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Forum: Electronics
08-06-2022, 11:22 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,985
Posted By novaderrik

Re: how to get cruise control working after engine swap.

it was such a simple thing to do and should have been obvious to me from looking at the wiring diagram.
Forum: Electronics
08-06-2022, 01:52 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,985
Posted By novaderrik

Re: how to get cruise control working after engine swap.

finally got this done today.
simply grounded the black wire with a white stripe in the plug down by where the ecm was and the cruise works perfectly now.
Forum: Electronics
07-26-2022, 06:20 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,985
Posted By novaderrik

Re: how to get cruise control working after engine swap.

at is exactly what i was looking for. thanks.
that will cross off one more thing on my list to make the car as functional as it was with the stock TPI 350..
next up is the AC..
Forum: Electronics
07-26-2022, 06:16 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,985
Posted By novaderrik

Re: how to get cruise control working after engine swap.

i want to use the factory cruise control as a standalone.
looks like one other guy already answered the question.
Forum: Electronics
07-21-2022, 03:13 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,985
Posted By novaderrik

Re: how to get cruise control working after engine swap.

so no one has gotten the factory cruise control to work as a standalone setup?
Forum: LTX and LSX
07-11-2022, 01:37 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

the supplied fuel and spark maps look a lot like that, but the car literally won't run with those maps. it just dies after a second and spits a bunch of raw fuel out the exhaust as i crank it.
i was...
Forum: LTX and LSX
07-08-2022, 03:23 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

finally got the car going again after taking care of a minor exhaust valve to piston issue in a way that would probably make some of you faint..

...
Forum: Electronics
07-08-2022, 03:13 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,985
Posted By novaderrik

how to get cruise control working after engine swap.

swapped a 5.3 with a Holley TerminatorX into my 89 IROC. got the cruise control cable hooked up to the throttle body, but can anyone tell me what wires to hook up to what to get the cruise working...
Forum: LTX and LSX
05-31-2022, 02:14 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

i've been playing with fast cars for over 30 years, but i've always tuned carbs with a vacuum gauge, screwdriver, and timing light and never used a wideband so i am figuring out which numbers to...
Forum: LTX and LSX
05-31-2022, 12:35 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

update: the non functioning touchscreen was a result of using the stock switched power wire that used to power up the stock ecm to power up the Holley unit.. it apparently didn't have enough juice.....
Forum: LTX and LSX
05-02-2022, 07:02 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

status update:
had everything in the car and hooked up on saturday, ready to fire up..
turn on key, handheld display flickers to life.. then resets over and over again.
LED lights on Terminator...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-28-2022, 10:49 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

my car has a speedo cable so the speedo operation will be unaffected by this, and the Terminator controller i am using has no input for a VSS signal anyways. i might try to trick the ecm into locking...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-25-2022, 11:16 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

motor is in the car, just hooking stuff up.
-had to clearance the flange on the AC box a bit for the rearmost coil, and still need to finish up a bracket to slighty relocate that coil up and towards...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-12-2022, 03:35 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

i appreciate all the fuel system advice, but to keep it nice and simple i'm hooking up my 5.3 truck fuel rails to the stock TPI lines on the car.. i flipped the rails around so the regulator and...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-07-2022, 11:17 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

finally got my last shipment of parts from Summit today.
finishing up mocking up some fuel lines to hook up to the stock lines on the engine stand tonight after work, then tomorrow i will start...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-02-2022, 11:28 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

i figured as much about the fuel pressure, but the manual for the system says nothing about inputting the actual fuel pressure, it just says that it needs to be 60psi. i don't have the system yet so...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-02-2022, 01:03 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

Holley says they want 60psi on the Terminator X system. still thinking about that..

worked out the tv cable setup for the 700r4, starting with a throttle cable bracket that i bought and welding a...
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-28-2022, 10:58 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

i thought about going with a stock computer and harness since i have 2 friends with HP Tuners licenses, but that would require either trimming all the fat out of a stock harness or buying one already...
Forum: Engine Swap
03-27-2022, 11:33 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 521
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Flywheel ??

