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That looks real familiar! Hope your trip goes well and I'm very glad I was able to meet you and see the awesome work you have done! And let me tell everyone it sounds AWESOME in person!

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I wonder how many cars have been photographed there? Good picks.

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nice burb

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right...i wish i had one of those here in rosenberg.

is that one open or is it just for show? would be cool to see one that is actually open and in business...

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thanks!!!

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Just show. I think its actually a shoe repair place or something like that.

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Your alive! How did the trip go? We were talking about you at Bessingers the other night. Your ears must have been burning!

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Re-did my exhaust. Came out AWESOME!! I'll post some pictures from underneath to show you how I did it ;-)

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nice touch

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haha you ran it like mine except not all the way out the back, which i may change it to like that (how yours is now). been thinking about it for a while just not sure yet, or i may run the exhaust under the axle and out the back instead of over the axle and out the back :)

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Very cool! How was the trip across the country?

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As far as the trip goes...it died a painful...painful...death. When i was putting the transmission together I didn't want to put the pan back on without a drain plug. Instead of drilling it and welding a nut on the inside (like I've done 20 times in the past) I decided to buy the pretty chrome one from summit for like $30 or something like that. Biggest mistake I made on anything I've done. That POS will not seal. Fluid just POURS out of the gasket area. After yesterday, I've now had the pan off 5 times trying to get it to seal. I've tried everything I know (rubber, cork, black RTV, sand blasted the surface to get the chrome off, etc) and nothing works. I pulled it off last night and beat it with my sledge hammer to take my frustrations out on it. I have one of the B&M cast aluminum ones coming today. It better seal. So.....since I couldn't get the tranny to stop leaking and was running out of time, I ended up just having it shipped. It was just leaking too much. I'm so pissed at that pan for ruining my drive its not even funny (I made sure it knew it yesterday though...).

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well that sucks, im sure you would have loved to drive it over here.... cause i know i would have :)

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You would've liked to drive mine or yours...? Hahaha! Are you gonna bring yours down to Temecula tonight or tomorrow?

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both :)
no unfortunately not..... cant afford it, and it has a few minor issues i need to fix :(

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Nice!

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Dang Chief....you showed that pan who was boss didn't you!!!:lol:

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New tranny pan is here. If it still leaks, I'm either going to weld the mf-er on or I'm going to drive it off a cliff. I HATE LEAKS!!!!!!!

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YUP!!! I'll try to remember to snap a pic and put it up.

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if it leaks you can send it to me, or the whole truck ;)

edit: how much did that run you and where did you get it from???

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Summit, $117 I think plus $25 for next day air. Its part number 20280.

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how many extra quarts is it and do you think it would it hang below the frame on a stock location (non raised) trans setup??

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Some underneath pics of the exhaust. I am absolutely thrilled with how it came out!

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Its a +2 quart sump. I can measure the height for you if you want.