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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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Interesting.
http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/perfo...vs-3800-a.html
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 02:08 PM
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I smell trouble!
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 03:03 PM
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Can you say belt wrap/slap? Yikes.
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 03:41 PM
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holy fab work
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I like it.
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Two heat pumps on the top of your engine... What a gigantic waste of money and time...

Cool none the less!
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Trying to figure out who did this since it was done here locally.. Never seen it
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Originally Posted by Trademeyourc5
Trying to figure out who did this since it was done here locally.. Never seen it
http://www.trickperformanceproducts.com/
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 05:40 PM
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Well; Even If it's not fast, at least it will do well at car shows
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Very interesting!
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It's a wee tall...

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Reminds me of the Merlin build years ago



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Originally Posted by Deslok
Reminds me of the Merlin build years ago



I was thinking the same thing. In later photos he has gone to dual throttle bodies and moved them to the top. Man is that a tall setup.
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It just goes to show that every blower motor wants to be twin turbos!
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NRE built an avalanche with a 540BB and twin blowers. apparently they had a problem eating transmissions til they swapped in a custom-built viper t56

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