not trying to argue, but i looked up several Chevy small block powered cars from the 60s on several different parts store websites to see if i was wrong about the 153 tooth flywheel and starters....
Forum: Engine Swap
03-26-2022, 01:15 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 521
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Flywheel ??

just looked it up on rockauto. they show the same lightweight flywheel as being a direct fit for any 85 and earlier Camaro with a 305 and even the 69 with the 302, and they range from $50 to around...
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-26-2022, 01:09 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

-just ordered the speed engineering headers so that can be crossed off my list. they had good reviews everywhere and a few dyno tests i found put them as slightly better all over than the big $$$...
Forum: Engine Swap
03-26-2022, 12:55 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 521
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Flywheel ??

most common low performance passenger cars had the smaller 153 tooth flywheel going back to the dawn of the small block- and even the legendary 302 powered Z/28s from 67-69 used the small flywheel...
Forum: Engine Swap
03-25-2022, 09:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 521
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Flywheel ??

they switched to the one piece rear seals in 86, so order a 153 tooth flywheel for an 85 Camaro with a 305 and you will be set. you can get them in either standard like GM used in millions of cars...
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-23-2022, 06:59 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

i won't need any transmission control once i swap in some flavor of manual transmission in the future. the 700r4 that's in the car currently will be set up to lockup whenever it shifts into overdrive...
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-22-2022, 07:30 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

those are the ones i want, but their website shows them as currently unavailable. probably stuck on a container ship off the coast of California.
i am normally a proponent of buying quality American...
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-21-2022, 08:40 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

i've been thru all the stickies on this forum and none of my questions were answered.
regarding headers: i want new, but $600-$700 is a bit much when the bigger headers can be had for half as much...
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-20-2022, 08:43 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

the DOD stuff is long gone, looking to get one of the Summit cam kits.
Forum: LTX and LSX
03-20-2022, 07:25 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,166
Posted By novaderrik

a few simple 89 IROC LS swap questions

i am gathering parts to put an aluminum gen 4 5.3 into my IROC.

-using ICT Billet motor mount adapters and a stock F body oil pan and crank pulley.

-i will be keeping the 700r4 for now, so i...
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
08-15-2016, 01:58 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,465
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Which transmission do I have?

i see a throttle cable and TV cable- that big kickdown looking thing with the long slot in the foreground is the linkage for the cruise control. it goes to the big round thing somewhere on the...
Forum: Exhaust
08-15-2016, 01:47 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,104
Posted By novaderrik

Re: long tube headers

Hedman long tubes are cheap and tuck up tight to the floor... you need to make a full custom exhaust for them.. i made a system this spring behind the Hedmans that have been in the car since 2012...
Forum: Suspension and Chassis
08-15-2016, 01:35 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,067
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Transmission crossmember a chassis stiffener?

it might not add a ton of stiffness to the chassis, but it has to be stiff due to the loads from the torque arm pushing up and down on it... i can feel the flex in the stock crossmember in my car...
Forum: Cooling
08-13-2016, 04:06 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 909
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Hot....WHY?!?

the air self purges after a couple of heating cycles- that's why the temp gauge might swing erratically when it warms up then stabilize after a little run time after you work on something that causes...
Forum: Cooling
08-13-2016, 03:57 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 984
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Anybody know what this and what it does

these cars were cheaply built and thrown together..
Forum: Exhaust
08-13-2016, 03:55 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,160
Posted By novaderrik

Re: which msd plug wires w/ dyno don headers?

either get a set of custom plug wires for a mid 70's (75-77 is the best bet if you say it's a Monte Carlo or Camaro) car or truck with a 350- they run the wires around the valve covers and down to...
Forum: Engine Swap
08-13-2016, 03:44 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,546
Posted By novaderrik

Re: 350 vortec 305 starter wont bolt on! help!

huh?

