Good Lord!!! Where does it end!?!??!
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From: The artist formally known as NONO5.0 Mobile, Al
Good Lord!!! Where does it end!?!??!
This weekend I have to replace my slave and I ain't lookin forward to it at all 
BUT I start thinkin about things. Like since I have to pull the rear end, now would be a good time to put in 4.10's, and while I have it out I might as well replace the shocks, and since most of the exhaust system is coming out, I might as well install headers (which I have a set of stainless works that I'm puttin on) and while I'm installing headers, I might as well replace the plugs and wires....geez!!!
BUT I start thinkin about things. Like since I have to pull the rear end, now would be a good time to put in 4.10's, and while I have it out I might as well replace the shocks, and since most of the exhaust system is coming out, I might as well install headers (which I have a set of stainless works that I'm puttin on) and while I'm installing headers, I might as well replace the plugs and wires....geez!!!
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That's how I am with mods... one thing leads to another.. I operate by the "Well if I'm in there I might as well..."
So last fall I blew off an air tube from my driver's side header at VIR. Pulling the tube to have it re-welded ended up in the following:
*New Kooks race headers w/o air fittings
*Delete AIR pump
*Ceramic coating of headers and mid-pipes that pass under trans
*Adding a termal barrier from elite engineering to my tunnel plate
*New stock valve springs. I hadn't done the cam yet and my stockers had 60k on them w/ lots of track use. I figured if I had to pull the valve covers I might as well
*Dewitts racing radiator with enclosed oil cooler... much easier to install w/ the headers out
*Removed intake maniofld to full remove AIR system, cleaned manifold noticed oil...
*Elite Engineering catch can (after seeing all the oil in the manifold
*Tigershark front end (just because)\
*PIAA fogs because I was doing the TS
So last fall I blew off an air tube from my driver's side header at VIR. Pulling the tube to have it re-welded ended up in the following:
*New Kooks race headers w/o air fittings
*Delete AIR pump
*Ceramic coating of headers and mid-pipes that pass under trans
*Adding a termal barrier from elite engineering to my tunnel plate
*New stock valve springs. I hadn't done the cam yet and my stockers had 60k on them w/ lots of track use. I figured if I had to pull the valve covers I might as well
*Dewitts racing radiator with enclosed oil cooler... much easier to install w/ the headers out
*Removed intake maniofld to full remove AIR system, cleaned manifold noticed oil...
*Elite Engineering catch can (after seeing all the oil in the manifold
*Tigershark front end (just because)\
*PIAA fogs because I was doing the TS
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This weekend I have to replace my slave and I ain't lookin forward to it at all BUT I start thinkin about things. Like since I have to pull the rear end, now would be a good time to put in 4.10's, and while I have it out I might as well replace the shocks, and since most of the exhaust system is coming out, I might as well install headers (which I have a set of stainless works that I'm puttin on) and while I'm installing headers, I might as well replace the plugs and wires....geez!!!
BUT I start thinkin about things. Like since I have to pull the rear end, now would be a good time to put in 4.10's, and while I have it out I might as well replace the shocks, and since most of the exhaust system is coming out, I might as well install headers (which I have a set of stainless works that I'm puttin on) and while I'm installing headers, I might as well replace the plugs and wires....geez!!! Read Bob's post over on the C5 Tech forum.
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This weekend I have to replace my slave and I ain't lookin forward to it at all BUT I start thinkin about things. Like since I have to pull the rear end, now would be a good time to put in 4.10's, and while I have it out I might as well replace the shocks, and since most of the exhaust system is coming out, I might as well install headers (which I have a set of stainless works that I'm puttin on) and while I'm installing headers, I might as well replace the plugs and wires....geez!!!
BUT I start thinkin about things. Like since I have to pull the rear end, now would be a good time to put in 4.10's, and while I have it out I might as well replace the shocks, and since most of the exhaust system is coming out, I might as well install headers (which I have a set of stainless works that I'm puttin on) and while I'm installing headers, I might as well replace the plugs and wires....geez!!! You know, since you are going to have the exhaust out, you might as well buy a tunnel plate too.
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This weekend I have to replace my slave and I ain't lookin forward to it at all BUT I start thinkin about things. Like since I have to pull the rear end, now would be a good time to put in 4.10's, and while I have it out I might as well replace the shocks, and since most of the exhaust system is coming out, I might as well install headers (which I have a set of stainless works that I'm puttin on) and while I'm installing headers, I might as well replace the plugs and wires....geez!!!
BUT I start thinkin about things. Like since I have to pull the rear end, now would be a good time to put in 4.10's, and while I have it out I might as well replace the shocks, and since most of the exhaust system is coming out, I might as well install headers (which I have a set of stainless works that I'm puttin on) and while I'm installing headers, I might as well replace the plugs and wires....geez!!! While you're at it, why don't you put a stroker crank in that puppy too? After all, you've got all weekend!
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From: The artist formally known as NONO5.0 Mobile, Al
How sad is it that I was ACTUALLY thinking of the heads/intake swap I hope this car comes apart easily
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Face it, it never ends.
Good luck with all the installs.
Good luck with all the installs.
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