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Mile high eh....daang so it is quite a bit faster than that. its amazing what altitude does!
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yeah altitude sucks i used to live in california then moved out here and wow what a difference
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
Good mod for a "pretty much stock" tbi is cutting a hole in the other side of your stock breather and running both sides down to your where your foglights are, remove the foglights and replace with mesh grille so nothing goes in there. I did this to my 88 trans am when i had my 305 tbi
the original stock intake is like breathing through a straw in a sauna
the original stock intake is like breathing through a straw in a sauna
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my bad I think I declined to look under your name where it says 350...lol. good time though
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. Sorry to interject, Funny stuff. I hate it when guys think their car is faster because they swapped to a carburetor. I had a Holly 4 barrel carb that would have been PERFECT for my 305 TBI. You know what I did? I sold it and bought a Hypertech TBI chip. BAM.
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Yes, it is a smaller cam but that motor has seen one of the best 1/4 mile times from a TBI car on this board. Juts goes to show you, its not always about the biggest cam, rather the more suitable cam.
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Bringing this one back. I ran my heap again today. Best run was a 13.71 @ 104. My car is set up as such:
SBC 350
AFR 180 heads
LT4 Hot Cam (218 / 228 .525 / .525)
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Weiand Speed Warrior dual plane intake
2 inch bore TBI w/ 80lb injectors
T5 trans
Hooker 2055 shorty headers to 3 inch catback
All rear suspension upgrades
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Car weighed in at a hair under 3500 with me in it.
SBC 350
AFR 180 heads
LT4 Hot Cam (218 / 228 .525 / .525)
1.6 RR
Weiand Speed Warrior dual plane intake
2 inch bore TBI w/ 80lb injectors
T5 trans
Hooker 2055 shorty headers to 3 inch catback
All rear suspension upgrades
3.73 posi
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Car weighed in at a hair under 3500 with me in it.
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
Bringing this one back. I ran my heap again today. Best run was a 13.71 @ 104. My car is set up as such:
SBC 350
AFR 180 heads
LT4 Hot Cam (218 / 228 .525 / .525)
1.6 RR
Weiand Speed Warrior dual plane intake
2 inch bore TBI w/ 80lb injectors
T5 trans
Hooker 2055 shorty headers to 3 inch catback
All rear suspension upgrades
3.73 posi
Street tires
Car weighed in at a hair under 3500 with me in it.
SBC 350
AFR 180 heads
LT4 Hot Cam (218 / 228 .525 / .525)
1.6 RR
Weiand Speed Warrior dual plane intake
2 inch bore TBI w/ 80lb injectors
T5 trans
Hooker 2055 shorty headers to 3 inch catback
All rear suspension upgrades
3.73 posi
Street tires
Car weighed in at a hair under 3500 with me in it.
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My friend supposedly got a video of the run. If / when I get it I'll post it here. I got a 2.18 60' so it wasn't hooking up all that great. I was also running street tires and I just suck at driving stick.
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yeah that 2.1 60' isn't great get that down and you got a low 13 in that car.
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350 TBI short block with 18cc dished pistons
1997 Vortec 350 cylinder heads, ported w/2.05 and 1.60" valves
Reed Custom grind camshaft, 214/218 @ .050, .520/.541" lift w 1.6:1 rockers, 114* LSA
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1995 G20 Van 7427 PCM re-chipped by me for the combination above
14.12 @ 99.86 on a 2.08s 60' at Ennis back in August 2007 in 2,500+ DA
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Here is one from in the car. High 14 something and got off to a terrible start.
