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PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:47 am 
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Hey ya'll, New to the forum here, but im currently a proud owner of two Chevy LUV's. I have a '78 LUV, and a '79 Chevy LUV Mikado. I was just curious as to little things i could do to the original 1.8L Isuzu engine to add a little performance. I dont want to make the engine all fast, just a little more power for around town and offroading? The '79 will be my every day driver. The '78 however i would like to drop a 327 in and change the bed over to a stepside but do a woodinlaid bed. Any opinions or advice :?: Thank you much

- Sean

P.S. Pictures will be posted soon. if i can figure it out


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:06 pm 
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Offenhauser intake manifold (from Mokadeth on the forums), pacesetter header, weber carb, and a regrind from delta cams really livens up the ol 1.9. The search function will give you a ton of info on these mods.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:08 pm 
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Oh...and welcome to the club. :)

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:36 pm 
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Awesome! Thank you very much. I can't wait to get some of these upgrades and see what extra life i can bring to the LUV. Unfortunately my Chevy is in arizona and i live in california, but i will be taking some pictures when i head out there to work on them this month. ill post them. and again thank you very much


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:17 pm 
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I did the Weber carb and was very happy with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCJ8uaAG3iU


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