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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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First Mod! Factory Tech Valve Body!

Can't leave nothing alone. Signing my paperwork at work this afternoon. Picking up my vb in the am.

Monday i'll be putting it in along with a tranny flush, fuel filter, oil change and possibly coolant flush!

Then time for a chip of some sort!
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Good luck with the mods bro. All I can say is make sure you cover the ground real good under the tranny. It gets messing under there. I dont forget the tranny filter holds a fair bit of oil to, like I did lol.
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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Or do what i did,send it too ya tranny man,fark the mess,besides i'd have to wash and moisturise my hands again and do my nails aswell...

Dirty job juth dirty..
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 04:26 PM
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Or do what i did,send it too ya tranny man,fark the mess,besides i'd have to wash and moisturise my hands again and do my nails aswell...

Dirty job juth dirty..
i've done 2 valve body's on my lightnings before, and they don't have drain plugs. We would always switch to SD pans for future changes.

My buddy will be doing this one though. He's gonna pick it up monday morning. Synthetic Oil Change, Fuel Filter, Maybe coolant flush, tranny change and filter along with the VB
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mrbeefcake
i've done 2 valve body's on my lightnings before, and they don't have drain plugs. We would always switch to SD pans for future changes.
Hmmm, Beefcake as in, went from L's to a Hayabusa, sells cars Beefcake?

Used to post over at SVT P and NLOC, Beef?

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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 04:44 PM
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Hmmm, Beefcake as in, went from L's to a Hayabusa, sells cars Beefcake?

Used to post over at SVT P and NLOC, Beef?

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lightnings? I know nothing about lightnings?









LOL

When I registered here years ago, someone had my name. Only forum on the web where i'm not 'beefcake'
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 04:50 PM
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When I registered here years ago, someone had my name. Only forum on the web where i'm not 'beefcake'
Ah, ok.

When I first saw your user name, I wondered if it was the same guy. IIRC, it's Terry, right?

Anyway, nice score on your truck. Just be careful bro, the 7.3L forum has a tendancy to help you spend your money by proxy, because of all the different mods we all talk about that cause us to love our trucks even more!

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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 05:10 PM
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Ah, ok.

When I first saw your user name, I wondered if it was the same guy. IIRC, it's Terry, right?

Anyway, nice score on your truck. Just be careful bro, the 7.3L forum has a tendancy to help you spend your money by proxy, because of all the different mods we all talk about that cause us to love our trucks even more!

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Yes, Terry,

Nothing new, i'm in the process of building a shortblock for my new 5.0 already!
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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Dont forget about the guages with that tuner. And I'd reseach tuners a bit and see for yourself that a custom tuner is the only way to go. It'll way out do any off the shelf tuner there is.

Goodluck with your mods. Seems like a great truck though I couldn't see the pics in the other thread.
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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Dont forget about the guages with that tuner. And I'd reseach tuners a bit and see for yourself that a custom tuner is the only way to go. It'll way out do any off the shelf tuner there is.

Goodluck with your mods. Seems like a great truck though I couldn't see the pics in the other thread.
What is the tuner of choice? any tuners that monitor without having to buy gauges?
 
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 06:57 PM
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Tuner of choise around here seems to be DP Tuner. Tony Wildman, or Power Hungry Proformance. All great custom tuners. There are tuners that monitor things for you but I dont believe they are as accurate as actual guages with there own individual probes and wireing etc... Plus guages look sweet!
 
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If that's a tow rig with AT, get a bigger/extra tranny cooler and put a Magnefine filter inline.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by aawlberninf350
If that's a tow rig with AT, get a bigger/extra tranny cooler and put a Magnefine filter inline.
i'll be towing 5500-6000 lbs to some races

i guess i need to get dressed and head over to gregs my VB should be waiting for me!
 
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