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1983 Chevy G20 Conversion Van with full interior including sofa bed and rear a/c weighing in 5,600 lbs with me in the driver seat
350 TBI short block with 18cc dished pistons
1997 Vortec 350 cylinder heads, ported w/2.05 and 1.60" valves
Reed Custom grind camshaft, 214/218 @ .050, .520/.541" lift w 1.6:1 rockers, 114* LSA
Edelbrock Victor Jr 2bbl Vortec intake port matched
2" Marine 502 TBI unit with thinned throttle shafts and 30 psi regulator
Doug Thorley Tri-Y 315Y headers
2 1/2" dual in flowmaster Y into 3.5" with single in/single out Borla XR1 3.5" tail pipe
1995 Impala SS 4L60E rebuilt by me with Transgo HD2 shift kit, Corvette Servo, Performance clutches, wide 2-4 band, and Yank 2,800 rpm LT1 converter with 2.6 STR
Stock 3.08 limited slip differential
295/50R17 tires on Impala SS wheels
1995 G20 Van 7427 PCM re-chipped by me for the combination above
14.12 @ 99.86 on a 2.08s 60' at Ennis back in August 2007 in 2,500+ DA
350 TBI short block with 18cc dished pistons
1997 Vortec 350 cylinder heads, ported w/2.05 and 1.60" valves
Reed Custom grind camshaft, 214/218 @ .050, .520/.541" lift w 1.6:1 rockers, 114* LSA
Edelbrock Victor Jr 2bbl Vortec intake port matched
2" Marine 502 TBI unit with thinned throttle shafts and 30 psi regulator
Doug Thorley Tri-Y 315Y headers
2 1/2" dual in flowmaster Y into 3.5" with single in/single out Borla XR1 3.5" tail pipe
1995 Impala SS 4L60E rebuilt by me with Transgo HD2 shift kit, Corvette Servo, Performance clutches, wide 2-4 band, and Yank 2,800 rpm LT1 converter with 2.6 STR
Stock 3.08 limited slip differential
295/50R17 tires on Impala SS wheels
1995 G20 Van 7427 PCM re-chipped by me for the combination above
14.12 @ 99.86 on a 2.08s 60' at Ennis back in August 2007 in 2,500+ DA
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
My 91 tbi has ultimate tbi mods, 3.42 gears with powertrax locker, headman headers with full 3 inch exhaust, udp, and lower control arms. I ran a 9.768 in the eighth with a 2.18 60'. I think I can drop my 60 foot with a set of lower control arm brackets cause I could only launch around 1000 rpms without getting major wheel hop. Hopefully I'll have new times this spring since I should have a lt1 cam in by then
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Here is a video of the 13.71 run. http://youtu.be/yipdfsGycSI
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Thanks, I probably do have the MPH to touch high 12's, but that would require a drag radial or slick. I have a 10 bolt in there with 3.73's and am too afraid to run anything but street tires. Maybe one day I'll get a better rear in there.
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I have always had best luck tuning fuel and timing at the track. Keep your timing conservative and work on your fueling. With a wideband that has external inputs its not bad to tune logging on a laptop. I ran a wideband with 4 external inputs and tied into the map sensor, tps sensor, engine rpm, and knock sensor. The sample rate was much faster than the stock ecu but comperable to the EBL if you have it.
If you want I can take a look at your tune and datalogs if you have them and see if anything sticks out. The TPI guys have figured out the AFR heads like a LT1/LT4 like timing map, if its not a good timing advance map it will sacrifice a substantial amount of power.
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
Single plane intake manifold, probably lacking some in the tuning, and perhaps restricted by the single 3" exhaust. What are you running for a muffler?? Please tell me its not some crossflow design. If so install a cutout and pickup atleast 15-20 RWHP. Over 400 flywheel HP, you need a 3.5" exhaust IMO or atleast 2.5" if you are running duals. I would ditch that dual plane and run a victor jr 2bbl intake, open up the plenum and add a TBI adapter on it. I bet you gain 40 hp @ 6,000 rpm with zero sacrifice in low-end torque. With your 5 spd and 3.73 gears it will be hard to shift quick enough to run the kind of trap speed my highway geared automatic could pull.
I have always had best luck tuning fuel and timing at the track. Keep your timing conservative and work on your fueling. With a wideband that has external inputs its not bad to tune logging on a laptop. I ran a wideband with 4 external inputs and tied into the map sensor, tps sensor, engine rpm, and knock sensor. The sample rate was much faster than the stock ecu but comperable to the EBL if you have it.
