Small Block & Big Block Chevy Specific - 496 in 2002 trans am fire up vid

I finaly finished up my conversion and i know when i was doing mine there was near a video of any that ran... soooo..... enjoy.... This is a small teaser i made for a small local forum so it doesnt show much detail i was and still am keeping it hush hush when i get time i can make a better one that shows under hood and all less all the scripts 2. just a wee lil 496 13:1 compression .700 lift roller cam
LS-what?? I didnt jack the audio.. it is just that freakin loud!!

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check last pages for more current vids :cool:

A little info on the motor? Carb/FI, Heads, Solid/Hydrualic, etc.

Good to see you've got her up and running,looks and sounds really sweet :)

Wow, that thing sounds wicked! How 'bout some more details????

1974 GM block .060 over
Eagle stroker Rotating assembly
H beam rods
SRP 43cc domed pistons
ARP main and head studs
Moroso oil pump
Brodix BB2 Heads
Crane 1.7 Gold roller rockers
Comp stud girdles
Lunati solid roller .698 lift
lunati roller lifters
Comp Hardend p-rods
Brodix intake drilled for direct port
Holley 4150, 1050 cfm metering blocks bowel exts
Solid flexplate
ATI Balancer
pete jackson gear drive
Moroso deep sump pan
hooker 2455's
Felpro MLS head gaskets
Trans - Built th400 reverse manual with t-brake 3000 stall for now- n20 verter soon
moeser 12 bolt 4.10 gear may play with smaller gear..
full bmr suspension tubular k
Qa1's all the way around
draglites
wolfe rear sway
8-point bar... up to a 12 soon
fabed Autometer dash
shift light
oil light
Aeromotive fuel system.. A1000 pump #12 lines to pump #10 to reg #8 at carb
Affco radiator, bigger than stock dimensions. nothched frame rails to fit. 3 inch thick... bastard has took 4 gallons so far still lil low!! :jest:
CSR elec Water pump
line lock
2 step
msd pro billet dist
6al box
blaster 2
timeing controler...

And a partridge in a pear tree....

may be a few more but you get the idea.
car is full original leather interior.. everything still works power windows locks seats radio.. the only major removed item was hvac box from firewall and the ducts. my turn signal relay was out in the vid why one light was on. had bumped he switch up climbing over bar. :drive:
im setting up a d-shaft for a 400 yolk and need to work on the steering knuckle issue and she should be ready to hit the street for the first time :) Still taged :drive: Ill deff take it to a fast food window or 2. and have a gm dealer come out and check me for an ses code ;)

that thing is sick... I'm sure he'll have a good time finding out what your SES code is :jest:

How about some more pics? Especially around cowl area, etc?

glad i got it running when i did my motavation isnt the greatest in heat.. i need a garage :judge:

Hope this is good inspiration to others thinking about swpaing.. when i started info was very vauge, all i got were ear fulls of "it wont fit" and "your crazy"

Can anyone do one of those desktop dynos on my specs?? Im curious as to what the beast makes. i didnt have the resources to get the motor dynoed.
the comp is around 12.7 :1 with the 119cc head.. but not sure what the headgasket thickness played... its on straight 110 octane now.. if anyone could figure up something or have knowledge of ball park figure itd be appreciated

HOLY CRAP


Thats pretty sweet. Couldnt really see anything in the video but damn that was nice.

I am looking at doing this very soon on my Camaro, which is why I am asking. The more pics, the better.

Thanks, and congrats on getting it rolling.

Anybody want some LS1 parts?

