Thread: DIY projects for the GXP (Pic Heavy)

In the past few months ive been doing a lot of DIY (Do It Yourself) things with my GXP. Some very simple, some more complex...

Plasti-dipped my grilles and front lip:




Painted my coil packs red for a lil "bling":




Revised the intake a little, wrapped crossover pipe and installed Poly motor mounts:



Ported and polished my throttle body:



Ported my stock LS4 intake manifold..time consuming as H**L:



Painted and added a throttle body spacer so I can add spray later:





Finished Product :



Then last but not least, I lowered the car 2 inches with the SSC lowering springs:



All in all I think it's coming along well. Just saving up money for more mods down the road.

Looks great! From which vendor did you order your poly mounts? Notice an increase in vibration when sitting at a light with the poly mounts?

Originally Posted by buickman104

Looks great! From which vendor did you order your poly mounts? Notice an increase in vibration when sitting at a light with the poly mounts?

Thanks. I got them from Intense racing, as ZZP will never get any of my business again. As far as vibration, no more than one would expect from a lowered V8 with poly mounts lol. Honestly its not bad at all.

Nice! I ordered Intense poly dog bone mounts last weekend should be arriving on wednesday. I can't wait to install them. Had ZZP bushings before and they rattled my teeth apart. Everyone says intense bushings are much more liveable. I can't wait to install them!

Originally Posted by buickman104

Nice! I ordered Intense poly dog bone mounts last weekend should be arriving on wednesday. I can't wait to install them. Had ZZP bushings before and they rattled my teeth apart. Everyone says intense bushings are much more liveable. I can't wait to install them!

Good deal! Yeah, I wish I had got them as soon as I bought the car. Only reason I realized I needed them was when I first Dyno'd the car and one of the guys in the shop told me they were stretching out like rubber bands as I put the car under a load. Now since Ive done everything plus a Lew tune, im ready to see what it puts down.

Originally Posted by 92builtbird

You really didn't need to use a TB spacer to run spray, but it's looking good!

I may actually take it off and return it. Then, use that money to go get it dyno'd tomorrow. Lew told me many times to get rid of it lol.