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Im a new member from New Zealand.
formally a die hard Ford guy but now, Chev all the way lol.
My Camaro is a 1983 with body kit mixed from 83 86 and I think 90's.
Some Pics..........
So there we have it. Just a 305/TH700r4.
I have removed all aircon (wasn't going).
Next project is a Davies Craig electric water pump and Chevy header pipe kit (means I can remove the belt driven water pump entirely) and will install AU falcon twin thermofan and shroud for cooling.
This should tidy the engine bay up heaps and will leave only the alternator driven by V belt. Added advantage is less HP lost to belt drive and that huge steel fan. With a 305 any HP gained is a bonus!
The engine has the slow heating up while on the open road problem so I am thinking that the airdam is missing or ineffective.
This seems to be the std 83 berlinetta airdam
Heres an extension I have formed from some alloy to help cooling. I didn't want it hanging too low so will add a neoprene piece below it to make it more effective
More pics soon once fitted.
EDIT
Ok have fitted airdam Mk2
I used roofing screws with rubber washers and only screwed them into the plastic as I don't want to hit something and rip out the whole radiator support.
This header kit allows me to eliminate the water pump entirely.
Im not doing this out of any need for extra cooling I just want to get the under hood area cleaner. Supposedly these pumps will cool up to about 400HP engine so my little 305 should be a breeze for it.
We'll know this weekend hopefully if I can get the radiator shroud in time.
While everything is stripped out I'm gonna take the opportunity to get rid of the aircon condenser and block all the air gaps around the radiator.
Later on when I go to a bigger engine all this will hopefully pay off.
V8's are hideously expensive over here with your average junkyard engine anywhere between $2500-$4000.
It just blows me away when I hear you guys say you picked up a junkyard engine for $150-500 bucks .
Hopefully I'll have more to add after the weekend.
Thanks guys. The water pump itself came with the worm drive clamps and the header pipes had the t clamps. mind you the pump is Fibre reinforced plastic ( I think) so better to not go too tight.
No I didn't work on LOTR, too ugly. More suited to play jabba the Hutt.
Last edited by loopy; 08-13-2014 at 09:50 PM.
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Please post pics of the complete installation. Be interesting to hear if it does the job. I've been thinking of relocating my radiator and using a remote water pump but never used electric water pumps before. What current does the pump draw?
Base. It uses 12.A when going full bore. In normal running it pulses as required. When too hot (3 deg over controller temp). the controller starts the thermo fans. When switched off the pump and fan pulse/run to eliminate heat soak It's a pretty nifty setup. Still waiting for fans though.
Hey man
like your idea of the air dam i"ve noticed that my engine bay gets quite hot as there is just not enough air flow getting in there so this idea of yours I think I will do this mod as it is a low cost mod but will definitely make a difference.
Thanks Nat.
Ok. 7 years later and I thought I best update my thread.
Car now has L31 vortec, hughes street/strip 700r4, comp xr276hr cam, scat rods, comp pro magnum 1.6:1 roller rockers, edelbrock airgap manifold, Hedman shorty headers and Holley Sniper EFI with timing control. There is a very comprehensive engine build thread in the tech section for those interested. https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...-check-my.html
It's lowered on Eibach sportline springs with Tokicko 5 way adj. shocks, Founders camber/castor plates, adjustable lower arms and panhard rod and 17" Ridler wheels. UMI SFC's ready to install.
It's certainly a night and day difference to what I started with.
I was gonna ask how you got that all under the stock hood.
The answer to that is BARELY!
The plenum just touches one of the underhood frames. You can see a tiny mark on the plenum where it has rubbed. Unfortunately that's the lowest I can find.
The car sure has some a long ways. Its nice to know that the engine build went the way you planned. You never know with these things. (After nearly two years, my project has yet to get off the ground)
I'm liking the carb hat. At one time I was under the impression that the OEM filter elements, even the K&N versions, didn't offer up enough surface area for adequate flow. Then one of the members here did some testing here on a modified version on his head porting flow bench. Turns out they're much better than I thought. So, I'm liking the TPI style filter case again.
The car sure has some a long ways. Its nice to know that the engine build went the way you planned. You never know with these things. (After nearly two years, my project has yet to get off the ground)
I'm liking the carb hat. At one time I was under the impression that the OEM filter elements, even the K&N versions, didn't offer up enough surface area for adequate flow. Then one of the members here did some testing here on a modified version on his head porting flow bench. Turns out they're much better than I thought. So, I'm liking the TPI style filter case again.
Good to see you post up.
Hi Kevin. It's certainly been a while!.....
The engines awesome, thanks to you for your amazing input.
With regards to the CAI, I always intended to run without it if racing. The rest of the time it's perfectly adequate.
08-12-2014, 09:28 PM