If you want I can take a look at your tune and datalogs if you have them and see if anything sticks out. The TPI guys have figured out the AFR heads like a LT1/LT4 like timing map, if its not a good timing advance map it will sacrifice a substantial amount of power.
I have always had best luck tuning fuel and timing at the track. Keep your timing conservative and work on your fueling. With a wideband that has external inputs its not bad to tune logging on a laptop. I ran a wideband with 4 external inputs and tied into the map sensor, tps sensor, engine rpm, and knock sensor. The sample rate was much faster than the stock ecu but comperable to the EBL if you have it.
If you want I can take a look at your tune and datalogs if you have them and see if anything sticks out. The TPI guys have figured out the AFR heads like a LT1/LT4 like timing map, if its not a good timing advance map it will sacrifice a substantial amount of power.
As for the intake, I really did consider going single plane, but I was concerned with driveability. I saw a few reports of ice building up on the TBi using unheated single plane manifolds during mild or cool weather. This is not my DD so its not a huge deal, but if I had to take the car out on a cold day I didn't want this to be an issue. I may still go single plane at some point in the future though.
I do have an EBL datalog from my 13.7 run and have posted it here - https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/post...-post2228.html. I'd be grateful if you could give your opinion. I think there is definitely something out of place there. The biggest thing I noticed is the bouncing AFR at WOT. From the line of questions people were asking me in that thread they seem to suggest people think it is a WB connection issue. I have my doubts about that though.
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
Bringing this one back. I ran my heap again today. Best run was a 13.71 @ 104. My car is set up as such:
SBC 350
AFR 180 heads
LT4 Hot Cam (218 / 228 .525 / .525)
1.6 RR
Weiand Speed Warrior dual plane intake
2 inch bore TBI w/ 80lb injectors
T5 trans
Hooker 2055 shorty headers to 3 inch catback
All rear suspension upgrades
3.73 posi
Street tires
Car weighed in at a hair under 3500 with me in it.
SBC 350
AFR 180 heads
LT4 Hot Cam (218 / 228 .525 / .525)
1.6 RR
Weiand Speed Warrior dual plane intake
2 inch bore TBI w/ 80lb injectors
T5 trans
Hooker 2055 shorty headers to 3 inch catback
All rear suspension upgrades
3.73 posi
Street tires
Car weighed in at a hair under 3500 with me in it.
That's a nice car, but I have a few questions. Why the AFR 180s for a street car, especially with the cam you're running? That's an awful lot of head (and runner length) for your setup. I'd really like to see what you could get out of those heads with more cam and a singe plane intake.
For a car with street tires, I think you have too much gear. A lot of people on here will disagree with me, but your 60' times and the video of you spinning the tires so much would seem to agree with me. The problem you face is, if you put drag radials or slicks on it, you'll be putting your T5 at risk.
You said you'd be looking to upgrade your rearend at some point. If it was me, I'd go 9" with no more than a 3.55 gear. I've seen a TPI Camaro drive over 100 miles to the track and run low, low 12s, with 1.8 60' times, with everyday street tires and a 3.27 gear.
I'm not making anywhere near the power you are, but I LOVE my 3.42s. I still get 25 mog highway, and have 60' times in the low 2s.
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
Bringing an old thread back to life:
That's a nice car, but I have a few questions. Why the AFR 180s for a street car, especially with the cam you're running? That's an awful lot of head (and runner length) for your setup. I'd really like to see what you could get out of those heads with more cam and a singe plane intake.
For a car with street tires, I think you have too much gear. A lot of people on here will disagree with me, but your 60' times and the video of you spinning the tires so much would seem to agree with me. The problem you face is, if you put drag radials or slicks on it, you'll be putting your T5 at risk.
You said you'd be looking to upgrade your rearend at some point. If it was me, I'd go 9" with no more than a 3.55 gear. I've seen a TPI Camaro drive over 100 miles to the track and run low, low 12s, with 1.8 60' times, with everyday street tires and a 3.27 gear.
