ulakovic22

The reason for this thread is two fold, I just got a new camera so I'm taking pictures of everything and I also figured you guys might enjoy seeing my project. Nothing new here, I've been working on this for a while trying to figure out the best way to set up everything so it looks as clean as possible and I think I have almost everything figured out. After I finish mock up, I'll take out the spare motor I have in there and put in the real thing. Of course in the process of doing that I will take pictures before I paint the engine bay and as I go through the install. Hopefully it will be really cool. Anyway on to the pics.


Yes, I know the heater hose looks ghetto and it will be replaced with piping or PVC and silicone couplers......maybe just a rubber fitting if I'm lucky enough.

As you can see my obvious problem is the thermostat clearance. I'm either going to test out a Holley remote mount that they use on 6-71 blowers or I'm just going to use the two 3/4 inch fittings on the front of the manifold and y it into an inline thermostat.

Major problem when running 2455 headers is the passenger side by the heater box as you can see above you will have to beat the crap out of the bottom of the firewall, but I'm probably just going to make a set of headers.



The driver side looks good, the only problem is underneath the car, the collector ends right at the crossmember so I might have to cut part of the collector off and then flatten out the pipe like pacesetter does with there y-pipe.

The water pump isn't bad...I got tired of taking measurements so I just bought a cheap stock setup and threw it in there. Cutting was minimal, probably the same that you would have to do for the Meziere HD LT1 pump. I can use a Griffin 2x1.25 radiator with the stock fans if I can hotwire them or maybe I can find some fans to replace the stock ones if they can't be rigged up to work.

fergymoto

Looks cool. I have a '95 Z28 that I have been planning the same setup for. I'm hoping to start work on the car this fall. Keep us posted!

2000GTP

Looks like alot of work is involved in the mockup, but it will be a cool swap when done nonetheless.

ulakovic22

Ok guys, I finally got the heads in that are going on this beast. There are a lot of pics so I figured I would just post a link to my album.

http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...2/RHS%20Heads/

ulakovic22

Finally was able to drop the intake and heads off at Lloyds place yesterday and he was nice enough to take a break and flow the heads right there in front of me. It was really cool seeing how it all worked. Here are the "before" numbers and I'll update with the "after" numbers once I get them back in a couple of weeks.

Flowed @ 28" on a 4.310 bore fixture with 2.25/1.88 Manley Severe Duty Valves

.100 80/ ?
.200 142/106
.300 203/145
.400 259/184
.500 310/218
.600 353/241
.700 380/259
.800 388/269

For comparisons sake here are the advertised numbers from the RHS website.

.100 75/62
.200 166/110
.300 246/160
.400 309/195
.500 340/229
.600 360/248
.700 375/265

The peak numbers are pretty close, but you can see the low lift numbers are a little off. RHS supplied no information on how the test was performed other than @ 28", so I don't know how much of an apples to apples comparison it is in regards to bore fixture size, radius inlet, exhaust pipe, etc.

Anyway, I'll post up more information and pictures as I go along, but right now the valvetrain is the next step and then after that is the fuel system.

reamo04

what crossmember is that?
ive thought of doing this swap. Any idea you can tell me how much this has cost so far? I have a buddy w/ a big block layin around hes tryin to get rid of and ive really toyed with the idea

ulakovic22

The k-member is the BMR sbc/bbc unit for use with a pinto manual rack. If you have a running car then the only cost is to switch to the BMR k-member, engine cost, and then the wiring you would have to do to get it to work depending on if you go EFI or carb. For me it's pretty high because I started from scratch and I'm building it to be pretty stout, much like a GM 572 with a little more aggressive SR instead of a HR to get me closer to that all elusive 1000 fwhp

reamo04

thanks man, do i haev to use a new rack then? we have a 396 bored to a 402 sitting around that ive thought about but never knew what was involved. Also have a guy that builds turbo headers, so i could even go that route haha, but thats kinda $$ since i have a 383 started for my car. hrm, decisions decisions

ulakovic22

No they make a k-member to use the factory power rack, but then you would have to find a way to run the pump and mount the resevior. I didn't want to mess with all that so I went manual everything. Headers are the only part I haven't figured out yet, that and a way to run a good exhaust and still have ground clearance.

reamo04

alright man, thanks. Look for a local person that builds turbo headers and have them make you a set, or you could contact KOOKS and im sure they could help you out

ulakovic22

Haha, I'm sure Kooks would be more than happy to help me out of about $1200 Since I have those 2455 already in there I'm going to buy a kit and try myself since I already have a visual of what needs to be done and how to route them.

reamo04

yeah, im not sure how hard it is to make headers, but IMO the ones ive seen custom done are so much nicer for fit.

ulakovic22

Ok guys, I've never updated this thread so I figured since today is slow at work I would post up my progress over the last year.

Freshly painted engine bay


4.250 crank

6.385 rods, these were actually not the ones used as we later switched to h-beams

4.56 Pistons

502 Block

ulakovic22

Endurex lifters

1.7 Pro Mags

ARP Head Studs and Rocker Studs

BS3

Valvetrain

83# injectors I think, can't remember, lol

90MM Comtech TB

Victor Jr EFI

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Electric Water Pump

McLeod Street Twin




Twin Walbro Pumps