project89

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not enough for the 500 mile oil change , lesson leaned dont buy cheap rockers

Orr89RocZ

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Just the way it was worded, but i see alot of carbed guys asking if they can use widebands And my answer has always been i wouldnt run a performance motor without one regardless of what motor it is. Its a useful tool esp to monitor engine condition over time. If anything goes out of wack, and you start to see air fuel changes from normal, you know something is up and needs looked at.

There are tons of widebands, alot use the same bosch sensor so it really doesnt matter much on brands. Aem was cheap and simple to install and seems to be working well. I am happy with it

Street Lethal

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Dave, we're not twenty years old anymore, I think it's time you stop investing so much time and money in these 3rd gens. I finished the GTA awhile ago, but had it sitting in the garage, and now it is just about sold pending a very recent deal. Get a new car that you can throw bolt ons towards and enjoy the damn thing, that is the route I am going, just not sure what I am getting yet. Steve turned me on to another GTR, but they are freaking money pits. Shoot me a message on Facebook if your on there bro, few more parts sold and I am just about done on this website...

anesthes

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Thirdgen's are important. It's what keeps me connected to my white trash roots. Even if it's the least valuable thing on my property

-- Joe

Orr89RocZ

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I was hoping to see this project finally come to life. Its been ongoin for a while and would be nice to see how a budget setup works out and if they can compete with budget lsx. Oh well sorry to hear about your luck

Street Lethal

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The most I will do now is work on them locally for friends, I don't want to own anymore of them. I just fixed up a local member's Z28, was told it had an L98 swapped into it from a Formula, bone stock engine but with siamesed runners. Owner was complaining that the engine stopped at 4500-RPM when floored, lacked power on the way up to 4500-RPM, downshifted horribly, unstable idle, and fans were screwed up, fans ran non-stop with the engine off. Got my hands on it and after a test drive I confirmed all of it to be true. I fixed all of its' ailments, got it to purr like a kitten in idle, and now she pulls well over 5000-RPM. Shifts were taken care of. Lots of issues with it, wires arcing bad, TPS and IAC were off, timing was way off, vacuum leaks galore, and the fan wiring was running off of a constant batt lead. He didn't believe me when I told him I will get it to pull way past 5000-RPM with those runners, even bone stock...

Forgive the videos, went from i-phone, to email, to youtube...

project89

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im still finishing it , but having the valve train damaged is deffiantly slowing down progress.

i sort of dont even want to fix it but at this point ive got so much tied up in the car i have to fix it, ill race it a few times and then its geting sold

project89

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im just going to leave this here as motivational music lol

Street Lethal

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Very motivational!!!! It makes me want to be anonymous, not build a third gen though lol...

That was a pretty awesome song though...

project89

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lol im on my way over to the shop now , going to install a stock engine in the car and finish the turbo system and possibly get my new shifter installed today

stock engine wont be stayig in though its just so i can finish welding up the turbo kit

Street Lethal

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I am selling those exhaust manifolds that I flipped and was going to use as a twin setup, but never finished them. If you want them let me know...

-=Z28=-

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Yeah, I re-read that and could of asked differently. Hope I didn't come off as an ****. Seems like some people here purposely like to be rude, so Im on my defense sometimes. The last thing I want to do is get on the wrong side of vet's that are really good with 3rd gens, or anyone for that matter. I am a member here to share what I know and to learn from others.

Thanks for the in-depth response.
-Dan

project89

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got my shifter installed today in between hauling hay off the fields

project89

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in full thrash mode now i will make the airport drags come hell or high water , i said fusk the shaft rockers for now and just grabbed some summit whitebox full rollers in 1.5 ,they will be delivered tomorrow.

im also replacing the guide plates and im going to remeasure my pushrod length one last time when the new rockers get here , before i order a new set

If i keep the car after hitting a few races ill do a full mechanical roller cam conversion and shaft rockers over the winter.

anesthes

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You sell hay? What's it go for in your neck of the woods? I'm paying around $400 / ton.