I'm not making anywhere near the power you are, but I LOVE my 3.42s. I still get 25 mog highway, and have 60' times in the low 2s.
That's a nice car, but I have a few questions. Why the AFR 180s for a street car, especially with the cam you're running? That's an awful lot of head (and runner length) for your setup. I'd really like to see what you could get out of those heads with more cam and a singe plane intake.
For a car with street tires, I think you have too much gear. A lot of people on here will disagree with me, but your 60' times and the video of you spinning the tires so much would seem to agree with me. The problem you face is, if you put drag radials or slicks on it, you'll be putting your T5 at risk.
You said you'd be looking to upgrade your rearend at some point. If it was me, I'd go 9" with no more than a 3.55 gear. I've seen a TPI Camaro drive over 100 miles to the track and run low, low 12s, with 1.8 60' times, with everyday street tires and a 3.27 gear.
I'm not making anywhere near the power you are, but I LOVE my 3.42s. I still get 25 mog highway, and have 60' times in the low 2s.
Thanks, I went with AFR 180s and the LT4 hot cam because I was being conservative with my head and cam combo as I need the car to pass emissions until I can register it as a classic in my state. From my research, the California TPI guys were getting cars to pass emissions with Cams slightly larger than this and AFR 195s. TBH I was actually on the fence between 180s and 195s when I was looking at heads and really don't think they are over sized for this application. If I do another build in the distant future I will probably get at minimum a 195cc head. I've considered moving to single plane also with my current setup, but that would mean a lot of time spent retuning and there seems to be debate out there on the gains of moving to single from dual plane for motors below 6000 RPM.
With the 3.73 rear and a trap speed of 104 MPH running a 26 inch tire will put me going through the traps at just under 5000 RPM. I had a 3.23 on there for a while and it ran low 14s with something like a 2.2 60'. I think a lot of it is that I just suck at launching the car. Here is my excuse for the terrible launch from that in car video - first run of the day and my first run with the 3.73s so I wasn't really sure how much I could push it. Obviously that was too much
The T5 has the G-Force gear set and case. I feel the weak link at this point is the rear. I put a support cover on there just for fun, but I don't trust the rear to survive a good launch with sticky tires. Eventually I'll put a 9" or Moser or something in there. I'm not gonna waste any more money on the 10 bolt.
I also recently found and fixed a pretty sizable vacuum leak which, based on the datalogs, looks like it was present the last time I went to the track. I'm hoping to improve on my time this season, but we'll see.
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I ran a 12.9 @ 105 1.8 60'. 350, Dart 180, Vortec cam, 1.65 RR, 3000 stall, 3.73, Holley 700cfm Avenger TBI.
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Since embedded lockers allows for 4 injectors, You could use a 4 bbl throttle body with 4 injectors with the factory ecm, but the mythical unicorn on this forum has always been a 12 second 1/4 mile from a 2 bbl TBI.
Also, to get those 60' times, what tires were you running?
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Been forever since I posted on TGO.
I ran a 13.1 @ 107 with the help of some spray, and a 14.0 @ 96. I have never getting better than 2.1 60' time with my car.
Of course a search for my user will give you the entire build, the short story is. Stock 305/T5 combo, 3.42 posi, ported 416 heads, single plane, 454 TBI, cam, and a lot of old school tuning (before EBL), in a full weight Camaro.
I ran a 13.1 @ 107 with the help of some spray, and a 14.0 @ 96. I have never getting better than 2.1 60' time with my car.
Of course a search for my user will give you the entire build, the short story is. Stock 305/T5 combo, 3.42 posi, ported 416 heads, single plane, 454 TBI, cam, and a lot of old school tuning (before EBL), in a full weight Camaro.
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Nice, but that's a 4bbl throttle body with 4 injectors, isn't it?. What we've been discussing/debating all these years is doing it with a 2bbl throttle body, 2 injectors, and a factory ecm. A well set-up car with 330-350 hp would be able to do it, so it is theoretically possible.
