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and any other ones we might come up with.

Will your headers fit with the MSA mounts? Just curious.

I like the setup because it doesn't run a muffler and the wastegate having the other part of a dual exhaust is pretty cool.

I was reading up on that particular turbo about 9 months ago I would say and came across the thread on turbomustangs. Personally I would try one on a stock engine that I didn't care too much about. I have thought about emailing ssautochrome and asking them if they had any success stories. I do find it amazing that they have such good feedback if all they sell is crap.

I did smell the oil a few weeks ago for that reason and it didn't strike me as gassy. I was going to replace the powervalve today and poke around a little bit but I got the idea that I was going to spray a little paint. After that I was pooped. Oh well, there's always next weekend.

I'll bring the napkins....

Haha, I read the rules when I very first registered. When this thread came up and someone was emphasizing reading the rules I thoght ok, and looked for them for all of maybe 2 minutes and gave up. I was about to ask where they were and I happened to notice the announcement. It's funny how you overlook stuff that you see all the time.

That sounds like a good enough reason to get one. My carb on my 383 gets too hot to touch in the summer.

Can you hear the fuel pump going?

I was wondering how your t-5 would handle the power also while I was driving home from work.

So, what's the downside of plugging it?

1.) I need to be on your budget!! 2.) The duration on that cam is insane! 3.) With one of your projects why not build a 350/383 that you can rev up like you want to. Heck people take big blocks up to 7k on a regular basis. I've taken my 383 up past 7k a few times (not on purpose usually). I'm running the stock roller lifters and pushrods out of a '97 truck so I kinda shy away from that. Also, there is never anything wrong with doing something different especially when people ridicule you about it. Sometimes that is the force that drives people to greatness. It's also known as spite but that takes away from the nobility of it.

Haha, well I'll put a new pump on it. I didn't notice my cutting out until I went from single 2.5" to duals. I used to be able to take it up to 7.5k!!! I did that on accident but it was still pulling.... haha. I have my filter in between the pump and the carb and I guess it should be before the pump to keep crap out of the pump also. Maybe tomorrow....

I've got a bolt in mine. I've never given it a second thought until now. There's a lot of stuff I come across like that on this website....

Welcome and good luck.

I know it's like a year later but I'm glad to hear that you got the wiring business straightened out.

Haha, well since you went there I don't see why you would buy all new internals and blow BIG buck for a 302 when a 350 could make the same power with less than half the money on stock internals and you wouldn't have to crank it to high heavens. The 350 will live longer especially the valvetrain because you won't have to run as much lift or see as many rpm's. When you spend that much money on an engine I would think you would want to get as much power out of the application as you could get across the powerband. Up until some time (tuning) ago I was getting great traction in all gears and I'm still running 195/70/14's. With a pair of halfway decent tires I personally would get amazing traction. In general once you get these Z's to squat (atleast the later ones) traction is pretty impressive. If it doesn't then the peddle is how you get the desired traction. Having too much power is not a problem. Anyway let's not start an argument, I'm just stating my opinion as you have yours and I respect that. WITH THAT SAID, I like how you're going about building this engine and it sounds like it will be a blast.

So is the 4l80 what you would recommend over 450 hp. Isn't that pretty much the only other option? Would you not even consider the 2004r?

What do you think about the 700r4's?

What kind of power are you looking to get out of it? All top end?

oh, now that might be interesting. That's a lot of head for that engine IMO which is not a bad thing. I always think of the vortec heads as being a hot ticket for 283,302,305 engines. How high are you going to spin the engine? Now I see where the money is going.....haha.

You might have something there. Maybe the fuel pump is lacking also. I have been having a cutoff at 5500+ rpm's but I don't usually take it up much more than that so I haven't really worried about it. If I get in after a couple of days the pump will never catch up I don't think. I've cranked and cranked and eventually I will have to pour gas into the float. Then if I don't put a whole lot in it will sputter like it's about to run out of gas and then bam. I'm in business. Do you have a mechanical fuel pump on your truck or is it electric?

I understand completely. I wasn't trying to criticize either. The whole situation is not obvious to the average member and it just sparks the curiousity. And I definitely know that post count is irrelevant concerning meaningful input. That was just a joke.

What's expensive about them?