Like I said the whole upper is off, runners, TB, and Plenum. I figured the AFPR, port the plenum, Tb bypass ?, and any thing you guys think of? 122,000 miles, YOu think a trip to Cruzin auto for cleaning and follow matching for the injectors?

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[This message has been edited by new87 (edited December 28, 2000).]

 

You shouldn't do the coolant bypass if you ever drive on the expressway.

 

how much money you want to spend? cleaning and matching the injectors would be a smart move, a new TB? lot of debate goes on here if the gain (if any) is worth the expense.

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Take off the base and port that too. Remove the plenum's EGR walls, gasket match the runner openings in the plenum and the runners themselves, and gasket match the runner openings on the base too. Port the head side of the TPI base as well. You may as well go all the way if you've come this far. It's not that hard. You've just gotta pull the distributor, drain the coolant, disconnect the fuel lines, and unbolt the intake manifold and off it comes. I'm curious, did you have to remove the valve covers to get at the runner bolts that sit in between each runner pair? I did, and the passenger side valve cover was a ****ing nightmare, with all the emissions **** over it.

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No, I was able to get all the bolts with out removing the valve covers. The one bolt in rear driverside by the Distrib, that is the bolt from hell! I have the distributor out right now thats how I got in this mess. I had to replace the pickup coil and I had to remove everything to get the Distirb out.

 

explain this comment????? im very curious as to what you were thinking when you typed this.

new87,, how did you know you had to replace your pickup coil,, what symptoms did you have? also is it hard to do? i think i might need a new one.

 

I live in Texas and have an 87 Formula 350, I did the coolant bypass and am very happy with the results. I take 200 mile trips in the car quite often and don't have any problems.

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2E,87 Formula 350,with coolant bypass and 160 thermostat and chip. 1986 Z28 with 327 & 202 heads and 5 speed, and usually 4 or 5 others Camaro's & 3 Firebirds to fix, Drive, or sell.

 

Well my car would not get any spark and as I was tring to trouble shoot the HEI module the connector for the pick up coil fell a part. When I pulled the Distributor and got to the pickup coil it was a big ball of rust.

 

The hole penillium?????? LMFAO



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89RS w/350 TPI; 69RS/SS w/450 HP 350/Muncie 4-Speed "Too weird to live, too rare to die."

 

All bow to the Holy Penillium ! LOL

 

LOL! I think it is the whole plenum dude.

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So I had a blonde moment, dont ask for help under the INFLUANCE!

 

You can have your stock tb bored out to 52mm for about $150. Also a good time to relocate the MAT sensor to the intake pipe.



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Don't sweat it dude, I have a hell of a time typing after a good night at the bar too! I wasn't necessarily laughing at your expense, I just thought it was funny as hell! Lol.


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89RS w/350 TPI; 69RS/SS w/450 HP 350/Muncie 4-Speed "Too weird to live, too rare to die."

 

No offence taken, I've seen guys get a lot hard than I did and it took awhile.