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Old May 6, 2003 | 11:20 AM
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How can I dress up my engine-chrome it up?
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Old May 6, 2003 | 08:43 PM
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You can replace your vacuum lines with colored ones, or replace anything that you can replace with earl's fittings and stainless steel braided lines. Add an aluminum radiator from maybe fluidyne, C&R or Koyo. Install an Optima battery or add those "Earthing" system to your engine.
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Old May 7, 2003 | 10:56 AM
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I thought about taking the valve cover plastic, idle valve plastic and lower valve cover plastic and have it paint with silver color. I called few chrome and plating places, you can not chrome, plate or powder coat plastic. About hoses and vacum lines. It helps.

You can also get stainless steel sleeves for the radiator hose and return hose too.
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:06 AM
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Thats what im talking about

Hey, lextreme is your twin turbo kit a custom one off made to order type thing or are you going to mass produce this?
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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:28 AM
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One custom made... not a production kit. No plan to produce it right now. My next project is a Large Single Turbo for the SC400. That might be a kit for production.
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Old May 11, 2003 | 05:01 PM
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Will that single turbo work for the LS since they share the same engine?

And how does a single turbo work on a V type motor? Ive turboed a 4 cylinder before, but I have never thought of doing a single turbo on a V type engine? will this motor have very long tubes to reach the turbo?

I know alot of the Mustang guys do it but dont know how they do...
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