My 85 Monte Carlo's life story
i was thinking summit 1103 214°/224° duration@.050 int/exh .442/465 lift int/exh, 58cc but i've read that most are actually like 60cc valves are 1.84 int and 1.50 exh runners are 170cc int and 59cc exh, i'm running an afaper plate becuase the carb is a square boar and the intake is spread
Joined: May 2009
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From: nj
not a bad cam choice. its very similar to the one i ran in my 80 when the 400 was stock. i wanted some quick hp on a budget. i ran that cam with a torker 2 intake with a 750dbl pumper. the cam wasnt noticeable sound wise, but it went pretty good. it probably only made 275hp, but it still felt pretty good. it didnt last long though. didnt do bearings like i should have. the part store didnt have them in stock and this was to be a weekend project so i could have the car ready for work on monday. ended up having to pull the motor out and disassemble it to find the crank appeared to be walking in the block from a life time of hard launches, multiple spun rod bearings and trashed main bearings. all in all im surprised it made the power it did at 8:1 compression, with the horrible factory heads, and when i pulled the rods the rings crumbled. it was like giving a 100yr old man a healthy dose of viagra. this is exactly why i suggest whenever someone does a cheap cam swap on an ancient motor to spring for bearings. personally if i were you i would have gone a step up from the cam you picked since you intend to eventually do a set of heads on the car. cam swaps with the motor in the car is annoying and something i personally dont like to do unless theres no other choice.
got a centerconsole lined up!!! from a local mn gm performance forum
$20 Sold!!!! can't do it this week so in 2 weeks i'll do it
$20 Sold!!!! can't do it this week so in 2 weeks i'll do it
no real update with it beign Winter, a drafty, un insulated garage, i havn't done much 
my frame is sitting in the back yard all tarped up... snow needs to leave! i have a ton of cutting, wire wheeling, sanding, welding, painting to do deffiniatly keep thing updated once i start more work,
and the center consol never happened i pm'ed back and forth probably 10 time, gave him my number and he never held up his end so may just be scouring the j/y come that time, been thinking about how much moding it would take to fit a 6th gen consol,
my frame is sitting in the back yard all tarped up... snow needs to leave! i have a ton of cutting, wire wheeling, sanding, welding, painting to do deffiniatly keep thing updated once i start more work,and the center consol never happened i pm'ed back and forth probably 10 time, gave him my number and he never held up his end so may just be scouring the j/y come that time, been thinking about how much moding it would take to fit a 6th gen consol,
well winter is gone... kind of..... i have to pull my frame outa the back yard and get it in the garage and dissasembled.... i gatta get it outa there this weekend, my mom wants to get the garden goin and that blocks the only way in or out!
frame is outa the back yard and all disassembled time to start wire wheeling, and painting as much as i can, figure out when i can get it all fixed up with the new section!
it is amazing how much lighter the frame is when it is bare
pics will be comming soon
it is amazing how much lighter the frame is when it is bare
pics will be comming soon
Pics!! Not many cuz my phone isn't too night pic friendly,
Frame in the garage,
front suspention, undone on the pass side,
Found a new use for the front springs!
The rear end sittin by it's self
it's supost to be round... hence why i got a new front section
Frame in the garage,
front suspention, undone on the pass side,
Found a new use for the front springs!
The rear end sittin by it's self
it's supost to be round... hence why i got a new front section
Last edited by Budsjlm; Apr 23, 2011 at 11:47 PM.