Out with the old, in with the new

[IsaacHayes]

Good to see some progress! I like the silver block a lot.

Only been out of Florida for 3 days and I'm ready for winter to be over. It sure was windy down south but it was warm. If I wasn't riding in a friends car I might have checked out your build and Joseph's.

[ForcedFirebird]

Clevite 77 bearings and a .010" under reman crank...







Just got to get rings, cam, cam bearings, and an appropriate sized hone, then it's time to assemble!!!

[loner666]

get my last PM about the flanges?

[ForcedFirebird]

hey I'm still learning this technology stuff

That's a MegaSquirt standalone ECM .


Got the block stripped, bead-blasted, pressure washed, and painted today ...





Got all the gaskets and bearings, should be here Tue, but could only find chrome-molly rings (anybody got a scoop where to find stock rings?), and ran into an un-expected cam bearing replacement , guess I'm buying yet another tool to complete this project.

[latemodelnewbee]

hey I'm still learning this technology stuff

[ForcedFirebird]

Ohhhh, lala...

[IsaacHayes]

Hey I didn't say that! lol

[latemodelnewbee]

Originally Posted by IsaacHayes
I've put rods through the side of SB's before, but never a pushrod through a valve cover!

i ruined a chevrolet scrip valve cover by using the old school alum. valve spring retainers, in 283 rapped out to about 8500 rpm a lock decided to pull through. put a nice dent in my hood to.

[ForcedFirebird]

Aeromotive FP good for 800hp under boost and 1000hp N/A rebuilt after it came off a 9sec GN. Also a 38mm Tial external wastegate. Got both for $420

[ForcedFirebird]

Now theres a proven method for getting things right!! LOL!! J/K. Hey forced, since ya got a cnc shop, how much for a pair of emblems for my X?

PM me, got a drawing/idea?

[X11_STE]

I'll probably just have to use trial and error.

Now theres a proven method for getting things right!! LOL!! J/K. Hey forced, since ya got a cnc shop, how much for a pair of emblems for my X?

[ForcedFirebird]

Will you be keeping those same plugs or will you change out for something more suitable?

Dunno. Nobody has done this swap, so I don't have any proven info on this particular combo. I'll probably just have to use trial and error.

[1988GTU]

Will you be keeping those same plugs or will you change out for something more suitable?

[ForcedFirebird]

What sparkplugs (Brand/Pn/Gap) were you running on your old setup?

Autolite, stock gap.

[IsaacHayes]

Heh, my friend had a 3.4l camaro 5spd with headers and mods, and I would walk away from him with passengers in the car every time. Then he totaled it when he had to hit a ditch to avoid a semi that was coming head on for him. He got a 305 RS after that and he says it's slower than his 3.4l!!!