the starter should sit flush to the block, then the bolts just go thru the starter and into the holes in the block... i assume you put your stock flywheel (or a proper stock replacement) on...
Forum: Suspension and Chassis
08-13-2016, 03:31 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 666
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Stronger Suspension questions

i ran the stock V6 springs and what i think were the stock struts and shocks for 3 years after swapping a V8 into it, and it wasn't "bouncy".. it did turf out the exhaust a couple of times, but that...
Forum: Suspension and Chassis
08-13-2016, 03:27 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,618
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Stock replacement front coils!?

i ordered the stiffest springs for an IROC that Summit had listed on their website... i saved a few bucks by getting the Summit brand- they have the same part number as Moog, but with "SUM" in front...
Forum: Brakes
08-13-2016, 03:20 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 613
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Do you have to push the brake to start the 1986 Trans Am

hook up a battery charger..
Forum: Fabrication
08-08-2016, 02:14 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,956
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Custom/Improved Air Dam?

lawn edging also works very well for aero stuff..
Forum: Cooling
08-08-2016, 02:11 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 984
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Anybody know what this and what it does

just a standard GM MAP sensor...
Forum: Exhaust
08-08-2016, 02:09 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,297
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Headers rubbing suspension and chassis

ding them- it's just what you have to do with lower end headers for American cars and David Freiberger proved that you won't kill off any power...
mark where they need clearance, pull them out, and...
Forum: Brakes
08-08-2016, 02:01 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 879
Posted By novaderrik

Re: gta front brake question.

go with the LS1 brakes, with a 3/16" wheel spacer to clear the back of the spokes if you still have the GTA wheels..

it's not a "bolt in" deal since you need to do a little work to the spindles...
Forum: Brakes
07-31-2016, 08:30 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 659
Posted By novaderrik

Re: 4th gen front splindes

no, they will not. the 4th gen used a front suspension with a really tall spindle and a short upper control arm instead of the modified Macpherson strut setup that the 3rd gens had.
Forum: Body
07-23-2016, 01:07 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 575
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple questions from someone who is not a body guy

i know what i need to do to fix it- i've done it a few times over my 27 years of playing with cars and once on an old John Deere lawn tractor hood, but i've always had the stud that needed to put...
Forum: Body
07-22-2016, 07:07 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 575
Posted By novaderrik

Re: a few simple questions from someone who is not a body guy

i reused the original bar, i only got a different bumper cover.

as far as screwing the new studs in, that's not gonna happen. they must have spun and twisted out when someone else took the front...
Forum: Body
07-22-2016, 01:23 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 575
Posted By novaderrik

a few simple questions from someone who is not a body guy

last weekend, i got a nose and all the ground effects from an 89 RS to put on my 86 base coupe. the guy pulled everything off the car and we met halfway, so i don't know how everything is supposed to...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
07-22-2016, 01:15 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 602
Posted By novaderrik

Re: 4 Bolt Gen 2 Casting numbers...

the 87 and later blocks are still "gen 1", since the "gen" thing didn't start until they needed a way to classify the new engines that came out in the Vettes in 97, so they called them "gen 3" and...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
07-22-2016, 01:12 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,030
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Can somebody tell me about these SLP Firebird parts?

why are the center mounting bolts at the same angle as the outers? 87 and later should be at a different angle..
did they use the Vette aluminum heads on the Firehawks?

and i love that someone...
Forum: Exhaust
07-22-2016, 01:08 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,728
Posted By novaderrik

Re: Exhaust note

if you want the sound of a high revving mall displacement V12, then get a high revving small displacement V12..

a V8 will always have a lower tone than a V10 or V12.. i personally love the sound...
Forum: Engine Swap
07-22-2016, 12:59 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,031
Posted By novaderrik

Re: 1984 camaro bad engine might as well put in a 350 what do i need

the 96-99 engine is the way to go, but the cam doesn't have a lobe for the fuel pump so an electric one will be necessary... unless you swap in a different cam...
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