Thanks so much,

I've been listening to the files for about 30 minutes now. I think it sounds similar to a few F-bodies with the 80 series. It sounds (through the speakers anyway) pretty close to what I'm looking for. I'm sure with me using the Rams Horns on this swap that it may reduce the "exhaust note" a little bit further.

Thanks Again, The files helped a lot. I wish you were closer to hear it in person.

Brian

quote Originally posted by Mr. Pat: Wanna shoot that badboy my way too?

Sent !

Thanks Again,

I agree, the W.O.T (At least on the speakers does sound different than some 80's that I've heard.

My original kit for the Auto's (both of them) were both Archie Kits. I'll still be using the Archie A/C Bracket, Alt Bracket etc but I have a Street Dreams Manual Kit, Their Custom flywheel, Centerforce Clutch on this one. Kind of a "Hybrid". Nothing Against Archie either. Great Kits, Great Service and advice. I had a friend with the Archie Manual Kit who had some issues with the starter (a few times actually). I planned on picking up the manual kit from Archie but I ran across the street dreams kit for a decent price so I went with that on this swap. I'm (just a little bit) partial to the Nissan Starter on those kits so I figured I'd give it a shot on this one.

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You have no idea what troubles ive had with archies recomended starter!!!!!!!!! I went through 4 of them in as many months.

What starter? Powermaster 9000?

quote Originally posted by Mr. Pat: You have no idea what troubles ive had with archies recomended starter!!!!!!!!! I went through 4 of them in as many months.

What compression you are running? There are some that will be pushed for engines at or above 10:1.

Its 10.5-1 or so, add that to the smaller flywheel and it was working too hard.....yeah its the hitachi powermaster mini starter, or something like that.

Well here is an update, I have been trying to solve this issue for the last couple of months the car runs and starts well up to just past 3000rpm where the engine just falls flat on its face, it seesm like there is something holding it back. Here is what I have replaced/changed, swapped to an edelbrock carb, after playing with the vacum advance on the Road Demon, new cap/rotor on the HEI, swapped the module on the HEI, tried an adjustable vacuum advance and different adavnce springs on the HEI, new fuel filter, different air filter. Timing is pretty close, and car starts well and runs fine untill 3000rpm, I am using the existing 4cylinder fuel pump, which was replaced with a new AC Delco just before I bought the car, pressure gauge shows 5psi at idle, could the pressure be dropping off ?
Engine will rev to 5000rpm+ with while car stationary, I am running out of ideas, could the HEI distributor be causing the problem, even though I replaced most of the external parts ?

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Find a dyno and you can see whats going on under load.
What is the timing at when the motor is over 4000 rpm?
I guess you can rule out the carb as it was doing the same thing before you swapped it out.
How about the plugs and wires?

quote Originally posted by Jake_Dragon: Find a dyno and you can see whats going on under load. What is the timing at when the motor is over 4000 rpm? I guess you can rule out the carb as it was doing the same thing before you swapped it out. How about the plugs and wires?

Plugs were new this year approc 500 miles on them, leads are MSD Super conductors 2-3 years old bearing in mind I maybe do a max of 1500 miles per year. How would I check the timing at 4000 rpm ? and yes I have thought of a dyno, I just do not want to get there and then find it is something like a bad fuel pump, I have just won an auction for a brand new electric pressue gauge so I will see if that shows anything unless anyone thinks there is no way it can be the pump ?
Thanks for the help.

whats your baseline timing? and more importantly what your timing at about 3,000rpm? Usually hard to do the 3K RPM unless you have a digital timing light which makes it easy. My snap-on one is awsome. At 3K you should have about 36 degrees of timing. Remember to time it with the vacuum advance disconnected and plugged also if your still running it. Only other thing is if the heads werent really done right to use the correct spring for the higher lift roller cam. note that hydraulic rollers use a little more spring pressure than a regular flat-tappet but less than a solid roller


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Caprice- wild 383 500hp
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Don't you hate when a swap upgrade goes bad? Sounds to me like either timing issues or valvetrain issues. Hope it is just the first one.

mafv8, do you have any good pictures of the front with the black pillars included? I had a picture before, but can't find it now. I'm thinking about maybe doing the same paint scheme.

Matt

quote Originally posted by fiero go fast: mafv8, do you have any good pictures of the front with the black pillars included? I had a picture before, but can't find it now. I'm thinking about maybe doing the same paint scheme. Matt

Matt, here is a shot from above

I had a bit of a set-back yesterday after fitting an all new custom curved distributor, I went out for a second run and about a mile from home as I accelerated, not really accelerating though, there was a strange noise from behind, kind of like when you pick-up a plastic bag with your lawn mower and the engine cut-out and I came to a stop. There was no smoke or leaking fluids, but the starter would not turn the engine just a 'clonk' like something was jamming it, I got the car back home via a 'AAA' flatbed truck. I can turn the engine by hand using the teeth on the flywheel, car moves ok with no strange noises, my hot-rod buddy who helped me get it home reckons the clutch is jammed against the flywheel, possibly due to breaking (SPEC stage 3+) pedal works ok by the way. Anyway so I will have to take it apart again, oh well I got 500 miles on it this year !, I will let you know what I find

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Bump for an update.......

Well as you may have seen in my other post SBC Refresh gone bad, I screwed up and mis-timed the cam resulting in a hole in a piston and a brocken valve, I learned a lot this year !!!
As for an update, I have had the engine rebuilt by a local engine builder comes with a 3 year 36,000 mile guarantee, so hopefully that should be good. And as I had to pull the enine anyway, I am changing transmissions to a NOS 85-86 4 speed, I did have an Isuzu and I was concerned about its ability to take the estimated 350hp. Also I picked up a brand new unused Edelbrock Pro-flo fuel injection system, so this has entailed a bit of extra work with a new fuel pump etc. but I am well on the way to getting it all back together I will try and get some pictures this weekend.