85 camaro ls1 build.
03-05-2013, 03:53 PM
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85 camaro ls1 build. decided to start posting pic of the progress. ive got almost everything to finish the project, just down to the lil things. super excited! waiting on engine mounts to drop her in. shooting for this weekend, heres some pics for now. a few of you guys may remember from an older thread of mine, my 85 camaro will get a 98 ls1(stock bottom end with 75k, demon 750, msd 6010, vic jr intake, ported and polished 243's 230/232 594,588 on a 117 centerline. 4500 stall converter, th350 w/ trans brake, 5.14 gears, which are soon to be 4.11 or 3.55 since i live out in the middle of no where! more pics to come this weekend! Paul
03-05-2013, 04:28 PM
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550 with shipping from jegs. im a little nervous about the fit tho because they want you to use thier mount and trans kit thats almost 600 bucks, instead i bought spohn frame mounts and umi alum motor mounts, i figure ill shim up if need be.
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03-07-2013, 10:09 AM
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I agree with onefast84. From now on all my cams will be custon ground. They are like $20 more dollars than a shelf cam. My carb cam numbers looks nothing like your everyday LS shelf cams. Id give Martin at Tick a call if you havent settled with your cam yet.
03-08-2013, 03:48 AM
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i bought the long block the way it sits now, with the cam and 243's what cam would you reccomend? and how big can i go before i need to clearance the pistons? would there be that much of a difference with a bigger cam? and what about aftermarket heads? would they be worth it?
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03-08-2013, 04:06 AM
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zone, jegs sent me the wrong hedmans, they are for a 1st gen. the guys at tgo caught it. called em to make sure they admitted it, so im sending those back tonight, the hawks are on thier way.. 550 vs 900!!!!! after seeing the flat collector the hedmans have i figured they had to hang down pretty low in order to do that and got scared away. so i ordered 1-3/4 with 3'' collectors from hawks. i wanted to go 1-7/8 or 2'' because i hope to do a 383 next winter but i guess we'l see what happens 1-3/4 should be fine. my wife is going to hang me! im waaaay over budget lol n not even done yet!!!!
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03-08-2013, 01:22 PM
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how did yours fit, i see all sorts of crying on tgo how the hawks headers fit like crap n they gotta put pipe on em to tweak em, but other guys dont whats up with that?
03-08-2013, 04:18 PM
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Different position of the motor mounts make the placement of the collectors vary per vehicle. My straight up mounts were placing them nicely. My 1 inch set backs in my 86 TA made them sit right beside up against the frame rails just a touch. I used a band clamp via lap joint over the collectors and just rode with it. The Polly mounts presented enough stability to not allow any noise so far. But, better than the alternative. Just wish they made a mild steel version that was cheaper.