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85 Turbo Trans Am

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Depends on what your after. Those intakes you suggested are good for building torque more than HP (except LS6). LS6 is a great intake for mild bolt on's and even a little bit of N2O as long as you are under 150 shot. It is what I had and I'm now way past bolt ons so the LS6 is not enough for my goals with this build. FAST 102's are much better for the bigger ci builds. More air volume = more power when tune for it. Not trying to turn this into what's better argument.

Even though I do look at tech I'm not on there enough, on other sites more. What seems to be the current rage on tech is the Victor Jr intakes....


Travis - it still needs tune, I'll be doing speed density for couple of reasons; 1) I'm at sea level so no worries on DA issues, 2) I don't have to spend $500 on a large enough MAF and deal with a tuning nightmare getting it to work.

So where you moving too?
 


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No no updates been trying to get moved in to new house and get it up I've got a lot of painting so far I have gone through 20 gallons and still have 35 gallons ahead of me. You?
 
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House work...is so much fun.....(sarc)



Not much, got my new hood on and waiting for my tune session on the 1st. Still can't finish putting the nose together till the rain we've been getting stops.

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I've been busy with house stuff and it's been sucking money. But I'm saving to start motor and tranny I think just go simple for now get it on the road I want to drive it so bad it hurts
 
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offered a guy 800 for his running 350 and trans from his 93 chevy 2500 he said yes now saving money up and just got sold my old engine block crank heads pistons for $400. now working on selling flexplate balancer pump and any thing else extra i got
 
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Well sold almost everything 350 related to make money for the gp but about done with it so this winter I am going try get a block to the machine shop and start ordering parts out my ears!
 
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UPDATE!!!!!!! Got my 350 block Im going to use what I have to have it built Im tired it sitting its getting 350 punched .020 over because those are the pistions I have laying around use the connecting rods I got with them 400 crank just through it in there and drive it I want to drive it so bad. Mid to high cam nothing to serious. 76cc heads leave them at 76cc use my rockers I have already (see previous pages) I've starred finishing the interior stuff i started
 


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Not together yet just finally have everything going take to machine shop soon. Going to be a little slow on progress because redoing top end of grand prix

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Going to be running a edelbrock 7102 cam with 1.6 roller rockers

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Well as soon as the roads are decently good the block crank heads connecting rods pistions and intake are going to the machine shop
 
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Okay so was cleaning the pistons and found these two the other 6 are good was thinking to just replace these two good bad idea? And what hell caused this and there is no damage to the heads

 


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Idrivejunk You know anything Im pretty sure it's where it smashed into a valve like timing was off or knocking
 
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Yeah naw yeah I did look at those... those reliefs could have been cut crappy by mistake when the pistons were modified by a machinist. At least that single wild one. It does appear that yeah a broke timing chain or valve spring or float may have occurred. The OK looking piston tops may not mean good on the rest. Reusing pistons is sketchy to me but I'm not an engine builder. Skirts, pin areas, ring areas all can have problems. Then theres weight variance to check... proceed at your own risk!
 
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Thanks I found the exact ones for $147 full set of 8. So Im doing that.

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Going to get a full kit pistions are shot come to find out and three of the connecting rods are shot so had them order this kit with .030 pistions and the 7102 cam from edelbrock

 
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