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Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
08-18-2010, 08:45 PM
Replies: 651
Important/Useful : My T56 Swap Thread....
Views: 283,672
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: My T56 Swap Thread....

Sorry been out of the loop afew years with my car sitting, who still even sells new t-56's that will fit out cars?
Forum: TPI
09-08-2008, 06:08 PM
Replies: 1,099
Important/Useful : TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions
Views: 287,757
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions

Still looking to seel all of my components for the 411 swap. PM Me.
Forum: TPI
08-06-2008, 09:03 PM
Replies: 1,099
Important/Useful : TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions
Views: 287,757
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions

S10,
I wish I could say I have had any luck with a distributor with my Holley Stealth ram but I haven't I fear I am going in the route of thruster dfi. I will put my harness and all the...
Forum: TPI
04-30-2008, 01:42 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,845
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Tips to make my 91 GTA 350 TPI faster

I second that. I would be more than willing to give suggestions, it is very hard to believe a GTA which are the heaviest third gens is running that with out some help.
Forum: TPI
03-21-2008, 02:38 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 712
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: What fuel pump do i buy

Don't feel bad, had a fuel issue with mine and it wasn't the fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator. new injectors, increased the wiring guage to the pump, and cleaned out the fuel lines. None of these...
Forum: Power Adders
03-21-2008, 01:22 PM
Replies: 137
Views: 6,961
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Don't sell your 350 car, 305 sucks!

Lol these will always be on this board. And to correct someone on hear who thinks that mustang guys don't have the 302 351 debate have appearantly never been on the turbo forums where once a month...
Forum: Power Adders
03-13-2008, 01:16 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,374
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Twin Turbo TPI Cam Suggestions

Good rule of thumb for a turbo motor especially a sbc is to run a single pattern cam. Split profiles can work effectively if dialed in perfectly but a single pattern with at least 114 lobe...
Forum: TPI
02-20-2008, 04:29 PM
Replies: 1,099
Important/Useful : TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions
Views: 287,757
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions

Hey thanx Ron for looking back. I had talk to Craig in the past and ask for suggestsions. unfortuantely I have been unable to find anyone nearby that is willing to look at the distributors or...
Forum: Interior
01-23-2008, 04:26 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,321
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: 4th gen console

sounds liek I should try to find one, no way i want to pay what year one is asking for a new one since mine is falling apart. Need one for a manual as well so i will have to search harder, only...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
01-23-2008, 02:39 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,210
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Are my AFR heads too big for my combo?

Great setup for your combo, the compression will help keep it from being too soggy down low with all that duration but i agree that around 2500-3000 the cam should come on very hard. I have a cam...
Forum: TPI
01-23-2008, 11:21 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 12,882
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Going to stroke my L98 to 383 soon! Need advice Please!

Doc,
a few reasons to the numbers being disspaointing to you, one is the camshaft that is in your vehicle is under cammed for that size of motor, I think your heads are fine to make over 500hp, and...
Forum: TPI
01-23-2008, 11:07 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 12,882
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Going to stroke my L98 to 383 soon! Need advice Please!

Lol I can't believe all the poor advice this thread has recieved. The right answers are that a 500-550hp 383 are very attainable and with the proper intake setup very streetable, wht i mean by...
Forum: TPI
01-23-2008, 09:46 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,268
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: all tpi...self align rockers?

Well good luck getting any standard roller rockers to clear the stock vavle covers. You can pay the extra money(I didn't) for Crane cams rr that are clearanced for the stock valve cover's or just...
Forum: Power Adders
01-22-2008, 12:48 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 677
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Fuel system questions

i guess you could be able to do it or get the unit from someone who offers it. I was given a phone number for a guy who might be able to from Jack Cotton. I like that you are splitting to the fuel...
Forum: Power Adders
01-22-2008, 09:16 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,253
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: TT my 427 sbc?

Sounds like an awesome build. With boost it never hurts to go big with the fuel system. My friend is running two a1000 on his twin turbo setup where one kicks in under high boost. Can't say too...
Forum: Power Adders
01-22-2008, 08:56 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 677
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Fuel system questions

That is very possible. Your -6an line should be more than sufficent return size. I had pondered doing the exact same thing like they do on grand nationals where they are mounted together in the...
Forum: Power Adders
01-22-2008, 08:16 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 24,326
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: T88 Turbo vs F1 ProCharger....

