Chronicles of a 9 Second 305 Trans Am, Can It Be Done...
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Plenty of room now for the T88 turbo and wastegate. I trimmed the bracket, and threw it back on just to show the amount of room that I have to work with. Still need to do some more trimming to it here and there, as well as rounding off the edges to make it look factory. I will polish it up when the engine is disassembled. If you notice the wrapped wiring in the second pick... I pulled the secondary fan wiring from the starter harness that gets plugged into the passenger side cylinder head, and will be rerouting it to the front of the TPI manifold. The only wires that will be near the turbo header will be the spark plug wires, and those will be MSD. Also need to pick up a steel sleeve for the long bolt that bolts the bracket onto the cylinder head through the smog pump, as otherwise with the smog pump removed putting it back on without the sleeve will crack the bracket.
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That's similar to how I did mine I'll take some pics to show you I also went ahead and got rid of the bottom bracket just for looks
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That's similar to how I did mine I'll take some pics to show you I also went ahead and got rid of the bottom bracket just for looks...
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No problems at all here I've been running that setup for over 3 years I even ran it with a mechanical water pump I recently removed it when I had the engine out just to paint it and it looks as good as it did 3+ years ago
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Island dragway located in Great Meadows, NJ. Its a bit further north west of E town, But comming from long island, its takes less time to hit Island than E town <less traffic and bullshit>. You get lots of runs at Island also. One of my buddies clicked of like 15 or 16 passes on night just for shnitz n giggles. Its not super prepped like e town and its a smaller crowd. But the wed night BBQ n racing is fun.
Honestly i hated e town after like 03/04. 2 passes on test and tune night. Really? Only good you tend to meet more people. But hey what ever floats your boat. Atco is to official for me. And far.
Honestly i hated e town after like 03/04. 2 passes on test and tune night. Really? Only good you tend to meet more people. But hey what ever floats your boat. Atco is to official for me. And far.
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Re: Chronicles of a 9 Second 305 Trans Am, Can It Be Done...
Plenty of room now for the T88 turbo and wastegate. I trimmed the bracket, and threw it back on just to show the amount of room that I have to work with. Still need to do some more trimming to it here and there, as well as rounding off the edges to make it look factory. I will polish it up when the engine is disassembled. If you notice the wrapped wiring in the second pick... I pulled the secondary fan wiring from the starter harness that gets plugged into the passenger side cylinder head, and will be rerouting it to the front of the TPI manifold. The only wires that will be near the turbo header will be the spark plug wires, and those will be MSD. Also need to pick up a steel sleeve for the long bolt that bolts the bracket onto the cylinder head through the smog pump, as otherwise with the smog pump removed putting it back on without the sleeve will crack the bracket.
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yes, belt is routed different, but the a/c bracket is identical haha
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Any updates Rob?
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Originally Posted by fasteddi
Any updates Rob?
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i was going to use these but i needed a female side. you want 'em? i put the H pipe from my mustang on to my blazer last summer but since im going turbo im not going to need them anymore.
*edit* stupid uploader failed to upload even when i zipped the pic. i went on summit and you can see the male ends on the back of this hpipe. thats what i have, pretty much brand new.
*edit* stupid uploader failed to upload even when i zipped the pic. i went on summit and you can see the male ends on the back of this hpipe. thats what i have, pretty much brand new.
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i was going to use these but i needed a female side. you want 'em? i put the H pipe from my mustang on to my blazer last summer but since im going turbo im not going to need them anymore...
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Re: Chronicles of a 9 Second 305 Trans Am, Can It Be Done...
and they are 2.5" as well
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i already cut them off last summer, i was going to weld them back on when i buttoned upt the rest of the exhaust but i wont need to now since i decided its turbo time lol. theyre both yours and they are 2.5" as well
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Just out of curiosity, what is your budget on this build?
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Just out of curiosity, what is your budget on this build?
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Not so much a budget, as I am mostly working with what I have that is readily available. The EBL P4, the TCI converter, and the suspension upgrades (including the drag radials) are the only things that will cost money, and even then those items aren't that expensive. I don't mind spending money, but to throw a hundred dollars on one single ball flange from Flowmaster isn't cost feasible to me...
