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Not trolling....my decade long v6 Camaro 5 Attachment(s) OK, maybe a little... Attachment 432643 Attachment 432644 Attachment 432645 Attachment 432646 Attachment 432647 |
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Re: Not trolling.... Nice. I just skimmed through the other thread about these...are they are for someone elses car, or did I not read it right? Also, Im looking at the same tranny, from the same company, and was wondering what converter you went with? |
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Originally Posted by grimmcs
(Post 4133665)
Nice. I just skimmed through the other thread about these...are they are for someone elses car, or did I not read it right? Also, Im looking at the same tranny, from the same company, and was wondering what converter you went with? 3200 stall, level 2 Performabuilt. Customer's car, shipped from VA. ;) |
Re: Not trolling.... Damn...there are so many parts there that I have on my "suspension wish list". If my car ever gets done, it will be a long while before I get to touch the suspension. I'm so jealous. |
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Originally Posted by firstfirebird
(Post 4133581)
What car is this all going on? |
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Originally Posted by TechSmurf
(Post 4140430)
Nice. :thumbsup: What car is this all going on? http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...h_100_4692.jpg You know if you are swapping to a 3.4 in your '86, might as well use the superior Gen3 late model 60 degree heads in the pics above ;) I know it's a 4th gen, but since so many of the V6's here have gone with the 3.4, and since this customer is going all out and wants dyno #'s figure everyone here would like to see :) |
Re: Not trolling.... 2 Attachment(s) Got the Walbro 255 in... Attachment 432197 Along with the UMI panhard relocation, BMR panhard, and UMI torque arm... Attachment 432198 This week I should be able to start on the engine and front frame member work :D |
Re: Not trolling.... Yeah... it's gonna be a couple years yet before that thing gets back on the road. In the meantime, the heads have to come off anyway, and I'm already half tempted to put gen 3 units back on. I'm keeping the distributor though, so this will probably force my sheet/tube intake project. Honestly though I may just throw the iron heads back on and compensate for flow restrictions with added boost. :P Kinda a toss-up between "make it really fast" and "make it sellable fast". |
Re: Not trolling.... Why dizzy? If you swap to the MAP ECM ('7730), it will run the ICM, and you already have the reluctor sensor in the block on a 3.4. |
Re: Not trolling.... I think you need to wrap your head around this real quick.. I've got $150.00 in the turbo, turbo kit, 749 ecu, and tuning hardware combined. I've got $100.00 in the 3.4 sitting on the stand. Apply figures of this scale to anything and everything moving forward. ;) If I put real money into mods, they're going on the LS1. |
Re: Not trolling.... So does he have any interesting plans for this or is it just a bad a$$ driver? |
Re: Not trolling.... 4 Attachment(s) Went with a '7727 ECM and $a1 mask... Attachment 427639 Runs nice, and with the rear suspension mods and the tuning, the car runs great! Will spin the tires a few revolutions stabbing it from a stop, and will chirp 2nd with the Vette servo. Here's a short idle vid (stock crate 3.4 and my tune)... http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...h_100_7913.jpg Took the motor, trans and k out today... Attachment 427640 Attachment 427641 Attachment 427642 |
Re: Not trolling.... Techsmurf, going DIS is likely cheaper than you think.... You say you have a '7749 ECM, going to run $59? It can run DIS with a few changes to some parameters. There are currently two ways discussed on the code59 forum. You have a 3.4 block, which has the provisions for the crank trigger, it probably has or had the CPS in it. It may have even had the DIS ICM and coils attached to it. I went from dizzy to DIS in my Datsun (running a '7749 w/ $59), and never want to go back to dizzy again now. |
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Re: Not trolling.... 8 Attachment(s) Moved to a shop (got my garage back till the wife filled it up lol), so the stock k had to be bolted in temp. Nice having a lift! Pressure washed, getting ready for paint... Attachment 421375 Attachment 421376 Blasted the brackets... Attachment 421377 Took it back apart... Attachment 421378 Attachment 421379 Attachment 421380 Started painting the fender wells, getting the bottom prepped etc... Attachment 421381 Attachment 421382 |
Re: Not trolling.... 5 Attachment(s) Moving right along... Attachment 421264 Attachment 421265 Attachment 421266 Attachment 421267 Attachment 421268 |
Re: Not trolling.... Hot damn that looks good. Ive looked into getting one of those lifts...it would make so many things so much easier...as you probably already know |
Re: Not trolling.... Dude you really like to use pieces of 2x4 and landscaping blocks. Got the back partial supported with em in the vid, then the front of the car 30ft in the air with the jackstands on stacked ones. Did you even bother to nail them together??? |
