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    my l28 is dead help

    in 6 Cylinder Z Forums

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    It's not really possible to give you that kind of advice without knowing your situation. How shot is "completely" shot? Did you chew a piston? Suck a valve? Did you lose the crank? Rod bearings? Is it puking oil all over the place? In any case, your best bet is most likely to just replace the motor you have with a lower mileage one from the same series, as that will have a whole lot more power than what you have now. :wink:

     

    But if your block is saveable, you have some options. Depending on where you live, and your local smog laws, this may be the perfect time to do a little bit of souping up. A slightly hotter cam, higher compression pistons and a set of performance headers won't set you back TOO much more than rebuilding it as stock, and will still be very reliable. If cash is an issue though, then definately just swap in a replacement L28.

    Size difference between the BBC & SBC

    in Gen I & II Chevy V8 Tech Board

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    If you throw a big block in there, you're going to have massive increases in torque, which would be great for the drag strip, if you could get it to hook up, but not much good on the street. Yeah, it'd be cool. I have a BBC sitting in my garage right now, but it's not going in my Z. Too much weight, too much torque, and the grin per dollar would go down a whole lot. Example, my dad has a 69 el Camino with a BBC that's bored a bit, cams, good iron heads, and NOS. It pumps between 350 and 400 HP as a mild build, off the bottle. My 383 when it's done will be around 450-500 HP. 650 if I can talk the guy I work with into letting me put his V-trim supercharger on it. I'll have about the same amount of money into the small block as my dad has into the big block with more power and less weight. IMHO, if you want to be different, throw the big block in there, heck, throw a 928 motor in there, God knows I've thought about it, but if you want reliable good ol' fashioned fun, stick with the small block.

    Change of Flames

    in Body Kits & Paint

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    Has anyone seen the movie Corvette Summer? Yes, it's horrible, but there's a Z in it that is candy red with bass flake gold flames. I've seriously considered painting my 240 like that, as guady as it is, just to make it stand out. With a little bit of a twist of course.

    auto-air water based paint update

    in Body Kits & Paint

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    I know that Auto Air claims to have improved their product quite a bit, and there has been some hype lately, such as a write up on some guy out of L.A. doing a hood in a truck magazine. But I've never used it and no one I know never has, we simply don't trust it yet. Also, FWIW, we looked into getting it in our shop in Lodi, and after repeated promises to have a rep call us, we gave up.

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