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hey Rob shoot me your addy and ill ship those male ends to you tomorrow so you have them hopefully by this weekend.
ill update my paypal and just cover the shipping
ill update my paypal and just cover the shipping
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hey Rob shoot me your addy and ill ship those male ends to you tomorrow so you have them hopefully by this weekend. ill update my paypal and just cover the shipping
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Had anytime to play with the car Rob??? Updates???
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Had anytime to play with the car Rob??? Updates???
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Looking good rob!! Definetly show some pictures after they get coated if ya can,
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Just a small update. Was originally going to use the stock GTA's plenum w/its stock throttle body because the earlier setup that I modified for the other build has a completely different IAC routing, as well as different throttle cable setup. I decided to modify the earlier plenum to work with the later GTA's throttle body, this way I can also use the earlier runners from the other build as well. Just need to drill and tap another vacuum line on the older plenum as the newer one has a third port on the rear where the earlier one has only two in that area. Here is the completed plenum, as well as the runners that will be used with it (runners; before and after)...
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Just so you can have the proper visual, the lower ports of the runners were ported the same way as the upper ports to help with velocity, they lead from the siamesed plenum down into the siamesed lower intake ports on the manifold. The runners were painted black. The only thing that wasn't ported was the throttle body, and I'm not going to because it flows more than enough. Just going to polish it up...
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Rob, Those injectors look really familiar....
Im trying to learn a bit from your build. I got a buddy into drag racing the otherday. Hes making 15.7 sec passes on his 305tpi firebird. And wants more power..lol. I said its turbo time. I think he was asking you about cam selection... thanks for any help you can give him.
Im trying to learn a bit from your build. I got a buddy into drag racing the otherday. Hes making 15.7 sec passes on his 305tpi firebird. And wants more power..lol. I said its turbo time. I think he was asking you about cam selection... thanks for any help you can give him.
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Originally Posted by fasteddi
Rob, Those injectors look really familiar. Im trying to learn a bit from your build. I got a buddy into drag racing the otherday. Hes making 15.7 sec passes on his 305tpi firebird. And wants more power..lol. I said its turbo time. I think he was asking you about cam selection... thanks for any help you can give him.
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Rob, Those injectors look really familiar....
Im trying to learn a bit from your build. I got a buddy into drag racing the otherday. Hes making 15.7 sec passes on his 305tpi firebird. And wants more power..lol. I said its turbo time. I think he was asking you about cam selection... thanks for any help you can give him.
Im trying to learn a bit from your build. I got a buddy into drag racing the otherday. Hes making 15.7 sec passes on his 305tpi firebird. And wants more power..lol. I said its turbo time. I think he was asking you about cam selection... thanks for any help you can give him.
Mark is convincing me to find an LT1 cam instead. Keeping the stock heads, just going to port them this winter probably, along with siamesing the runners, plenum, and manifold like you did. LT1 cam with 1.6 rockers and new springs sound good? Right now no other plans are being made, other than a new rear gear, until at least later on in the year.
Anyway, this thread is very interesting. I want to see if it can be done! Might give me motivation to build a turbo lol. I really like the look of that blue metallic paint. Keep up the nice work! Can't wait to see how this turns out.
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Dont wana run over your thread rob but.... Andrew "if" you add a cam. We should port everything at the same time. Just a though.
Keep a eye on this thread andrew as you may go this route someday??
Keep a eye on this thread andrew as you may go this route someday??
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Minor update, I pulled the stock plenum off and installed the older modified plenum to see if it would cause any problems with the newer throttle body in reference to the IAC routing. No problem at all during idle. When pulling the old plenum I noticed that it was filled with fuel, so that immediately told me the diaphragm in the regulator was shot, but it is now fixed. Need to set aside a day and get the heads, cam and modded TPI system on there in one shot, then take it to the dyno to see what it will do first without the turbo...
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Dont wana run over your thread rob...
