well ive had my car back for a week now. put about 500 miles on it. still untuned. trying to baby it as much as i can. lol. runs good. so far ive only had one issue. i have a big radiator that i had hooked up to my old engine for about 5000 miles. apparently my old engine had a bunch of gunk in it and once i had my new engine in, some of that old gunk caused a clog in the line somewhere and the car spit out all the coolant so it almost overheated on me. then i filled it and flushed all the garbage out and now we are good.

but for real though, this thing really blows my mind. i really had no idea what i was in for. the power of this engine is rediculous. and im running ported stock heads and a 230/236 cam. its like a mild mannered beast. the clutch is really friendly with like a 2inch slip at the very top, i love it. it drives around town real nice, but when you go half throttle the monster comes alive. i absolutely love the exhaust note. and the 12 bolt is definately worth the money.

heres the thing, ive had these 19" wheels on here for about 2 years, i am partial to them. and i will be taking them off today for my old transam wheels with MT ET Street radials (255's). iight check it out, i was coming down the interstate on saturday night. and this bike pulls up next to me right, all tryin to race and ****. im like whatever so i drop into 4th going 75mph, could have been in 3rd. (4.11 gears) somewhere between 3300-3600rpm, i mash down all the way. the tires gripped for about a half a second and then i roasted the f***ers going 75 mph. BLEW THE TIRES OFF GOING 75MPH OH MY GOD I ABOUT S*** MY PANTS!!! HOLY HELL!!! so needless to say im selling my 19"s. im going to roll on the TA's until i get me some 18"s and some nitto's or something of the like.

but all around im very happy i did this project, even though it took forever, its running great, and im a happy *****.

 

nice to hear it man, sounds like its an awesome car. IM happy for you and happy that you got all the **** straightened out. PM me if you want to get a hold of eric

 

More specs on your engine?

 

specs on engine, 2 bolt, arp throughout, speed pro forged pistons, forged H-beam rods, dont have the flow sheets here but they are 59cc stock ported lt1 castings. comp pro mag 1.5rrs, comp roller lifters. cam is 230/236 .545/.555.

plus summit 58mm tb, custom 3" c.a.i., trickflow elbow.

jet hot LT's, 3" tds with x pipe and hooker max flows (straight through)

3" chromoly steel driveshaft, moser 12 bolt with 4.11 gear

 

my car is similar - I think
has 383, LT4 heads but stock LT1 intake and tb for now, Hooker longtubes, !cats, egr, 4L60E/SS3800 stall, 4.10

I had a low 12 second LS1 a year ago, had to sell

Test drive in this car felt quicker - pulls more even through the rpm range - so I bought it!
not sure my cam, but I'm guessing about like yours. Guy said 400 rwhp and 12.2x in the 1/4
no proof - but I think he's damn close.

You have a mid 12 second car - welcome to real speed from TORQUE

If your like the rest - you'l do it again into the 11's next time

 

Do yourself a favor, get it tuned, at least a mail order to hold you over.

 

did that, Ed Wright, got fucked over on it too.

anyway. a tuner is going to ride with me and do some preliminary tuning in the car with a laptop this weekend or early next week. then the final dynotune when the dyno is finished being installed. (they moved to a new shop)

i took my rims off yesterday and put on my TA wheels with the MT ET street radials. and they bite pretty good off the line but man a 3rd, 4th, or even 5th gear punch blows the damn tires off and leaves two big black marks behind me going down the road. ill be perfectly honest here, i did a shitload of reading on here and comparing other peoples setups and researching before i started this project. and i believe this is more than a 12 second car and more than 400whp as well. either that or my pinion angle is way off. im going to check that today.

 

yup time for some real tires now to hold all that power down.

 

Good deal.

 

How's that?

 

I have the same cam in my 383,street tires are a waste.Right now i have slp shorties,waiting to install my Kooks.

 

get a tire with more sidewall.

i say get a 275-45 MT et street later when you decide on a new set of rims.

i cant wait until i can light them up in 4th without rain.