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Old 01-27-2012, 08:20 PM
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Let's see those LSX SC / Turbo engine bays

I will start my car is currently getting my d1sc procharger installed and some suspension work..
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S... se... sex... SEXY! Love how clean that looks. Maybe one day soon...
Are the coil packs mounted on the side of the engine bay or rear?
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S... se... sex... SEXY! Love how clean that looks. Maybe one day soon...
Are the coil packs mounted on the side of the engine bay or rear?
Thanks appreciate it. the coil packs you can see on the left side of the engine bay and the right side i am not sure where they will mount them yet.
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Sure hoping you are going to let us follow along with the rest of your S/C install. Lets see some intercooler and piping pics.
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Sure hoping you are going to let us follow along with the rest of your S/C install. Lets see some intercooler and piping pics.
well i am having a shop right now making all the tubing from aluminum and custom intercooler is being made. i will try and get the shop to take some pics but it is a few weeks out until finished. the shop is also fabricating a custom 6 pt chromoly roll bar with swing out bars, a strange rearend 12 bolt, spohn tubular k member, and spohn tubular a arms. i will definitely take pictures when the car is done. motor specs is just a lsx376 crate motor, ls3 intake, nick williams 92mm throttle body, and hawks 2" headers. i am going to be running a 4.00 pulley for right now. guessing 500-600rwhp!
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Not done yet, but...





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Im just waiting to get intercooler piping welded.

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I love it!!!! Can't wait to turbo my Iroc...
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Re: Let's see those LSX SC / Turbo engine bays

Originally Posted by 90-irocdx3
well i am having a shop right now making all the tubing from aluminum and custom intercooler is being made. i will try and get the shop to take some pics but it is a few weeks out until finished. the shop is also fabricating a custom 6 pt chromoly roll bar with swing out bars, a strange rearend 12 bolt, spohn tubular k member, and spohn tubular a arms. i will definitely take pictures when the car is done. motor specs is just a lsx376 crate motor, ls3 intake, nick williams 92mm throttle body, and hawks 2" headers. i am going to be running a 4.00 pulley for right now. guessing 500-600rwhp!
watch out for the spohn a-arms. a lot of people have had problems with them. they may have fixed them by now, hopefully
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OMG i want so bad. Down the road for sure Im gonna turbo the car but for now im gonna leave it the way it is and enjoy it for abit
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watch out for the spohn a-arms. a lot of people have had problems with them. they may have fixed them by now, hopefully
yea I am hoping I wont run into that problem, when i ordered them from spohn they told me they fixed the problem. i had to wait a little bit longer because they had to make more of them. i guess i will hear at the end of the week about how the k member and a arms are. i hoping my the end of the month to have my car back out of the shop.


i hope this thread can keep going, these turbo setups above are bada$$!
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Re: Let's see those LSX SC / Turbo engine bays

these are the pics that make me think twice about selling mine. maybe i shouldnt. damnit.
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The instant torque from a roots SC is intoxicating
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90-irocdx3 - Your IC piping looks perfect! It was worth the wait.
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Did you just use a 4th gen mounting bracket?
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Did you just use a 4th gen mounting bracket?
no thats all custom!
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no thats all custom!
Ah ok. Looks good. I am gonna be doing a 6.0 swap with a vortech on it but need to find a bracket that will work. Gonna take me awhile to get it done though lol
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