Since embedded lockers allows for 4 injectors, You could use a 4 bbl throttle body with 4 injectors with the factory ecm, but the mythical unicorn on this forum has always been a 12 second 1/4 mile from a 2 bbl TBI.
Also, to get those 60' times, what tires were you running?
Since embedded lockers allows for 4 injectors, You could use a 4 bbl throttle body with 4 injectors with the factory ecm, but the mythical unicorn on this forum has always been a 12 second 1/4 mile from a 2 bbl TBI.
Also, to get those 60' times, what tires were you running?
VA454SS is running 12.43 @ 106 mph from a vortec head 496 powered 454SS truck and I am fairly certain still has his heavily tweaked 2.3" bored 454 TBI on top.
Remember that Edelbrock TBI to MPFI setup that nobody had love for.......There is a guy that has run 12.91 @ 105.85 with it on a 406, with edelbrock centerbolt performer style heads in a heavy truck.
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Been forever since I posted on TGO.
I ran a 13.1 @ 107 with the help of some spray, and a 14.0 @ 96. I have never getting better than 2.1 60' time with my car.
Of course a search for my user will give you the entire build, the short story is. Stock 305/T5 combo, 3.42 posi, ported 416 heads, single plane, 454 TBI, cam, and a lot of old school tuning (before EBL), in a full weight Camaro.
I ran a 13.1 @ 107 with the help of some spray, and a 14.0 @ 96. I have never getting better than 2.1 60' time with my car.
Of course a search for my user will give you the entire build, the short story is. Stock 305/T5 combo, 3.42 posi, ported 416 heads, single plane, 454 TBI, cam, and a lot of old school tuning (before EBL), in a full weight Camaro.
Sadly your car was likely a 2,600 stalled 700r4 away from running mid 13s on motor and mid 12s on N20.
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Been forever since I posted on TGO.
I ran a 13.1 @ 107 with the help of some spray, and a 14.0 @ 96. I have never getting better than 2.1 60' time with my car.
Of course a search for my user will give you the entire build, the short story is. Stock 305/T5 combo, 3.42 posi, ported 416 heads, single plane, 454 TBI, cam, and a lot of old school tuning (before EBL), in a full weight Camaro.
I ran a 13.1 @ 107 with the help of some spray, and a 14.0 @ 96. I have never getting better than 2.1 60' time with my car.
Of course a search for my user will give you the entire build, the short story is. Stock 305/T5 combo, 3.42 posi, ported 416 heads, single plane, 454 TBI, cam, and a lot of old school tuning (before EBL), in a full weight Camaro.
Where were you when I was trying to help the neighbor kid swap a 350 into his Camaro?
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
I picked up about 0.7 in the 1/4 between the heads. I only put it down the strip a time or two with the 187's and the cam, so I didn't really get a chance to dial in the tuning for it. I probably could have picked up a tenth or two with the 187s and a hair more work, so figure realistic, it was about a 1/2 second gain.
Where were you when I was trying to help the neighbor kid swap a 350 into his Camaro?
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well I know I will be in the 13's. Don't know where. if getting into the 12's would make me a famous person with a 2bbl tbi well **** I wanna do it!
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
Yeah, 2.1 60' times seem to be the norm. There was a poster on the very first page that asked about what Kind of power the stock 305 T.B.I. unit would support. I'm sure Fast355, Rbob or Dewey has the answer, but I don't know it, lol. If one of you guys wants to chime in I'm sure he'd appreciate it. If he's still following the thread that is
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As to the max power a 2bbl TBI will actually support, the guys like fast are the ones who will have better info on that. I can tell you that my car put 240hp down to the rear wheels on a dyno N/A, anything beyond that you'll have to look to the larger displacement guys with a lot more power.
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Re: 1/4 mile quick TBI
I cut 1.8 60' with my vigilante stall, 3.42 and drag radials I thought it was pretty good
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i just got an l03 with a t5 all std, and just removing the stock air filter has made a difference. Its not fast fast but you get great mpg, planning on a few mods, lt1 cam and some headers that should see 200 hp i think? Not too sure i woulld junk the TBI i LIKE IT!