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as far as i know its a stock bb 454 i want to get a little of both horsepower and torqe nice seats are the going in your truck
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- At 11:23pm on July 5, 2009,
Kevin said…
- Well, from you advice the ford 1993 bench is an exact replacement but was looking for something a little more creature comfy. My 88 5.0 GT mustang had awesome lumbar and could drive for hours with out my back hurting. I ran into these 2003 Ford Lightning seats and they were electric with the manual lumbar on the driver's side but matched my truck's color scheme. All except the "SVT" embossed logo on the top! I will get them recovered with the top insert and bottom leg with matching blue to the truck. The GMC and SS468 embosses will replace the ford's! The seat pic is actually a running video of the truck and you can hear the 10k balanced motor at idle and a 2500 rev. you will notice NO stumble of miss when it idles down due to the tricks I spoke of earlier. This is on a 830 cfm Rochester also with no hesitation or stumble for $240 bucks! Let me know what heads, cam and carb you have or at least the year/block casting and I will research to see what cha' got. I am still running the 326 heads with 20 hours of porting and will advise off line why if you want to know. They out flowed the Edelbrock and one other aluminum performance after market heads for some reason!:) Kevin.
- At 12:27pm on May 16, 2009,
Kevin said…
- Tell me a little more about the 454 you got and how it is set up? What do you want out of it, torque or horsepower? There are a few tricks with these engines that are fairly inexpensive but would have to be in the rebuild stage to be advantagious. Low end torque can be increased cheaply by long tube headers and a 1 inch lift plate under the carb. This has to coincide with the cam on the motor though. Rods can be lengthened for a quicker spin up but you loose C.I. so it is a trade off but with a large over bore it really makes the bb come alive on the low end. I went with h beam rods just in case of future power adders. my bb is balanced to less the 1 gram on rotating assembly and it really shows in the high rev areas. I went through the best race shop I could locally and it really paid off but the initial cost was almost double what the everyday "street rebuilders" wanted. All specs are within 1 thousanths instead of the looser 3 most machine shops build at. I like 'em tight!! Maybe that is why this one sees 5500-6000 grand ALL the time and is still strong! Let me know, Kevin.
- At 5:50pm on April 21, 2009,
Kevin said…
- Quick question. I am running a 468 10:1 compression built (mildly) bbc. I am on my 3rd transmission due to catastrophic converter failure! It is a th400 from an original 82 6.2 deisel with the original HD B/W converter that lasted 3 years behind the fresh bb. I went to a B&M 2000 stall HOLESHOT as the hd started to slip in low rpm. This is now a bubble gum ball holder! It only lasted 1100 miles and smoked the eagle red friction, steels and low gear band. It even tore up the 205 that I have NEVER had a problem with. I am unemployed now of course so funds are limited. I do very LITTLE off roading and more street/strip. The motor's cam really liked the 2300-2400 stall and was wicked in the street off the line and sacrificed the top end mpg as it is used to pull my boat to the lake also! New tranny will have all eagle red components and steels with higher friction bands. TCI said they will build a towmaster 400-600 additional stall hd converter and throw in an anti balloning/nitrous plate for almost what I paid for the b&s converter. My question is do you think this will hold up longer than 1100 miles?? They usually only offer 4x4 OR race but not a combo converter. I spoke directly with a TCI engineer and he mentioned that they are getting an ever growing market of older bb 4x4 with dual purpose racing engines in them! I will try this combo and see where it goes! Let me know what is working for you? Thanks, Kevin.
- At 3:58pm on March 31, 2009,
Green-Giant said… - hey waz up ready to smoke a white t bird agine haha
- At 1:14am on March 20, 2009,
Coleman said… - nice truck wut do u have for tires and lift kit thanks im trying to get ideas for my 76 shortbox
- At 12:42pm on March 16, 2009,
redneckracing said… - yeah im lookin at a 78 firebird
- At 7:08pm on March 6, 2009,
Chevy383stroker said… - Man i like the truck but i would not call it a monster :P
Chevy For Life
- At 10:32am on March 6, 2009,
redneckracing said…
- my brother got mine towed so now i only have my street truck to play in
- At 12:38pm on March 5, 2009,
redneckracing said…
- yeah do you
- At 10:48pm on March 3, 2009,
josh said… - its a 86
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