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Old Jul 14, 2024 | 1:47 AM
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No I had not. I just visited their website and they appear to have a good touch up solution. Have you used their products before?
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Old Jul 14, 2024 | 3:46 PM
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No I have not used it but I watched Craig on Flying Wheels do a front bumper with several chips. He's a used car dealer YouTuber up in New England who is moving to Florida.
He bought a dealer cart that had many colors and also instructions on blending colors if they didn't have the exact one in the card. I'm sure it's pretty expensive based on the price of a single color for someone like me.
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Old Jun 16, 2025 | 3:36 PM
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And here's the next. Usually consistency is a good thing but here, ... oh my. Here's another LS7 doing LS7 things. This one had 18k miles on the odometer when the exhaust valve left the chat:

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Old Jul 28, 2025 | 8:46 AM
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So this one we get to put back together in a way that does the Z06 some real justice. The LS7 is out of production today. It is getting harder and harder to source this engine or it's components. This build will focus on retaining the LS7's bore and stroke but will use aftermarket components to achieve that. This build will consist of a Dart SHP block, Brodix BR7 cylinder heads, Cam Motion stage 3 camshaft, Johnson 2110R lifters, PAC springs, ARP hardware, and an all forged rotating assembly with I beam rods, 7cc aluminum pistons, and 4340 crankshaft. It's even getting the Katech C5R timing chain. Here is part 1 of the build..

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Old Jul 30, 2025 | 8:21 PM
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While this motor is going together was a good opportunity to spend a few minutes addressing those out there that are unfamiliar with DCR and only look at or care about static compression ratios.

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Old Jul 31, 2025 | 9:07 AM
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Bronze trunnion upgrade and piston to valve clearance check before final assembly..

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Old Aug 1, 2025 | 11:37 PM
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Here is the final assembly of one badass LS7 compatible 427..

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Old Aug 9, 2025 | 11:13 PM
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The Dart Brodix 427 build is together and running. We are tuning it this weekend and thus far are very happy with how things have turned out.




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Old Aug 12, 2025 | 2:03 AM
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Join me on this road test after tuning. Check out what was just built, installed, and calibrated..

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