Well talked to the guys at DB today, looks like number 7 cylinder is out. compreesion was only at 90 all other 7 were at around 150 and on the leak down test the good cylinders were around 5% while number 7 was at 80%. so it looks like i am going to be spending osme money. I am looking at doing a 20 over set up and replacing with diampnd pistons. thinking of looking into a stroker setup for it. and while i am there i may as well replace the cams, possibly port the heads, do the big turbo setup, clutch, flywheel and input shaft and put in a head cooling mod. It is going to be big money but hopefully i will be able to push some huge power. unfortunately i won't have the car running for the rest of the year but it will be coming back bigger and badder than ever next spring.
damn, i feel for u man.... any signs of running lean?? but yeah, the terminator pistons are the weak link of the short block... the rods are great though....
yeah, well like i said, stock pistons suck, hehe. any aftermarket, will take more than the stockers..... even though they are forged..... but i wanna know where u found someone to do all that work to ur car for only $10k??? for a stroker turbo setup?? thats a good deal,
not sure what the stroker is going to cost, haven't asked about that too much yet, not sure what all it involves, but i am sure a new crank shaft for sure. i am looking at aorund 5k for the turbo setup, about 1k for the clutch a couple grand for the machining. so even if it is 2k for the stroke setup it will be about 10-11 maybe a bit more with labor and tuning.
well if ur running that kind of power, ur going to want a serious fuel system, which will be costly, and a built solid rear axle, which is another couple grand... and 5K for a turbo system is hella cheap!!
yep, but, if i were u, i would do a quick fix first, and just replace all of ur pistons with forged probe pistons and then while ur at it, do the ldc chicago coolin mod, and u'll be set for a lot of power..... just my opinion though, and that way, ur car wont have to be down for so long, and it wouldn't even cost that much....
good luck man. thank goodness the owner before me went ahead and stroked the motor and forged the internals so I can run a blower. I got a 99 cobra btw. But you planning on putting a turbo on there right? that should push close to 800rwhp or more.
good luck man. thank goodness the owner before me went ahead and stroked the motor and forged the internals so I can run a blower. I got a 99 cobra btw. But you planning on putting a turbo on there right? that should push close to 800rwhp or more.
ummmmmmmmmm, are u sure u know what ur talking about???????????????????? just sounds a little off, thats all, not trying to be offensive in any way.....
yep, but, if i were u, i would do a quick fix first, and just replace all of ur pistons with forged probe pistons and then while ur at it, do the ldc chicago coolin mod, and u'll be set for a lot of power..... just my opinion though, and that way, ur car wont have to be down for so long, and it wouldn't even cost that much....
ya but i live in MN and its about to be winter anyway wich means from november till april the car is in starage any way. so I am really only losing about a month of having it.
lol, well, it was just a lil hard to believe that u already had a forged stroker, not because i think ur lying or anything like that...... but it seems unlikely that the previous owner would have spent all that money, for a forged stroker, and then just sell it, without supercharging it or anything.....
I know what you mean, but he just bought a house and had a blower on it before and was gonna put the blower back on it, but decided to sell it instead.
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