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MISC. TOUCHES
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These are the final touches that give the finished look to the car.

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3.4 EMBLEM on the 2.8L Intake
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One of the first things you see when you look at the engine is the intake. Well the car now has a 3.4 block swap, but used the 2.8 top end. There is no way to tell by looking at the engine. So I had to get rid of that old 2.8L emblem on the center of the intake and replace it with a 3.4L one.

Well there were no 3.4L emblems that I could find, so I had to make one. I got a old compact mirror. It was the exact size. I bought some anodized red looking lettering at Wal-Mart. I glued the letters on top and viola...3.4!

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PONTIAC EMBLEM
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Here I added a little something to the place where the factory hood spring used to sit. See with the new SunCoast hood, I don't use the spring anymore. I wanted something to make that space look better, like it was still meant for something. And since I had done such massive emblem swapping the exterior of the car had no place with Pontiac on it. So this little guy paid some homage to PONTIAC!

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SPARKPLUG WIRES
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I have the Taylor 8mm Red plug wires. They are good performance wires and they have a choice of colors.

This is the best way to go! They are the style you cut to your own length.
I�m not sure of the price. Summit carries them!

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DISTRIBUTOR CAP
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I also got a Accel Distributor cap and and rotor w/ brass terminals. I painted the plactic on the cap red.

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FLUID RESERVOIRS
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Polished stainless reservoirs for coolant and wiper fluid.

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TRANNY LINES AND COOLER
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I got Earl's Stainless lines for the Transmission lines. Actually it was a performance upgrade for the new stall convertor. I had to be sure it would have proper cooling capacity. But I can't help but notice how much nicer it looks in my bay w/o the dreaded tranny lines running up to the radiator. Here is all you see of them now...

And where the used to attach

Upper

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BRAIDED STAINLESS FUEL LINES
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When we went to Truleo intake, the old fuel lines would not work, so we had to figure out something different. So braided stainless seemed to be the best answer.

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AIR DUCTING
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When I swapped over to the SunCoast hood and ram Air system, I had to rig up my own couplers to amke the system work. The couplers that came with the hood were V-8 specific. So to keep a cleaner look I replaced all the factory ducts and went with ones from Lowes/Home Depot. They are actually a coupler that is 4in on one end and 3.5in on the other, if I remember the sizing right! This allowed me to couple the larger ram air box opening to the mass air sensor cleanly.

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DIRECTORY FOR RAIF'S ENGINE DETAILING SITE
01 Site Overview
02 Wire Looms: Version I (Pre 2006) & Version II (Post 2006)
03 Silicone Hoses: Version I (Pre 2006) & Version II (Post 2006)
04 Coolflex
05 Aftermarket Aluminum Pieces
06 Polishing Aluminum
07 Polished Stock Aluminum Pieces
08 Polished Accent Pieces
09 Fiero Valve Covers
10 Polishing Steel & Ceramic Coating It
11 Aftermarket Chrome Pieces
12 Professionally Chromed Stock Pieces
13 Miscellaneous Touches <<<
14 Final Pics of the Engine W/ Stock 2.8 Plenum & runners
15 Truleo Custom Intake
16 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Overview
17 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Battery Relocation: Installing the Battery Box
18 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Battery Relocation: Running Wiring Under Chassis
19 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: MSD Box Mounting
20 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: Part I
21 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Hiding the wiring: Part II
22 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine & Tranny: Stripping & Prepping
23 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine & Trannny: Painting Candy Apple Red
24 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Candy Apple Red: Prep, Prime, & Base
25 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Candy Apple Red: Clear Coat
26 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Accessories: Black
27 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Welding, Stripping, & Filling
28 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Prepping & Priming
29 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Painting: Engine Bay: Clear Coat
30 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Engine Installation
31 2006: Engine Compartment Makeover: Engine Installation: Accessories

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