Presets only. Interesting. Bummer you went through the extra work when it wasn't necessary.

Ditto on the hard lines. A lot less floppy stuff to have to deal with when you're putting the tank back in.

 

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LOL...my brother basically had to destroy his dipstick to get it out. They have an O-ring that seals them in there but should just pull out. "SHOULD" pull out. I would keep wiggling it and pulling at it and you may be able to free it up. And progress is looking good!

 

Sorry if you've gone over this before, but what are the details on the headlights? Real projectors/HIDs? I'm wanting to do retro HIDs on my car soon.

Sorry for the hijack, I just never noticed them before.

 

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Love the car been looking at your thread for a while now and jus bought a white 91 rs. Just when I thought it was ok the way it was you inspired me to rip it apart again (I was afraid to paint myself but hey if you can do it I can atleast try)

 

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Long time eh? LOL, I think my build is the definition of a long time. 4 Years in the making now hahaha. I guess you can't put a timeframe on good work though....but I'm sure you know that as well since you've been putting some TLC into yours! Love the headlights on your car as well. Gives it such a mean and modern look. Ever since I saw spikeZ's car with those headlights and the white paint, I thought it was an awesome combo!

 

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The rubber filler hose does need to be shortened. By how much...its hard to say, and I wouldnt go by a set number. Its somewhere in the ballpark of an inch to an inch-and-a-half. But, what I would do/did, is remove the rubber filler with the tank in place. Then mount your filler spout. Then measure what length you need the hose to be. Err on the side of long...you can always take more rubber off. If you go too short, you'll be buying a new one.

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I did what ghettocruiser said as well. You can mount the filler neck with the tank in place and it's not too bad. Thats how I did it. Just trim about an inch of rubber to start off, and work on it from there. Pretty sure I ended up trimming about an inch and 3/4 when I had it where I liked it.

 

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I just used gloss black rustoleum spray paint. It's pretty heavy duty stuff so it should hold up on a filler neck!

 

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That looks nice all Black, I am sure it will "pop" in that white engine bay. What color you going for the valve covers? Those big block edelbrock ls1 valve cover would look nice on that engine.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Edelbrock/350/41183/10002/-1

 

Yeah, those would look pretty sweet on there.

 

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I'm pretty sure those are just coil covers. So you would still use your stock valve covers.

 

yea those edelbrocks are just coil covers, they are not valve covers.

 

wow i just went threw ur how build and i gotta say great work, watching this build is what i needed to push me to get back and start working on my car again. i just gotta say thanks and keep up that good work ill be following it to the end.

 

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http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/98...steel-2-2.aspx

They have fancier ones and ebay has a big selection as well. My brother bought a real nice one with a trans am bird engraved in it but I can't for the life of me find it. They had other styles as well like "Z28" or a chevy emblem.

 

Put a plug in the hole in the intake manifold, and delete it from the PCM.

 

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You don't need an LS6 TB to run an LS6 intake.

 

Hey. Not sure if you got it figured out or not yet, but I recently bought the GM fuel level sending unit kit for the 97 grand prix. I know it comes with 2 sending units and I obviously only need one. You said it was out of your budget for the kit, but I'll sell you the second one for $70 shipped if you want it. I have a for sale thread up as well. PM me if you want it.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/lsx-...ml#post5192076

 

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Haha, ok. Yea I wasn't sure if you ever got it figured out or not so I figured I'd offer. And I'm not sure how you got a 0-30 version either! I know that the 0-90 one only came on the 97 non supercharged 3.8 motor, so it's possible you got one out of a grand prix with a different engine.

 

all i can say is WOW!!! i just went threw all 11 pages of this thread and im amazed, i havent seen this thread since i went before BCT and that was went you had just started working on it... it looks amazing keep up the good work cant wait to see it finished and that 69 looks amazing also!! why didnt you just paint it?

 

loving the thread, and the helpful amount of pics. i may just be simple minded, but I hate write ups with little to no pics of all, or in most cases none.

 

Do you have any pics of how those motor mounts fit on the motor? I have something similar but they are the doug's headers mount plates and they are kickin my butt!

 

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Dude... Please tell me you aren't giving up on it?? You have so much time invested and the car is looking great. I really hope that isn't what you meant by that!!

 

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LOL, you had me scared for a minute there! Seems like it's going to be an even more bad *** build now. And those headers look nice. Even the cheaper knockoff headers ussually hold up pretty well. Hopefully they fit in the bay nicely, since I think the SSW ones are designed for a 4th gen. Let me know how they fit. I may be interested as well if they do!

 

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Do you have a link to those headers ?

 

You've gotta love when the UMI fairy stops by! It brought me pretty much all the same parts as it brought you!

 

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I have enjoyed this thread, nice work!

 

Nice thread, blakecharles. I saw your videos on youtube and found the thread here. Are there any updates?

 

Holy crap you are doing an awesome job

 

I've been following your build for a long time
It has been a few months, please give us some updates.