Alright guys guys this will be a little long so bear with me! I have a 89 coupe that I bought with the intentions of just having a fast street car. The car was built went I bought it. I paid $8500 for it about 2 years ago. It has a lot of good parts. Im not going to list EVERYTHING but heres the basics a 306 with forged internals (unknown what man. but aftermarket). Vic. Jr heads, holley intake, custom cam (unknown specs makes power to 7500rpm), SVO rev extender,MSD morroso pan, 6AL,NOS big shot wet kit 200shot. The car has upper and lower control arms, k member. Has been 10.70s in the 1/4 on slicks.
The car is a 4cyl conversion and the wiring is a mess. I tried to fix it and made it worse I have no idea what this guy did. The fuel system is also a boogered up. Like most EFI foxes it surges at idle. (have tried everything) I want to start drag racing again and my goal is to run 9's on DR's. Im not going to get there with this combo and a stock block. So instead of pushing it until I start hurting parts I want to tear everything out and start over. Im looking for a simple set up that will be reliable easy ti diagnose and consistent at the track. I have had turbo cars and blower cars in the past and they all gave me problems, they were always breaking down.
I want to build a carbed 408 (69 block)with 13:1 compression reuse my vic jr's with some heavy porting and a 200 shot or bigger from a plate kit. Im not going to go into great detail here because this is already too long.
My thought is that if Im going to pull my motor why not go bigger. I plan to sell all my 302 based stuff that doesnt carry over to supplement the cost of the build. My friends think Im nuts to tear apart a 10 second car but with the power Im making the motor's days are numbered (have not sprayed in almost a year
) so why wait for a catastrophic failure that might damage parts that I can get money for. Most I have talked to say stay EFI and built a 302 based stroker with the new boss block.
I need some outside opinions.
The car is a 4cyl conversion and the wiring is a mess. I tried to fix it and made it worse I have no idea what this guy did. The fuel system is also a boogered up. Like most EFI foxes it surges at idle. (have tried everything) I want to start drag racing again and my goal is to run 9's on DR's. Im not going to get there with this combo and a stock block. So instead of pushing it until I start hurting parts I want to tear everything out and start over. Im looking for a simple set up that will be reliable easy ti diagnose and consistent at the track. I have had turbo cars and blower cars in the past and they all gave me problems, they were always breaking down.
I want to build a carbed 408 (69 block)with 13:1 compression reuse my vic jr's with some heavy porting and a 200 shot or bigger from a plate kit. Im not going to go into great detail here because this is already too long.
My thought is that if Im going to pull my motor why not go bigger. I plan to sell all my 302 based stuff that doesnt carry over to supplement the cost of the build. My friends think Im nuts to tear apart a 10 second car but with the power Im making the motor's days are numbered (have not sprayed in almost a year
) so why wait for a catastrophic failure that might damage parts that I can get money for. Most I have talked to say stay EFI and built a 302 based stroker with the new boss block.I need some outside opinions.
