My Nephews in Ottawa and picked up the 5.3 to stuff in his S10. He's building it and is VERY impressed with them !!
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My Nephews in Ottawa and picked up the 5.3 to stuff in his S10. He's building it and is VERY impressed with them !!
Please help those who cannot help themselves.
ALWAYS buying Museum quality machines,3 and 4 wheels. And any and ALL ,NOS parts,EVERY brand.
I am turning my PM's Off,my Email is billsracing@hotmail.com,put 3WW in the subject. Thanx!
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I must add that ford copied their modular motor,the 4.6, off of a porsche 928 engine built in the late 70s. To be fair, GM also copied the 928s front engine rear transmission set up in the C5 and C6 corvette. More fuel for the fire. Funny, it only took domestic auto makers 20 years to catch up to the germans. I do love america, but the best engineering and build quality wasn't here until recently.
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Thats what the internet is for! Every time I allow fear to intervene, somehow it happens and works.Originally Posted by MudBug
If DEEPA and I could figure out his Corvette's super ram, any one can
He'd like help with a 383 dropped in there soon; I just warned him that I won't freeze my arse in his garage again
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If I can do it, anyone can. I paid a guy $200 to rewire my harness for stand alone operation. He did a great job, but I'll do my next one. It's really not that difficult once you see the concept. 3 fuses, 2 relays, power to the
PCM, the coils, and the fuel pump, plug in all your sensors and hook up the grounds. I had to hook up 4 wires to make it run, that's it. Run the outputs to your dash gauges and that's about it. Yes, it takes some time, some
searching for schematics and alot of head scratching, but it's really not that difficult. Your truck is later than mine, so it will have different problem areas, but I'll assure you lots of people have done that swap.
It will be more work initially, but the reward is worth it. If you decide to do it, contact me before you start, I'll give you all the help I can.
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My buddy is still currently in the process of building an LS. Hes a machinist as well as I and started with a 6.0 sleeving all 8 holes to run a 4.100 stroke, otherwise the skirts hang a little too far out the bottom. I believe hes going for 418 cubes and hes got plenty of money into it. Dont get me wrong they are far superior to the 1st gen sbc, but they can be very expensive when you start buying forged internals and what not. Of course if your not lookin to make too much power the lower end is fine, although anytime you put more power to an engine even by bolt ons Im a firm believer in quality machining. A good blueprinted engine with strait round bores, and a well machined lower end can be worth some hp. You can still build a great engine outta your block with much less money though. A couple of recommendations, I would run ARP main studs or ATLEAST ARP main bolts, running the factory torque to yield main bolts scares the hell outta me ive line honed a couple blocks for guys with stock bolts and just torquing them they feel spongy and very sketchy compared to the ARPs. Instead of running domed pistons I would boost compression by other means such as decking the block or surfacing the heads, angle milling works great for shrinking the combustion chamber and is worth more power than domes. Domes interfere with flame travel. Chances are if your running pump gas your gonna be usin dished pistons I just built a 406 for my brother with vortec '906 castings "better than 062 IMO, you can ask me why" and he would have had around 11:1 cr with flattops so we ended up goin with KB 24cc D-cups "hey any man can appreciate a nice set of D-cups" because they still have the quench area on the piston like a flattop but still lower your cr the combustion chamber is basically half in the piston. Heres his 406 in his '80 malibu Its very responsive and torquey and it scoots the the sleeper malibu along nicely!
'81 ATC 250r: IMS tank,Uni pod filter,Keihin PJ flat 38mm,Boyesen Pro series reeds,reed spacer w/ boost bottle,milled head,bored(.080),ported,machined CR exhaust flange,and Mugen pipe.PK +3 swingarm,2+2 axle,ITP rims,and 200X fork swap w/ polished tree.
'03 CR 250R: FMF fatty w/shorty, Pro Taper top clamp
'85 ATC 70: 88kit, race cam, ported head, 5 angle valve job, cobra pipe, 20mm carb...
'73 ATC 70 roller, '80 ATC 110, '86 ATC 125m, '81 XL 500s, '71 Z50, '76 Z50 W/ Lifan 125
'84 Tecate 3
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For the power you want to make, a 383 stroker would be pretty easy.
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