Anybody want some LS1 parts?

hahah as i posted in my vid for the locals my old LS parts funded over half the swap :)
LS is in high demand old skool is more affordable. alot of our braging rights comes from how much invested and what you put down.

i was torn between staying ls or doing the swap. LS i was facing to need a built trans.. 3k.... heads... new yank verter for n20... hell ive almost hit my BBC total already ;)

I only drove the car to drag stri anyway!! its only got 36k miles

jet changes and mixture adjustments must be fun to do on the sec. bowl. you would be nuts to go with a shorter gear. you've got torque now, use it. how do you like the A1000. i am going with that and a similiar fuel line config. with a return line on the ole pontiac.

i guess you can forget about sneaking up on someone in that. :judge:

That's kind of where I am at. I have some power goals in mind, and for the money, its kind of hard to beat a big block. I already have a built TH400, and a very nice BBC, and lots of LS1 parts that I could sell. I just need a rear-end and lots of suspension work.

o yea i really hope my jets back there just so happen to work good hahah if not you gotta pull carb.. with trim off its open and come right off.. nah she aint exactly a sleeper anymore :) i have a front bowel leak so i havent quite got an acurate pressure reading.. the pump is a lot bigger than you think.. kinda hard to mount it under the floor. other than that seems to be good to me. a lil noisy but like i say its big

i only say smaller gear because its still got 26'' tall MTs hahaha on a 3 speed she might be singing past the 1000' ill atleast squeeze a 28'' under before swaping gears. id like to see some parachute mphs with it.
the way it sits i think its just gonna want to drag the bumper or blow the tires/

That's kind of where I am at. I have some power goals in mind, and for the money, its kind of hard to beat a big block. I already have a built TH400, and a very nice BBC, and lots of LS1 parts that I could sell. I just need a rear-end and lots of suspension work.

yep that was 2nd detirmed factor suspension.. it was a cam only ls1 with a full suspension cutting 1.5 60's, obviously it would have been more nice to the f-bodys to find a v6 car and start.. but damn hard to pass up when you got a nice clean built body ready and a 454 in the shed

How much did you clearance? I was at one time hoping to keep my wipers. Some classes around here require them. I know it's not going to be very easy to do. Whose motor plates did you use?

I would trade in a sec if I could find a clean v6 bird. Better lines anyway, in my opinion. That's the other side of why I have been waiting to do something like this. Don't want to cut up a nice car.

Madman pre cut plates from thunder. and i cut the metal out under the cowl and back about 1/2'' from glass. had to beat firewall back for headers.

sick, just sick... :devil:

sick, just sick... :devil:
:judge: :devil: :judge:

I like it.

Sounds a lot like my 83, nothing like the sound of a sick BBC!

Got any more pics yet?

sounds about like my 72.

Ill deff take it to a fast food window or 2. and have a gm dealer come out and check me for an ses code ;)


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Sick.. :drool:

did u have to reroute a tube or two on the 2455's? some people say you do and ive seen others say if you pound out the floor then they fit with no mods. Have a very similar,slightly smaller BBC i would love to put in my camaro when i have the $$

Sick? What are you talking about guys? I think it sounds like it s in very good health. J/k, nice setup bro.

did u have to reroute a tube or two on the 2455's? some people say you do and ive seen others say if you pound out the floor then they fit with no mods. Have a very similar,slightly smaller BBC i would love to put in my camaro when i have the $$

im working on that lol. i have a pinto manual rack. i needed and adapter that takes it out .. its so damn close but fights to get both ends on. may grind the knuckle down or try to dip one side of k member to get it on. been so damn hot outside i havent done much :cry: but i put some new oil and ran her for a bit today though

what exacty do motor plates do?

what exacty do motor plates do?

Hold the motor in place. It's an alternative to using the motor mounts.

that is a beast.... the devil has come to life in that moter.... great biuld...

that is a beast.... the devil has come to life in that moter.... great biuld...

hahahaha thanks best reply yet my thoughts exactly when she fired off hahahahaha

i guess you can forget about sneaking up on someone in that. :judge:

:lol:

:lol:

and i remember the hairs stood up on my neck leaving a light by a cop with an ls1 and big stall... I dont stand a chance.. i havent quite figured out what my best line will be when it happens.. im leaning on taking the hood off and just saying... " hope you got a good pen"

Very nice swap man. I have a '95 Z28 that I am getting ready to put a BBC in this fall. Well, begin to work on anyways LOL. Did you keep the stock K member with the motor plates?

