1997 427 Camaro
12-20-2009, 09:41 AM
#65
I got the air cleaner Done yesterdy and the car is officially ready to come home. I used a one inch Carb flange spacer from RacePartsDirect and that gave me the extra clearence over the flange to push my air cleaner assembly over the windshield by about an 1/8 th of an inch.
I'm using a K&N air cleaner assembly with a 2 inch filter. I need every bit of room to fit under my 3" SS hood. It's not 100% perfect since the top of the cleaner makes a little bit of contact with the hood but it's as close as its going to get with out a new hood.
The carb hat spacer I got needed alot of work when I recieved it. I had to grind alot of Aluminum off it to get it to fit but now that I did it fits like a glove.
I might end up getting a new hood if VFN will make me a larger SS hood. Something like a 4" or 5" but I don't know If they'd do something like that so we'll see. I may just end up changing the intake/carb setup after I get some numbers.
I'll probably hold of with the rest of the interior until spring. Plans are for a stock interior with Speed inc.'s light weight carpet. I already cut up a A4 center console and fitted that to my Cheetah shifter so the only hard work left is to lay the carpet.
~Jim~
I'm using a K&N air cleaner assembly with a 2 inch filter. I need every bit of room to fit under my 3" SS hood. It's not 100% perfect since the top of the cleaner makes a little bit of contact with the hood but it's as close as its going to get with out a new hood.
The carb hat spacer I got needed alot of work when I recieved it. I had to grind alot of Aluminum off it to get it to fit but now that I did it fits like a glove.
I might end up getting a new hood if VFN will make me a larger SS hood. Something like a 4" or 5" but I don't know If they'd do something like that so we'll see. I may just end up changing the intake/carb setup after I get some numbers.
I'll probably hold of with the rest of the interior until spring. Plans are for a stock interior with Speed inc.'s light weight carpet. I already cut up a A4 center console and fitted that to my Cheetah shifter so the only hard work left is to lay the carpet.
~Jim~
01-03-2010, 11:31 AM
#66
Little update.
The air cleaner setup I said work did not. So I scraped that whole setup. I bought a 3" velocity stack setup from summit and laid the filter right on top of the carb flange. This worked perfectly with room to spare under the hood and a larger filter element.
Since I've had nothing better to do latley I decided to start on the carpet. What a pain that is. Here's a link to my post about my carpet work in the drag section.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...t-install.html
~Jim~
The air cleaner setup I said work did not. So I scraped that whole setup. I bought a 3" velocity stack setup from summit and laid the filter right on top of the carb flange. This worked perfectly with room to spare under the hood and a larger filter element.
Since I've had nothing better to do latley I decided to start on the carpet. What a pain that is. Here's a link to my post about my carpet work in the drag section.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...t-install.html
~Jim~
01-11-2010, 04:14 PM
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twin turbo lt1 72mm turbos hi i was woundering what radiator you were running i got the biggest griffin radiator for the stock lt1 camaro location and i was woundering which one you were running ? and are you having any problems with clearance issues under the car when loading onto trailer and on the road thanks alot but you did a good job
01-11-2010, 05:05 PM
#68
I think I posted the radiator size earlier in the thread but it is a 27.5" X 15.5" X 3". The actual core minus the two tank is only 22" So you have limited fan choices. If you want to put a bigger radiator in you will most likley need cut the support out and move it lower.
I had to cut the upper radiator support to fit it in and I removed the lower support completely. I had a new tubular lower support welded in because I did not care for the look of the stock support. Plus mine was starting to rust just a little bit.
I actually just brought the car home today and my trailer is a little to high so we had to get creative with wood planks under the ramps to get the headers to clear. It was very close.
I have not had it on the street yet so I'm actually waiting to see how cool/hot it runs on the street as well. I'm guessing I'm going to need to run another fan cause I only have a real high flow 12" right now. Most have said you can use Flex-a-lite dual 12" but it did not fit like people had mentioned so I went to a single puller for now. I probably will have a single 12" and 10" by spring but we'll see. If ya have any questions feel free to PM I'm on here fairly often.
~Jim~
I had to cut the upper radiator support to fit it in and I removed the lower support completely. I had a new tubular lower support welded in because I did not care for the look of the stock support. Plus mine was starting to rust just a little bit.
I actually just brought the car home today and my trailer is a little to high so we had to get creative with wood planks under the ramps to get the headers to clear. It was very close.
I have not had it on the street yet so I'm actually waiting to see how cool/hot it runs on the street as well. I'm guessing I'm going to need to run another fan cause I only have a real high flow 12" right now. Most have said you can use Flex-a-lite dual 12" but it did not fit like people had mentioned so I went to a single puller for now. I probably will have a single 12" and 10" by spring but we'll see. If ya have any questions feel free to PM I'm on here fairly often.
~Jim~
01-18-2010, 07:57 AM
#70
Awesome car! I'm swapping in a SBC in my 94Z racecar, should have it done in a few weeks. How much HP do you think you'll be making? My 383 should make around 650hp/570tq give or take.
Randy
Randy
01-18-2010, 09:09 AM
#71
My 427 put down 670hp on the dyno. I'm guessing it'll be right around 570hp to the rear wheels. Then if it doesn't do what I need it to do I'll be putting the procharger on there but that'll be in the spring if needed.
Thats some pretty good numbers from a 383 whats done to it?
~Jim~
Thats some pretty good numbers from a 383 whats done to it?
~Jim~
01-18-2010, 12:34 PM
#72
Well, first off it's a pure racecar and won't see any street time, but it's just basicly good heads, custom soild roller, and a bunch of compression. I wouldn't be suprised if your 427 was an allout race motor it would make 750hp or so.
02-08-2010, 07:25 AM
#75
For what I put in this car I could have bought a new camaro, but the fun I had building this was worth the price and the expirence alone was worth the price tag. My advice to any one wanting to do a swap like this is:
Get the BMR conversion K-member. It makes life easier and gives you a lot more room in the compartment for headers.
~Jim~
02-08-2010, 07:18 PM
#76
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Can you please post a vid. I would LOVE to hear that bad boy
