Installed 383/T5 tonight... *PICS*
03-27-2004, 10:21 PM
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Installed 383/T5 tonight... *PICS*
Sorry for the crappy pics... but it was dark out by the time we finished up.... and I already got black finger prints on the brand new coolant and washer resevoir.. 
The engine bay paint and soon to be body paint is PPG sunset red (3 stage candy)
The engine bay paint and soon to be body paint is PPG sunset red (3 stage candy)
03-27-2004, 10:25 PM
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Originally posted by kammi10
kinda off the motor subject but what wheels are those?
kinda off the motor subject but what wheels are those?
I will post some more pics of the wheels when the rest of the car gets painted.
03-27-2004, 10:46 PM
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Originally posted by ksrammstein
Nice man...real nice. I hope that T5 is built up
Nice man...real nice. I hope that T5 is built up
After the T5 blows chunks I'm going to be bolting a tremec T56 thirdgen retrofit to the T5 bellhousing.
03-27-2004, 11:24 PM
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Car: 1987 iroc-z custom
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lookin good man...lovin the motor..and the paint is nice..really nice..whats it runnin ya to have that done? gotta be somewhere around what i paid for mine...
hope to see you at some of the gatherings this year with that car..
iroc2nv
hope to see you at some of the gatherings this year with that car..
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03-27-2004, 11:33 PM
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Originally posted by iroc2nv
lookin good man...lovin the motor..and the paint is nice..really nice..whats it runnin ya to have that done? gotta be somewhere around what i paid for mine...
hope to see you at some of the gatherings this year with that car..
iroc2nv
lookin good man...lovin the motor..and the paint is nice..really nice..whats it runnin ya to have that done? gotta be somewhere around what i paid for mine...
hope to see you at some of the gatherings this year with that car..
iroc2nv
My dad and I are doing all the work ourselves, so the only expenses are materials... We are trying to do everything for under 10 grand.
03-27-2004, 11:33 PM
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Wow, very nice. That color is going to look outstanding when it's done, and something tells me it will perform like it looks...
Did you fab your heater motor box or is it from something else?
Keep us "posted" (very punny!)
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Did you fab your heater motor box or is it from something else?
Keep us "posted" (very punny!)
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03-27-2004, 11:43 PM
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Originally posted by TA
Wow, very nice. That color is going to look outstanding when it's done, and something tells me it will perform like it looks...
Did you fab your heater motor box or is it from something else?
Keep us "posted" (very punny!)
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Wow, very nice. That color is going to look outstanding when it's done, and something tells me it will perform like it looks...
Did you fab your heater motor box or is it from something else?
Keep us "posted" (very punny!)
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I went through over 50 thirdgens at boneyards before I found that heater box... I couldn't believe how many were rusted out!
This was the best one I could find... but the morons that pulled it ripped off one of the corners because they couldn't get a bolt out... there was also some rust on the bottom edge, so I cut off all the edges and welded on new metal... then gave it the 3 stage PPG sunset red treatment.
03-28-2004, 12:21 AM
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Car: 1987 iroc-z custom
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Originally posted by johnyIROC
My dad and I are doing all the work ourselves, so the only expenses are materials... We are trying to do everything for under 10 grand.
My dad and I are doing all the work ourselves, so the only expenses are materials... We are trying to do everything for under 10 grand.
good job either way man
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03-28-2004, 03:25 AM
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Originally posted by iroc2nv
thats really good man...under 10 grand for a candy paint job..sweet..i wish i had the ability and materials to do paint myself..cuz then i wouldnt have paid $6000 for my paint job...and mine is only 7 stage pearl..
good job either way man
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thats really good man...under 10 grand for a candy paint job..sweet..i wish i had the ability and materials to do paint myself..cuz then i wouldnt have paid $6000 for my paint job...and mine is only 7 stage pearl..
good job either way man
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I meant 10 grand for the whole car.. including engine, paint, wheels, tires, roll cage, SFCs, relocation brackets, struts/shocks, springs... etc.