BMR tubular, i beleive someone on here did there swap with the original k. either way the motor plates wont be effected by k member choice. plates go on last, they are made to fit the way youve mounted your motor. make sure trans is fully bolted up 2 with the crossmember. that messes with the geometry more than youll think.

sounds sweet.
how large a cam @50 or grind number
which rods 6.1, 6.3, 6.5" did you go with?

Bump for a bad-ass car. :judge:

Congrats on getting her up and running! I remember seeing the internals when I picked up the ls motor last year...

Any updates on your project??? :)

Its been deathly hot here so i havent got much done. only a driveshaft awaits the first test drive!!! :cry: I got some new 28 x11.5 MT wrinkle walls mounted last night.. picking them up this am and will swing by a few places to see about getting a shaft made up!! havent had much luck online filled out alot of requests and no one gets back to me!! more wasted time.. ill deff post a vid on the street when i get there.. There will be a nice VHT pad envolved.. :) hopefully it will suprise me and bite with a t brake.

Thanks to all for nothing but good comments! :)

reminds me of pacos monster that madman built. nice work

Dude that shit is gonna fit so much better in my 89 RS, i plan on going 496 in about 1 year.

in the words of Officer Ramathorn..."sweet mother of god..."

anybody else recognize this dude's music from the old Doom computer game? lol

This gives me a lot of hope for a project Ive been thinking about..
My bro has a recently freshened Up better than stock 1970 LT1 big block that has been sitting in a garage for years. From what he said, Its output was close to 600 horse at the crank, but with boat loads of torque. If my 93Z28 becomes emissions exempt soon, I think there may be a permanent grin on my face :)

in the words of Officer Ramathorn..."sweet mother of god..."

anybody else recognize this dude's music from the old Doom computer game? lol

Brownie point award!!!! never thought anyone would catch that hahaha needed something sinister

********** UPDATE!!!!! *****************

After hours of fighting that damn steering knuckle trying to make it work i took it for its first spin today!! I was bymyself so nothing to extreme. and i only got to shoot me leaving the garage vid wise alot of shit on my mind alone driving it 1st time to worry bout footage lol.. had a few cars come across me 2 on the road so i had to keep it chilled hahaha big time rubber necking!! ill throw the link up.. nothing spectacular but good solid proof and motavation that it can be done and moves haha!!!!



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Thats wicked...might need some tubs now to put that power on the pavement....makes me want to put that BBC I have into my car...it crosses my mind often.

Any guess on what you would run at the track?

Looks and sounds good.

im getting ready for a sbc gen1 conversion in my 97. should be out next year...thats an awesome awesome car

wow, makes me feel like my hardwork on mine was for nothing...mines nowhere near as nice as this. congrats man!

wow, makes me feel like my hardwork on mine was for nothing...mines nowhere near as nice as this. congrats man!


Hahaha thanks man and nah dont be like that lol athough i do know the feeling.. no sooner i was done i ran into a real street 4th gen maro owner at our local track.. 600CI 14:1 compression with n20.. 8.07 at 178mph consistant!! 10" tire no bar.. leaves the line just right bringing the front left about an inch of the ground .. he hurt my feelings!!! :cry:

http://media.putfile.com/joy-ride-77 :cool: :cool:

finaly was lucky enough to find someone with enough guts to ride along and record!!!
I said id put a lil action shot up so here it is.. a taste of my lil grocery getter with the tops off!! some good burning tires over center line and back haha. only truely hit wot on way back everything else was pedaled. you can get a good idea how hard it pulls when wot.. it will put you in back seat while blowing the tires from a decnet moveing roll!! more to come.. i think downtown drive thru will be next hahahaha if i didnt scare off my co-piolet :nod: no children of the corn were ran over either...im sure ill here about my hood on this one!!

yeah, its been a long road to get mine going, just replaced the fuel pump yesterday but I still need a clutch master cylinder and get it inspected and get some plates for it. Maybe I can do a set up like yours in my 3rd gen. someday. Thanks for the vid! thats some good motivation...

