280zwitha383

Elaborate on "it helped a little".

I don't think it's the carb either. If it's not valvetrain related I would vote for fuel pressure. Actually I would have voted for fuel pressure before valvetrain. Check your pump and filter if you haven't already.

Please do, I'm very interested in them also.

Now you're talking!

I would say 300hp on a cold night with the intake, intercooler, piping, and gas tank iced. (You're kidding right?)

A lot of problem areas depend on what you're going to do with it. If you're going to rag on it practically everything is a potential problem (a few specifics are the rearend if it's still an R180, cooling, and probably the frame twisting from hard launches). Is it a standard or automatic and what model? I would say that a carbureted 327 with HEI is a very dependable setup enginewise. A points type setup will probably be more maintainance (switch to HEI). Make sure it keeps good oil pressure especially when it's hot. Visually inspecting the oil for darkness and any contaminants and also smell it for gas or a burnt smell. Some would suggest a compression test which is not a bad idea but takes time. You can probably get a good idea how worn the engine is by driving it and seeing if it cruises or if you have to seemingly give it more gas than you think you should, driving it hard making sure it accelerates right and doesn't smoke, and listening to how long it takes the engine to stop when you turn it off. The rest of the drivetrain really depends on how you drive it if it checks out initially. Have you not driven the car yet?! If it's not an overdrive tranny and it has the usual gears like a 3.54 or maybe even a 3.90 you will have a very high cruising rpm which will not make a good daily driver. Unless you're getting a REALLY good deal on it I would make sure you test drive it and inspect it very thoroughly for rust and the above problems, there are probably a few more problem areas that I haven't thought of but mostly you need to get a good feel of the cars condition and make sure the engine swap was done well. In the future please use the search function

First, welcome. Second, what would make it any more (un)reliable than a newer car?

No no, probably something like this: Or this except with some engine showing somewhere and no blue, But if I did it, it would probably end up looking like this...

Check the parking brake.... Haha, sorry it's late

Those are really tight but not for that much money. I've been thinking about building myself a trike(sp?) someday with a small block or maybe an l28 that I have laying around. Ah would that be fun.

You have a high volume oil pump? If not I would say make sure it is full and run it. I'm really glad I didn't put a high volume pump on my 383, it would be toast for sure because I've run it pretty low on oil before on more than one occasion (like I've got on it before and then hit the brakes really hard and the little red light comes on the oil pressure gauge). That's when I knew that I really needed to make sure my dipstick was right on (I had an adjustable length dipstick that wouldn't even dip into any oil at first). If you're running a stock oil pump I wouldn't be too scared. Make sure and tell us how it comes out.

I like the console in the middle. I also like the guy, he doesn't really seem to care whether or not you like the truck he just likes it because it's different.

What have you done to your CRX? I hate the looks of them but their weight appeals to me (although not enough to outweigh the looks).

I know what you mean, you need to put a better warning on stuff like this GabeRoc!

Yeah, what he said. You're doing good to research what you're buying and getting good advice. You'll do alright.

Awesome looking game, hope I never get sucked into playing it. DON'T START WATCHING THE VIDEO UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EXTRA 35 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE TO SPARE!

Yeah I'll admit I'm scratching my head a little bit over this one. I could understand it if it was for a stroker pushrod engine but I can't figure out the purpose of that little guy.

The only reason I've ever considered a "Hot Cam" is when I looked at the price of a new roller cam (about $250). You can get a "Hot Cam" that is practically new (pulled out of an assembled engine before it was run) for about $150. If you just want a better cam than stock but also don't care for the extra $100 of performance, it's kind of a mid-point, otherwise for a strictly performance build I would not consider it. With that said, you are making some very respectable initial #'s!

if it were my car it would be an ignition module.... I HATE those things. Next time I have one go out I WILL put a GM HEI module on it and then flip the other one off as I chunk it into the pasture behind my house. (end of rant)

that stuff is probably more expensive than a newspaper...

Haha, it might not be a secret that I don't care for Fords but I don't think I've ever actually come out and said it on here. Anyhow, a few years ago I bought a '89 Pontiac LeMans (similar to a Metro) as a project because it would run for a second and then die. So I got it running (it had a hole in the line going from the fuel pump to the outlet that was sticky so it would hold pressure for about 5 seconds and then the hole would open up) and sold it to my friend who also doesn't like Fords. To this day when my granddad sees my friend he always asks him if he still has that Ford that I sold him, and me and my friend cringe everytime.

Interesting, I've been thinking about swapping a 3.54 with 280zxt CV's in place of my 3.90 with half shafts, and then putting some bigger tires on it. Maybe I won't.

Umm, I guess you have to see the commercial....

If I could go back and do it again, I would get the Edelbrock AirGap Vortec intake. I got the performer RPM and can't complain but for the money I spent I should have just got the airgap. Jegs: (the part # is 7516) http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?lang=-1&catalogId=10002&storeId=10001&categoryId=15941 Zerrari, tell me more about the L98 heads, I have never really heard anything about them. Do they flow as well as the vortecs?

It will?!?!?!