03-28-2004, 12:47 PM
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Great color. The engine bay looks real clean. Would love to see pictures of the finished product.
03-28-2004, 10:37 PM
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Car: 75 firebird..9.30@150.5
Engine: twin turbo pump gas sbc
Transmission: glide
Axle/Gears: 3.42s
hawks, wc t5 lasted most of last summer on an afr aluminum head 383, last time at sparta it started jamming, he drove it home in 5th only, he only ran slicks a couple times but then the clutch slipped launching, i think the t5 will be the first part to let go, or an axle if your launching it with slicks and stock rear...i would love to runa 700 with my 615 big block but i know it won't take it so im going t400. that is some nice clean looking engine bay and motor though...check out the t5 upgrades.... would suck to just get it out and have it break...car looks great though...
03-28-2004, 10:45 PM
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Car: 92Z28, 99SS, 83Z28 & 86GTA
Engine: 421, LS1, 327Turbo & 383
Transmission: T-56, 4L60E, T5 & 4L60
Axle/Gears: 4:10, 3:42, 2:73 & 3:27
Whats the displacment of that beast? As John said, my T-5 made it the summer at least 
(edit*) lmao, I just read the title now thats what I get for jumping on a link sent over MSN 
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Got disc rears, or the eliminator kit? H8 to see ya race your rear tire down the track after so much work done to it, looks sweet
There is some nice T-5 kits that cost alot less then the t-56 swap and are stronger, but then you cant brag to friends you got a 6-Speed
(edit*) lmao, I just read the title now
thats what I get for jumping on a link sent over MSN )Got disc rears, or the eliminator kit? H8 to see ya race your rear tire down the track after so much work done to it, looks sweet
There is some nice T-5 kits that cost alot less then the t-56 swap and are stronger, but then you cant brag to friends you got a 6-Speed
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Car: 1986 camaro
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Axle/Gears: 4th Gen 10 bolt/Detroit TrueTrac 4.
Originally posted by Hawk92z-TDZ
Whats the displacment of that beast?
Whats the displacment of that beast?
i have to say awesome job again man. i originally started out with a under 5 grand motor plan but i am seriously deciding on some of the parts i have chosen. you have any specs on the motor/
03-28-2004, 11:28 PM
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Originally posted by louich
hawks, wc t5 lasted most of last summer on an afr aluminum head 383, last time at sparta it started jamming, he drove it home in 5th only, he only ran slicks a couple times but then the clutch slipped launching, i think the t5 will be the first part to let go, or an axle if your launching it with slicks and stock rear...i would love to runa 700 with my 615 big block but i know it won't take it so im going t400. that is some nice clean looking engine bay and motor though...check out the t5 upgrades.... would suck to just get it out and have it break...car looks great though...
hawks, wc t5 lasted most of last summer on an afr aluminum head 383, last time at sparta it started jamming, he drove it home in 5th only, he only ran slicks a couple times but then the clutch slipped launching, i think the t5 will be the first part to let go, or an axle if your launching it with slicks and stock rear...i would love to runa 700 with my 615 big block but i know it won't take it so im going t400. that is some nice clean looking engine bay and motor though...check out the t5 upgrades.... would suck to just get it out and have it break...car looks great though...
Yeah... I was there when his T5 ate it... and for the record I believe that was the NON WC version. Are you the guy with the black 2nd gen? That thing was seriously hard core!
As for the rear... It's a Borg Warner 9-bolt disc rear end with 3.27 gears.
I will upgrade parts as they go.
As for the engine internals... I'm going to keep it a secret for now... but it is 11.5:1 CR.
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03-29-2004, 02:29 AM
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Car: 92Z28, 99SS, 83Z28 & 86GTA
Engine: 421, LS1, 327Turbo & 383
Transmission: T-56, 4L60E, T5 & 4L60
Axle/Gears: 4:10, 3:42, 2:73 & 3:27
Originally posted by spartyon
well he said its a 383/t5 combo so that motor is 383 cubic inches of displacement.
well he said its a 383/t5 combo so that motor is 383 cubic inches of displacement.
