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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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From: Hobart, Indiana
Car: 1986 caged out firebird
Engine: 454 = wheelies
Transmission: th400 stall and trans brake
Axle/Gears: 4:11 ford 9" with ladder bars
pics of there bbc swap

i just bought a car with a full cage for 9" 4:10 gears full posi full tube frame coil overs ladder bars slicks and skinnys th 400 trans with stall and transbrake and fuel cell battery box a 454 bare block also came with the hooker bbc headers and some other things i got this all for $1700 from a friend then i went out and bought a full stroker rotating assembly with domed 12.1 to 1 compression and a big came and full roller rockers and some other things for it all together with the car i have spent 3800 on it i was just wondering if anyone has any pics of the install like header fitments and all that good stuff and will the 12.1 to 1 compression work good with 104 octain gas thanks Eric
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 10:58 AM
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From: Littleton, CO USA
Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
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12:1 & 104 will be fine.
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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Car: A Portly 85 Z28
Engine: 4.530 X 4.250 BBC
Transmission: under rated for this application
Axle/Gears: also under rated
Re: pics of there bbc swap

I have a few at my car domain site, it`s link is in my signature "the machine"
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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From: Hobart, Indiana
Car: 1986 caged out firebird
Engine: 454 = wheelies
Transmission: th400 stall and trans brake
Axle/Gears: 4:11 ford 9" with ladder bars
Re: pics of there bbc swap

hey what size tires are on that car are they 28x10.5 and will they fit without having to be tubed
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 07:29 AM
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Re: pics of there bbc swap

Originally Posted by transam360
hey what size tires are on that car are they 28x10.5 and will they fit without having to be tubed

Nope, they are 29x11.50 15LT hoosier quick time pros and no mini tubb just hammering in the front inner wells
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