Winter Upgrades-Non TR's Included

[Scoobum]

Decided we're gonna pull the engine when winter breaks in March. Gonna go with shims for head gaskets to bump the compression for a little quicker spooling for bracket racing. Gonna port match the headers while it's apart as well. Alky kit is coming out as well. Gonna go with a 94 street chip from Eric. I'll likely plate the car next year...and drive fear in the hearts of the populace!

[daveismissing]

I like the proposed setup. The non alky combos/ tunes are intriguing. Turbodave had one..

[daveismissing]

My entire fleet has has been swapped out this over the year.
New 150, new escape and my "beater" is now a 2000 impala from the inlaws. Near mint condition, oiled every year. Has an iffy secondary (blower/cruise) contact on the dash ign.Another semi clever workaround needed till its warm again and the dash pulled apart. 

[Scoobum]

I like the proposed setup. The non alky combos/ tunes are intriguing. Turbodave had one..

I don't race on the streets...so alky is useless to me. The actuator will back the boost off to 16 lbs. I'll have Eric load the chip with 20 lbs of fuel. Plan is to take it to the track and tune it for about 18 PSI for the street. I'll bring the low/high gear 02's in at 800...nice n safe. Brandon tuned his in at 20 psi on pump gas...but I haven't got his tuning skills.

[Forzfed]

I like the proposed setup. The non alky combos/ tunes are intriguing. Turbodave had one..

Turbodave's car performed extremely well on his street tune!

I don't race on the streets...so alky is useless to me. The actuator will back the boost off to 16 lbs. I'll have Eric load the chip with 20 lbs of fuel. Plan is to take it to the track and tune it for about 18 PSI for the street. I'll bring the low/high gear 02's in at 800...nice n safe. Brandon tuned his in at 20 psi on pump gas...but I haven't got his tuning skills.

I'm sure your car will kick a$$ on the street!  I want to tune my car for 22 psi with the new 6468 on alky.

[Scoobum]

6468. I can't keep up with the turbos since Patrick left Precision...lo l! That's gotta be 9 second capable. Bison cracked the 9's with a 6265...which is an extra 30 HP all in over mine.

[Forzfed]

It is suppose to be a 9 sec turbo.  The car didn't go too bad considering it weighed in at 4050lbs with me in it.  I've upped my compression and I discovered a timing issue that was hurting me.

[reality]

Brad, Why the change of heart on the shims I remember when you and Dan were strictly against them. Just wondering?
 

[Scoobum]

Dayum that's heavy. Mine comes in at 3480 with me in it.

[Scoobum]

Brad, Why the change of heart on the shims I remember when you and Dan were strictly against them. Just wondering?

Wanna bump the compression to get it to spool a tad quicker for heads up and bracket racing.. I may use hot air shims...or RJC shims. Gonna talk to Joe about hot air shims. I have a 30 over rotating assembly here and a standard bore block I need to get down to Joe as well for a backup engine.

Dan and I always use graphites on customers cars. They're far more forgiving than shims. 135 lb valve springs on a flat tappet and craploads of low gear timing isn't something I recommend either.

[Forzfed]

Dayum that's heavy. Mine comes in at 3480 with me in it.

It is a fully loaded street car!  I was telling my buddy with the Stage motor how heavy it was and he didn't think so.  I then popped my trunk and showed him the stereo system.  Then he was, well maybe.  Four subs with box, 6 amps, electronic crossover.  And the speakers are the pro series Infinity with 40 and 60 oz magnets.

So, I don't feel too bad that the car isn't turning crazy times.

[Scoobum]

Here's the weight reduction on mine.

Spare tire and jack removed
Sound deadener removed...soun ds like the world's coming to an end at anything over 100 mph
LT1 starter
Billet Specialty rims
Air con removed...heat er box retained
Aluminum driveshaft
Aluminum rear drums
F Body rad swap
Fiberglass front bumper
Aluminum rear bumper insert
Aluminum bumper shocks
Plastic headlights
Speakers removed
Stereo removed
Antenna removed
9 inch TC
Aluminum rear LCA's

[reality]

It's not a street car with no AC or radio lol

[Scoobum]

It's not a street car with no AC or radio lol

I wish I had the money to own a factory race car from the 60's. The articles I read and the pics are unbelievable. What a time to have lived!

[reality]

I will say we had a lot more fun back then but a ctsv or a hellkitty is probably cheaper and a much much better car.


I had a 70 stage 1 car back in the day but in comparison the GN was better in every way. IMO.