Originally posted by Hawk92z-TDZ
Whats the displacment of that beast? As John said, my T-5 made it the summer at least
(edit*) lmao, I just read the title now thats what I get for jumping on a link sent over MSN )
Whats the displacment of that beast? As John said, my T-5 made it the summer at least
(edit*) lmao, I just read the title now
thats what I get for jumping on a link sent over MSN ) Originally posted by johnyIROC
Yeah... I was there when his T5 ate it... and for the record I believe that was the NON WC version. Are you the guy with the black 2nd gen? That thing was seriously hard core!
As for the rear... It's a Borg Warner 9-bolt disc rear end with 3.27 gears.
As for the engine internals... I'm going to keep it a secret for now... but it is 11.5:1 CR.
Yeah... I was there when his T5 ate it... and for the record I believe that was the NON WC version. Are you the guy with the black 2nd gen? That thing was seriously hard core!
As for the rear... It's a Borg Warner 9-bolt disc rear end with 3.27 gears.
As for the engine internals... I'm going to keep it a secret for now... but it is 11.5:1 CR.
Ya Louich is the guy that was there with the 10 sec 2nd gen Formula that smoked his Stall
Thats close to the compression that I'll be running this year, gave up on the 9:1, It'll be too long till I get the charger, as in like 3 years.
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Originally posted by johnyIROC
Yeah... I was there when his T5 ate it... and for the record I believe that was the NON WC version. Are you the guy with the black 2nd gen? That thing was seriously hard core!
As for the rear... It's a Borg Warner 9-bolt disc rear end with 3.27 gears.
I will upgrade parts as they go.
As for the engine internals... I'm going to keep it a secret for now... but it is 11.5:1 CR.
Yeah... I was there when his T5 ate it... and for the record I believe that was the NON WC version. Are you the guy with the black 2nd gen? That thing was seriously hard core!
As for the rear... It's a Borg Warner 9-bolt disc rear end with 3.27 gears.
I will upgrade parts as they go.
As for the engine internals... I'm going to keep it a secret for now... but it is 11.5:1 CR.
03-29-2004, 12:09 PM
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Originally posted by louich
yep, that was the old beast...i will run it again likely next year, hard to do 2 projects at once....heck its hard to do 1
yep, that was the old beast...i will run it again likely next year, hard to do 2 projects at once....heck its hard to do 1
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Car: 75 firebird..9.30@150.5
Engine: twin turbo pump gas sbc
Transmission: glide
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the one for this summer is a 615 merlin big block with some monster aluminum heads, 400 trans and 35 spline 9 inch for my street car 
oh ya. its going into an 86 camaro...
here are some links to see the old girl going, the sparta one was about 4 runs before stall blew out of it...
http://videos.kwfbody.com/Louich%20runs%2010_9.avi
http://videos.kwfbody.com/JohnvsThomas.avi
http://videos.kwfbody.com/Louich%20d...0at%20450+.avi
oh ya. its going into an 86 camaro...
here are some links to see the old girl going, the sparta one was about 4 runs before stall blew out of it...
http://videos.kwfbody.com/Louich%20runs%2010_9.avi
http://videos.kwfbody.com/JohnvsThomas.avi
http://videos.kwfbody.com/Louich%20d...0at%20450+.avi
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03-30-2004, 02:35 AM
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Car: 92Z28, 99SS, 83Z28 & 86GTA
Engine: 421, LS1, 327Turbo & 383
Transmission: T-56, 4L60E, T5 & 4L60
Axle/Gears: 4:10, 3:42, 2:73 & 3:27
Good video's, if the KWF server ever stays stable enuf to watch them,
Looks interesting.
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I assume he has lowering springs, and when you do that the struts travel is decreased. With that plate, the strut can compress and rebound the amount it was designed for. Or something like that.
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Im pretty sure that those plates are exactly as you said to allow the strut to have the correct travel. But if you look a little closer you will also see that they have adjusters on the side of them so that caster and camber can be adjusted for different driving situations.
A couple of close ups to see the details
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A couple of close ups to see the details
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