Guest loco280zx Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I just purchased my chevy 350 and turbo 350 tranny. I would like to know what parts I need next. The 350 is rebuilt with edelbrock intake and mild street cam topped off with a 750cfm edelbrock carb. The tranny was also recently rebuilt ....0 mileage now. The motor has less than 50 miles on her. I was thinking of a johns cars conversion. Does any one have an idea for what is next? My buddy advised me to purchase a performance stall convertor, sub-frame connectors, and definetley a roll cage. I need input : ) This is my honda killer for the track. The builder said the motor should at least have 350+ hp. Any info would greatley be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greimann Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 If you are somewhat skilled at fabricating parts, you don't really need a kit. The motor mounts and trans mount can be simple lumps of plate, angle or channel cut and drilled to fit the situation. Roll cage is up to you, but a 350 HP car is going to be low 13's to high 12's, a nice street car IMO. The biggest problem is going to be fitting a left side exhaust. If you have rack and pinion steering, headers are going to require some tweaking to get around the steering shaft. If you have the steering box type, headers are out of the question and you will need a cast iron manifold #364747, a late '70's Chevrolet passenger car manifold. I have never heard of subframe connectors for these cars. Most of us V8 ZX guys just stiffen the front with triangualted strut tower bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Yeah for the driverside header/exhaust manifold you can also use the late model LT1 manifolds. They are D-port exhaust manifolds though. They should still fit on your engine though. As for the engine/tranny mounts if you have any fabrication skills like Greimann said I would make them. I bought mine from MSA for $225 but I know I could have easily made them . I don't know what year of car yours is or if it is a turbo but you should find out what rearend you have in there. If it is an R200 with CV's then your fine in that department but if it is an R180 with U-joints then you should atleast upgrade to SPICER Heavy duty U-joints (I have some for sale if you are interested) However if you plan to up your HP from 350HP then I would start looking for a R200 set up. If you find subframe connectors be sure to let us all know! Like Greimann said most ZX guys just uses strut bars/tri-angleulated stubars. I dont think the rolecage is neccesary for 350HP but it deffinetly doesn't hurt! Never hurts to stiffen the car up! I am going to put one in next year but for now the rollbar in the rear and triangulated strutbars in the front are going to have to do for my 400HP LT1. Take a look at Greimann's and my sites. I think you will find a lot of info on his for sure and maybe some on mine(I am still the process of finishing my conversion!) and be sure to use the search function on here! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loco280zx Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 thanks guys for the info. I have an 83' non-turbo. One more question....will I be able to kill a turbo civic with this setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Well how much HP/TQ is the P.O.S. Honda Civic running? I would say yes but there are no gaurantees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loco280zx Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 Well I talked with the idiot yesterday. I asked him why he had his bov dumping in the atmosphere and is it bogging down between shifts. He said he liked the sound and she is running good. He also told me she would run 13's but he never had her at the track. I asked hime why was there so much black smoke pasted to the back of his bumper, he said she needed tuning, but he also said she was running right at 15psi . Is he stupid or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 I dont think the reason his bumper is black is because his car is not tuned! It's called buring oil! I really hate it when people make up stupid excusses why there car is a POS! As for can you beat him? I say with the 350+ HP you should be able to run 12's with some good tires! If he has never had it to the track how can he know he can run 13's? Sounds like a "bench racer" to me!! Typical ricer! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.