Re: Not trolling.... 6 Attachment(s) Got the idea from an elis juan website for the "jenga" blocks, and yes they are nailed together lol. Had to do what it took before I opened the shop ;) Thanks Grimm! Moar pics... Attachment 421180 Attachment 421181 Attachment 421182 Attachment 421183 Attachment 421184 Attachment 421185 |
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Re: Not trolling.... I'm sorry, but isnt this a web site for thirdgens?...... :( |
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Originally Posted by FireInMe17
(Post 4404273)
I'm sorry, but isnt this a web site for thirdgens?...... :( |
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Originally Posted by xbox07
(Post 4404284)
Doesnt mean we don't love a nice 4th gen build. |
Re: Not trolling.... I'm not the biggest fan of forth gen looks but i appreciate any well built car, especially one well built all around. |
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Originally Posted by xbox07
(Post 4404298)
I'm not the biggest fan of forth gen looks but i appreciate any well built car, especially one well built all around. And it pisses me of to no end when I see peoples nice thirdgens that have 4TH GEN DASHES IN THEM!!!!! WHY?!?!?!?!:doh: Its a Camaro, so I like it for that, but its also a 4th gen, so I dont like it because of that, third gen was the last good looking gen, and if they didnt hold out until 93 to release all the new features they did, then the last few years of the third gen would have been absolutely amazing. I dont disagree with the fact that a 4th gen is a great and all around great car, but it started to get into the time at gm when things started to be made of that cheap plastic, and crappy materials, and overall it just made the interiors of their cars look and feel like crap, and they tried to incorporate too many lines and too many curves, and too many changes wayyyy too fast prematurely and it just never really looked good......thats by biggest complaint:thumbsup: |
Re: Not trolling.... Lol i think thirdgens were made of some cheap plastics too. |
Re: Not trolling.... Yes, this is a site for thirdgens, but you do know everything I am doing to this car can be done to yours, minus the tubular k member, right? ;) My thirdgen has been on the back burner right now and though perhaps you guys might get some ideas :D |
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Originally Posted by xbox07
(Post 4404329)
Lol i think thirdgens were made of some cheap plastics too. The platics from the 90's and 00's were alot worse :imo: My friend had a 94 firebird and it felt so damn cheap on the inside, and wow i thought my dash rattled bad?!:2cents: |
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Originally Posted by firstfirebird
(Post 4387214)
Got the idea from an elis juan website for the "jenga" blocks, and yes they are nailed together lol. Had to do what it took before I opened the shop ;) Thanks Grimm! , |
Re: Not trolling.... *GASP!* is that a 4TH GEN?! lol. seems like an interesting build. I'm just surprised that a mod hasn't pulled this down yet. I personally don't care, just sayin. lol |
Re: Not trolling.... 8 Attachment(s) Been a while since a post, figure an update is in order. Getting real close to being 3rd gen related for all you purists ;) Some porting and appearance modifications on the UIM Attachment 408638 Reinforced some tubular front LCA's after seeing one bent on an auto-x car... Attachment 408639 Attachment 408640 Attachment 408640 re-powdercoated... Attachment 408642 hmm... Attachment 408643 Attachment 408644 new carpet in order... Attachment 408645 |
Re: Not trolling.... 7 Attachment(s) Yuck! Attachment 408631 Yummy! Attachment 408632 Attachment 408633 and here is where it starts getting really relevant to this particular forum :D Attachment 408634 Attachment 408635 Attachment 408636 EDIT: She looks at home with all her "friends" haha.... Attachment 408637 |
Re: Not trolling.... Wow. |
Re: Not trolling.... Great build man, wow. This guy must have some deep pockets. :o |
Re: Not trolling.... What did you paint the wheel wells with? |
Re: Not trolling.... so what were the dyno numbers on that car i didnt see them? |
Re: Not trolling.... 9 Attachment(s) Little slow on updates. My camera cards were full from the GRM Challenge and these (upload time haha), so here ya go... 1le steering rack with fresh Moog Problem Solver ball joints with some fresh paint to match, and some more of the other stuffs. Attachment 404549 Attachment 404550 Attachment 404551 Attachment 404552 Attachment 404553 Attachment 404554 Attachment 404555 Attachment 404556 Attachment 404557 |
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Re: Not trolling.... i'm curious on how much this was in parts, what parts you used and how much you are charging for this whole job. so far it looks amazing. |
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Originally Posted by TheSwarm666X
(Post 4704607)
