turbo81racer Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Here is one of my projects. Well its my daily driver. I got it running in Jan of this year. Its nothing to wild, just the old LT1 from an 1994 cop car with the 4L60e tranny, the Impalla combo. I used the JTR kit with the headders, a painless wire harness and other fun stuff. I did all the work myself, bent the exhaust at work as well as tring to make the car look at stock from the outside as i can. So far with i don't know how many miles on the LT1, the car runs 8.8 at 78 in the 8th mile, and has been to an Scca race too, it ran well on the solo course. It still needs more work, as all projects do. I just used parts that i had around the shop, made a pulley for the p/s delete while still using the factory chevy tensioner. Up next, well is to sell this car to finish off my 72 240z sr20det car. http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/turbo81racer/IMG_2554.jpg http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/turbo81racer/IMG_2553.jpg http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/turbo81racer/lt11.jpg http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/turbo81racer/lt14.jpg http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/turbo81racer/lt15.jpg http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/turbo81racer/81int.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Nice job. We pretty much have the same steup other than mine's a 280Z and has a 94 Z28 LT1. I was pleasenly surprised how well a stock LT1 gets down the track. My 1/8 times were a little faster than yours (8.35), Z28 vs Impala and I have a cold air intake and some slight PCM tweaking. I also removed all the smog stuff except for the pcv valve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo81racer Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 I am not sure how much power mine is making, its got alot of miles, but its still smooth. I have the factory computer in it, have not had anything changed yet, I want to though as the factory speed limiter shuts the car down at a bit over 100mph, that gets annoying. If I keep it longer, I will put on some heads and get the gm hot cam along with pcm reprogram. That plus a little more tire. My 205/60/15s just and not that great. I am happy with the car for a daily driver that can do both drag and solo racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Mine has 115K on the engine, tranny recently rebuilt. I have a 95 Z28 engine in pieces that I will rebuild...someday. The PCM speed thing is based on the tries from the Impala, PITA I'm sure. I'm only running 215/50/17s and I got quite a lot of tire spin even come off the line from idle. I am not sure how much power mine is making, its got alot of miles, but its still smooth. I have the factory computer in it, have not had anything changed yet, I want to though as the factory speed limiter shuts the car down at a bit over 100mph, that gets annoying. If I keep it longer, I will put on some heads and get the gm hot cam along with pcm reprogram. That plus a little more tire. My 205/60/15s just and not that great. I am happy with the car for a daily driver that can do both drag and solo racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 If you want a bigger cam don't bother with LT4 HC, there are better out there that will make more power and still have great driveability. I know I wish I would have gone with something a little bigger. Nice to see another V8 280ZX on the road, even better that its an LT1! LOL! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo81racer Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Thanks for the input on the cam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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