HELP on carburating a lt1 383
03-18-2009, 04:32 PM
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HELP on carburating a lt1 383 I have recently stroked a 1997 trans am to a 383. I have had nothing but
problems from the electrical systems and was looking into carburating it also I
have totaled the costs up and it would be cheaper to carburate it in the end.
For the fact that i in the future i want it to be in the 1000 hp range. So if I
keep the EFI I will have too tune it every other day which costs more money
in the end. I know that GM Performance Parts make an intake for it also I
know that you can put the HEI distributor in itand it will run off the cam.
My biggest questions were would i still need my computer and if so for what?
problems from the electrical systems and was looking into carburating it also I
have totaled the costs up and it would be cheaper to carburate it in the end.
For the fact that i in the future i want it to be in the 1000 hp range. So if I
keep the EFI I will have too tune it every other day which costs more money
in the end. I know that GM Performance Parts make an intake for it also I
know that you can put the HEI distributor in itand it will run off the cam.
My biggest questions were would i still need my computer and if so for what?
03-18-2009, 06:16 PM
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I did the conversion to SBc in my car. I kept the PCM since there was no reason to pull it i think. But unless you are going FI, carbing it or EFI will not get you 1000 HP. Not enough ci, unless you are going to spray the mother loving hell out of it.
03-18-2009, 07:01 PM
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welll did u keep the same transmission or what did u use the pcm for?
also i am building the engine with a guy that has a 1300 horse engine with a 350 block without nitrous but i plan on supercharging it one day but right now i am mainly wanting to figure out all the bugs to know what the next step is.
also i am building the engine with a guy that has a 1300 horse engine with a 350 block without nitrous but i plan on supercharging it one day but right now i am mainly wanting to figure out all the bugs to know what the next step is.
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well its not the problem with the opti spark it will just randomly short out like my crank position sensor and my turn signals and have taken it to a few places and can not find out the exact cause but ok street legal besides the emissions part idc bout that being street legal i already cut my cats when i got new headers
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