Damn that thing is mean

INSANE! Thats one bad ride.


I wonder how the gas mileage is. LOL!

Sounds like a monster. Does it always start to die when you hit the brakes hard? If so you may want to check your float levels. If they arent too high, you may want to raise your idle speed a bit. I cant remember reading what brakes you have, but if you have power brakes, it would really suck for them to go out when you need them the most. Just my .02. Car looks great, this motivates me to start on a big block.

sick as hell man...

sick man!

INSANE! Thats one bad ride.


I wonder how the gas mileage is. LOL!


We BBC'ers go my GPM, not MPG :D

I hope to get a vid of my car up before it gets cold out.

sounds sweet. huge hood too =]

Sounds like a monster. Does it always start to die when you hit the brakes hard? If so you may want to check your float levels. If they arent too high, you may want to raise your idle speed a bit. I cant remember reading what brakes you have, but if you have power brakes, it would really suck for them to go out when you need them the most. Just my .02. Car looks great, this motivates me to start on a big block.

nope just like you said my idle was waaayyy to low hahahaha and brakes are all original from gm in 2002 the car only has 30k miles on it. :drive: im actualy suprised how well they work for the cams duration. i have no reserve can or anything aftermarket there either.. original booster setup to the carb.. Its made for some good debates between freinds why i did all that work and you didnt... hahaha i just tell em theres a sand trap at the end hahahahaha its on my mind i just really havent got to test them up to speed yet they dont hold the car still on the street at all burning tires so thats good grounds right there for me to go better


thanks again for all good feedback :cool:

OMG!!! Thats sick man, thats just sick. I LOVE IT!!! I have to figure out how to save threads so I can just come back to them. Can't wait for some more vids man! Congrats on getting the Monstor alive!

:cry: hahaha may be a lil while for any new "good" updates hahahaha A guy im cool with came by to check it out We more less planed a good comparable grudge race and woul dhave made me a good coming out show. 03 mustang gt with a 460. were on same page so were open with shareing car deatils. i was gonna start it for him and motor spun over once and locked up queezed back thru carb.. i got a breaker bar spun it over about ten times easily.. tried starting it again same thing.. locked and queezed. drained oil.. no metal.. i pulled valve covers and perfect... i did see that the BS screen kit i put in the valley was mia.. so i figurged it got sucked up in cam. i pulled the motor yest. and tore it down today. i found screens intact hid behind the dist shaft. droped pan.. nothing bent broke or damaged,,,, pulled heads.. no bent valves.. im lost hahahahahaha :cry: the only thing ive noticed was coolant was getting into 2 cyls {{was leary of the MLS gaskets!!!}} there slight discolorations but the bores are still smooth as silk and the motor spins very freely no binding what soever!!!! :cry: Im kind of at a stump.. dont want to reseal and find have same problem....

my best educated guess was last time i ran it was joy ride.. maybe if enough coolant had accumalated in some cylinders could this have played with the combustion causing a detonation to come off as locking up?????? lost...... :cry:

Water in the chlinders is BAD. Water DOES NOT compress. Make sure you don't have a cracked block or head and that the head gaskets are sealing.

With an electric water pump it will not pump water just by you turning the engine over allowing you to turn it over by hand. When you start it up again it would be then. Id say the problem is in that leak.

Yea, it will hydro lock on you when coolant or any amount of fluid is in the cylender.

yea im going to choose to just go ahead and reseal it and fab up something to trap about 20psi or so in the water jacket and see if it bleeds down. if bleeds down ill tear it down completely and go to a machine shop and weigh some options... I found nothing wrong with any of the componenets just the discolred bores.. cant feel any inperfections. smooth as silk. well see what happens!! :cool:
maybe a week or so..

