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i have built a few cars with my father...he was a mechanic for 30yrs or so put together a sweet 38' chevy coupe(full build big bear frame 350tpi full disc came out beautiful) nice full drag fiberglass 72 nova 502 bbc bored to 572 stroked 13:1 compression 2spd tci power glide 4/10 rearend full fiber glass body whole front clip fabricated to be 4 pin pull (Norwalk you can race with no front clip) put together a 1966 impala original 289 swapped 327/3spd powerglide vette motor...had a nice chevy monza put together with v8 swap had a nice 69 firebird put a 455 out of a sj grand prix swapped front spindles and all to disc via grandprix after motor work 500hp...my first build by myself 1991 mustang 5.0 e303 cam gt40 upper lower intake tbi (70mm) maf Trickflow head off road h pipe/straight pipe stage 3 clutch 373 in rear end 21# injectors...when i finished pulled it out did a few hole shots snapped hbeam rebuilt dyno'd at 542hp@6200 rpm my second build was a 1972 tbody Buick gs 455 done up tranny done up all original had 75k miles Sea foam green with cream interior repainted to red ext/cream int still had the original mags with beauty ring (on this build first thing to do get rid of points put hei)

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i have built a few cars with my father...he was a mechanic for 30yrs or so put together a sweet 38' chevy coupe(full build big bear frame 350tpi full disc came out beautiful) nice full drag fiberglass 72 nova 502 bbc bored to 572 stroked 13:1 compression 2spd tci power glide 4/10 rearend full fiber glass body whole front clip fabricated to be 4 pin pull (Norwalk you can race with no front clip) put together a 1966 impala original 289 swapped 327/3spd powerglide vette motor...had a nice chevy monza put together with v8 swap had a nice 69 firebird put a 455 out of a sj grand prix swapped front spindles and all to disc via grandprix after motor work 500hp...my first build by myself 1991 mustang 5.0 e303 cam gt40 upper lower intake tbi (70mm) maf Trickflow head off road h pipe/straight pipe stage 3 clutch 373 in rear end 21# injectors...when i finished pulled it out did a few hole shots snapped hbeam rebuilt dyno'd at 542hp@6200 rpm my second build was a 1972 tbody Buick gs 455 done up tranny done up all original had 75k miles Sea foam green with cream interior repainted to red ext/cream int still had the original mags with beauty ring (on this build first thing to do get rid of points put hei)




Holy fuck what a gobble gook of jumbled words.

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Dec 14 2015 06:30am
Quote (TheFreezer @ Dec 13 2015 08:18am)
i have built a few cars with my father...he was a mechanic for 30yrs or so put together a sweet 38' chevy coupe(full build big bear frame 350tpi full disc came out beautiful) nice full drag fiberglass 72 nova 502 bbc bored to 572 stroked 13:1 compression 2spd tci power glide 4/10 rearend full fiber glass body whole front clip fabricated to be 4 pin pull (Norwalk you can race with no front clip) put together a 1966 impala original 289 swapped 327/3spd powerglide vette motor...had a nice chevy monza put together with v8 swap had a nice 69 firebird put a 455 out of a sj grand prix swapped front spindles and all to disc via grandprix after motor work 500hp...my first build by myself 1991 mustang 5.0 e303 cam gt40 upper lower intake tbi (70mm) maf Trickflow head off road h pipe/straight pipe stage 3 clutch 373 in rear end 21# injectors...when i finished pulled it out did a few hole shots snapped hbeam rebuilt dyno'd at 542hp@6200 rpm my second build was a 1972 tbody Buick gs 455 done up tranny done up all original had 75k miles Sea foam green with cream interior repainted to red ext/cream int still had the original mags with beauty ring (on this build first thing to do get rid of points put hei)


so a '91 5.0 with bolt ons makes 540+ hp? Did you multiply by 2?
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Dec 14 2015 07:47am
I build swag carz
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Dec 14 2015 08:46am
Quote (jimmyhoud @ Dec 14 2015 07:30am)
so a '91 5.0 with bolt ons makes 540+ hp? Did you multiply by 2?


21lb/hr injectors are only good for about 430bhp.
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Dec 14 2015 09:04am
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21lb/hr injectors are only good for about 430bhp.


which is still almost double what a bolt on 5.0 would make.
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Dec 14 2015 01:23pm
also nitro helps close alot of those holes and more parts if you want in detail i will rwrite it out you can analyze and congratulate me on job well done

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Quote (TheFreezer @ Dec 14 2015 07:23pm)
also nitro helps close alot of those holes and more parts if you want in detail i will rwrite it out you can analyze and congratulate me on job well done


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Quote (TheFreezer @ Dec 14 2015 03:23pm)
also nitro helps close alot of those holes and more parts if you want in detail i will rwrite it out you can analyze and congratulate me on job well done


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Quote (TheFreezer @ Dec 14 2015 12:23pm)
also nitro helps close alot of those holes and more parts if you want in detail i will rwrite it out you can analyze and congratulate me on job well done


Nah it's all good. I too list my build parts out and forget to mention the most important ones.

No big deal m8

The motor for my challenger also has heads cam intake and exhaust done. But, who cares that it's a 572 with twin 88's right?
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