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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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hopefully ordering my cam this weekend. and im thinking about getting these valve covers http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

thought theyd look good. im just curious if the stock length spark plug wires will work with these. also is anyone running royal purpal or amsoil?
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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hopefully ordering my cam this weekend. and im thinking about getting these valve covers http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

thought theyd look good. im just curious if the stock length spark plug wires will work with these. also is anyone running royal purpal or amsoil?
pretty !
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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i know right!!!!!!!!

BUT WILL THE STOCK PLUG WIRES WORK???!?!?!?!?!
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 08:47 AM
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I have identical covers from moroso and my stock wires worked with my round coilpacks but im thinking that the square coilpacs like i have on my hd the wires may be a little short.
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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so i ordered my cam today from TSP dual valve spring and push rods stoked!!!!
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Old Dec 5, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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so i ordered my cam today from TSP dual valve spring and push rods stoked!!!!
so what cam did you end up with?
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Old Dec 8, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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i went with TSPs 224R cam with a double springs and chromoly pushrods. should be in friday hopefully ill have it in on sat. as soon as i can im gona order LPP headers unless i can find a better set thatll fit my truck. too bad there aint no more work up here
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Old Dec 12, 2010 | 11:10 AM
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IM GOING WITH American Racing Headers
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Old Dec 19, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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sorry for you problems that sucks!

Id look into a set of the new lq9 heads i think is what they are called... they come on the denali and esculade trucks... supposley they out flow everthing but the high dollar aftermart stuff...


Who evers truck that is in the video on page one, Thats sounds awsoem... I wish the 8.1L sunded good with a cam in them... mine still sounds sorta stock...
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Old Dec 19, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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SOOO I GOT BAD NEWS!!! The motor the junk yard sold me with a 32k on it dosnt look like 32k when u pull the intake off with the amount of carbon in it, the oil pan was crack then valve cover was cracked the intake manifold was crap, most of the coils where broke. and the passangers side where you bold your bracket that the ac cond. bolts too is broke off. flipping out going go balistic on them tom.
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