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    Header Questions For My 90 Chevy PU

    Ok, i'm looking to put a set a headers on my 1990 chevy PU. but there's alot of choices and alot of opinions on what kind is the best. For my truck there's the really short headers that actually bolt to the stock y pipe. than midlength ones that you can get a new y pipe specific to those...
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    Rocker install

    ok, i tried searching this forum but the search tool sucks here. i was going to install some 1.9's but that kinda fell thru for the moment. question is when you torque down your new rockers doesn't the cylinder your working on have to be at TDC? me and a buddy were goin back and forth on this...
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    LIM replacement

    was just curious on why people on here consider this to be a prevenitive maintenance deal. my park ave that's a 3.8 supercharged has 200k miles and never had one issue with any gaskets and still runnin the dexcool.. i just don't get why? apparently mines a rarity
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    How Much Money Do People Really Need!!??

    Ok.. i'm bored here and figured i'd rant a little. was talking in another thread and someone mentioned this (Exactly, if you're single 85k isn't horrible but if you're married with kids that suddenly turns to ****. With how expensive everything is these days if you've got kids and don't make...
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    People with a stock cd changer please read!!

    OK.. i'm still in the process of tryin to hookup my ipod to my stock deck... just tryin to figure out a few things in the mean time. for those with the cd changer STOCK.. does the stock head unit have an aux button somewhere on the unit.. or is it just accessed by hittin the cass/play button...
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    Bose sound system

    Ok.. i got a 2003 with bose sound. looking to get a head unit with a cassette player that can operate a slave cd changer. so i can use that input for an ipod instead. question is will the bose system work the older HU's with a cassette player? anyone done this?
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    Weird Idle

    last night i got home after driving it normally.. no wot runs or even gettin on it really.. pulled into the driveway put it in park and it started wanting to die.. rpms bounced from 500 all the way to 1800 or so than back down and did that several times... got in it this morning and drove about...
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    ?1.9 rocker question?

    who's rockers are the best to order from? zzp, 3800 perf, intense, anyone else? and should i run different springs or stick with originals? also new pushrods or originals? also motor has 60k miles on it if that makes a difference
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    ?Intercooler Question?

    was thinking about gettin a short stack intercooler and maybe some rockers.. not plannin on moddin much more than whats in my sig. as for the intercooler.. does the pump it come with have an on and off switch so i can run it when i need/want it? or is it just always on? its gonna be a daily...
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    HP Tuner question

    was curious if you need a wideband sensor to see af ratio or if the hp tuner does that in its running scan? don't have either one just tryin to figure out what all i'll need to tune it properly
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    EFI Live QUESTION

    so from what i've gathered efi can't tune our grand prix's.. but does anyone know if it will scan and detect things like KR or anything? buddy of mine has one and was wanting to know if anyone has tried before.. goin there tonight to try but thought i could try and get a heads up
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    Zzp pcm

    been reading thru all these threads and seen alot of people knocking zzp pcms, unfortuantely i ordered and installed one before i read all this. some have mentioned grenading the engine in one thread and others had mentioned tranny issues.. not sure what is ment by grenading the engine? anyone...
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    Synthetic Tranny Fluid

    recently bought a 2003 gtp with 58k miles on it. looking to change out the tranny fluid. i have access to free mobil 1 full synthetic atf. was curious if anyone knows will this work fine with current tranny fluid as i don't want to take the time and effort to flush it. just dump it and change...
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