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Big Brake Upgrade: Pro-Touring Car Part 4

By Josh December 14, 2015 Classic Cars, LS conversions No Comments
Big Brake Upgrade: Pro-Touring Car Part 4

My friend Joe always tells me about his C10. He put a hopped up big block in the full size truck and was sliding through every intersection. Sure, he now…

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Updating the S10 Cooling System

By Josh November 15, 2015 LS conversions No Comments
Updating the S10 Cooling System

Not that the radiator that was in it didn’t fit well or that it leaked, it just didn’t cool very well. So I actually later ended up changing to a…

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From time to time you end up wearing the shirt you’ve been sewing..

By Josh August 22, 2015 LS conversions No Comments
From time to time you end up wearing the shirt you’ve been sewing..

This is a draft I had of this entry. The full story follows: I robbed the exhaust from my brother’s Silverado in order to procure the correct catalytic converters and…

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GM LS engine harnesses

By Josh February 27, 2015 LS conversions 1 Comment
GM LS engine harnesses

I didn’t think I would be putting them up for sale as a generic fit item, but I’m pretty dissatisfied with the harnesses that have been brought to me. I…

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Crate Engine Camaro build

By Josh November 7, 2014 LS conversions No Comments
Crate Engine Camaro build

The Crate Engine Camaro started out like most muscle cars we see: in the dreamy eyes of a young boy. His dad owned a Chevy dealer and our client got…

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Texas Road Trip Day 2

By Josh October 7, 2014 Classic Cars, LS conversions No Comments
Texas Road Trip Day 2

I robbed the front desk of an apple on my way out the door and climbed into the car with my backpack. We made it a whopping 200 miles before…

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Texas Road Trip

By Josh October 6, 2014 Classic Cars, LS conversions No Comments
Texas Road Trip

Are there any sayings about road trips? There should definitely be some. Maybe some like this: When they start out bad, it usually means you got all the bad stuff…

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Big engine, big cooling–keeping the V8S10 at temperature

By Josh February 5, 2014 LS conversions No Comments

To fit the cooling system, I swapped radiator shroud and deflector/tray over from a V6 S10 that was sitting around. The radiator got a little dent in from being in…

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If you’re going to build it, you might as well dive in..

By Josh November 18, 2013 LS conversions No Comments
If you’re going to build it, you might as well dive in..

I don’t have any pictures of doing the harness, but it doesn’t look anything special. I purposely put all the corrugated plastic back on it in spots. I used all…

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Project Dis-traction comes to life!

By Josh October 11, 2013 Classic Cars, LS conversions 1 Comment
Project Dis-traction comes to life!

First and foremost, I want to apologize- I know it has been a long time without any updates. We’ve done some Twitter and Instagram snippets, but no blog posts. The…

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