13.6 in a Corsica?!

[ForcedFirebird]

The car ended up in the 12's

[2.8/3400 1985 Camaro]

Didn't even notice the age, but if I found it someone else will, especially considering the results for a "corsica" search in this section, its a shame the car got parted out though curious how far it could've gone. Is anybody running a heavily modded corsica around here these days? I might have to pick up the torch myself once my Camaro is sorted out.

[TechRod]

Holy thread-revival Batman!

[bszopi]

Considering this thread is over 3 years old, a lot has changed. The Corsy has since been parted out (referring to your post : 'Keep up the good work, you can probably break into 12s running ~12-16 psi on a mostly stock motor').

[2.8/3400 1985 Camaro]

Corsicas are deceptively stupid quick and good handling for what they are...my grandmother got me one to use for school since my camaro is down atm, I think I am going to buy it off her and turn it into a sleeper, 2700 lbs and .88gs on a skidpad is nothing to scoff at...might actually be quicker than my rather heavily modded 3.4 camaro...Today I opened it up good merging onto the highway, and it just rocketed from ~30 to ~70...modded 3400 TB is my only mod too. But definitely the perfect sleeper car, nobody is going to look twice at a 90s 4 dr sedan, I had a 94 buick century that also had 3100 and there is NO comparison, worlds apart in handling and acceleration both.
Keep up the good work, you can probably break into 12s running ~12-16 psi on a mostly stock motor, just don't overdo anything till you get the drivetrain and pistons to handle it all.
But yeah, still can't believe how good these things are, SOO much potential, ESP as a sleeper....Guy at school has a somewhat modded mustang 3.8 I want to race my camaro against, but I think my corsica might actually stand enough of a chance to see what happens, lol. I don't think it would win, but I do think it would be somewhat close at least. Give me something to do till the camaro is up again anyways, and a decent idea what its up against :P

I saw this car at the track tonight. First run he blew the tires off for an 1/8th mile. I think he went like a 16.1 at 104 for that run.

Next run got traction and I think he went a low 13 at 109

It sounded like an auto tranny too. We left shortly after so not sure if it ran again. Good run though man thats a quick car.

[loner666]

Ill keep that in mind Midnight. Thanks

FINALLY figured out how to lean the damn thing out so its not running a 10.0 AFR at WOT. I changed some settings and got a 12.6 AFR which I know is alittle lean. I richened it back up a bit but ending up leaving the track before I found out where its at. Got tired of the waiting for the "15min" clean up. I was there for 4hours last night and only got two runs because of rain/spills/etc. Normally I get 4+ runs a night

[MidnightriderZ24]

thats badass man, congrats. with the methanol, start with around 3gph, anything above and it will bog like crazzzzy

[pocket-rocket]

Well for the most part on interchangabilty, I am not up to snuff on pushrods. And you pushrod guys think the DOHC is complicated :P

[SappySE107]

I put a 3100 head gasket on the 3500 head and then used clay to make a depression where the gasket overlapped the chamber. Ive been wrong plenty of times as well:P

[ForcedFirebird]

The 2.8/3.1 would need a .060" overbore to clear the chamber but I would think the top of the block could be angle cut to clear,since the rings don't go to the top of the bore. Just a thought.

More than that IIRC. .060" would be 1.52mm. The bore is 89mm and when I measured the 3500 chambers, they were a tad over 91mm. I thougt it was more like .080" when I did the math...been wrong before, though

[SappySE107]

The 2.8/3.1 would need a .060" overbore to clear the chamber but I would think the top of the block could be angle cut to clear,since the rings don't go to the top of the bore. Just a thought.

[ForcedFirebird]

Well IMHO, they do "bolt on" as do 3400 and 3500 top ends

3500 heads won't work on a 2.8/3.1/3100 bore. The chambers on the 3500 heads are about 2mm too wide.

[loner666]

You can use a 3400 top end

I keep trying to talk Loner into a manual swap, but he says he's not ready for another big change, lol. In fact I can get him an F40 6 speeed for around $400 :P

John, You already know my other plans for the car. Thats a HUGE change. Bo and I were talking it over in quite a bit of detail last night so be looking to see the car again toward the end of the year if I can find a new job

I didnt go with a 5speed because 1) It wasnt in the budget to get everything and get the stuff done to make it work 2) I wanted my car back 3) Trans 1 was the original and was cooked on the way home from having the turbo installed due to heat transfer, Trans 2 had problems pretty much right off the bat. I got this one for $200 so Ill see how it holds. Im keeping an eye on it more often and I did some shimming and such to hopefully keep any slippage down. and 4) I HAVE A CORSICA CAPABLE OF 12s WITH AN AUTO! lol. There plenty of these motors built and running similar but there all bolted to 5speeds. I have to be different and keep things complicated. Trust me I would LOVE a 5speed, just not in this car yet

[pocket-rocket]

do built heads and a turbo count as a bolt on?

Well IMHO, they do "bolt on" as do 3400 and 3500 top ends