Still in the air....

I posted this in the Firebird section as well, figured some of you might wanna know where I stand right now.

Nothing has truely changed over the last 3 weeks.
Although, I have gotten my heads. Patriot Stage 2 LS6 heads. Not quite what I wanted, but should be enough to hit 475+ RWHP.
The stock motor is sitting on the stand right now. Basicly waiting on the head bolts, so I can re-install the heads, and sell it off. Gaskets are all cleaned up. No damage to anything. Looks VERY good. Little more carbon than normal.....damn the car for running rich.
Heads are actually back at Patriot. Getting some minor work done, and some things done for free.
Not sure if 10.5:1 compression is enough for my cam. I guess I will find out once all is installed.

Right now....I am down lifters, fuel pump (can wait), and the true duals.
Still kinda undecided if I want to go with stock Y-Pipe and catback with dual cutouts at the headers, or a true dual system. Leaning towards true duals.

Once I get this stock LS1 cleaned up, it will sell, and I will have the parts I need to get back on the road. Hoping my the end of this month.

How she sits.........
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Swap077.JPG

The stock heads took a while to clean up. I am sure you can tell a difference. May have to look close though.
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Swap078.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Swap079.JPG

LS1 bottom end.......
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Swap072.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Swap075.JPG

Some work has been done since that last pic. Stock cam has been re-installed. Timing chain has been aligned and installed. Along with the cam cover, bolts, and oil pump.
Soon I should have an idling clip for everyone. Probably won't idle to great, but it will try. :lol:

damn u are working your ass off on that thing...i see u got that thing high off the ground what size jack stands u got there?

what kind of dog do u have??

damn u are working your ass off on that thing...i see u got that thing high off the ground what size jack stands u got there?
6 ton stands. They are supposed to be able to have a holding height of 24+ inches. In the pic, they aren't all that extended.

what kind of dog do u have??
:lol:
Pit/Lab named Zia. She is the one on the right here.
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/dogA5.JPG

Haha I noticed the dog too. BTW, hope you finish soon enough and as soon as you do. Vid please :D

Trust me, I plan on having a video camera on the car for when it first cranks over.
Probably won't start, and that is why I have editting software. :lol:

Lol, DAMNIT if I had an fing camera that I could hookup to my comp. I'd have music videos involving my car.. Like you did a while ago.

ok, you posted it in 2 sections becasue i asked about the dog to, lol, rally remember when we was talking shit to Lous and said shit like he didnt have a girl? check out pic #2 and 3, those heads are on the coffee table, now he might have a girl, but i dont believe she lives with him, she prob would have killed him for just thinking about putting those heads on that table.

We live together.
How else can I explain a Vibe in the driveway??

We live together.
How else can I explain a Vibe in the driveway??

i dont see a vibe? i see a grand am gt. :screwy:

i dont see a vibe? i see a grand am gt. :screwy:
I will get pics....if she is ever home tomorrow.
There used to be a Saturn, but she traded that in Monday. Thank god, what a pile. Between the gym, the chiropractor, and work, not sure if I will catch the car here in daylight.
I will find something in the house to take a pic of though. :smokin:

I will get pics....if she is ever home tomorrow.
There used to be a Saturn, but she traded that in Monday. Thank god, what a pile. Between the gym, the chiropractor, and work, not sure if I will catch the car here in daylight.
I will find something in the house to take a pic of though. :smokin:

lol, Zia dont count and you cant take a picture of a closet full of womens clothes becasue you might be a crossdresser.

:p

wow.......
I dont see how you can work in that small of a garage. especially an engine change out. I would go crazy! I currently have 1440 sq. ft of garage space (and never seem to have enough space) and in the process of adding another 2880 sq. ft. on to that with extra high ceilings (18feet) so that i can install a 2 post lift , but its going to be a while before that is completed -hopefully by the end of summer 2006

ok, you posted it in 2 sections becasue i asked about the dog to, lol, rally remember when we was talking shit to Lous and said shit like he didnt have a girl? check out pic #2 and 3, those heads are on the coffee table, now he might have a girl, but i dont believe she lives with him, she prob would have killed him for just thinking about putting those heads on that table.


I wouldn't be so sure. I dated a girl once that would have put the heads their herself, and it would be me that would complain about em. She used to work on my car all the time. Sure she wasn't the most attractive of women (wasn't bad looking just not overly good), but she was head-over-heels for me and I could convince her to do anything for me.

