Over the last week I had time to get the top end replaced on my 80. There is a lot of detail work to under the hood but I got it all installed and tuned in really close. I still have jet issues when I stomp her from a dead idle but I think primary squirter jet size may correct that.

There are a ton of ways to beef up the ZZ4 and thanks to this forum I found them all. And in the end I decided to copy GM because well it is solid and even though this guy and that guy have different heads I just felt all of those heads came after the fast burns and built upon them.

Also and some may disagree but because I do use a O/D trans (700R4) my goal was to get lower end power and good hp numbers at or below 6k because the design of the O/D pumps are about maxed there.

So after some driving around a few burn outs I felt it was time to hit her and run it out in the first 3 gears. I crawled up to a light at about 10mph holding her in low and stomped on it , and holy **** the car broke the tires while pushing hard as hell ran it up to 5700 and banged second and found I was going to fast to hit 3rd with out hitting the traffic I let pass me back at the light !!

To say I was surprised would be an understatement as decent as the ZZ4 was it pales in how hard this motor polls now !

So to everyone who posts up what there doing and answer questions we all ask one another I want to say thanks !~!~!~!~! You all

 

Nice. Where's the pics?

 

I started with the Fastburn 385 and did the upgrades to make the ZZ430 clone.
Very happy with the setup, sure there are "better" engines but this is plenty strong for a street driven car.

 

Sounds like you found the right combination. Enjoy!!!

 

Well done! It's nice to see that your hard work paid off.

 

Ill have pics in a while I would like to detail under hood and rearrange a few things first

 

Any valve trane noise with the lt4 hot cam

 

Nope, no louder than any other hydraulic roller cam.

 

Nope it sounds pretty much like the ZZ4 did originally at idle