I have cometic mls gaskets also :eyes: My builder "lightly" shaved my brand new afr (out of the box) heads.He said the surfaces need to be near perfect for a good seal with them. So far so good with about 10 passes on the motor,but I was also a little leary about the gaskets. He recomended them for my combo due to cr and the fact that I plan to dump 300 to 400 shot n2o. Good luck getting her back up and running,were anxious to see some track times on that baby :D

Take it all to a machine shop before you put it all back together and a good one.

A Supra buddy of mine has had his engine pulled and torn apart like 3 times now because he did not do it right the first time. Now he is after a bent crank, overheaded cams and oil starved engine that trashed all of the bearings and the 71mm Turbo.

Have it all looked and and have them check the deck and the deck on the heads and for cracks.

Any Updates?!

that is awesome

where did you get your hood from i am looking for the same one can you please e-mail me the info i dont come on the site very often thanks for the time
warrnbllflooring@yahoo.com

Cool car, sounds like a head gasket sealing problem. Hope everything goes well.

where did you get your hood from i am looking for the same one can you please e-mail me the info i dont come on the site very often thanks for the time
warrnbllflooring@yahoo.com

That looks like a VFN 5" hood , do a google search for VFN hoods.

any updates?

Hey all, My first time back on this site in almost 2 months!!!!! I got the intake sealed up with cometic gaskets and its all back in the car, I also went with regular fel pro headgaskets with copper rings.. no MLS this time. I was low on fuel last time i took it out b4 i tore it down so when i bumped the pump today i had just nuff to fill bowls. it fired right off but died. i went out and got paint for the hood today and ill probaly get some cam 2 and run it tomm. Its near same setup.. just added a trans blanket which made trans dipstick a royal PITA i wound up throwing it across the lawn b4 i got it thru in the right spot with out binding up. 5 point harness. i picked up a 12 point cage conversion but my motavation for that hit a wall.. maybe over winter.. oh and inland is building a 3 1/2" driveshaft with 1350s as of monday.. ill more or less have to wait for the driveshaft to come in b4 another drive.. it had a 1330 yoke b4 and last week i put a 1350 on the rear. My homemade dshaft was ofcourse the smaller 1330 yoke... so im back to running it but no drive. I have one track run in mind b4 are local track closes. wish my terd luck becasue my original goal was this years opening day :emb:

I beat it on it enuff b4 to be confident in a track pass. i just need that driveshaft and take it to go get allighned due to new k-member and its on. as of now the front tires are traking funny and wearing hard doesnt like holding WOT long either hahaha its quick to get loose in the ass end. walks down the crown in the road. i half to straddle center line to keep it straight wot 50mphplus or so

nasty...just plain nasty!!!

Nice!

Hell, i gotta yank the stroker today out of the 89 and replace the bearings, hope the crank is fine. Wanna get her to the track and a big 3rd gen meet by december. Glad to see you are coming so far.

Thanks again guys for all good feedback! I promise ill leave a new better vid on here in the near future as long as she runs good. hahahaha :D Im getting the driveshaft thru moser i asked several times how long its gonna be roughly?? no reply.. they told me they were starting it today {which was last monday} so hopefully pretty soon week or so. from there its on a trailor to go get allighned and it should be done?? :confused: never owned a car that in my mind is done.... :confused:

updates?

Driveshaft is in, along with a few extras crankcase vent system, vacuum reserve... welded up 2 bullet mufflers as well. I paineted the hood came out fairly well paint matched and i was sucseful at grinding out the makers name stamped on both sides of the hood cowl:mad:.. VV awaiting me to get motavated and buy some more cam2..

pic has hood just laying on and not pinned.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/smokin2002/DSC00327.jpg

Track times? Dyno? Does it make people piss themselves?

Have fun paying for the CAM2 with the MPG.

I get 7MPG ish on the expensive stuff with my foot out of it haha. Cost me about .75-$1.00 a mile to drive it but ohh is it fun.........

