LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 03:14 PM
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Well went and got my bearing took off my carrier for the ole 10 bolt and guess my pops has connections from when he used to race with this guy and we started talking when i seen a 383 LT1 on the stand.

Guess he has a 355 block and a set of heads and seems like he will give me a real good deal on them (just about give them away) but this would probably be a stock bottom end other then the pistons of course. But cam only and have my heads ported and polished but the cam is where I am stuck........I know there are cam post every where but I don't want specs and stuff i want real life experience people have had. would be building a 8.5 or 8.8 for it and looking for it to be my DD. So what do you guys think? im shooting for low 12's or high 11's.
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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Sounds good a 355 with forged pistons and rods with ARP studs everywhere with ported heads from LE or AI and a matching cam from either and you're there easy.
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 03:42 PM
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Looking more towards cam only type build with local head work done. Dont want to put to big of a hurtin on the wallet lol. Also want to get rid of the electric tranny unless there is a way to make it shift when i want compared to the computer for when i want to go out on saturdays and bracket race
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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anyone else done something similar to this?
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think you can shift more accurately than a computer?
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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I want to be able to shift the car when I want to not when the computer wants too. because I don't want to get retune after retune to have my shift points to where i need them you know
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