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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 08:30 AM
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Dropped the car at Phil97SVT's yesterday. Big thanks to WKMCD and EVIL C5 for recommending Phil.
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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Dropped the car at Phil97SVT's yesterday. Big thanks to WKMCD and EVIL C5 for recommending Phil.
The fun is just about to begin!
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Phil & I also decided to do 3.90's while he has the car.
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Phil & I also decided to do 3.90's while he has the car.

Why not?
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Which heads did you go with? Cam? Just got mine back from installing most of the stuff in my sig. My car had 362whp before the install.
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AFR 205's milled to 59cc. TSP 228R cam.
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Sounds good. You will love it.
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Originally Posted by McLeod
Dropped the car at Phil97SVT's yesterday. Big thanks to WKMCD and EVIL C5 for recommending Phil.
You can't go wrong with his advice. Should be a monster.
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