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Old Nov 3, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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i had alittle bad luck last weekend with my cam only lq4 mustang with the help of a 150 shot of gas...lol...but the good news is i yanked the bone stock lq4 off of the engine stand that i was saving for my 67 camaro build and i'm going to put it in my coupe just to see how fast it will go in stock form and then i'm going to add a set of 799 heads and a smaller cam(dont know what size cam yet)just to see how stuff will affect performance in a real world comparison....and at the start of the new year hopefully i will be done with a 400+ c.i. ls motor to put back in my coupe(soon as i figure out exactly what i want,as of now leaning toward something between a 402 to a 421 c.i. with afr or trickflow heads and some healthy compression)...sorry for the long post and i will keep you updated with the donor motor performance and any input on cam choices or anything else would be appreciated...thanks billy
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subscribed, you gonna make it to the track with the stock lq4 before the end of the season?
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Old Nov 4, 2010 | 10:04 AM
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going saturday as long as the weather is descent...
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Old Nov 4, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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Very interested also. i will be putting one in my rx7 for now until the funds are right to mod it.
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Old Nov 6, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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did'nt get to run today....weather.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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Dang man, hate to hear the 6.0 let go, I was enjoying seeing how fast you were gonna go on that thing. Good luck with the stocker. BTW, just out of curiosity why wouldn't you put the polluter cam in the stocker since it worked so well in the last one? I'm still collecting parts for mine, hoping to make a pass some time next year
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Dang man, hate to hear the 6.0 let go, I was enjoying seeing how fast you were gonna go on that thing. Good luck with the stocker. BTW, just out of curiosity why wouldn't you put the polluter cam in the stocker since it worked so well in the last one? I'm still collecting parts for mine, hoping to make a pass some time next year
i'm going to put the polluter in the stroker motor and put a smaller cam in the 6.0 i got for my 67(its going to be a cruiser with a 6spd and ac...woo-hoo!!!)
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Gotcha. I've thought about running mine completely stock to make sure there are no issues the the car or engine before I pull it apart for paint and then put a cam in it. Not sure how that stock cam would like 1 7/8 headers and a vic jr intake though.
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 10:40 AM
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i will tell you how it reacts as soon as i can get mine back to the track....
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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Good luck with the engine swapping!

I know mine has been in the 11's with the stock cam, with vic jr/850 cfm carb, stock 241's
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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Definately keep us posted. BTW, do you think anything went wrong that caused the failure or was it just all those cast pistons were in the mood for? I'm wanting to put a 150 on mine once it's together so I'm taking notes. How much total timing was in it on the nitrous pass and what fuel? Did you hear any detonation before it let go? Thanks for any tips
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Damn man! Sorry to hear about the carnage.... Keep us updated !

BTW, I sold my little coupe......
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30 degrees total timing and had good gas in it....all the bearings look good so i geuss it was just a weak piston....
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 10:09 AM
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Damn man! Sorry to hear about the carnage.... Keep us updated !

BTW, I sold my little coupe......
its alright...do you have a new project?
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1.49 60ft 6.96@97 mph.....
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1.49 60ft 6.96@97 mph.....
Is that on the stock lq4? stock cam too??? Hell if that's the case I may just throw my LQ9 in stock and see how it does!!!
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 09:35 AM
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bone stock....
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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Nice, my project just got a little more budget friendly for the first go 'round
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Old Nov 12, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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Hey btw, are you planning to spray the bone stock motor before you start modding it? Also how high were you turning the stocker on that pass?? Thanks again.
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not going to spray it and 6k shift point....
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