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Finally got my LUV cooled down. Swapped the Radiator, intake ( busted a thermostat bolt on mine!), new thermostat, swapped the Exhaust manifold (got one with 2" down tube), Glass pack, and got rid of the rest of the EGR crap. Oh, and painted the Exhaust manifold, and Valve cover with Hi-Temp Aluminized silver paint. All this took care of my overheating problem. Looks pretty cool 2!



Glass pack is WAY LOUD!!!!! But it sure sounds better than these "Tuner" guy's with their "coffe cans"!

Course now I gotta clean the rest of the engine bay now.............

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That is looking good. I painted the exhaust manifold on my trooper with that super high temp paint and it made things look a lot better. I did get a tiny little bit of peeling though in a couple spots where I didn't quite get all the rust cleaned off, or maybe I got some finger oil on it after I wiped it down. I went with black though. I actually just picked some aluminized looking hi-temp paint today though to do the heat shield/stove deal.

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95 Isuzu Trooper Daily Driver
86 Isuzu Trooper reliable backup
77 LUV 2wd stock beltway blaster (resting)
79 4x4 LUV project: 2.6L, 5spd, 31s (eventually)

MEPR: Man, my 4x4 makes all other LUVs look good

looks good... i am working on the metallized "hammer" texture paint to see how that looks..

Bob, that paint works great inside the bed

geohum.... thanks for the tip

2in downpipe manifold? what did that come off of? i kinda noticed that the ehaust pip on lees luv was bigger than the pups. hmmmm

looks great though! just pressure wash the rest of the engine bay and youll be set!!

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"but its that gut feeling of you're drawn to what feels right for yourself and what you're passionate about..."

No, use some Purple Power spray or Simple green spray to wash all that off, i never pressure wash anything but my LTD's engine bay looks better than what detail at my work does.

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

Thanks guys!

I'm hopin' to get'er cleaned up B 4 the 12th, simple green sound like the ticket, too many filters to cover to power wash.

The manifold's stock, but someone welded a 2" pipe to the stock colector.

I'll bring my old one with me if you want..........

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