Ok i will be having a 383 put in with 475 hp at crank. I want to build my car first though. so heres what i thought of.

• Subframe connectors
• 3:73 posi (already have not installed)
• high performance shift kit
• sway bar kit
• wonder bar
• rear control arms (are these important)

So i need help adding to my list if their is anything important that would really help me please post!

thanks
kevin

 

aluminum girdle cover for the 10bolt
posi/limited slip
YES, lower control arms with relocation brackets(these take alot of stress when accelerating.. upgrade or at least use poly bushings)

 

relocation brackets necessary on the lower control arms? I am installing the subframe connectors, lower control arms, torque arm and front steering subframe connector all from UMI Performance.

 

they will help eliminate wheel hop and let your rearend live a little longer..

 

dont expect the rear to live long if you plan on beating it at all.

 

im not going to be racing a hole lot from a dead stop. Im just going to mabey race on the high way alittle. Then i dont think i will do a hole lot of burn outs tires are to much money. So it will be like what i do now and thats not very bad.
kevin

 

panhard bar/ strut tower brace

 

Now i like the strut tower brace but will it help alot or should i put that down on the list.
kevin

 

the strut bar will help the cars cornering ability by eliminating/controlling the amount of flexing the strut towers do, its a nice addition but by no means a top of the list item at this point

 

I keep thinking about how much hp! I want to have a bad motor that will run a mid 11 in a 1/4. so do i need that much power? I can get a 400 hp at the crank for 4800 installed. So do you guys think i need that much?

Here the big thing i want to beat the 6.0 GTO's the new GT's and beat the regular vett not the z06.

tell me what you think!
thanks
kevin

 

It sounds like your going to have a car similar to mine. With the setup your talking you should be all the cars listed about, if they are close to bone stock. Even the z06 stock runs 12's. I will let you know what I run this weekend, so you have an idea what you may run.
Mitchell

 

Ya your car is what i think i want but do you think it is to much for an every day driver?
kevin

 

I just took a 600 mile trip with it and got 21 mpg!

 

thats like better than what i get now lol. How much did that cost you if i can ask you that. I am hopeing for it to be 5,800 or less.
thanks
kevin

 

Are you asking about the motor? Just the parts were around 3000. I had a machine shop splay the main, bore, hone and all that fun stuff for a little more dough

 

Ya the the motor. I was thinking it would be 5,800 with installation at the highest hopefully.
thanks
kevin

 

i suggest less power and more work on the car and driver that have to handle it.

on a more helpfull note, perhaps a nitrous system to cut down on the cost of reaching that much hp, thus retaining more streetability.

 

Why do you think i am seeing if i need to get anymore parts for the car? Then alot of you guys just asume that we cant drive a car that has some power. I drive my dads car and it will still beat my car once its done.
kevin

 

I have a 552 hp 385 in my car. I went with a TH350 tranny after going through four 700R4 rebuilds. The 700R's didn't last long. I had a billet servo, kevlar racing bands, borg warner clutches, Precision Industries Vigilante 9" convertor and still lost third and overdrive in my trans. Overdrive was always the first to go out.

I installed southside machine bars and subframe connectors with an eight point cage, but I have a T top car. If you plan on driving the car on the highway a lot, I wouldn't go any higher than a 3.42 or 3.45 if you have a Borg Warner rear with disc brakes. My car has a 3.45 gear and it's cranking almost 6 grand when it crosses the 1/4 mile mark.

If you plan on keeping the 700 tranny, slap a corvette servo in it for some nice firm shifts. I would do this instead of a shift kit. If you plan on baby'n it around, you might get lucky, but I know you won't. You will eventually get bit by the "stomp it" bug, hehe.

 

Ya man this week my shift kit is goin in with the corvette servo. Then i have 3:73 going in it in two weeks i rarly get on the high way. But the guy thats doing my transmission said their not bad transmmisons till u throw nos at them.
kevin

 

joeblue, are you serious? you have a 383 stroker and it only runs 12.5's? hm maybe im just under estimating but i figured that you could get at least in the 11's with a 383.
why dont you just drop the motor in yourself? save you some money and then take it in for a tune if oyu need to.

 

Its really bad off the line, I can't get a real good run in. I know that my stall converter is to low for my motor also. I will run again in a month with a higher stall converter and bigger rear tires. I should be in the upper 11's by then.

 

oh ok i see i figured there was a catch to it, hey i wasnt trying to bash you or anything its a bad @ss set up, way better than mine i just thought maybe 11's. im glad i dont have to deal with a torque converter, sounds like a pain in the @ss