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It's turbo time. There might be a change in which turbo I will be running, as I came across a very sweet Turbonetics true 66 Ball Bearing turbo for a very good price. This particular turbo has propelled my buddy's T-Type to a 10.10 second pass at close to 140-mph, with a horrid sixty foot, and should be more than capable of getting me my nine second pass. I am building this car to be a street car, so there is really no need to go overkill with the turbo that I was planning on running. Just a quick pick of the turbo(s) to show you the size difference, as the 66 on the left will easily clear my hood. Also considering a FAST-SFI setup now, just need to find out if a buddy of mine can convert it for HEI-V8...
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Try the smaller turbo...if it dont work, go bigger
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Stickin with the one I already have. It MAY stall abit higher with more power but it didnt seem to change from 8 psi to 17psi so I think its gonna stick around 4200 stall which is right where I want it...even tho this combo should rev up alot higher, I dont want too much more converter for the street. I got a 12 bolt rear coming and it will get 3.08's likely so I'll be very comfortable street driving
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Hope it's a 4 bolt turbine, I'd think a 3 bolt would be a bit tightish unless it's the big A/R Precision housing. with it being a BB 66 it should have insanely quick spooling I'd think and make for a wicked street car. Maybe even eek some 9s outa it, but the catch is gonna be where it runs out of steam with the higher CID. If your heads flow 200 CFM, and you've got 8 cylinders that's gonna be roughly the equivalent of:
200*8/6=266.667 CFM
in regards to the Buick heads. That's a pretty big head for a turbo buick. Hell, a set of stock Vortecs would be:
301.333333333 CFM
That's Stage II head territory. Just saying that you may start "pushing down" the map with the flow you have. Will be interesting to find out.
200*8/6=266.667 CFM
in regards to the Buick heads. That's a pretty big head for a turbo buick. Hell, a set of stock Vortecs would be:
301.333333333 CFM
That's Stage II head territory. Just saying that you may start "pushing down" the map with the flow you have. Will be interesting to find out.
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Pulled the car halfway into the garage this morning and was preparing to pull the stock TPI, heads and camshaft, and then installing the new and modified components by this afternoon. Engine "sounded" like it was suddenly knocking, even with decent oil pressure. I might have to pull the engine and throw new rod and main bearings on it just for my own peace of mind, even though the knocking sounds more like a cracked flexplate to me. Took a quick video for your viewing pleasure. The surging at idle is due to the removed smog pump, as the $8D mask is programmed to subtract 100mV from the R/L threshold, and the engine will run much leaner without the air pump, and will continually try to correct. That is a fact, because not only does the surging go away with the smog pump reinstalled, but you can see it when you datalog. It can be programmed out, but I am switching engine control anyway...
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Update: Flexplate is fine, and no more knocks, the engine was actually detonating if you can believe that because of the smog pump removal. It was running that lean when the air/fuel would swing. Learn from this $8D users, you must disable the smog pump when you remove it. Reinstalled the smog pump (finding the right size belt took freaking forever), and the knocking at idle went away, entirely...
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Hope it's a 4 bolt turbine, I'd think a 3 bolt would be a bit tightish unless it's the big A/R Precision housing. with it being a BB 66 it should have insanely quick spooling I'd think and make for a wicked street car. Maybe even eek some 9s outa it, but the catch is gonna be where it runs out of steam with the higher CID. That's Stage II head territory. Just saying that you may start "pushing down" the map with the flow you have. Will be interesting to find out...
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Update: The modification below was worth about 800-RPM on the stock engine at wide open throttle, possibly a little more if I didn't ease off of it, the plenum is all I installed so far, and it made a world of difference with the off idle transition. No tuning was done whatsoever, the IAC was not adjusted in any way, shape or form. Just got back from pushing it on the highway, and am more than satisfied w/the results...
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Any updates Rob???
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cool man, holding together pretty good?
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Heads are off, and I started a thread over in the TBI section as I am redoing a set of 187 heads for this engine build, and the T66 is off in favor for a T72 that I picked up in a trade that I made. One last thing after that, I am switching to E85 because a station just opened a few miles away. No track videos, though the T66 would have gotten me there, there is no doubt in my mind...
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Send the ole T66 this a way....