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  1. My neighbor bought a set for his 355 build, he bought them straight from patriots website and saved a few bucks over ebay. He had to buy special intake and exhaust gaskets that matched the ports. They looked really good quality wise. Patriot is suppose to be really big in the ls1 market and people swear by them.
  2. Thanks for the offer, but i already have the motor it is in my belair. I am just kind of short on funds right now but itching for a v8 in the z car. Sounds like the 400 will satisfy me (FOR NOW).
  3. Thanks for the reply, i just did not want a z car that would be just as fast as a v8 mustang f body
  4. It actually wont cost me much to install it, i have a v8 z parts car with everything but the motor.
  5. Sorry about the vagueness, i bought the engine from a machine shop for $300 as a assembled shortblock, he did not know or remember the cam specs and the pj gear drive and t chain cover was already installed. I got the measurements from a degree wheel and dial indicator. The intake is just a performer. The performance when i drove the belair was great, it had a bunch of torque and when the secondaries opened up it actually broke the tires loose on a 40 roll. The motor only has about 5-7k miles on it. Thanks for the replies, i think i will do it just need to go to summit for the 6.7 inch balancer. Greg
  6. Get at least a 18 footer, steel deck, 4 ft dove tail for lower loading angles, make sure it is built with at least 4 inch channel DO NOT GET ONE MADE WITH ANGLE IRON, IT WILL TWIST. Make sure it has a dual c channel frame, the top one just for the metal deck and a bottom one for the main frame, some main frames only go back half way, try to get one that goes all the way to the back or aleast past the axles. Get one with reccessed light so you dont take them out on corners, get reccessed d rings for tie downs, get a bull dog hitch, at least one axle brake. 2 3500lb axles will work with an open trailer since the trailer will only weigh 1500lb. get c channel ramps for less bowing while loading. try and get one that is painted underneith also for rust protection. Get an extra long tongue for room to mount a tool box. JMHO Greg
  7. The belair is not driveable right now, i figured why buy a crate motor for about 3k when i could use this one then drop a bbc in the belair. But if the hp and tq were not at least 300 each then i might as well buy a crate motor since i dont think i would be happy with a stock hp and tq sbc in the z.
  8. Just wanted to know if anyone has an idea of how much hp my engine has based on my combo. I am going to pull it from my 57 belair to put in the z if the combination is right. It is a 400 4 bolt punched 20 over with dish pistons, double hump 1.9 valve heads, cam is somewhere around 27? by 47?, edelbrock dual plane intake, q jet carb, point ign, block hugger headers, 2 1/2 inch single exh. backed by a 5 speed. If anyone has a simular combo or knows how to determine the hp by the combo i would appreciate it. Thanks Greg
  9. Thanks for the reply, has anyone had any issues with the original measurements 5/16 setback plates, 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 spacers for motor mount and 1/2 in x member spacers. Thanks for the help Greg
  10. Thanks for the replies, i just like to make things, the metal is free and i have a bunch of tools and a 1800 sq ft shop. Just wondering about the diff thicknessess of the alum vs steel setback plates because the thicker ones would set the engine up higher if the spacers were not compensated for it. Back to the tech board reading page, 103 of 400 something. Thanks Greg
  11. I ran my 260 without the booster for months because if your booster goes out it is probably because your mc is leaking which mine was which added more cost to the repair. The car will stop fine, even had to do a couple panic stops and all was good. Its not like you will be towing anything or the car weighs 4k lbs. Just drive like a normal responsible person and you will be fine. I installed the 10 inch booster and the 15/16 mc and all is good now. Get it fix as soon as you can, but you will be fine, hell my 66 chevy truck weighing over 4k and no pb and 4 wheel drum stops.
  12. I bought a v8 parts car a few months ago and it came with a jtr manual 7th edition and i wanted to know if that is the latest edition. Does jtr send out supplements or additions to the original purchasers for updated info to the manual. I am making my own adapters and the specs for the offset plates call for 5/16 steel plate but looking at some of the plates on some members cars they look thicker and possibly out of alum. If there are no such things as updates from jtr does anybody have a list of what people have done as an upgrade or revision to some things in the manual. I am searching for info in the search box but i wanted to finish the 408 pages of this tech board first. Thanks greg
  13. Then comes poly suspension, then the sbc.
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