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Motor Upgrades before body lift and after?

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Old 11-01-2009, 05:28 PM
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so i am going to be putting on my body lift soon. After i do so i will have better access to the distributor and wires and such so im going to replace them as soon as i can.
Whats a good upgrade for wires and distributor for our trucks?

Also would it be easier to do the plenum gasket fix(hughes) before or after?

Also what other installs should i do first to the motor or any other place that will be easier to access before the body lift.

And what will be good to install after the body lift.

Most of the stuff is stock as far as i know as in the intake manifold and wires and everything
 
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Old 11-01-2009, 06:13 PM
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plenum after, firewall is kinda in the way to get the manifold on and off
 
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anyone think putting a new intake manifold on instead of a new gasket is a good idea
 
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You mean like a M1 or an airgap? Hell yeah I think it's a good idea...
 
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yeah might go witht he airgap.

I dunno if the extra 400 bones or so is worth it. could order a new plenum gasket for 90 bucks or a new intake manifold. i dunno ill look into it
 
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its worth it!
 
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you'll notice a difference with the hughes plenum. not that hard to do it. basically its up to you when you want to.

as for wires, i have MSD 8.5mm and they are awesome. (85.99 though)

Distributor Cap and rotor, not to sure
 
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unless you have some kind of high energy distributor/coil setup you will notice no differnce at all between $20 wires and $100 wires in performance..(cheap wires can leak noise in the stereo and cb radio however)..silicone wires are a good idea especially if you dont want to use the stock heat shields....
 



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