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That's alot of power at the rear wheels. It might be close to 600 at the flywheel. But to get that much to the rear wheels N/A you need alot of work done to it.
yep. that is a lot of power to be puttin to the rear wheels which is very possibly but unless u have a ton of money in that motor there is no way its pushing 600-650 to the rear wheels
Well, it's been in the process of being built for over a decade, it's got thousands upon thousands of dollars into it. 454 BBC bored to 468, Crane Custom Grind Cam, dual 3" Flowmaster Exhaust, Hooker Headers, Holley 850 Carb, Weiand intake, port-matched heads, 12.5:1 CR, fully race-built motor. Best of everything that we could afford. It would hit low 9's no problem. Never been to the track, hell, it hasn't seen been driven more than 30 miles on the new rebuild of the engine and tranny, and it's got full Hotchkis suspension underneath it. Fine if you don't beleive me. I could really care less. All I can say is that if all works out according to plan, I'll be cruising to the MIFBody Meet and Greet in the Monte Carlo instead of my POS Camaro. I'm still working on the Camaro, it's still my baby, but I know it won't be ready for the M&G. My dad and I are really looking forward to driving this car this year. The 600-650 RWHP is his estimate, and I trust him, considering he has been working in the auto industry for close to 40 years. Anyone who has seen this car knows that it is insanely powerful. It cannot run on anything less than 110 octane, or "Turbo Blue," and it gets single digit MPG and triple digit MPH. Call BS all you want, I know what I've got in the garage, I have all the memories of building it with my dad, and now that Parkinson's, Diabetes, and a bad back are catching up with him, it might be the only thing I have left in 5 years. Think what you want. I've said my peice, and that's all I can do. Have a good day, everyone, and I hope I didn't cause anyone too much grief while I was here. So long.
I hit the freaking backspace key to correct an error while typing my freaking reply, and the freaking computer went back a page instead!
Here's my freaking reply. . .
Thank you for beleiving me, guys, the car has a LOT more done to it than what I listed, but it was late, and I didn't feel much like writing down every little detail. Enough about that.
Torsion Bars: I'm going to crank my torsion bar down about an inch or so per Joel's suggestion, just to see if the truck handles any better.
Ignition Problem: I'm having a strange engine problem. . . When I start the truck up, it will run perfectly for about 5 minutes, and when it starts warming up, it starts to run like s***. The engine feels like it's missing really badly. If I'm driving, and this happens, I cannot accelerate, unless I'm at full throttle, I've found. If I shut off the engine and start it back up, it will run fine for a couple more minutes, then start running like crap just like it did before. It ran perfectly when I bought it, and it did on Monday and Tuesday of this week, when the weather broke 60*, but it's running like crap again, and I want it fixed. I've replaced the spark plug wires, fuel filter, cleaned the K&N air filter, sprayed some Throttle Body Cleaner in the TB, replaced the gas cap, and checked the coil. Everything has checked out fine. Each thing I've done to the truck, however, has made it run better at startup, which leads me to beleive it's an electrical problem, like maybe the ICM, but I'm not really sure. The problem seems to only happen after it rains, snows, or just when it's humid out. Any suggestions?
Torsion Bars: I'm going to crank my torsion bar down about an inch or so per Joel's suggestion, just to see if the truck handles any better.
you want to de-crank that thing 1" at minimum... esp if its riding daisy-up like you say. Also, the truck wont "handle better" from just decranking. everytime you adjust your ride height your camber and toe angles are going to be off... but it looks like they already are. If you decrank and also get it re-aligned, then yes it should handle better.
I drove my Z71 around unaligned for about two months and i noticed the tires were wearing improper. (just didnt feel like messing with it in the dead of winter) After I got it ligned up, sure enough it took corners alot better because more front tire was on the ground.
Right now concentrate on getting the torsion bars set on that magic spot. It takes a little patience, its hard to find... plus the fact that one side of the truck weighs more than the other. meaning one will be set tighter, and you cant just do "three turns on each side" because that will adjust one side more than the other. just keep measuring your fender heights and test driving it after every adjustment until you get it right. Its going to ride a lot better when youre done.
Be sure to take good before and after pictures for your reference! get a side view of the truck (to see how its sitting) and also get a good picture of your suspension angles.
Last edited by JoeliusZ28; March 16th, 2007, 09:41 AM.
WOAH! That CV angle is WAY too steep. . . I'm going to try and crank it down tonight after my 2:30 class is over, should be around 4:00. I'm taking the Camaro to a body shop to get an estimate on the repairs and paint work, if it's not too much, I might go that route and have a body shop do the repairs just so I know it will be done at a certain time and done right, instead of waiting for my dad to help me. I'll let you know how it works out, I'm expecting some major results from this, I know the Blazer was cranked down in the front to give it more of a raked look, but the front end is so sloppy now it's almost like trying to steer a hovercraft. . . lol I'm considering taking off the 3" body lift too, just to get it looking and handling a little better.
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That's alot of power at the rear wheels. It might be close to 600 at the flywheel. But to get that much to the rear wheels N/A you need alot of work done to it.
357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven. 
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