i'm curious on how much this was in parts, what parts you used and how much you are charging for this whole job. so far it looks amazing. I can tell you it has my custom cam, ported heads, ported manifolds, Corvette LS6 valve springs, titanium retainers, Manley stainless valves and Viton seals that I charged over $2000 for (Valves and retainers were $500 in themselves). The rest of the work is costing him $45/hr plus parts. It's been a year long project billed in stages, so I have no idea what the total was. He is the second owner of the car and has an attachment to it, he bought it in 1994. This is a build designed around reliability, lightweight, decent power with great gas mileage. Can't wait to weigh it when it's finished, as well as dyno it again for after results :) It made ~140whp stock. Thought I posted the dyno sheet, will see about digging it up. Where in Fl are you? If in the south, come by and see it in person ;) My shop is in Pompano Beach (1 block North of the FTLauderdale line). |
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Originally Posted by firstfirebird
(Post 4704655)
Where in Fl are you? If in the south, come by and see it in person ;) My shop is in Pompano Beach (1 block North of the FTLauderdale line). if you are ever around lee road check out my restaurant it is called "Just Fork It" my name is Andy. i currently have no car for myself (except the Firebird that i need to get running) just the van between me and my parents (they moved in with me once we got together and bought the restaurant) it is weird having the parents back in the house after 7 or so years of being on my own. damn the sacrifices to keep the business alive. anywho, keep up the great work. again looks damn nice. |
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Originally Posted by TheSwarm666X
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i live in Orlando around the intersection of 436 and 17-92. if you are ever around lee road check out my restaurant it is called "Just Fork It" my name is Andy. i currently have no car for myself (except the Firebird that i need to get running) just the van between me and my parents (they moved in with me once we got together and bought the restaurant) it is weird having the parents back in the house after 7 or so years of being on my own. damn the sacrifices to keep the business alive. anywho, keep up the great work. again looks damn nice. Yeah we pass through O-town now and again (~2hr drive). My father won 3rd place in the all original Corvette reunion in Old Town last yr (couldn't make it this yr :() and our BMW race team just passed through there last weekend on our way to Gainesville - but we didn;t have much time to stop on the way up since the trailer had a a bad wheel and couldn't go over 55 lol, got a lot of beeps on the highway as well as pic takers, though, as you can see why... http://s448.photobucket.com/albums/q...M%20Challenge/ Still can;t believe we built that car for less than $2010 (we came in under budget at $1960) for the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge. Anyways, bck to topic, we got the front suspension bolted in tonight, by the end of the weekend we should have the harness hooked up and maybe get a cam break in! w00t! Here's the same cam in another car with same specs - car in this vid, I opened up the chambers to 36cc so the customer could have .05" quench with 3.4 gaskets and less than 12:1 (all 6 jugs cc'd). 3500 heads/LIM, my custom cam, same LS6 spring swap etc etc...even though the title says "11.1 compression" it's actually 11.38:1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JAO3_2ztNs and the measuring of said chambers... Attachment 404542 |
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Re: Not trolling.... 7 Attachment(s) Been a while since this thread was updated. With moving the shop and all, we have been spending crazy hours just to get back operational. Well, we had a mis-hap, but turned out to be a blessing in disguise. During the move, the Camaro was outside and we had a torrential downpour, manifold was on the engine, but lacking injectors and thanks to Chevy's brilliant design, water got in the engine! Well, we took the manifolds and heads off to find a bit of surface rust on the cylinder walls. We wouldn't let this type of build go out the door in that condition, so out the motor came. Well, upon opening the oil pan on this 10,000 mile engine, first thing we noticed was that the rod caps were tightened inconsistently! Then after pulling the two pistons out, we noticed slight grooves in the bearing themselves :( Engine was already bred .040" over and the numbers someone wrote on all the rod caps were in no particular order. Anyways, there's been more progress, but we were held up slightly by this situation and Paul will be getting a new motor for the cost of parts since we want to keep our name reputable. We didn't feel comfortable with the bottom end and 11.6:1 SCR. Anyways, on to pics... Attachment 395402 Attachment 395403 Attachment 395404 Attachment 395405 Attachment 395406 Attachment 395407 Attachment 395408 I am not happy with the placement of the y-pipe from Pace Setter, it hangs too low, so it will be modified to fit better and not have to worry about it scraping the ground. All ARP hardware was used, and all fasteners were upgraded for the entire car. |
Re: Not trolling.... hey john i dont know if u already filled the trans with the trick shift,but id stay away from that stuff.weve had alot of customers who used that stuff and it burns up the clutches.theve always gone back to conventional trans fluid |
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