I'm hunting around for some *bling* items to throw under the hood during this drivetrain rebuild and thought about perhaps those stainless steel hose covers I've seen at some of the shows. I think they look pretty sharp, but are there any practical drawbacks to them? Maybe keeping too much heat in the radiator hoses or perhaps abrading against them?
I'm hunting around for some *bling* items to throw under the hood during this drivetrain rebuild and thought about perhaps those stainless steel hose covers I've seen at some of the shows. I think they look pretty sharp, but are there any practical drawbacks to them? Maybe keeping too much heat in the radiator hoses or perhaps abrading against them?
Anyone got any experience or thoughts about them?
Maybe even TOO tacky looking?
I have been thinking of going to the Earls hoses that are the actual hoses and you have a choice of end colors. I'll investigate that a little further.
Right now I'm looking for bling valve covers and coil pack brackets. Chris asked me about them yesterday, saying something along the line that we need taller covers or something. That was kind of a curve ball I wasn't expecting, so I'm not sure what the heck I am supposed to be looking at. I thought the motor was going to be all inclusive with all the stuff necessary.
On Chris's recommendation we are going to the LSXR™ 102mm FAST intake manifold instead of the LS7 model. He just got one in for testing and he is impressed with the gains he saw on the dyno on a built LS7 engine. Plus they say it will handle 30psi of boost without any bursting problems.
On Chris's recommendation we are going to the LSXR™ 102mm FAST intake manifold instead of the LS7 model. He just got one in for testing and he is impressed with the gains he saw on the dyno on a built LS7 engine. Plus they say it will handle 30psi of boost without any bursting problems.
Yes we saw some pretty good gains on this intake...customer was happy !!
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