Quote: Originally Posted by Speed Racer I'd give my left nut for a no-A/C box like that. Does anyone know where I can get one? (super clean install, BTW) Thanks for the comments Speed Racer!! As for the non A/C heater box, I've seen some for sale on E-bay but I'm sure you could still find one in a scrapyard. I looked in my area to find a few that I could sell but the ones I found were too rusty to be worth removing from the car. You could also try Hawks or similar parts vendors on this forum.

I am going to try to post a pic of mine here goes.

^^^^^that is SUPER nice and SUPER clean, love that blue, what color is that?

Thanks for the compliments, that color is off of a 95 Vette. It doesnt have a specific name, atleast i dont think so anyway.

I agree, that's a great color. Has the NHRA hassled you about that regulator on the firewall?

I as told several years ago that the regulator had to be mounted on the firewall, now that i put it on there i realize that it didnt have to be. But i guess thats what i get for listening to the kid at the track inspection years ago. To answer the question no problems at all and have been to several tracks. thanks for the compliments.

bluebeast that thing is sexy, i noticed you're running 4.30 gears, what size slick and what's your trap rpm at the big end?

Here's mine. Unknown mileage 350. Got it with the car for next to nothing. Previous owner told me it was an L82 out of a 77 Vette. Seems to match the claims for the most part: 881 casting heads with 1.94/1.5 Valves, 3970010 4 bolt block. Sold to me for next to nothing as a severe oil leaker. replaced the oil pump, Oil pressure sender, pan gasket and fuel pump and valve cover gaskets. Not a drop since then. Carburation is a Jet Performance stage 1 Q-jet that I'm still trying to tune.

Took this about 3 weeks ago while charging the battery and putting the new fuel pump in.

very nice business-only engine bay Quasi-Traction! let us know how that JET q-jet tuning goes...alot of people swear by them.

Thanks dude! I gotta admit I got a little bit of hero worship with your car. I cut out most of the extra wires that aren't in use from my engine bay. I like to see all motor when I open the hood. I'm sort of going the same "plain jane" route with my car as you've gone with your RS.

xpndbl3 i am trapping at around 7000-7200. the slicks are a MT DOT 28x11.5x15. this winter i am going with a full slick 28x10.5x15

yea I'm debating what gears to go with for my trap speed, which will change a bunch I know when I swap out to gears that suit my combo better, not sure if I should get 4.10s or 4.30s, and go to 29.5" slicks if I need to. I think I might just grab 4.10s and if I need more trap RPM then just spray the car to make the combo work

Hey guys,was looking through at some of the engines and stuff in here, really good lookin stuff. My cousin just picked up an IROC not too long ago and im building a 383 for it as we speak, eagle crank, 6" H bean, Diamond forged piston, AFR headed, custom hyd roller cam, should run mid to low 11's n/a...
Ill get some pictures up as soon as I get some good progress pictures!

not an f body..but carbs regardless:

^^^^nice vette?? i am guessing?? either way anything that looks that bad a$$ had to be bad a$$

My girl

heres a few of my new 383 more to follow once its finished

I'm pulling this 408 from my 1980 malibu and putting it in my 3rd gen. It's been 9.81/137 on 325/50 drag radials.

Those front tires look like 315's or something. lol

Don't look like no carb to me. . .

Looks weird. Some sort of direct port nitrous? Or individual throttle bodies?

Looks neat though.

not a 305, or 350.... it's a 400sbc

Okay, maybe they're sidedraft Webers.
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Man, you've got to do something about that direct-drive, way-back radiator fan!

Heres Mine......

Now if I could just get it to run right......

No kidding! And I thought mine was retro.

I think that might be a Crower setup

All business no bs

Carter Thermoquad!!

I use to run one on my 283. I had it in my 50 chevy truck.

Just got to love a carb thats big enough to drop a can of beer through the secondaries into the intake.

Here is a new one from last weekend

Just finished the 305 TPI w/m90 to carbed 383 swap and tremec t-56 swap.

You may want to put a hose clamp on your water outlet hose end

huh? all my water hoses have clamps on.

Dude look at the picture you took. Look at your thermostat housing. No hose clamp on the thermostat housing lol. All your other clamps are super shiny and easily noticable. I do not see it man!

It's there dude. It's one of the original wire clamps.

"Dude look at the picture you took. Look at your thermostat housing. No hose clamp on the thermostat housing lol. All your other clamps are super shiny and easily noticable. I do not see it man!"

Lol look closer..

LOL I must be blind.... I still don't see it

heres what i have now, but i will be pulling this out, and dropping it into my new 82 T/A

Here's a couple pics from this fall/winter project. I give the Scrap yard 5-6 Junks a year but felt the need to save this one from the shredder. The cars an 86 Coupe with factory 305, T5, POSI, and T-Tops. The Mechanics are done and most of the suspension work has been completed. ( Just need to put the rear sway back on. ) It's time for me to learn how to do Body Work !!!!


Before:




After

Here is mine...it has Holley 600's

heres my chevy caprice engine outside right now


i already swapped off the original E4ME carb and ECM operated HEI for non ECM stuff and before i have finished cleaning it up(i did take it through the car wash though, i need to remove the TVS and ECM temp switches in the intake and thermostat housing and screw in pipe thread plugs still yet, and remove a couple other things too and also install the p/s pump and hoses and remove the 70s style manifolds i stuck on it so i could fire it up

it is ready to put into the trans am otherwise, it runs good and it is tight it shuts right off immediately when i flip the toggle switch off and it also fires right up very quickly easily, ive got the timing set right on the dot good and the carb is doing awesome(new Q jet from O Reilly auto parts

i need to fire it up again on the next warm day
i like to run my engines often when are in storage/out of vehicle, it is a real nice strong smooth runner it sounds great and i only had to give 200 for it fully dressed, no leaks or smoke or ticks or anything at all \


it will work til i find something bigger and better someday


im not into chrome/shiny things or anything special on my engines, all painted parts work just as well as shiny ones, im probably going to paint this one fire red most likely, or maybe a light blue like the car will be returned back to this year sometime hopefully(factory 21 light blue car)

its just a basic ordinary engine but its reliable and runs great, and thats what i believe counts

...and spark plug wires

Sorry to hear you chose the downgrade route.

here is mine, its a 400sb with a holley 650 and a edelbrock performer rpm intake. more mods to come!
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t=S5030080.jpg
its a lil dirty but what are you gonna do it sat for a winter with a bad trans....

Here is a pic of mine



And the motor in my S10

I know, I'm ashamed, Its probably the orig fan that was used with the chevelles. Don't worry, a electric one will be in the works this year as well as other goodies, I gotta cool this engine better and let her breathe before trying her on the dyno.

here's mine now installed.