Yeah his car wazs down right scary. I am sure you have something good in store as well so which ever direction you go we will be impressed. Although when putting slicks and skinnys on that Z06 of...
Forum: Power Adders
01-21-2008, 01:36 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 24,326
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: T88 Turbo vs F1 ProCharger....

Street Lethal,
If I can find the links I will sned them but look up Rick Head's camaro. As of a few years a go he was running an 89 camaro into the 7's on drag radials with a tt setup on his sb 427....
Forum: TPI
01-11-2008, 03:48 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 573
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How do I get the most sound out of my camaro?

Headers will help out a lot to get a great sound out of your car, the sound your refeering too is more like a glass pack sound I am assuming.

On my 87 IROC(rip) I had a stock 99-02 camaro ss...
Forum: TPI
01-11-2008, 03:37 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,051
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: When to go with a bigger throttle body

Lol especially with TPI or long tube runners, the horespower numbers for good heads and cams are always off, can't compute the huge torque and lack of horsepower.
Forum: Power Adders
01-11-2008, 03:04 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 3,393
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How much boost for 9.1-1 cr?

Point being a stock car would have trouble hitting those speeds with 195whp vs. your 254.
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Ford has still been using this on the mustand fro over a decade now. lol Hence thier...
Forum: TPI
01-11-2008, 01:55 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,051
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: When to go with a bigger throttle body

I agree and I don't think there will be any hurt in perfomrance either, especially on a 383 since you are changing the volume of air the motor needs. Check the simulaterto see what it says. Should...
Forum: TPI
01-11-2008, 08:00 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,051
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: When to go with a bigger throttle body

You had your engine dynoed? Hard to imagine a longtube runner 383 making peak horsepower as high as 6000rpm. 5600 is probably more likely. just my two cents. Either way a larger than stock...
Forum: Power Adders
01-10-2008, 09:51 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,722
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: free hp adder?

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone has jokes haha.
Forum: Power Adders
01-09-2008, 02:20 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 3,393
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How much boost for 9.1-1 cr?

Exactly. A motor with 500hp 500tq with a 3.08 rear gearing and a 400hp 500tq with the same gearing and same rpm range will not have the same top speed if all other factors are the same. Cutting...
Forum: TPI
01-09-2008, 01:45 PM
Replies: 1,099
Important/Useful : TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions
Views: 287,757
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions

Nope. The fuel rails extend back far enough that they would need to be cut on the passenger side not just plugged. I already have looked into this signifigantly and it is either shorten the rails...
Forum: TPI
01-09-2008, 11:50 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,952
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Modifying mass air flow sensor

I agree with everything Vadar said except one thing and that is the screens on factory massairflows(on any vehicle) serve another purpose which is where there name comes from and it is WOT silencer,...
Forum: TPI
01-09-2008, 11:32 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 10,391
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How do i time an 87 firebird

:yup: If you have mods then it might like more timing depending on the came and everything else. My modded 355 would run like crap if the base timing wasn't set above 12 and ran best at 15. Also a...
Forum: TPI
01-09-2008, 11:26 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,051
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: When to go with a bigger throttle body

Two main reasons to replace the throttle body and one of them is when the stock throttle spring stops closing all the way and the other is for performance. You have a modified 383 and a larger...
Forum: TPI
01-09-2008, 11:16 AM
Replies: 1,099
Important/Useful : TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions
Views: 287,757
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions

So after all these months no one has an answer for a place to get a distributer to work behind a stealthram? :hmmm:
Forum: Power Adders
01-09-2008, 11:09 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 3,393
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How much boost for 9.1-1 cr?

Not weird at all actually, with that kind of gearing you need the horsepower to push the car, I swapped my l98 in my car from my iroc and other than a cam swap and exhaust it was stock and i raced a...
Forum: Power Adders
01-08-2008, 01:25 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,722
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: free hp adder?

Guys just let him do it and see what happens. Although you should find some before and after dyno time to compare. lol
Forum: Power Adders
01-08-2008, 01:18 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 3,393
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How much boost for 9.1-1 cr?

yeah the auto's were worse off lol. :eek:
Forum: TPI
01-08-2008, 10:06 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 736
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: IAC fact or fiction

Well for me my stock pcm with mass airflow was not up to seriosu mods above 400hp. I am trying to finish up a 411 swap but proving difficult to find someone to modify my distributors.
Forum: TPI
01-08-2008, 09:44 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 736
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: IAC fact or fiction

Yeah that can be fun and scary when the tires come loss on a downshift. What pcm are your running? Maybe time to save towards an aftermarket ecm if your are still trying to burn chips for a 749. ...
Forum: TPI
01-07-2008, 09:39 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,527
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: AFR Eliminator's vs Trickflow's vs 113's.

