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the story and build
Well I never cared for the 3rd gen I didn't see much of them, I just wasn't looking. I want a M6 camaro ss 98-02. But not comming from money or ppl to help me buy a car 10 was way out my price range. I had a Honda and liked it so I wanted a newer one. It was down to a 03 RSX-S that needed rebuilt, and I found a IROC 305 TPI running and fine. The RSX wouldn't let it go for 1k (needs a new k member, drove into lake head first) and the Camaro was 2500. So I got the camaro.
I did some racing in the camaro and wanted to go faster. I didn't have the space to swap a 350 so I built up the to of the 305. It didn't go well, but I didn't give up on it. With me only driving it for almost a year and working on it for 2 most ppl would gave in. I got tired of the 305 crap and wanted to start fresh. My best buddy had a 355 that he had to go in his 84 TA but didn't go threw and wanted to sell everything so I got it for cheap. With the 305 top end being new with about 100 or less miles on it I swaped everything over.
So I had the 355 with me but I didn't buy it yet because I wanted the 305 to work. On day I got really mad and 30mins later
I did some racing in the camaro and wanted to go faster. I didn't have the space to swap a 350 so I built up the to of the 305. It didn't go well, but I didn't give up on it. With me only driving it for almost a year and working on it for 2 most ppl would gave in. I got tired of the 305 crap and wanted to start fresh. My best buddy had a 355 that he had to go in his 84 TA but didn't go threw and wanted to sell everything so I got it for cheap. With the 305 top end being new with about 100 or less miles on it I swaped everything over.
So I had the 355 with me but I didn't buy it yet because I wanted the 305 to work. On day I got really mad and 30mins later
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Re: the story and build
So I bought the motor and preped it to go in. I called summit and got the specs for the motor. This cam from them as a 225hp and I think 400ft lb with 58 cc heads 9.2 to 1 CR and a summit 9000 cam with .454 lift. So this was no HO motor. I was ok with that because I didn't have the money for a powerful motor. So I looked around and got the biggest cam that is good with efi and won't need a high stall and too big for my heads.
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I don't know what u heard but I raced and beat 1 lt1 its on youtube and I jumped out on my boy ls2 ws6 also on the tube. I raced a stock ls1 car and her ran me down. But sure I'm that guy.
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So I was in the middle of my first full swap and didn't think much of it. With the help of TGO I got every thing I needed for the swap. While the engine was out I put some new mounts in, cleaned up the engine bay, and put a AC delete box in. I tucked some of the harness (to me not worth doing)
I had come out by the battery is
I had come out by the battery is
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I also reloomed all the wires too
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I always wanted to do the ls1 brake swap and I had all the parts to do it but that brackes which I got from scott from bigbrakeupgrade.com I picked up some 19 rims to change up my look.
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Doing this on a cellphone is hard the car is done lol I didn't want a fail post again
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Y'all know how a swap lookes so not but to upload a butt load of pics. Start up vid, I have to keep hitting the gas to keep it running and it don't rev really just stays at idle. I played with the timing, the ets wire is unplugled and AB ports on the obd1 is in bypass mode. The TPS is set. I looked on here and the web with no luck.
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That's what 100% I think. I have all the stickers from the stuff I got, comp, summit, pcmofnc all that and have no clue where to up them, I will just stick them on my tool box. So I just loosen them up while its running and adjust from there 1 by 1
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Sold it to my buddy his 87 iroc is far past mine its show car and could win cotm.
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I don't have anything to prove to u tyler. A simple race is what I want. I'm sure if we meet we will be cool with each other. I'm a nice guy and good friends with most f body ppl I meet or but stuff from
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Bravo, dare work is going. I'd like to share something with you for this case. As you have separated the engine and surely you'd go to do more of it. The side of engine seal is noticeable thing carefully swap it while fitting. Because harsh touch can waste it and you'd have to bring one new which sometimes not easily available.
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