Sounds like a keeper dude. Why'd you let her go? Luos.. dont you even have a pic of her with you? Couples USUALLY do this.

I wouldn't be so sure. I dated a girl once that would have put the heads their herself, and it would be me that would complain about em. She used to work on my car all the time. Sure she wasn't the most attractive of women (wasn't bad looking just not overly good), but she was head-over-heels for me and I could convince her to do anything for me.

yea, but what are the chances that he met one of those kind of girls?
i kinda figure that there is about 1 in every 10 million women that are like that.

but that table was kinda messey so maybe she isnt the type to beat your head in with a frying pan because you left something out somwhere, so hed be pretty lucky, dude should play the lottery.

6 ton stands. They are supposed to be able to have a holding height of 24+ inches. In the pic, they aren't all that extended.


:lol:
Pit/Lab named Zia. She is the one on the right here.
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/dogA5.JPG

btw your dog is cute, i think im gonna have to be a serial dog snatcher.

i still think the way you got the engine out was genious. props to you. Now I wish i wouldve got that 98 firebird I was looking at a while ago with a blown head gasket. Is the back end on the ground? or is it jacked up too?

i still think the way you got the engine out was genious. props to you. Now I wish i wouldve got that 98 firebird I was looking at a while ago with a blown head gasket. Is the back end on the ground? or is it jacked up too?
Back tires are on ramps. Helps the leverage. Will need to get the front end up a little higher to slide the new motor in. Gonna be more assembled than the motor that came out. I keep dreaming about having the new motor on the stand, and assembling it. Getting close. Damn lifters I am getting are $500 though. But they are supposed to be worth 15 HP over any others, so.....


Viper....
Me and the girl. Old picture, but that is us.
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/Thanksgiving.JPG

It was actually me who asked but..



What the hell..
http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/1465/thanksgiving5pd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Hell hounds in the background dude.

Those were my cousin's dogs. At least until they moved from that place.

Too bad neither of those dogs is Iroc, the female rott that lived there. Perfect example of a rott.

rally, i asked first in the firebird fourm, becasue he posted the same thread ther but like a day or 2 before he posted here.

Eh? You feel like a big man, now huh? :lol:

I thought I did but alright.

yes i do feel like a big man, i wonder if all that fat on me has anything to do with it...

btw Lous that pic just proves that a girl likes you enough to stand next to you for a pic, it dont prove she lives with you, dont prove shes your girl, and btw that jacket she is wearing is like 10x the size she is...



PS. of course im just messing with ya... i seen that may video of your car, and i thought you was gonna look more redneck-ish but you dont... (in that vid you get a glimpse of you and you look like a redneck.

Thanks. I think. :lol:

Give me a little while, I have proof.

Must've been really cold man, her nose is like FREAKING RED. No offence though :)

yea, looks like she might have been sick, what kind of boy friend are you? you drag your girl out side near the hell hounds just so you can take a pic with her? looks like she is freezing to death...


oh and if you want more time sure, i dont care, i just cant wait to see thist "proof".

I have the pic taken....but I am lazy, so I am waiting to get it off the camera :lol:

And yes, it was pretty cold out.

Curtis, you have been replaced by my good friend Ryan.
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/22/thanksgivingcopy6nk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
:rofl: I dont know why but this made me laugh cause he fits the pic.

That pic has been chopped a couple times before. :lol:

Check this out....count the fluffy soap things.
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/dashower.JPG


And by the way, the LS1 shortblock with heads and cam is officially for sale.
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=365199

Btw, WHAT THE HELL are those FLUFFY things for? I got some in my bathroom too and im like "wtf.. are these for?" Honestly all you need is soap and some shampoo and then get the F out.

Btw, WHAT THE HELL are those FLUFFY things for? I got some in my bathroom too and im like "wtf.. are these for?" Honestly all you need is soap and some shampoo and then get the F out.

lol, you put soap on them then you use them on your body... it just puts soapy bubbles all over your body.

lous, why do you have so many of them? you only need 1 man.

lous, why do you have so many of them? you only need 1 man.
I don't use those things. :lol:

Why the hell would you use those instead of bar soap?

Why the hell would you use those instead of bar soap?

i donno, id say ask lous but he claims he dont use them altho he has 3 of them hanging in his shower.

