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townsend 04-12-2021 01:45 PM

95 Firebird, Budget drag car
 
so, been a while. picked up a 95 firebird formula from wildwood last year, turned it into a non street track only budget drag build. slowly derailing from the budget. Picked up that 385 LT1 that has been sitting dormant for some years on this forum, and here we are now.

https://youtu.be/RaIcHuEmV44

townsend 04-12-2021 03:49 PM

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installed. the green hints out.

LTb1ow 04-12-2021 03:53 PM

Think it even has a fixed IAC passage for your split BLM happiness.

sweetbmxrider 04-12-2021 07:28 PM

Guess the rusty bores helped the blow by

ThoR294 04-12-2021 09:01 PM

damn youre a fast worker

Blackbirdws6 04-13-2021 04:28 AM

You aren't messing around. Nice to see the engine being used!

townsend 04-13-2021 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 956239)
Guess the rusty bores helped the blow by

bores looked clear, otherwise i probably wouldnt have purchased. cant afford to rebuild something right now.

it actually idled pretty well with just the injector constant changed and the cyl volume corrected. These were 32lb injectors right?

I even ran the plugs that were left in it :-P:rofl:

It had plenty of compression dry, actually spun backwards after the first few cranks when i let off the key and shot out the intake LOL. Thought i killed the maf

sweetbmxrider 04-13-2021 04:11 PM

Racetronix 32s

townsend 04-13-2021 04:50 PM

:lol:
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 956246)
Racetronix 32s

thank you sir. one more to pick your memory, are there scary ls7 lifters in here?

LTb1ow 04-13-2021 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by townsend (Post 956247)
:lol:

thank you sir. one more to pick your memory, are there scary ls7 lifters in here?

Not anymore. Morel link bars yoooo

Edit, I was close
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...a/IMAG0240.jpg

townsend 04-13-2021 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LTb1ow (Post 956248)
Not anymore. Morel link bars yoooo

Edit, I was close
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...a/IMAG0240.jpg

shaweeeet, i have lifters worth more than the whole car now!!

Blackbirdws6 04-13-2021 07:50 PM

Fun fact. They can come out with the heads on.

IROCZman15 04-13-2021 07:59 PM

this is cool. glad you got the engine up and running so quick! awesome!

townsend 04-13-2021 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6 (Post 956250)
Fun fact. They can come out with the heads on.

that was something that i CANNOT let osie know for the procharged car.

Anti_Rice_Guy 04-14-2021 02:46 PM

Drag only meaning not driving to the track/legal?

townsend 04-15-2021 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Anti_Rice_Guy (Post 956256)
Drag only meaning not driving to the track/legal?

correct. have enough other stuff to street drive

townsend 05-01-2021 05:19 PM

got a nasty split blm issue at idle that completely disappears once throttle is applied. oh yeah, maiden voyage up the road today. needs a few more things and start working on this tune.
https://youtube.com/shorts/75aLaEnAQEM?feature=share

ThoR294 05-01-2021 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by townsend (Post 956291)
got a nasty split blm issue at idle that completely disappears once throttle is applied. oh yeah, maiden voyage up the road today. needs a few more things and start working on this tune.
https://youtube.com/shorts/75aLaEnAQEM?feature=share

Quote:

Originally Posted by LTb1ow (Post 956238)
Think it even has a fixed IAC passage for your split BLM happiness.

Related? Lol

sweetbmxrider 05-02-2021 07:41 AM

Vacuum hoses and caps in good shape etc?

townsend 05-03-2021 09:02 PM

yes the iac port on the back was modded to not feed into the main plenum, but no iac bleed hole was drilled from front to back like a stock tb has. i just did that, but the tb gasket ripped, so just ordered one like 5 mins ago

i got the blms down to 122-129 left to right just with tune/idle changed to 900 from 850, hopefully with the bleed hole i will be able to settle it out easier/quicker.

I am gonna change the oil to 10w30 amsoil (from castrol 10w30 full syn) and check the rocker lash, when it gets hot either the rockers are loose or smacking the valve cover (i changed to stock valve covers as my coils wouldnt clear the cowl with the way i mounted). i did completely gut the stock valve covers, so they "shouldnt" be hitting (i ran ultra pro mags with stock vc before no issues).

or the valvetrain is just that sewing machiney. the knock sensor is calm at idle and revving, so i dont think they are loose but.

townsend 05-03-2021 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 956295)
Vacuum hoses and caps in good shape etc?

yeah everything is new cap/hose wise.

how much of a sewing machine was this thing back in the day? also, i think I gotta swap the thermostat, it seems like it has a 180 in it, she likes to get warm (chills at 195) even with the fan on at 187-193 and a good bleed

sweetbmxrider 05-04-2021 03:53 AM

You could hear it at idle. Think I had idle in the 7s too

townsend 05-04-2021 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 956303)
You could hear it at idle. Think I had idle in the 7s too

Ill try to get a vid pre valvecover removal up to see what you think. Gotta try to get home at a decent hour, i dont think the neighbors would like this one thumping away at 10pm lol

townsend 05-07-2021 09:32 AM

well i pulled the valvecovers and checked the lash. lash is good....rockers arent hitting valvecovers, all rockers have oil and everything looks good....so i guess the valvetrain is just noisy as hell.

ThoR294 05-07-2021 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by townsend (Post 956311)
well i pulled the valvecovers and checked the lash. lash is good....rockers arent hitting valvecovers, all rockers have oil and everything looks good....so i guess the valvetrain is just noisy as hell.

racecar brah


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