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[DETROITMUSCLE]

Yeah I saw that car when it was at Sean's he put down close to 490 or so the next day though on a dynojet.

[shiftinda93z]

Yeah I saw that car when it was at Sean's he put down close to 490 or so the next day though on a dynojet.

yeah 496 on a dynojet a few days later, but his cats got so hot he melted his race carpet thru the floor board and melted his fuel pump lead wire. Paul is a good guy! we should get him on here...

my point being though, if you can put down 400 without having to do a 402 with all that jazz, then it's pretty sweet!

[MyBadZ28]

Hey Matt when are you taking it up there for the tune. Oh and what did that vette end up doing

[SS4Matt]

Hey Matt when are you taking it up there for the tune. Oh and what did that vette end up doing

it'll be up there probably tuesday or wednesday...whenever i get it done really. I need to go find some new head gaskets (MLS ones) and some new head bolts.

the guy that prep's my buddy's vette racecar has a barn with pretty much an entire parts inventory. he could damn near build an entire corvette with all the parts he has! so i'm gonna go out to his house / barn / machine shop / shop and get what i need....i should have the cam out later, and possibly the new one in...

i forget what "THE BOX" corvette made up at cars

[MyBadZ28]

If he ever needs that barn/everything cleaned out let me know. i will take care of that for him.

What is up with "the box" whats that about? is that what he calls it?

[Derek]

ehh....not really....i was out at woodward earlier this afternoon with my buddy andrew...most call him "Lucky"...as it's his last name well Lucki but whatever...he's got an '04 cobra that he put a whipple blower on and a 75 shot. putting down 590 on the blower and 650 on the juice....he walks all over my ass all day long and it sucks

his car rips his 315 Nitto DR's to pieces even rolling into 3rd gear!!!

one day i'll have a faster car but until then...it still sucks going out cruise'n with him

but for a street car and an everyday F-Body....it get's along pretty well!

try 200 hp then tell me you have it rough lol

[SS4Matt]

well i am ****ed....time for a forged motor...ripped the thunder cam out...i've never seen wear on a cam...and the thunder cam was like all rough and ripped up....definatly ****ed up.....so i decided to pull the lifters to see what's up with them...well even though i had brake line in there to "hold them up" one made it through the cracks and down to the pan **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ME IN THE BUM!!!! so i guess i'll pull the motor out to fish 'em out...and since it's out...i'm gonna talk to my buddy's car guy and get the hook up on some forged insides since it'll be out.

i'm probably going to keep it 347 because of the cost... but i'll have to make some phone calls tomarrow....still have no batteries for the camera or else i'de post a pic of my thunder cam...it was whacked up looking!!

so....here we go...time to drink a lot of beer right now and not think about the journey i'm about to embark on with this motor! :thumbsdo:

[SS4Matt]

and yeah "THE BOX" is the name of that red vette...it's what the custom plate reads

[Keego Ridah]

damn that sucks dude! F it make it a 383 stroker!!!

[Keego Ridah]

yea i was around your area so i drove down Greer to see if you were there, all i seen was the T/A in the driveway, and all i can say is that car looks much more beautiful in person!!!

[Superman09]

damn man. i dont no if that sucks or is good. Upgrading is always good but spending money isnt, lol. I say just save your cash and get the motor you want. Hell, go for something big that would shake the ground. Another thought..... call up some of the sponsors on tech for deal on forged shortblocks... You can get a forged 347 for in the 2's... which would be about the price for all the parts... but its already installed. A 383 stroker would shake pretty good, a 408 iron would shake better . Good luck, sorry for the miphap but i know you'll make the car better then it was! Keep me posted!

[JoeliusZ28]

yea dude, its end of the season anyway. save some pennies over the winter. that really sucks though, best of luck to ya.

[DETROITMUSCLE]

I agree like everyone else said save the cash now and go big I say forged low compression 408 for the turbo and set it all up for boost instead of Sean's cam, which sounds like a N/A or spray cam to me. Sorry to hear about shit going wrong but think of how freakin bad ass it'll be with more cubes and boost.

[Superman09]

low comp 408 for a turbo would be BAD A, but def an ess load of loot. I say go 408 with huge cam and go for 500 rwhp threw a mustang dyno ALL MOTOR, its up to you tho

[DETROITMUSCLE]

I just mentioned it because he was going to go turbo I thought. There is a low comp 347 on tech right now for 2K which would be nice or Texas Speed sells a forged 408 shortblock for like 3500 or so.