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Old 03-30-2012, 08:07 PM   #1001
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Old 03-31-2012, 08:43 PM   #1002
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today I got the motor mounts off, took them apart, cleaned and painted, and put back in with the new poly inserts.....
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Old 03-31-2012, 08:44 PM   #1003
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also had to modify the tranny crossmember for the exhaust.......
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Old 03-31-2012, 09:50 PM   #1004
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got the motor and trany bolted together and dropped in..trial fit everything again just to be sure....
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Old 03-31-2012, 09:51 PM   #1005
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Old 04-01-2012, 09:29 AM   #1006
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Old 04-01-2012, 03:52 PM   #1007
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thanks man....made a little more progress today...got the rest of the holes for the tranny member drilled and tapped...all bolted in for good now...
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Old 04-01-2012, 03:55 PM   #1008
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bolted one of the billet's back on to get a look....
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Old 04-01-2012, 06:25 PM   #1009
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bolted one of the billet's back on to get a look....
looks awesome man should be sweet once its rolling. What size exhaust are you going to run?
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Old 04-01-2012, 06:34 PM   #1010
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looks awesome man should be sweet once its rolling. What size exhaust are you going to run?
3" from collectors to turndowns, I want to try and fit a x-over in there somewhere....might be impossible tho....
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Old 04-02-2012, 12:28 AM   #1011
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3" from collectors to turndowns, I want to try and fit a x-over in there somewhere....might be impossible tho....
What about running an H pipe under the tailshaft? Just so you get similar benefits as with an X pipe
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Old 04-02-2012, 08:20 AM   #1012
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Looking good John! Keep it going man.
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Old 04-02-2012, 07:03 PM   #1013
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Old 04-02-2012, 07:35 PM   #1014
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Old 04-02-2012, 11:40 PM   #1015
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also had to modify the tranny crossmember for the exhaust.......
That's a very good idea!

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Old 04-03-2012, 06:40 AM   #1016
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yeah...there is no room for anything under there....seen it done before so....
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Old 04-03-2012, 03:39 PM   #1017
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Man, I love that fabbed crossmember! great idea, wish I had one for my 4x4....
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Old 04-06-2012, 07:14 PM   #1018
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Yeah man! Awesome idea with the crossmember!!
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Old 04-06-2012, 07:16 PM   #1019
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got a little done today....mounted the power steering/alt bracket up. plumbed the lines...got the alt and starter bolted on..got the throttle cable cut and set up, had to shorten the gas pedal rod and change the angle of it to get it to open to full throttle...still got lots to do but running out of parts......
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Old 04-06-2012, 07:20 PM   #1020
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Old 04-07-2012, 12:05 AM   #1021
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looking good moose this thing is gonna be sweet once you all done with it...
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Old 04-07-2012, 08:54 AM   #1022
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looking good moose this thing is gonna be sweet once you all done with it...
I hope so man...otherwise I'm gonna be broke with a POS truck!.....
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Old 04-07-2012, 09:26 AM   #1023
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I hope so man...otherwise I'm gonna be broke with a POS truck!.....
this is always the dilemma....dreaming about the truck, then looking at ur savings account......sucks!
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Old 04-07-2012, 08:24 PM   #1024
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Old 04-07-2012, 08:29 PM   #1025
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