Well? Start explaining Curtis

LMAO

Assholes.
They are the girlfriends. I think she uses one for different 'soaps' or whatever she calls that shit in the bottle.

Hey, if I use something atleast I admit to it. No need for name calling. :rofl:

Hey, if I use something atleast I admit to it. No need for name calling. :rofl:

i think its more like 2 of them are his... 1 for his nuts and 1 for the rest of his body, and the other is for decoration...

"i think she uses them for diffrent 'soaps' or whatever she calls that shit in the bottle"

nice save btw.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I dont think he will ever hear the end of this. :lol:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

you laugh but im serious...

Mr. Lous, or shall we say Ms. Louis

he even went as far to try to pass the grand am gt in the drive way off as a vibe... how stupid do you think we are?

MAN, you seriously are a crackdown, lol.

Also its LUOS not Lous or Louis so its Misses Luos.

Hm.. maybe THIS is Ms. Luos..
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4104/thanksgiving16zc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And her boyfriend who drives the GT.

MAN, you seriously are a crackdown, lol.

Also its LUOS not Lous or Louis so its Misses Luos.

Louis is a ladies name, but Louis might be his alter ego, he just typed it wrong, and Mr. becasue its a dude that thinks he has a girl only he plays both parts...

lol, im gonna stop here, im just gonna have to take his word for it... he will never be able to actually prove that that chick lives with him, well not with me around to think of a reason that the item or items might be there (example: those fluffy soap things)

that picture of that girl standing next to him while she is freezing her boobs off proves nothing, just that some girls are stupid enough to freeze their boobs off to stand next to his ugly ass for a pic...

im gonna stop here before i get into trouble...













btw, im just messing with you Luos, i will take your word for that she is your girl friend... and that she actually lives with you.

Hm.. maybe THIS is Ms. Luos..
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4104/thanksgiving16zc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And her boyfriend who drives the GT.


yea maybe he was standing next to his boy friend but it was so cold out side he froze his balls off and turned into a girl.

Lol dude you're a buzz kill, this was getting funnier by the minute. Oh well, yeah man she uh.. looks hot. I guess.

I will post a pic of the Vibe tomorrow. Promise.
She is at work until roughly nightfall, and I have a shitty camera, so it doesn't do well at night.
All three cars in one pic. :wink:

that girl is kinda hot tho, she should try puffs with aloe becasue what ever she uses makes her nose really really red... she can lead santa's slead with that nose.

Maybe a pic with her in her underwear would work. :lol:

Im just messing around. but that pic of her I think is kinda bad. because of how cold it was im guessing.

yea, you need an updated pic, see if she will wear a 2 peice.

Working on the two piece thing.....

And I said I would take this pic....
http://home.comcast.net/~mrluos/house.JPG

hmm, how do we know that you didnt buy the vibe to haul around new parts for your project? you might put a trailor hitch on it later and trailer around your bird...


lol, i am just messing with you, i really do believe that chick lives with you, i donno why tho, i am having so much fun with this i cant stop trying to figure out other reasons for the stuff...

She is playing Zoo Tycoon or some shit on her laptop right now.
We went to breakfast.

And I think I sold the LS1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If everything goes through, I should have the Trans Am running by the end of this month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I think I sold the LS1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If everything goes through, I should have the Trans Am running by the end of this month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


sweet

Take a pic of her playing Zoo Tycoon. :rofl:

oh, and Mr. Luos, i thought you had no money? what they are you and "your girl" doing with a brand new vibe? no money for engine or did you spend all your money on the vibe?

Aww dude, stop right there Viper. You're about to go alone. You cant talk to him about spending money on something that didnt need to be spent on, just look at me I got a 03 Monte instead of putting it in my Camaro. It's just like that, you cant always focus solely on ONE car to depend on it, there always must be one car for ONE person, which is why he got the Vibe. AND why I got the Monte, because you need a car.

If you didnt get that, I mean you got to have one WORKING car for one person, and his WS.6 isnt working and probably will have some bugs to work out, but he's not by himself and gots to meet the requirements of another person. So there's the Vibe for him and the GA for his girlfriend. :rofl:

Vibe isn't mine.
I am not married, she wanted a new car, so she got one. Can't say I blame her, she was driving a 1999 Saturn SC2. POS.

I am a little hard up for cash. Between trying to get the Trans Am done, and getting a new job, things have been interesting.


Trust me, the Grand Am is mine. :lol:
I can't stand driving that Vibe. No power.