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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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with painted charge pipes, polished valve cover, "semi-polished strut bar", aluminum radiator, and of course the heat shield.





Just thought i'd share with you guys what I've been doing, so let me know what you think...
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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nice
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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shineyy
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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pretty kew
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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deff cleaned it up a lot..

you make the heatshield youself?
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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nice DIY
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mEr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> nice </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 09:37 PM
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nice
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:00 PM
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nice touch, looks cleaner than before...
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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nice fab work on the heat shield
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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sensor looks kinda rigged up but cleaner than before.
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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u did that in the snow??? looks hott
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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nice change
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:42 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cre18 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice fab work on the heat shield </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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thanx for all the compliments guys...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HoodsiR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u did that in the snow??? looks hott </TD></TR></TABLE>
no...i did it in my garage, but didn't have time to take pics until i got to work

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by egryda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sensor looks kinda rigged up but cleaner than before. </TD></TR></TABLE>
care to explain what your talking about?<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VtecBlissS2k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">deff cleaned it up a lot..

you make the heatshield youself? </TD></TR></TABLE>
yes, i polished the valve cover myself also
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:59 PM
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nice, looks alot cleaner now
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 10:59 PM
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by the way, I put one washer(all i had) in between 2 layers of aluminum for the heatshield. I need to get a few more here soon because I'm trying to create an air gap in between so the bottom piece of metal will take most of the heat and the top one will stay cooler. I also may put a heat reflective blanket I have laying around in between the 2 layers of metal
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 12:00 AM
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that's nice
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 12:11 AM
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looks cool dude.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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thanks for all the good replies
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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nice
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 09:40 PM
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I like the valve cover - Did you polish it yourself?
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 11:18 PM
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came out good
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 12:46 AM
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Looks good, I liek it
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 02:53 AM
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looks good
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