bt283

Hey, quick question for the Third gen guys using front coil overs, what spring height and pounds, do yall use thanks

stiletto

i have a 12" with 130lbs spring rate, i have a aluminum headed small block.

bt283

I think im going to put a 130lbs spring in, i have just heard of some people running a 12" spring and other running a 14".

rtk434

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I had an s10 manual box in my car for years. Bolts right in just need to use the camaro pitman arm. I wish I would have kept that instead of going to the rack and pinion. The turning radius is not the greatest with the rack.

rtk434

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I have 14" 150# springs in mine.

G&HRacing

I run the Spohn Pro Drag Coilover kit with the Spohn tops. 14" 175lb spring with a aluminum headed BBC.

305 h.o.

Damn those are some good picks of your car leaving. Got to love it.

Caveman

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Nice looking setup , my 96 Firebird engine bay is similar many of the same parts.

3rd-Gen

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ive got a coulpe ??s for u 3rdgen guys. how did you all get ur cars so light mine is 3660 w/o me and im about 310 my best time so far is 10.004 @134 and what did uall gut in yalls cars if u dont mind me asking??

BadROC

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Awesome Jeff! Glad to see your still at it! Car looks fenominal as usual and definately is hauling some ***!!

Big inspiration Cant wait till next spring!

Mike

car_fixer

this 3rd gen should be hitting 8's soon also, oddly enough with less engine and less nitrous. 383 with 225 jets, only about 100 lbs lighter too
that is a good looking 3rd gen though, what pistons are you running in the 434?and what trans do you have?
I have a manual steering box also, and it has a ton of slop in it so im looking for a diffrent steering setup, but if the fronts are off the track who needs to turn?

rtk434

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My car went 8.96 @ 150 on a 200 shot but after that I had to add alot of nitrous to gain very little. The jump from 9.20 to 8.90 wasn't bad but from 8.90 to 8.70s was a whole nother story. Mostly due to the lack of cylinder head flow,small headers and a cam that was ground to run N/A. If I were to start over my motor would be a little smaller. Next year it will run alot better on the bottle and probably alot worse on the motor. Always a compromise somewhere.
It has JE pistons
The trans is a TH400
As for steering it has a manual pinto rack.

car_fixer

yeah i hate those laws of deminishing returns lol.

also are you running a stock or aftermarket block?
most nitrous cams are pretty tame driving on the street, wide lobe sep and long exh. duration , but short intake, helps vacume too if you need it.
Its funny how an engine will have a spot where its happy and not want anymore, sounds like you found yours more or less with the current setup. still hauls though, let us know what you do to it and how it runs next year

chrismorales75

What cam are you running?

I ran a 377 afr 210 heads, holley hp 950, super victor, th400 4500 stall.

Had a smaller cam 256/263 .639/.639 on a 106 lobe I got for free, talk about a difference on the N20 with the wider lobe.

My N20 grind was 270/284 660/669 on a 114 lobe.