Hey, im from the SW boards, but i moved back to SoCal so i figured i might as well start frequenting here too... anyone from Murrieta/Temecula area in Riverside Co.?

 

My G-O-D man, I killed the Intarweb pipeline west of the mississippi when I had to download your gargantuan Sig.

Welcome aboard!

 

Check the events board at SC3G.org. We are planning a mountain cruise and BarBQ to Big Bear Lake on Sept 17. We'd be glad to get the chance to meet you. Welcome back.

 

hmm... the 17th eh? i might make an entrance... another thing i was looking for are some local TBI tuners... i have a LOT of work to be done REAL soon and im going to need a new tune..

 

Kevin does custom chips for TBI's as well as TPI systems. He and Don will be on the mountain cruise.

 

Yes welcome aboard. The next club meeting I believe is the first Saturday of October.

 

So are you planning on different induction now that you are in Cali?

 

I live in Moreno Valley, close to the Murrieta/Temecula area.

 

I agree... You have your website in your sig, what else do you need?

Welcome to the club!

 

haha, ill shorten it up a bit... lol, and no, i plan on keeping toilet bowl... lol, im fond of it...

 

Welcome

 

Sorry, but I think the name Toilet Bowl is reserved for anything Redd Rocket drives.....

 

Now that’s a nice chunk of bait you’ve put out there…but I love you too much to take it…

Onward and upward my frisky little friend.

 

i wanna keep TBI cuz i wanna prove out here in so cal, just like i did in phoenix that TBI can beat TPI... my LO5 was faster than a couple L98's i raced...

 

Good luck

 

lol, ill do my best!

 

Another racer, cool! Welcome.

 

Welcome....but you will have a big chore on your hands

 

im aware, but i tend to take the difficult route... lol turning a TBI vert into a 12 second car, NA, smog legal and using pretty much only GM production parts... (some lightly modified... haha)

 

Too bad a 350 TBI in a camaro isnt legal here in Cali...

 

mine is as far as smog is concerned... its refereed, certified and changed on my registration and everything... CA knows i have a 350 in it... dunno about the full legality of it, but i took it to a referee and a test only and it passed...

 

Well thats good enough for me...

We'll see wassup though when you're getting spanked by the super rams and TPIs

 

My L98 is faster than a couple stock LS1's, but that doesnt make it better. Of course your modded L05 is faster than a stock or so L98...

Remember once you get into the 13's you'll need a 6-point rollbar in that convertible, or the drag strip will kick you out.

Good luck with your project. Give me a call if you need a chip burned for your combo.

 

Thanks, i really appreciate it. My LO5 is pretty much stock, no work done to it yet, but im sure the L98's i raced were out of tune and needed help too... all my stuff has less than 20k on it... When i get the 083's, the LT1 cam and Long Tubes on it, i will most definately be needing your help tuning. Im shooting christmas time until its all said and completed because i still need the heads machined and i dont know anyone who will do it for me and i dont have the tools or the time, so it looks like im taking them to a machinist. I dont know how much money or time it will take to get them ported, polished, valve guides... all that, but when i do, im hoping for low 14's, high 13's

 

oh, i know, by no means is TBI better than TPI, but i just want to max out the potential of the setup i have before changing it... when i cant really mess around with the TBI anymore, ill change it over to TPI. Ive seen TPI combos with over 500 horses... ive never seen an NA TBI SBC make that much... haha. but for now, if it aint broke, im not gunna fix it...

and im pretty sure i wont succeed out here... it seems like i have a lot more competition... out there we had stock L98's or CaptPicards and AZ406TPI... both with 400 or more RWHP 406 SBC's... AZ's is still TPI, but Capt switched his over to carb not too long ago..

 

Unless you know someone that dose smog's here in cali you wont pass smog with long tubes there not legal .

 

even with the AIR stuff on them?

 

Yea even with the air on them Dyno Don makes a nice set of shorties 1 3/4 that will pass look like the SLP's

 

hmmm... ill have to look into those...

 

that sounds right

 

i want to get the SLP's but i dont have $600+ lying around for the coated 1 3/4"... i got the LT's from a guy in phoenix for $75... guess those will just have to go on the truck then...

 

Don's headers aren't stainless, but they are a better design than the SLP's. He repositioned the tubes in the left side collector so that you no longer need to decide whether you want headers or steering with his you can actually have both!

 

hmmm, how much do those run?

 

Send him a p.m. or ask him on the 17th.

 

400$ coated was what he told me

 

You gotta get in line though

 

Maybe not. He may have a bunch made up that can be sent to the powder coater. If he doesn't, he can possibly make up a set to send out. I doubt that he is going to ask someone to wait in line behind someone who is getting a car built to get a set of headers built.

 

And let me tell you that line is long and growing ....

 

Yep, and I'm getting back in line again for next year.

 

Close

 

Don, I'm not in a hurry for my pick up, but if people are getting cars built and then jumping back in line to do it over again, maybe I need to get in line with my truck?

 

well, ill be there on the 17th, everything is squared away for that... and i guess if there is a line, add me to it.. haha

 

Easy Russ. My project is still aways out there. Don specifically mentioned your truck to me among others.