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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:32 PM
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I have a 97' firebird formula it has full exhaust headers back, lightweight underdrive pully's, cold air intake. I need to now what would be the best route to go Turbo, supercharger, or LT4 converison kit.

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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 09:49 PM
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Cross off that LT4 conversion. Not worth it from all that I have heard. Lloyd Elliot, a guy on this site, port and polishes heads depending on what you like. Do a search on him. For less than half the price of the lt4 conv. you can have lloyd do a job for ya and make quite a bit more power. Why don't you do a rebuild to a 383 or 396 while lloyd is doing the heads and cam. My 2 cents.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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I say turbo.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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all depends on your pockets and what kind of power you want.... Brute power or pulling power....
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I'm no expert but i'll just say what I would do:

LE2, 383, Big cam, spray. (motor).

If A4, i'de get a good stall, build the trannyand 33.73's.

and I would work on the suspension to get that rubber sticking to the ground.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by LT1BRN
I'm no expert but i'll just say what I would do:

LE2, 383, Big cam, spray. (motor).

If A4, i'de get a good stall, build the trannyand 33.73's.

and I would work on the suspension to get that rubber sticking to the ground.
Damn that's low.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by dhdenney
Damn that's low.

low??
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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If A4, i'de get a good stall, build the trannyand 33.73's.

That's low.
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Cross off that LT4 conversion. Not worth it from all that I have heard. Lloyd Elliot, a guy on this site, port and polishes heads depending on what you like. Do a search on him. For less than half the price of the lt4 conv. you can have lloyd do a job for ya and make quite a bit more power. Why don't you do a rebuild to a 383 or 396 while lloyd is doing the heads and cam. My 2 cents.
what he said...
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by LT1BRN
I'm no expert but i'll just say what I would do:

LE2, 383, Big cam, spray. (motor).

If A4, i'de get a good stall, build the trannyand 33.73's.

and I would work on the suspension to get that rubber sticking to the ground.

hell ya man thats what i would do......big cubes, big cam, and alot of go..go juice. i did it and love it, but like said before stay away from the hotcam kit.
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Yea, totally.
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