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Old 12-09-2007 | 12:11 PM
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If i was on the Upper east coast I would No Doubt get in Contact with SlowHawk ... Don has tuned and built some serious power combos cars and trucks Don is apart of Dez Racing... AND BTW You make shipping sound like a huge problem but No matter if you ship it 400 miles or 4000 miles your not going to be looking @ a huge price differance and most builders Ship on a Regular basis and can get you a pretty smoking deal! For Engine parts I deal with Richard/Rex @WCCH Two Very top Notch guys
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Old 12-09-2007 | 04:51 PM
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Are any of the shops mentioned capable of doing a 5.3 to 5.7 conversion?
Carolina Auto Masters and R.P.M. can fix you up with any custom setup of your choice.
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Old 12-10-2007 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Casey2323
If i was on the Upper east coast I would No Doubt get in Contact with SlowHawk ... Don has tuned and built some serious power combos cars and trucks Don is apart of Dez Racing... AND BTW You make shipping sound like a huge problem but No matter if you ship it 400 miles or 4000 miles your not going to be looking @ a huge price differance and most builders Ship on a Regular basis and can get you a pretty smoking deal! For Engine parts I deal with Richard/Rex @WCCH Two Very top Notch guys
It's not that shipping is a "huge problem" but since my eventual plan is to do a 5.3 to forged 5.7 conversion in my truck, I'd like to be able to just drop it off at a shop and let them tear into it instead of having to pull the motor myself, find an alternate means of getting it to a shipping center and then vice versa when it gets shipped back. Makes things easier!
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Old 12-10-2007 | 09:49 AM
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Got any more info on these two? I noticed from your sig that you had a 370/122 combo built, installed and tuned by Slowhawk. How's that working out for you?
Slowhawk will do everything u need. Unfortunately I found him after I'd started with another builder, so my probs have been comedic! Don is the guy as far as trucks are concerned in the NorthEast. There's plenty of good LS builders but precious few who know our trucks. So far as I can tell the list is short: Dez Racing, WCCH/Rex, W2W, Maggie & Left Coast, Trick...I'm sure I've missed one or 2. Make sure u ONLY have the motoro built by someone who has done or works with someone who has done a truck motor. They have little idiosyncracies that are particular to their working well with SC/turbo packages in the trucks, and ull want the benefit of experience. Trust me, I'm educating my builder more than I'd have liked, and the hassel factor skyrockets in a CASE like mine. U don't wanna have to bring it back again. That said, the closer the better - u will be coming back for retunes, loose ends, growing pains no matter who u use. R/
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Old 12-10-2007 | 11:30 AM
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Old 12-10-2007 | 12:31 PM
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Rick...sorry I left u out! I knew there was at leastr one guy I forgot to mention.
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Old 12-11-2007 | 04:55 AM
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Rick...sorry I left u out! I knew there was at leastr one guy I forgot to mention.
LOL, I was thinking the same thing!!
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Old 09-14-2018 | 06:32 AM
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The "East Coast" is a VERY broad area!

Could you narrow it down to a region mebbe?

Anyway, these guys have a good rep in Central VA

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Old 09-14-2018 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 8ALTNG
Call Slowhawk. He doesn't build motors, but he will build you an entire setup around a motor...

And I can attest that he knows how to put a setup together.
Originally Posted by dhpro
Slowhawk will do everything u need.

That said, the closer the better - u will be coming
back for retunes, lo​​ose ends, growing pains no matter who u use. R/
what do you mean by he doesn't build motors but will "build" you a setup?

Edu-ma-cate me .
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Old 09-14-2018 | 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by cmcolfax
The "East Coast" is a VERY broad area!

Could you narrow it down to a region mebbe?
You may not get an answer on a eleven year old thread dig... oh nice dig!

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