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Jun 10, 2003 | 08:56 PM

DiabolicalDave

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My project page(s)

"FYI" Not to flatter myself that anybody is that interested in my foolhardy ventures, :jester but here's a link to the pages I'm using to document my engine swap: http://www.diabolicalperformance.com...alvette90.html http://www.diabolicalperformance.com/427swapdoc.html http://www.diabolicalperformance.com/427swapsteps.html

I have to thank many of the folks on this Forum for advice over the last few months to help me iron out some of the EFI-specific details. Specifically, LD85, ski_dwn_it, grumpyvette, corvetteZ51racer, and 88406 have been very helpful. I hate to single out and then offend by exclusion. There are another two dozen or so folks who have helped along the way, whether they knew it or not. THANKS. :grouphug:

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Jun 10, 2003 | 08:59 PM

Corvette0096

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Re: My project page(s) (DiabolicalDave)

Good looking set up.. :cheers:

Jun 10, 2003 | 09:15 PM

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Re: My project page(s) (corvette0096)

Darn Dave you wrote/are writing the book on this swap for sure!

Full steam ahead! :thumbs:

Jun 10, 2003 | 09:21 PM

DiabolicalDave

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Re: My project page(s) (ld85)

Larry, just trying to "give back a little". Maybe my documentation will help somebody else out there on their project.

Jun 10, 2003 | 09:33 PM

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Re: My project page(s) (DiabolicalDave)

Well Dave, since my '87 is weeks away from coming off the street, I may be getting ready to build that motor you and I have talked about sometime soon here :D I'll probably de-cam and choke it down a bit until I sort out the chassis and suspension stuff at the track...800 crank horsepower might be a bit much to be sorting the chassis with, huh?

Jun 10, 2003 | 09:35 PM

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Re: My project page(s) (DiabolicalDave)

Am I to understand that thats a 427 Cubic inch small block......whoa.....
Is that true??????
Inquiring minds want too know......
thanks
tony
:cheers:

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Jun 10, 2003 | 09:42 PM

DiabolicalDave

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Re: My project page(s) (oldace84)

Yea, and the engine CorvetteZ51Racer is referring to is building a 454 small-block chevy. That's using the latest World block, which can be bored to 4.25" and will take a 4.00" bore. That's the same bore and stroke as the factory 454 big-block, but buttoned-up in a small-block.

Who would have thought metallurgical engineering would excite us so? :conehead

Jun 10, 2003 | 09:48 PM

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Re: My project page(s) (DiabolicalDave)

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Well, actually I was thinking of running a 4.250" bore and a 3.750" stroke to get a 427 SBC that spins like a 383. The simulation I ran with engine analyzer pro, with my cam, a set of Brodix Track 1 CNC heads, a custom intake, and 2" primary headers, I got ~790 crank horsepower, and so far, all of the engines we've spec'd on EA Pro first have come out to within a few HP on the engine dyno.