I had to amchine my accesory brackets to clear my aluminum water pump afterwards, they are not a true 23 degree bolt on head lol but the power gains are worth it.
Forum: TPI
01-07-2008, 09:25 PM
Replies: 999
Views: 174,089
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: BBK TPI intake setup ($399.00)

Lol this debate is still going on. Look if and when it comes out not many of you will buy it just like other items for Third Gens. unfortunately our vehicles(which I love) do not have the following...
Forum: Aftermarket Product Review
01-07-2008, 09:12 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,713
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Hotchkis Subframe Connectors

If you want a real set that ties the outside of the frames and runs along the body seam and ties to the middle of the frame rail as well look at kenny brown's tubular sfc. best 250's i ever spent. ...
Forum: Aftermarket Product Review
01-07-2008, 09:07 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,332
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: tornado for 305 tbi

Lol the things people will believe it is the same as believing any of the claimed hp gains by any parts from SLP or TPIS. They are not even true on modified engines let alone stock motors. Do you...
Forum: Power Adders
01-07-2008, 03:55 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 3,393
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How much boost for 9.1-1 cr?

Depends on what engine and tranny it came with. I know tbi 5 spd came with 3.08's
Forum: TPI
01-07-2008, 03:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 736
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: IAC fact or fiction

Hey so did you ever make the 490 some hp that you thought you would make with long tube runners and a 355? Hadn't seen anything on that. I can tell you went with a 383 but those power numbers would...
Forum: TPI
01-07-2008, 02:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 12,649
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How much does a 1987 firebird formula weigh?

My 89 formula with glass t-tops, t-5, tpi 355 roll up windows, manual door locks, ac. with msd ingnition, kenny brown subframe connectors, and hotchkiss lca,s and panhard rod weighed in at exactly...
Forum: Power Adders
01-07-2008, 02:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 602
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: ram air or cold air

WEll yes if it is the v-6 you shouldn't use too much money as the motor won't see the gains you were hoping for. The Ram Air hood with air intake is a cold air set up but the down fall is the air...
Forum: Power Adders
01-07-2008, 02:30 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 3,393
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: How much boost for 9.1-1 cr?

So you are still rocking the 3.08 open diff? I am guessing since it is a 91 rs. in the same boat but torque over cam the gearing with low thirteen second blasts. lol
Forum: Power Adders
01-07-2008, 01:59 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 9,906
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Which Blower is the Loudest?

Instinctively the gear drive sounds like the best idea. A friend of mine has a twin turbo 351 mustang and once he installed the timing gears you can't here the turbo's it sounds liek a blower car. ...
Forum: TPI
12-27-2007, 12:58 PM
Replies: 1,099
Important/Useful : TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions
Views: 287,757
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: TPI OBDII - Thoughts/Opinions

Alrigth after a long abscence I am getting back to work on my project, don't ever get a girlfriend they just tie up too much free time. I guess my question is has nayone had any sucess with getting...
Forum: Aftermarket Vendor Review
08-29-2007, 01:37 PM
Replies: 177
Views: 28,359
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Boycott F-Body Motorsports!

Ok lol. We all understand that you have all been screwed by the same company. What many of you may already know or don't know that Summit or Jegs will price match an advertised online price for any...
Forum: TPI
08-20-2007, 11:58 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,072
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: Will this LT1 Air Intake Elbow for my TPI?

I had bought one before with the smae Idea and didn't find a good hose so I sold it at the same price. I had a local fab shop that had3.5 in aluminum piping and made my own. Not everyone can find a...
Forum: Power Adders
08-02-2007, 04:07 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,496
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: procharger d1sc

Nice. It makes for a fun daily driver that is quick enough to beat most cars off the line and on the highway. Factory digital boost guage is a nice touch.
Forum: Power Adders
08-02-2007, 04:01 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 9,752
Posted By shocker89bird

Re: E85/water injection?

My point was you can't just use straight methonal in the same manor as a mixed sytsem. Nobody is knocking running straight meth injection as a good source of power, you just need to keep in mind...
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