Slicker than owl **** on wet pavement
What its looking like so far....
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Its the orange one in my album. Nothing special about the exterior at the moment. I plan on getting a high rise hood instead of the hole in the hood, and changing the back bumper to the 80's style. I'm torn between repainting original orange or going with a candy apple red. I think I'll work on getting the garage lift first though.
I cant believe how long its all been taking. There's no shortcuts on quality work and some people here have probably changed thier email address to get rid of me (Jackson)
Just so you know, its 383 under that blower. Should be fun!
But you cant build something with that much HP that looks like crap. The previous owner explored that option way too much for my liking.
I blew the engine Dec 07 and have started with a blank engine compartment about 3 months ago. One tends to get sidetracked with all the other things that are suddenly acccesible when the engine is out of the car: AC, heat, suspension, brakes, blah, blah, blah...
I cant believe how long its all been taking. There's no shortcuts on quality work and some people here have probably changed thier email address to get rid of me (Jackson)
Just so you know, its 383 under that blower. Should be fun!
But you cant build something with that much HP that looks like crap. The previous owner explored that option way too much for my liking.
I blew the engine Dec 07 and have started with a blank engine compartment about 3 months ago. One tends to get sidetracked with all the other things that are suddenly acccesible when the engine is out of the car: AC, heat, suspension, brakes, blah, blah, blah...
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Is that a glass fuel filter? If yes I would lose it..quick!
There have been numerous tales of leaks and fires as a result of those POS...
There have been numerous tales of leaks and fires as a result of those POS...
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Very cool. Keep us updated on progress. I have a low-ish compression 290 HP crate motor about to go in to my '81, and the little devil on my shoulder keeps telling me to save up for a supercharger.
I'm interested to see what kind of hood you ger to fit over everything. I was just looking at the Weiand 142 blowers that look a little lower profile (and HP, for that matter).
I'm interested to see what kind of hood you ger to fit over everything. I was just looking at the Weiand 142 blowers that look a little lower profile (and HP, for that matter).
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You can get the same blower from Holley, they bought B&M's blower dept some time ago. If you see my album in my profile, it will *almost* clear a stock hood. The PO cut the hood, but if I were to lose the carb spacers (heat isolation for the carb) and go to a 3" air cleaner vs 4, it would be very close to fitting underneath. I know what you're saying, even the couple inches it sticks up is enough to make you sit up straight and peer around it when in residential neighborhoods.
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Flames.
You can get them from hotzone performance on E-bay at a very attractive price. Stamped aluminum and I think they are $24 +shipping. I also got the matching flame wire looms from Jegs. Will probably top off with the matching air cleaner cover from hotzone.
You can get them from hotzone performance on E-bay at a very attractive price. Stamped aluminum and I think they are $24 +shipping. I also got the matching flame wire looms from Jegs. Will probably top off with the matching air cleaner cover from hotzone.
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Yes, it's glass. I'll take your advice, as I respect your opinion. Thanks for the help with all that boost referencing thing. Apparently previously I was running with no power valve operation. (That probably contributed greatly to the busted piston). You should see the pics, my mod came out quite nice
I'll send them to anyone that wants to go down that road.
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Very cool. Keep us updated on progress. I have a low-ish compression 290 HP crate motor about to go in to my '81, and the little devil on my shoulder keeps telling me to save up for a supercharger.
I'm interested to see what kind of hood you ger to fit over everything. I was just looking at the Weiand 142 blowers that look a little lower profile (and HP, for that matter).
I'm interested to see what kind of hood you ger to fit over everything. I was just looking at the Weiand 142 blowers that look a little lower profile (and HP, for that matter).
I am waiting to see if my larger displacement and bigger cam drops my boost levels any. If not I am going to look into methanol injection or a boost retard system. I also need to have a look at the calculations of actual dynamic CR at boost. Off the top of my head, I am guessing somewhere around 11:1
Once you go FI though, you will never go back. My other car (C4) has a stock ZZ4 and its like
in comparison, but I cant boost it because its got cast pistons and something like 10:1 CR.
Last edited by Droshki; Jan 19, 2009 at 10:25 AM.