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    Carb swapped ‘97 vortec - SUCCESS!!!

    I'll take stock TBI over a carburetor I hate carburetors with a passion!
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    Carb swapped ‘97 vortec - SUCCESS!!!

    Who in there right state of mind converts a fuel injection truck to a hillbilly carb job kinda go backwards not forwards
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    Carb swapped ‘97 vortec - SUCCESS!!!

    Kiss your resale value good by
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    Painted dashboard

    Phone doesn't take great pictures but I'm also doing door panels to match the dash I got some free door panels in bad shape so fixing to start the fiberglass work on them soon then will be painted base clear too match dashboard ... Will be painted the steering column plastics aswell and aluminum...
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    Chrome! What y’all recommend

    I like chrome to everyone blacks everything out I'm not a fan of the black out or murdered out look when I redo the paint body on my 98 Z71 I'll be doing the stainless steel side chrome package new grille and smoothie front bumper chrome of course..
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    Painted dashboard

    Dash I've been working on for my 98 fixing to redo the body again on the truck to freshen it up keep it fresh.
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    Daily truck pics

    Ditched the painted front bumper went with new chrome smoothie Joined the Coutts Boarder freedom rally protest back in February for a few days made a cozy bed in the back seat slept in it for a few days. I detailed it up nice before I went had lots of compliments
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    Dual 3" exhaust?

    . . Here is my old 94 5.7 TBI 3" dual exhaust system both trucks have 5" stainless steel tips on 90s. (If it don't got chrome leave it at home )
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    Dual 3" exhaust?

    . This is my full 3" dual exhaust on my 5.7 vortec 98 Z71. I do also have a 3" full dual exhaust video sound clips for a 94 5.7TBi
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    F*** Mice

    I only had a mouse get into my truck once I found out were it got in. Right by the blower motor there's a cable that runs through the firewall and the grommet likes to wiggle out all the time everytime we had one of these trucks come in and the customer mention mice I'd go directly to that...
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    Polished the aluminum American racing rims

    Yup I have one for each wheel help alot. Mines the mother's ones need that cone shape to get into the holes but I spend alot of time wet sanding I spend about 3-4 hours pers wheel each spring start to finish. They shine way better then new. I'll look into your set up maby it'll save me time...
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    Polished the aluminum American racing rims

    I typically take red scotch bright with soapy water go over then to get the grime off then start wet sanding I do this once a year takes a entire day start to finish but DAM they look good afterwards definitely worth the effort. Buy a big case of beer or a 60 or rum that I find help. My phone is...
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    5.3L LM7 Swap into OBS

    Are you sure you want to give up that low end torque them gen 5.3s need lots of rpm to really make any power would be alot of work too loose that 5.7 vortec low end I ended up with a rebuilt 5.7 with a custom cut Comp cam I had mine cut for more low end torque and have a bit of a tune done with...
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    Polished the aluminum American racing rims

    Polished up my aluminum rims today probably last polish job till spring at that point I'll have the tires removed and do a wet sand and then buff job. But had to compliment the new tires waiting on a bunch of new parts when there all installed I'll detail the truck out post some nice pics. It's...
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    High Idle tbi?

    On the 6.5 electric diesel motors yes it's easy to add high idle all 6.5 tow trucks back in the day came with high idle with the wrecker install.( The 6.5s I was around anyway)
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