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V
02-16-2007, 06:58 PM
ok, i have a set of vette FRC for 99-02, the years with one fuel line.

Who has installed these on an f-body motor? i get the basic idea of it but theres several things in the way. Id like to know the tricks involved and what need to be moved or modified.

I hadnt planned on using them, but tonight i just tried laying them in place and it made a huge improvement with the looks. it basically completed it, so now i just wanna get them on, even if i rarely keep them on. And btw, yes they still say corvette but i dont mind considering the motor is basically for one.

I believe CJ has them but they arent stock vette ones. Anyone else?



EDIT: ok, i think i found out the simple mods needed. since i dont have AIR anymore thats a big help.
98tadriver
02-16-2007, 08:02 PM
i got an idea- give them to me, its that easy!
V
02-16-2007, 09:01 PM
lol, i messed with them and i gotta do a little more and make a hole for the fuel evap line, but other than that they fit pretty good now. Now it is the factory fresh touched up engine compartment of a stock LS1.....

BEFORE:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/ss6.jpg


AFTER:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/ssec.jpg
BonzoHansen
02-16-2007, 09:04 PM
It makes it clean, but it says Corvette, and that bugs me - a pet peeve I suppose. Does any make covers or some kind of plate to go over the word Corvette? Will they take any kind of filler & paint?

The engine bay looks great now.
V
02-16-2007, 09:07 PM
lol i do plan on filling the "corvette" in and having melissa airbrush Camaro SS on it so even though itll be flat, it'll look like the writing is recessed. but there is another reason corvette can stay.
BonzoHansen
02-16-2007, 09:12 PM
lol i do plan on filling the "corvette" in and having melissa airbrush Camaro SS on it so even though itll be flat, it'll look like the writing is recessed. but there is another reason corvette can stay.

That would look cool.
GP99GT
02-16-2007, 11:31 PM
why do i still see a/c
maroman88
02-16-2007, 11:57 PM
same reason hes got a huge stereo.... to enjoy his car lol
V
02-17-2007, 01:05 AM
lol, my car will always have a/c and every option possible. i am not a weight nazi and i like to enjoy my car, not drive a rattle box. If its an all out race car thats one thing, but its also a show car, hence the extra work under the hood.
V
02-17-2007, 09:29 AM
oh and for a even more noticeable comparison... here is the original setup from back in 2005....

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/SmokingSS/ssecold.jpg
BonzoHansen
02-17-2007, 09:41 AM
lol, my car will always have a/c and every option possible. i am not a weight nazi and i like to enjoy my car, not drive a rattle box. If its an all out race car thats one thing, but its also a show car, hence the extra work under the hood.:)


I do see you the Leaf Removal Weight Reduction. :lol:

The air intake lid looks much better now.
GP99GT
02-17-2007, 03:15 PM
If its for show...removing the A/C would clean up the engine bay. i dont want my A/C because all it does is get in the way and i prefer to have the windows down when its hot. and if you dont conform to what i tell you to do then ill cut joo mang. also corvette FRC's are ricey, fill them in ASAP
V
02-17-2007, 05:38 PM
haha, well matt, by removing the A/C, the only noticeable change in the engine compartment would be the missing drier and the one main line really. everything else isnt seen to begin with. And even with tops off and windows down, some days are just too hot... keep in mind i have a truck with all 4 heated seats...im spoiled... lol i love my options.

as for the covers, i hadnt planned on using them until last night, had i decided earlier, i would alreayd have them filled and off to melissa for paint... but technically they do belong on that motor...
deadtrend1
02-17-2007, 07:01 PM
If its for show...removing the A/C would clean up the engine bay. i dont want my A/C because all it does is get in the way and i prefer to have the windows down when its hot. and if you dont conform to what i tell you to do then ill cut joo mang. also corvette FRC's are ricey, fill them in ASAP

but having windows down doesnt remove the humidity on a hot summer day. i am keeping the ac in the 96, but its out of the 86
GP99GT
02-19-2007, 09:26 PM
meh stop being mussys and driveeee. :lol:

personally i cant wait til my smog pump and A/C are gone...apparently ford decided to make it look as ugly as possible
BonzoHansen
02-19-2007, 10:08 PM
meh stop being mussys and driveeee. :lol:

personally i cant wait til my smog pump and A/C are gone...apparently ford decided to make it look as ugly as possible

That means your hood is up too much. :-P
qwikz28
02-19-2007, 10:51 PM
That means your hood is up too much. :-P

its a ford
Teds89IROC
02-19-2007, 10:56 PM
but Paul, you don't drive your car anyway, so do those hot days really bother you? :razz:
qwikz28
02-20-2007, 09:08 PM
but Paul, you don't drive your car anyway, so do those hot days really bother you? :razz:

so says the man who most people have never seen his car :finger:
Teds89IROC
02-20-2007, 10:28 PM
not my fault people don't drive up to the north :shrug:
qwikz28
02-20-2007, 10:31 PM
not my fault people don't drive up to the north :shrug:

i'm up north, i think the only time i saw your car was the one day it was raining :lol:
Teds89IROC
02-20-2007, 10:33 PM
consider yourself lucky then because I avoid rain at all times, when possible :lol:
V
02-20-2007, 10:40 PM
few have seen mine as well, even fewer saw it running
GP99GT
02-20-2007, 10:43 PM
ive never seen pauls, but ive seen teds a bunch of times
Teds89IROC
02-20-2007, 11:02 PM
I saw pauls a couple of times and once running :lol: a long time ago at the rest stop on the parkway, I didn't know it was Paul's till after I met him. I do want to drive mine more this spring/summer than I have in the past.
NJSPEEDER
02-21-2007, 06:21 PM
how many hp are they worth?
CJDZ24_Z28
02-22-2007, 11:27 AM
You have a very clean engine bay! I like it better without the FRC IMHO. My 2 LS1's engine bays are clean but not clean as yours
Savage_Messiah
02-26-2007, 01:08 AM
You have a bike to drive if it's really hot out, and roll down the windows, and i dont even remember if that thing has t-tops. Last summer it got pretty hot, there was only maybe 1 or 2 days where I wished for A/C, but there's something called manning up that you do to overcome that.
qwikz28
02-26-2007, 11:01 AM
You have a bike to drive if it's really hot out, and roll down the windows, and i dont even remember if that thing has t-tops. Last summer it got pretty hot, there was only maybe 1 or 2 days where I wished for A/C, but there's something called manning up that you do to overcome that.

well said kasey.... well said. my first car had no AC and the passenger window was stuck shut. whenever it got too hot i was more concerned about it overheating then i was about my own temperature