I mix it with Sunoco 94 for cruising.

when we going to see somes pics Of That big block And the under chasis. Want to see what that monster looks like and what puts it to the ground

yeah show that beast

Dam very nice set-up, BTW what headers are you running with the 496 ?

more pic under hood need :)


and good job .. nice sound :)

yes more pics, wish the vid worked for me though

Looks schweeet!!

update??????????????

Ok im back, I guess this update should be called "winter blues


I did attempt some VHT on the street.. and B4 anyone watches vid ill be 1st to say I AM NOT proud!! The VHT didnt setup for crap on cold pavement.. road was 38* might as well dumped crisco on the road. instead of putting your foot down and it sticking.. it slid!! with linelock I couldnt even get it to sit still to heat tires.. it wanted to walk right down the crown in the road and was on limiter as soon as tires broke... with no shoulder you gotta let right out. after 2 attempts to sit still i gave up quick!:barf: I just let it leave off the brake at 3k rpm just for kicks.. needless to say.. my freind took his LS powerd maro and and gave it a try.. he draged his out through the pad compared to me trying to sit still.. either way yeilded poor results.. hahaha his was like spinning on a sheet of ice till he got off the pad where spinning on dry pavement could actualy smoke the tires.. If we get a warmer day ill try and trailor it to a better more secluded road and torch The VHT to the pavement and prep alot better traffic on my road is unpredectable. I didnt want any cars flying up a road on fire!! :D

anyway.. NOT much at all :( but heres a lil more vid of the beast with hood painted.. bullets on it.. and my freinds maro

http://media.putfile.com/VHT1

haha, nice! sounds healthy :D

badass

Seriously I wouldnt mind seeing what the results of the build look likes. Wanting to see pics of engine bay and under body. And was the oringnal block Reverse roatation?

that thing just plan sounds sick.

this car is a fuckin beast and a half...

OHH man I love that car bro!!!! What does the Camaro have in it? The one that was in the vid? You should do another joyride vid man, that way I can get off some more :P I just love power man!!! I also have a 72 Monte Carlo, not nearly that power, but when I get the 3:55s in her, she'll keep up with my stock LS1 np!

very nice

Okay its almost Xmas time and I havent done much to the poor MR. TA since it freakin cold outside!! Only Front end Black outs.. wow... BUT!!.... im in a giving mood!!! Alotta peep have asked for pics under hood.. Believe me i saw them and sry if anyone thought i was ignoring them or didnt see them, Im just kinda uptight In a local sense of what i throw on a public forum.. Its been a lil while since i logged in.. and Ive got a ton of 0 post members PMing me wanting pics and Times Dyno#s info that im kinda leary of.. but at same time i dont wanta burn anyone who keeps up with this thread and keeps giving me good feedback (which I truely appreicate!! each and every post!!) on all the work ive done to the car and may think im stuck up.. deff not the case.. Im just a grudge racer who has fun in being sneaky but at same time likes to help good people.. yea OIL and WATER!!! so Heres a 2nd vid i had made B4 The 1st one i made that i started this thread with.. Its got alot more pics of the work involved and yes.. Under the hood 2!!! and the very first time it fired off A lil bit way out of timing lmao!! ,, but What a feeling to hear it fire right off!!! :D Its sitting pretty now ready for spring Im currently finishing up its Tow vehicle a 1965 Chevy c10, Muscle truck will pull muscle car!! cammed V8, built trans, 70's front end disc brake Conv. debating on disc brake rear.. Ive gone thru it and hopefully by next week it will be turn key good to drive anywhere anytime.. Just need a trailor now.. Nuff ramble more TA..


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PM for any help needed as well

that is some bad :moon: work bro inspires me to get a move on on my project.

holly crap i have always wondered if this could be done. and dam that is one mean ass car.
the sheer torque of the motor makes the car just twist like crazy.
great fn job bro. if i hade the funds i would do this.
A+++++++

So do we have any new updates since all the vids have disappeared? By the way that is still a pretty sick ride, but sweet as hell.

I see only the motor lives now in your monte. Sad to see your Bird go to the junkyard for all the hard work ya did to it.