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Old 05-05-12, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by twoloose
Got the manifold installed installed last night.

[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/pshannon/8b01bbce.jpg[/G]
A clean engine indeed.


Where did you order from?
Old 05-06-12, 12:38 AM
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Looks good im getting jelious
Old 05-06-12, 03:47 PM
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Very nice! I love the clean look of the TT wheels. I cant wait to do this swap!!!
Old 05-07-12, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by stockhatch
Nice project! The inside of that motor looks much cleaner than the typical JDM stuff you see. Good luck sir, it looks like you are on track for a really nice build. I have one n00b question about the swap...You mentioned possibly using the stock GE ecu with a piggyback. Will the GE ecu control the GTE tranny?
No I'm using the aristo gte harness that came with the motor not the stock GE. I'd like to get the extender harness to wire the piggy back in there and not have to chop up the factory harness.

Originally Posted by japspec
I got that didnt know if i was gonna sell it because it has the hks speed cut and boost cut with it kinda wanted to sell them all together.
Will I still need those even though I'm running a piggy back? What are you trying to get for all 3? Got any pics and more info? Text me at 301-792-1234

Originally Posted by LexiBlue
So far so good sorry for your misfortune but atleast u know what u are getting now good luck with the build.
Yeah thanks bro, I'm excited to get it done.

Originally Posted by SSxblazer
Not to threadjack or derail.


I can see it from both sides from puff and yourself. I sold my procharged pontiac g8 gt for a jeep srt8. The new owner of the g8 sold it to a guy......guy messaged me on g8board.com and said it was tuned to 25 deg of timing.....and ran like dogballs. On my shops mustang dyno it made 460hp 480tq. On his dyno it was 410 and 390tq lol......someone jacked some sheet up.


My tuner showed me my tune to prove he did 15 deg of timing.....and said only a moron would ever get over 20 in this case.

On the flip side.....this means check your cars before buying them, because modded cars can be more of a nightmare than non modded......its scary because you never know who did what and when.


Awesome build though twoloose. I want to do the same......but 500/500 hp/tq range.....on e85.

I cannot wait to start mine, and we are looking at the same time frame!!
Yeah I never disputed the power, but just the fact it was having issues just a couple days after purchase and then to find out about the compression just topped it you know.

Moral of the story, either buy stock and do it yourself or at a minimum try and do a leak down and compression check....
Old 05-07-12, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SSxblazer
A clean engine indeed.


Where did you order from?
Freed Engineering in crofton MD ordered it for me. They use a company in VA that they have used alot.
Old 05-07-12, 01:45 PM
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Here is a pic of the motor currently, almost ready to go in.

Old 05-08-12, 10:12 AM
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Ordering some billet pulleys today, not doing a billet crank though, heard lots of bad things about those.

Can someone help me track down a harness extension? Having a hell of a time finding one. Thanks guys
Old 05-08-12, 10:34 AM
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Looking good mang, boost is addictive and you will want more lol.
Old 05-08-12, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by cherplex
Looking good mang, boost is addictive and you will want more lol.
Hahaha yeah it already is, going from 350whp to hopefully 450whp and then mabye 600whp one day... As much as a pain in the *** as it is, its twice as fun!!
Old 05-09-12, 06:49 AM
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you think its wise to pain the parts black? what happens if it leaks?
Old 05-09-12, 04:26 PM
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Should look slick if it leaks. But lets hope for no leaks!! haha
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Looks good man, Love the black on the engine. Will you leave the 3000 cover with the original cover or will you be painting that a special color?
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Originally Posted by AristoKing
Looks good man, Love the black on the engine. Will you leave the 3000 cover with the original cover or will you be painting that a special color?
That's a good question actually, I'm open to cool suggestions. My original thought was to have it repainted the factory teal color and then outline the letters and logo in black. I definetly think the motor needs some color though...
Old 05-10-12, 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by twoloose
Ordering some billet pulleys today, not doing a billet crank though, heard lots of bad things about those.

Can someone help me track down a harness extension? Having a hell of a time finding one. Thanks guys
sent you a pm
Old 05-10-12, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by twoloose
That's a good question actually, I'm open to cool suggestions. My original thought was to have it repainted the factory teal color and then outline the letters and logo in black. I definetly think the motor needs some color though...
That actually doesn't sound bad at all might look good you should photoshop some pics with different colors who knows you might come up with a cool design.


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