Crossfire believer!
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Racer
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MOST of the time Comp & Crane cams are true to the card HOWEVER I have seen them NOT correct I always take the time to degree the cam in on ANY hi-po build I do, TO MAKE SURE its right. The human factor........NO ONE is perfect.
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Racer
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You took the time to post all that. I can take the time for a slight apology. Because my post on the 29.9mpg was kinda smart-*** and Matt I'm not a smart-***. I always tuned my past carbed cars for HP not mpg, So with that in mind w/ an OD-tans, tall rear gear, syn. oil the right tires and the Q-jet tuned for maximum mpg and at a constant elv. I can believe 29.9mpg w/ a spread bore. Sometimes it takes me a min. to believe something that I THINK?? I know all about. btw the power levels posted on my crossfire was w/ NO acc & no air cleaners off that # you'll lose AROUND 30-40 hp w/ all acc on less if you use electric fans and water pump. w/ engine installed in the car & AT the rear wheels probably be ABOUT 240-275 hp, at the most. Enough said on that subject, I try to help and learn also, DEFINITELY NOT a BSer because I DON'T like to be BSed. Hope you have a good day. [ I've raced cars & motorcycles all my life now older and low income so I NEED to be MORE open minded because I could LEARN something that in the past..did'nt matter]
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Racer
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I've got a ?
My engine is still down at the race shop [wrapped in plastic now] to cold to put it in,[lost my house AND garage] got MS? Anyway they never had a crossfire in there shop, however there friends of mine and have taken an interest in that engine and there making me 2 -1/2 spacers for the tbi's for free. Well NOW I have a ?? I THOUGHT I knew the answer to? After all the MANY hrs of research I did on this system I'm getting A BUNCH of conflicting answers. I need to know the CORRECT lbs/hr on the factory inj's? Because with the spacers I MIGHT need to go up in inj size to maximize my combination? Heres what I got so far, #1, 65lb-drivers side, 62lb passenger side? #2, 55lb-dr. side, 52lb pass. side? #3, 68lb dr. side, 65lb pass. side????????????????? What the hell? Any help here? cause ON this question I'm stumped??
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Racer
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Btw
You took the time to post all that. I can take the time for a slight apology. Because my post on the 29.9mpg was kinda smart-*** and Matt I'm not a smart-***. I always tuned my past carbed cars for HP not mpg, So with that in mind w/ an OD-tans, tall rear gear, syn. oil the right tires and the Q-jet tuned for maximum mpg and at a constant elv. I can believe 29.9mpg w/ a spread bore. Sometimes it takes me a min. to believe something that I THINK?? I know all about. btw the power levels posted on my crossfire was w/ NO acc & no air cleaners off that # you'll lose AROUND 30-40 hp w/ all acc on less if you use electric fans and water pump. w/ engine installed in the car & AT the rear wheels probably be ABOUT 240-275 hp, at the most. Enough said on that subject, I try to help and learn also, DEFINITELY NOT a BSer because I DON'T like to be BSed. Hope you have a good day. [ I've raced cars & motorcycles all my life now older and low income so I NEED to be MORE open minded because I could LEARN something that in the past..did'nt matter]
Safety Car
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From: Bridgewater nj
Not to get off subject but I was in pep boys in bridgewater nj and they have a big performance section with edelbrock fuel injection for $1500. I was wondering if they would take it back after trying it out to see if its worth it??? LOL
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Racer
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Got that right! Terry.........>
There is ONLY a few places that do any mods on Crossfires heck most of the stuff I've done is from past builds an trying to combine EVERYTHING to match the maximum flow rate of what you can do w/intake tbi's and inj's. Only take the stock system so far............an past that yer wasting money......wish santa would bring me a Renagade!!!!! Then you could get some serious gains out of it!! like OVER 400hp.
Le Mans Master
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Just buy a 4L80E same tough turbo 400 with overdrive would have to use a computer to run it. Those gear venders are so expensive you could do the 4L80E cheaper. All you need is the overdrive having six gears would be worthless to use on a 454.
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Safety Car
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From: Bridgewater nj
My SS Silverado is running the 4L85E and its a solid trans! But I was pricing some transmission control units for it and those F'ers are expensive! The cheapest one was $1000 for a 4L85E ....ouch
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Racer
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I thought about the 4L-80E.................
Le Mans Master
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the gear vendor is EXPENSIVE however rated at 30,000 + TOW RATING, good point on eating up HP. The 4L-80E would need a switch [no big deal] to lock up the convertor. When ever the old 400 gives up its ghost?? I will look into the 4L80,[junyard] its gotta be cheaper than a gear vendor-$3,000!!