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That's the Veyron's engine

Happy birthday Phil!

I don't know if it will fit or not but I'd like my name thing changed to "Bio-Fuel Boondoggle"

You'll probably have to fab your own. There is a set of Hooker headers that work with one of the more forward mounting positions (either Scarab or MSA, I forget which) but do not clear with the JTR mounting position.

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You're right. Now that I look at that equation you can tell it will give seat-seat duration. Thanks for the recommendation, Doc. I'll look that one up and keep it in mind. Can you run a hydraulic flat tappet cam with roller lifters? The L98 has hydraulic roller lifters, right?

http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/safety3/index.htm Zinc oxide gas can and will kill you in enough quantities. I used to be big into forging and knife making and there were guys who popped up from time to time who were sick from burning off galvanizing in the forge.

...and where is the magnet located?

I've read the chapter on cams and valve trains two or three times now and still have a couple questions. He does a great job of explaining the theory behind everything but doesn't explain HOW to determine cam characteristics especially duration. I was searching here on HybridZ and found a post by Pete that says you can use the equation "duration=2*[(overlap/2)+LSA]" to find duration but when I tried it for what I thought was a reasonable overlap and LSA I got a very high duration. Here's what I was thinking: D= 2 x [(35/2)+108] D= 2 x (17.5+108) D= 2 x 125.5 D= 251 That seem way too high, especially with what Pyro was saying above. Also, he covers lift but doesn't tell how to determine maximum lift. He just says run the most you can. Is .500-.510 reasonable? Thanks for all your help, I really want to understand the how and why behind this stuff rather than just be told what cam will work.

Yeah, he started getting loose in a couple corners before he lost it. You think that'd be a sign not to push it too much more?

Ah hah! So you must admit that freeze plugs exist since you are a freeze plug, otherwise you'd be denying your own existence.

Ok, thanks for all the help. I picked up David Vizard's book "How to build max performance chevy small blocks on a budget" so I'm going to give that a read and look up some more cams.

Ok, there may be some gain. But $200 for a 2-8 hp gain and having to replace them down the road? I think I'll stick with my $18 set of plugs.

Did you guys read the second link? It's snake oil.

Yeah, that's how it is around here too. We didn't actually get that much snow this year but they go insane with the salt and gravel down town and around campus.

Very nice! Your car is really turning out great. Any chance of a driving vid?

The '83 FSM has wiring diagrams if you need them. Look here: http://carfiche.com/manuals023/cars/ On my 79 I think I used the black/white as the 12v to the coil. Oops sorry, that's the '82 FSM. It will still probably be useful.

Yeah that's what I was thinking, but that that's the only way I could get the combustion chamber cc even close. You can only edit certain elements in the software. My engine has stock pistons and heads, not high compression. Stock CR is 10-10.5:1 correct? I think I'll re-run that thing with a lower CR tonight. Grumpy- Yes, I'm running a stock 700R4 from BowtieOverdrives with a 2300 RPM converter. My rear is 3.45 gears. Bryan did a compression test before I bought it and it read 145-155 at 2300' altitude.

I have a '79 slicktop that white with red interior. Does that make me special? Nice car by the way, firm. You have any plans for it or just going to enjoy it for a while?

Yeah, the first guy that stepped over almost does but catches himself. The poor old guy was distracted by the guy talking to him I think.

I picked up a 89' L98 block minus the intake from mobythevan last week and have been looking at cam and intake combos. I'm running a Q-Jet and JTR's headers right now and would like to keep the carb setup and shoot for 350-375 hp and similar torque. For carb'd intakes I have been thinking about an Edelbrock RPM such as: http://www.jegs.com/i/Edelbrock/350/7104/10002/-1/745137 I read that you need to machine out the middle bolt hole, has anyone done this? As for cams, I ran CompCams free cam software thing and thinking Comp's XR264HR or XR258HR or something similar. 264HR: http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=CCA%2D08%2D501%2D8&autoview=sku .050 duration: 212/218 Lift: .488/.495 LSA: 112* 258HR: http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=CCA%2D08%2D500%2D8&autoview=sku .050 duration: 206/212 Lift: .480/.488 LSA: 112* Anyone have experience with a similar setup? Anything you see that is obviously wrong? I'm open to any and all criticism/ suggestions. Thanks Ben

But... but... JDM?

http://forums.hybridz.org/forumdisplay.php?f=73

Why are you cooking a steak in the oven?

Yeah, we really had no idea when we were going to be there either. The weather turned out a whole lot nicer than it was supposed to be luckily. Man oh man that RX is going to be sick! The Pontiac isn't going to be a slouch either with the blown 454