PaulieD_350

hey guys i just bought a 1995 firebird with a brand new lt1 engine. Motor is bored 20 over and i just ordered a lot of stuff for the car trying to get estimates on what my horse power might be and some recommendations on what else i should get along with what iv already ordered .......

So far i have ordered

Edelbrock 61909 aluminum heads

XFI" 280 Hydraulic Roller Camshaft

Edelbrock aluminum Roller rockers

Pacesetter longtubes 3"

pacesetter off road Y pipe 3"

Edelbrock 3.5'' cold air intake

Trickflow 58mm intake manifold

Edelbrock 58mm throttle body

36 pound fuel injectors and upgraded rail

And 4.10 gears

What you guys think

lt1slowz28

Oh man.

PaulieD_350

oh man lol?

lt1slowz28

Better cancel that order and get a real build going... at a minimum call lloyd Elliott or advanced induction for your heads cam and intake. The ones you posted aren't worth the trouble imho

Sof86

what he said

SSickLS1SS

anything edelbrock just reminds me of the 80's.............along with a facepalm

PaulieD_350

hmm everything i ordered was very highly talked about by them and were said to be good parts and i wouldnt have any issues but they made some recommendations but just trying to get my business i was assuming

pyro719

iTrader: (5)

Cancel your order NOW! Call Advanced inductions and spend less money and make way more power!

lt1slowz28

Of course they are going to talk you up... whoever was selling it just wanted your money.. hard earned cash spent on aside from the cam nothing more than an after market stock replacement.

PaulieD_350

just called lloyd Elliott and cancelled my order lol hes ganna hook me up thanx a lot !!!!!!

lt1slowz28

no problem. Glad to see you caught it in time.

Puck

iTrader: (17)

Smart move.

MasterTomos

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If you're just doing the top end, skip the intake manifold (I don't think trickflow makes an LT1 intake manifold btw) But you may want to consider having it port matched by either Ai or LE when you have your heads done.

Like others have said, Have Elliot portworks or Advanced Inductions port your stock heads, they'll make more power than standard aftermarket castings for the most part, and are cheaper.

The Pacesetter Headers and Y pipe are a great choice, however. But I think they are usually the cheapest over at Texas Speed & Performance's website. Check them out.

Also, what fuel rail did you order? I haven't seen "upgraded" ones for an LT1 before? I think guys running 400-500hp are usually just running the stock fuel rails.

96capricemgr

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Troll

guppymech

iTrader: (7)

You done good listening to these guys! Most new guys get belligerent when their poor parts choices are pointed out to them.

96capricemgr

iTrader: (1)

Guys look at the post times, you really think that he wrote this post, you changed his mind and he called another vendor and made up his mind on a new setup in under an hour?

Troll

Rob94hawk

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Well done sir!

PaulieD_350

The reason i changed my mind so fast is its my first car build and i made my choices based off a couple of buddys different builds, and they try to know what there talking about but always dnt... i have no clue what to go with im in a learning process and just wanna make the best bang for under 4 grand but i spoke with lloyd Elliott for 45 min and cleared up a lot of things for me so im ganna have him do up my heads with the LE 2 package and a custom cam and hes ganna port my intake for me as well...... Im still going with the 58mm throttle body and 36 pound injectors, longtubes and the cold air intake. then i hear in ganna need a pretty serious PCM tune

PaulieD_350

All said and done do you recommend a mail order tube or send it straight to the DYNO? idk to much bout the mail order besides its alot cheaper lol

96capricemgr

iTrader: (1)

don't buy anything till you get a clue.

I do find it interesting how in under an hours time from initial post to changing your mind you managed to spend 45 minutes on the phone with someone though something stinks.