monkeys paw, always granted a wish but in a bad way....we need to get our karma going and say paper money, if a million dollars in nickels falls on my head l.have a feeling I wont get to spend it..lol
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Old Sep 5, 2020 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Rescue Rogers
I dont know if everyone saw this but the polls are open to vote on your favorite members vettes. Its not tlike the Presidential race, you can only vote once on each poll
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I wish we could “Modify” our presidential candidates, but we are forced to except them both “Unmodified”.
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