Well i am just about ready to put in my last order. Here is my parts and mods list so far.

Re ringed lt1
le2 heads cam and intake
Moroso cai
summit opti cap and rotor
a.c. delete pully
Pacesetter long tube headers and y pipe
summit ewp
arp rocker studs
comp cams pro magnum roller rockers
comp cams pushrods
Mr gasket ultra seal head gaskets
gmpp guide plates
oem lifters
cloyes timing chain/gearset
egr delete
air delete
free mods

Parts to order:

lt4 km
flowmaster delta flow 40 3in
qtp electric exhaust cutout
summit exhaust cutout
summit 58mm tb
summit maf tuned for cold air
summit ignition box w/revlimiter
band style exhast clamps
delphi 42lb injectors
racetronix fuel pump kit
pcmforless tune

I think this is it. What do you guys think? Am I forgetting anything?

 

wow you are so close to having my old set up its scary. the only things that i see that you should mess with are,
-get rid of the gmpp guide plates, they will get groves worn in them from the hardened pushrods, you should get hardened guide plates. i cant remember the part #, but they are trick flows, i got the # from Lloyd Elliot, he said he had the same problem with the guide plates that i did.
- the head gaskets, they would be ok, i think the compressed thickness is .039. you should go with the impalla engine gaskets, the compressed thickness is .029. you might pick up alitle more compression with those, that is what Lloyd recomended to me. there is no piston to valve clearence issues, not even on my 385 w/ le2 heads and a much more radical cam.
- i think you might be going alittle over kill with the injectors. i used the the ford svo 30,s, which are 36,s on a gm, and im still using them on my 385 and no problems yet.
i hope this helps.

 

Injectors are overkill. Don't buy whatever the MAF thing is.

Just making sure you know, that 58mm TB won't go into the intake unless it's ported for it.

 

i agree, 36# will be more then fine!

 

Well I am buying the larger injectors because I am going to a 396 next winter and I dont want to have to buy them again. So y should i not get the maf? Should I run the stock one instead? That dosent realy make sense to me. And btw the manifold is ported so the 58mm tb will be fine.

 

your stock maf should be fine w/ your mods right now i think...its not something you need to get

 

don't buy summit parts are junk!!! they are just the rejects from other places.

 

ok so no maf. I have never had a problem with summit parts. jmho. So what should i spend my money on, instead of a maf, that would be benificial?

 

imo get rid of the maf crap, and the summit ignition

put the funds from that towards a new opti, rather then just a cap and rotor.

you are going to need a intake elbow without a silencer to make that electric water pump work... either that or stick a hockey puck and spray paint cap in the oem one.

injectors are still over kill for a 396... I'd go for 36# and use the money you saved towards something else

the only thing aftermarket maf's do is just lean out your a/f ratio. This will be done on your pcmforless tune, so you are just wasting your money.

go with the impala head gaskets like irish said... they will give more quench than the ultra seals.

all the gaskets, freeze plugs for e-wp, and loctite and crap

 

do you plan on running the le2 package on your 396? if your going that big in cubes your gunna want to go with a more radical cam, a 396 will swallow that le2 cam whole. you should talk to lloyd about the le4 cam when the time comes. i have a cam that similar to the le4 in my 385, and im still running the svo 30,s, and the thing runs great.

 

Yea I deffinately plan on running a bigger cam. I just have to wait until I can spin the higher rpms. I cant believe that you are running 30's with no problem. What kind of hp are you making? With the 396 and a little spray I hope to be around at least 550hp on the motor. Also if I run the bigger injectors will it hurt anything if they are tuned properly? I figured it would just give me room to grow.

 

i've see a lot of people on the board run a 383 le2 and get around 440-450 rwhp, which is about ~500 at the flywheel. I see no reason why a 396 would be worse. It will be more driveable, I'd say a le3 with the le2 heads would be a good idea. if you don't feel like switching camshafts, do a 383. the le2 seems to respond to it very well.

how are you running 30# injectors with a cam "similiar" to the le4, when the le3 cam calls for 36/42# injectors? you are probably well over the 100% duty cycle for your injectors if your cam is that big.

 

Here's my short answer to the long answer you need;

Talk to Lloyd. Ask him what he recommends. He has done it before.

 

30lb ford svo injectors, are 36lbs on a gm. i wish i could tell ya what kinda power im making, ive never had the engine or the car on a dyno, and i have not run it at the track yet.

 

yeah... again.... wierd combination.... again.. le3's call for 36/42 lbs..... if you are running an le4, you would want a bigger injector

what's your duty cycle at?