How much hp do you have now?? Is your engine ported at all?

Joshua

 

that has to be the baddest setup i have ever seen congrats on the build, we both know that the 12 a is faster then the se j/k

 

Great job! Nice clean fabbing work, and beautiful engine bay, too!

 

Everyone,

Thank you for the compliments. They make me feel all fuzzy inside This was a lot of work and fun at the same time. I learned a lot about what to do and not to do. Thank's again for the kind words.

I will now ansewer questions.

Timing: The distributor is stock, not locked. Leading is @ 10 deg BTC and trailing is @ 2deg BTC @ 6000rpm. Now at idle the lead timing is down around 0 deg.

Fuel delivery: The regulator I am using is an Aeromotive rising rate, part #13301. I paid $110 through Jegs. The fuel pump is the Aeromotive Street Rod, part #11203. I paid $160, Jegs also. The pump provides 180gph free flow, 125gph @ 8psi, and 80gph @ 18psi.

Flywheel and clutch: Both stock w/ unknown mileage. Clutch does not slip, though it does protest the hard shift into second gear now.

Horsepower: unkown my guess is 150-160 @ the rear. There is a local dyno day on the 5th of October, and I will have pictures of the sheet for you guys to see.

Motor: Not ported, currently pushing the 180,000 mile marker.

Boost: I just replaced the baseplate for the bonnet(still leaks) and I have the boost controler set to 5psi. I am honestly scared to go any higher due to the age/milage of the motor combined with the fact that this is my daily driver. Once a new daily driver is accuired, I have every intention of pushing this motor to the breaking point A sacrafice in the name of R&D.....

I will now take more questions.....

Ryan

 

This is what we need to do to Jeremy's car Where are ya Jermo? LOL

Hey mods, arvhive this please

 

hey man my old carb looks good now congrats

 

Thank you!!

 

great write-up!
this whole project's success is a credit to you, and i think it's the perfect thing to show that DOLLARS, though they buy nice things , they are not EVERYTHING when it comes to modding your car.

the questions i have, have mostly been covered and answered. the only one i have left is if the exhaust manifold posed any problem with the steering arm. i read that there was a slight clearance problems with T2 swaps, but in the picture you provided, there seems to be plenty of space. did you have to create clearance?

again, great job!

one

 

I had no clearnce problems. I was lucky, flat and simple. I blindly welded the T2 manifold to the header flange and just crossed my fingers. I was not worried at all about the idler arm, more the intake manifold. The header plate, being 7/16 of inch, was litteraly perfect for the spacing on the manifold and as you pointed out plenty of room around the idler arm. A shot in the dark that paid off!!!!

Ryan

 

Now, I feel kind of hurt!!! The 13b turbo swap thread was stickied when it got this long.

You know this just goes to show that there IS NO LOVE for the 12a. NONE!!!!!!

Ryan

 

Do you by any chance have a total cost for this project, start to finish?

Bah, you guys and your carbs...

J/K of course. Hell, my car doesn't even idle right!

 

hate to drag a thread from the dead but this one is worth it
I too am thinking about running this route soon since I have a friend with a t-II mani and turbo that he would sell me cheap. I could not find the bonnet on the above mentioned website and also was wondering if it would also be effective for a webber 45dcoe which is what I have. any other sources for bonnets would be much appreciated.

 

here you go!!!!

http://www.rotaryshack.com/images/throttlebody.JPG

 

the question would be how much?

 

$starting at $200.00 and up

 

Hey 680 how do you roll the beads on the tubing?

 

with a bead roller attachment on the brake

 

You mean you didn't use one of these? My homemaid bead roller

 

great idea! takes alittle longer than mine, but yours was much less $$$$

 

hehe, yeah it was either spend $89 on a bead roller or spend $3 and 45min with a welder and angle grinder Needless to say now I have $86 to spend on other areas of my car But you get a pretty damn sore hand after a few beads!

 

I gotta admit, I am impressed by your ingenuity.

 

Thanks boost brother

The tool may not look all that good but it gets the job done I already have two friends wanting to use it, I told those tight asses to make there own! lol

 

You called someone a tightass

 

Why doesn't something like this get stickied. There are so many questions about forced induction setups on the sight. I would be great to have a sticky to cover the carb. side of the topic verses F.I. with the TII swap sticky.

 

It's in the 1st Gen Archive.