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Old 05-11-2002, 12:55 AM
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Good combo?

Ok guys, after much thinking and rethinking, i think i have finally came up with a combo that will work best for what i want. Here goes:
383 w/forged rotating assembly and 4 bold mains.
10:1 compression
headers and full duel exhause with cutouts and flowmasters.
miniram intake w/58 mm tb, and cold air intake.
28# injectors
trick flow 23# heads with 2.02, 1.60 valves and 64cc combustion chambers
cam specs in sig
t56 6-speed
9 inch ford rear with 4.10 gears
4th gen 5 spoke wheels.
10pt roll cage, racing buckets
fiberglass hood
drag slicks for the track, and dunlop sport 9000's for the street
all the weight reduction i can do while keeping all the comforts i love(ac, pw, pl, stereo)
(i am hoping for high 11's with this setup n/a)

I plan to intall a direct port n20 system on this setup. The kit will have a remote bottle opener, wot switch, nos progressive controller.
I also want to use an auxilirary fuel cell with race gas to inject with the n20.
I hope to break into the high 9's with a 250 shot.
Do you guys this setup is good? If not, what would you suggest i change? This is the final goal for my car. It will be done one step at a time, starting with the engine rebuild. The only thing i don't like about what i plan on doing, is if I ever decide to sell the thing, I wouldn't get near the ammount i put into it.
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Car: 89 GTA
Engine: 383
Transmission: 4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12 bolt-3.73
You don't need a forged crank and 4340 rods to run fast.

Get the trick flow heads ported and milled to get 11:1 compression.

Get a 'decent' minimum 2800 stall 10" convertor, like a vig, yank, pro-torque, etc, not a b & m, a friends IROC with miniram and 350 just killed a b & m 2400 stall convertor, he had to send it back to them and get another, they aren't that strong, and don't stall high enough.

You should be close with what you've got now, if you have a good convertor and traction.
Old 05-12-2002, 05:51 PM
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I am not even close to 11's now, and I don't want to rev the stock internals past 6200. With a miniram on a 350 with my cam and heads, the peak hp would be over my rev limit. I already make over 400hp on stock internals, and don't want to push the limits in my daily driver. I plan to have over 500hp n/a and well over 650hp when i hit the n20, so i think forged bottom end is a must. Plus I think 11:1 will be a little too high for pump gas w/o major timing retard. I will probibly end up getting a nitrous cam. I just can't wait to hear my car with a beastly 383 w/exhuast cutouts
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