-- Joe

Orr89RocZ

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So you are saying avoid the 400$ shaft rocker systems?

project89

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i didnt use the 500$ shaft rockers , the stainless rockers i used cant recall the brand off the top of my head had good reviews so i gave them a shot , never again

the more i dug into the prw rockers i found mixed reviews , some ppl said they worked great others reported rolle rbearings breaking after about a year with around the same spring presures im running

if i keep the car over the winter it will get a set of lgm, jessel , or t&d's . prolly be the lgm's as they have great reiews on hr.com and yellow bullet
http://lgmrnd.com/index.php/header1/...ock-chevrolet/

for now i bought osme summit racing whitebox full rollers that i have personally used before that i know will hold up

project89

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3x4 bails are going around 180$ iirc they are about 1600 pounds each for alfalfa
grass bails are less

Orr89RocZ

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I got lgm in mine. Good stuff

project89

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good to know that makes anther good review and 0 negatives

project89

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summit rockers are here


now just need to dbl check on pushrod length and get those coming and she will be ready for reassembly

Street Lethal

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Get it done Dave, this power adder section has been dead for quite awhile, get that thing done and represent...

fasteddi

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Agreed. Get it man

project89

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im on it , transbuilder/ friend promised me he'd work on my th350 next weekend
i did however today test fit the new rockers




might need to clearance them a lil better for the springs , and i think i need to change the pushrod length slightly, last thing i need to get is the pushrods ordered and im going to change the oil pump while ive got the oil pan off im sure it ate some grit from the wiped cam lobes so not taking taking a chance on it

Drac0nic

Hey a guy on another board is going to scrap a 2.13 axled G-body rear end. I told him you may be interested in the R&P

project89

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ive got gears covered but thanks , not that it matters speedweek/boneville is cancelled this year

Street Lethal

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These subscribers just want to see the engine idle, and maybe a few burn outs in good quality, everyone will be happy with that...

project89

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will get more then that airport drags are on the 19th of sept in st george , i will be there , my biggest holdup on finishing the car atm is my buddy assembling the th350. id do it myself but i have 0 experiance doing a trans with a transbrake so im letting him do it

trans is a nice piece , jw lightwieght ultra bell , huges reverse manual valve body/brake , fti 4,200-4,500 stall , all alto clutches , kolene steels , and all good parts

need to order +.150 pushrods instead of +.100 and the motor is good to go

Drac0nic

Glad to hear you got gears. Sucks about the run but that's the way life goes. Nothing wrong with regrouping.

project89

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big update today i got alo done ,sticking with the single for right now , over the winter ill do the twin turbos







wont be long now , hoping to have the motor back in the car by tuesday

project89

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anyone got a big single wastegate they wanna trade for 2x 38's?

anesthes

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I've got two 50mm wastegates. I might sell this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/381070758965?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Or trade for something interesting.

-- Joe

project89

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im going to turn the old camshaft into a lamp , redn3ck/interesting enough ? lmfao
just need to make sure my budys got a bit long enough he can bore a hole all the way threw it in his lathe first

Street Lethal

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... you gonna put it next to the couch out in the front yard?

DIGGLER

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did you ever get into the 9's with it?

Street Lethal

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Dave, engine looks great with the new setup...

Dig, had the engine tuned for the street up to 10-psi and was having fun with it, uploaded the LT4 SA Main Table in the EBL-P4 soon after to replace the LB9 concoction that I was working with, engine was an entirely different animal even at just 10-psi. Second time out with the new table I wanted to just get a 0 to 60-mph time, and the flexplate cracked like a toothpick. I actually datalogged that burst and stopped at 60-mph then coasted and didn't even realize that the flexplate cracked until I got to the driveway. Was able to get from 0 to 60-mph in 2.8 seconds, and this was with the stock stall coupling at 1700-RPM and boost coming in at 2500-RPM, but I stopped the moment it reached 60-mph. The 1/8th mile in the datalog is not accurate because I was just coasting after hitting 60-mph, and it coasted to a 8.6 @ 64-mph in the 1/8th. This was only at 10-psi of boost pressure on that T72. Since the flexplate had to come out, this is when I installed the TCI stall converter I had, but then I also swapped to a T88 turbo along with the new converter. Car is still in the garage, can't get myself to sell it after having a few people come over and say they want it...

project89

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i might buy a vette , but i think im going to get back into dirt bikes
got my eye on a kx450f i might go pick up this weekend

Street Lethal

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It's the area you're in, you adapted to its' surroundings. Was working on the GTA's interior a few weeks ago, had a Lambo pull up by the driveway with the words Underground Racing written on the bottom of the door. Said to myself no way, then he revved it, heard the turbo's spool, and was like damn, it's the real deal. Have another neighbor with those new funky looking sport BMW's that resemble the Bugatti's, all of them want a piece of the GTA cuz I used stomp on it up and down the street, and I guess it stood out to them. So yeah, if you were still here, you wouldn't be thinking dirt bike, you would already be in that vette and working on a turbo setup for it...

