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[JimLev]

Block looks nice, got the heads yet?

Been thinking about another project, maybe an LS2 or LS6, and will need to get a tranny......stay tuned.

[Leonator134]

Block looks nice, got the heads yet?

Been thinking about another project, maybe an LS2 or LS6, and will need to get a tranny......stay tuned.

No heads yet.. gonna be a while. Actively swapping the transmission in first.

Get a T56 transmission.


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[Leonator134]

*drool

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Ty sir


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[StRaNgEdAyS]

Ty sir


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It is well deserved drool...
That's going to be one fun car when it's done.

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[Leonator134]

It is well deserved drool...
That's going to be one fun car when it's done.

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That’s the hope. I have everything I need here to put the manual in except I’ve been out of work all week with the flu and can’t seem to get over it.




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[philly98540]

Torque monster!! Nice Leo!


Sitting in theater about to watch new star wars!

[Leonator134]

Thanks phillyman


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[auaq]

I hope the next M3 will sound a lot lot lot better than the current M3.

[computiNATEor]

They can’t really make it sound worse. The new M5 G- whatever still sounds terrible, so I’m hopeful but dubious.

[Leonator134]

Bmws r garb


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[philly98540]

Pretty compact for its capacity! Wrenching time!

[JimLev]

Leo, get that thing together.
Wonder who's going to get their ride done first, you or me?

[justinca540i]

But Jim, i still don't know what your building. Is it a secret?
And I looked where you mentioned it ( mystery project) and got no clues.

Yeah its a secret and no real clues have been dropped

[Leonator134]

Leo, get that thing together.
Wonder who's going to get their ride done first, you or me?

Jim you know these cars are never “done”. Therefore neither of us will be done first lol.


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[JimLev]

But Jim, i still don't know what your building. Is it a secret?
And I looked where you mentioned it ( mystery project) and got no clues.

Its not really a secret, there are a few guys here that know, the ones that have fuel running thru their veins....the more HP the better guys.
I've been trying to come up with a good quiz question and figured that this would be a good one.
So far all you know is that it's going to have an LS3 in it.
I'll post the quiz with a few hints tomorrow sometime and keep adding hints until someone gets the correct answer.

Hope all you have a nice Chistmas and New Years.

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Jim you know these cars are never “done”. Therefore neither of us will be done first lol.


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Very true. Nothing has arrived yet and I'm already thinking of things I want to change.

[JimLev]

As someone with a fleet of high HP 60-70s cars,that describes me, but i still don't know?

As I was typing that above I was thinking your veins were probably full of fuel too and maybe you should have been in the loop too.
I guess you didn't get the "inside" info cuz you aren't one of the guys I regularly email or PM.

[Leonator134]

Floor is cut, clutch etc all installed. Trans goes in tomorrow.


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[JimLev]

The Prius finally gets a set of balls.
The hell with those greenies.
http://www.thedrive.com/news/15688/t...ness-incarnate

[jp5Touring]

The Prius finally gets a set of balls.
The hell with those greenies.
http://www.thedrive.com/news/15688/t...ness-incarnate

That Prius was at the PRI show. They plan to run it quite a bit next Summer.

[Mach540]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...Kj1?li=BBnb7Kz

Only one BMW on the list....... and it aint an E39.

[computiNATEor]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...Kj1?li=BBnb7Kz

Only one BMW on the list....... and it aint an E39.

Maybe not, but there are two Zeta-platformers (Chevy SS and G8 GT). They're kinda the spiritual successors to the E39.

"The G8 was a rebadged Australian-market Holden Commodore, developed entirely in Melbourne, where GM directed its top rear-drive engineers to evaluate the car against BMW sedans. Also along for the ride were a handful of eggheads who had helped develop the E39, as well as Holden's chassis tuner, Peter Hanenberger, a man known for benchmarking the Commodore against—you guessed it—an equivalent 5 Series. Alas, the GXP hit dealerships just months before Pontiac bit the bullet in 2009. And we were once again starved of a sport sedan made in the E39 M5's image.

Until the Chevrolet SS showed up."

http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...-chevrolet-ss/

[JimLev]

Good article Nate.
I love the LS3 that I just bought. Such a nice simple (not overly complicated) design that will most likely be more reliable that most BMW engines.

[computiNATEor]

Good article Nate.
I love the LS3 that I just bought. Such a nice simple (not overly complicated) design that is more reliable than all BMW engines.

Fixed it for you

[auaq]