project89

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lol thats cause the only place u can ride legally is back at raceway park.
when the camaro is gone ill get something else tp play with over the winter either a vette or s10.

one of my winter projects is putting a turbo on that xr250r i bought thats one of the reasons im buying another bike, that xr250r wont bee good for anything other then dunes/hillclimbs and maybe some lsr when its done , of course im still going to ride the **** out of it threw town.damn bikes are just as exspensive as the cars though , i just spent 500 bucks on a used cr500 front suspension swap , another 100 bucks to update the rear suspension to the later model aluminum swingarm and coil over shock , and 122$ on an fmf pipe for it , not to mention over 100 bucks for 2 friggen tires

just placed the final order for some misc odds and ends from summit racing , to late for it to ship today so that stuff will show up on wensday, cant fire the engine till that arrives


ill have to find the cable for my phone i made my radiator craddle today that bolts into the front fram horns ill have to post some pics

DIGGLER

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my deceased neighbor had a cr500. his father in law was in charge of liquidating his assets after he passed, and one day called me over there to see if i might be interested in a "motorsickle". i walked in the garage, saw it, and said nooooo wayyy. i couldnt even climb up on the thing. it was a '97 and had hardly been ridden. didnt know a thing about dirtbikes at the time, or i would have bought it just to resell. he said a few days earlier a girl came out to look at it and he told her "maam, i dont mean to insult you, but you'll kill yourself on this thing." she told him she'd been riding for a dozen years but he wouldnt sell it to her. lol

project89

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right now the 2 bikes im looking at are the kx450f and a yz450f , two of the baddest mx bikes u can buy i think atleast , first mod on whichever i get will be a lowering link kit

my buddy has both a wr450f and a kx250f my only compliant about either is as u said they are to high i dont like not being able to flat foot a bike when im on it . im leaning twards the kx as i love his 250 but his wr450f scares the crap out of me and its nothing more then a street legal yz with a lil less power and weighs a lil more

anesthes

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I've had a few vettes. What are you looking for? Make sure you pick my brain before you jump on something.

-- Joe

anesthes

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Sounds like you live near me. BMW, Ferrari, lambo's. Most of the houses ate 3000sq ft and near a million dollars.

Then there is me, the guy with 2 garages, a barn, horses, a manure pile, etc.

It's no wonder the neighbors don't talk to me.

-- Joe

project89

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i know one thing for sure no tpi/lt1 vettes whatever one i buy has to be ls powered

anesthes

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Ahh.. C5. Nice daily drivers. Lot of electronics.

-- Joe

DIGGLER

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took me a weekend driving one ~500 miles to get over wanting a c5 z06. great weekend cars or once or twice a week maybe, but i dont think i would enjoy daily driving one.

Street Lethal

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... that, and also living so close to Raceway Park you have every Tom, Dick and Harry wanting to race at every stop light. I had my buddy Murph text me yesterday and asked if the GTA is ready to run, but wants to run in cooler weather, gotta tell him to get in line behind the UR Lambo's and BMW's lol. I might start another thread as a finale, no building and fabricating, just of it running and putting the whole thing to bed. I went on what the EBL data was telling me, but to be honest, the track has the final say, and I think it's time to just see what it really has in her.

Good deal. I am done with TPI/LTX engines myself. Not that they aren't doable, just tired of working with them. I might try one last thing on a SBC build with a dual plane and a 355 small block, but then that is it for me regarding SBC's. By the way if anyone local needs a 355 SBC short block that ran fine before it was pulled (crank, rods and pistons installed) no cam, no lifters, no timing chain, you can come and get it for a hundred bucks...

- Rob

Orr89RocZ

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Actually we have seen that many times before. Its time for a dyno or track vid with results lol no less. Its been 3 to 4 threads in the making now. Enough with the teasing lets get it done

Street Lethal

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Dave or me lol...?

We both had quite a few threads with no finished results, although mine runs and drives, and Dave's can be used to plant flowers in lmao (just kidding Dave)...

Orr89RocZ

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Well i was refering to daves but any results for guys doing stock block relatively budget builds would be nice to see! I am strongly considering doing my 305 still with a single 70 but i kinda want to just do light port job on heads and cam/intake it as well. Still up in the air cuz i want to take motor out to clean and rebuild anyway.

Just tuned a 383 tpi setup with a d1 making 8.5 psi at 5000 rpm, it made 521/583 so far. I think my basic 305 should get to 350 whp easily