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#26 |
Can play the blues
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: S NJ, a suburb of Phila.
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![]() Labor isn't free. It was $14.99 shipped.
I have more money into my 123GT and it sits in the barn not even making it's 115hp. ![]() Thanks for sharing such a fun build!
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Dave, 1982 242 turbo. 340k miles. Good stuff and lots of rust. 1993 245 Classic, 420k miles, enem V15. IPD bars and chassis braces. Simons sport exhaust from Scandix. sbabbs ezk chip. Been a good road warrior. Genuine Volvo rebuilt leaky M47. ![]() |
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Location: St. Louis
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![]() A great part is that if a fuel pump fails to deliver enough fuel, or an oil filter collapses, or whatever and he vents the block, almost all of that gets reused, it's jsut another barely touched common as dirt (close) junkyard longblock that is needed. Not some long build with shiny $$$$ parts and long careful engine builds. Just fresh from the junkyard - take the heads off, swap the cam and valve springs, slap it back together, back to the races.
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Turbo LS ****poster
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Kenly, NC
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![]() This is exactly why I built my turbo LS 240. Love the build man and love seeing what can be done on the cheap.
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Ronald Culberbone III
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Portland, OR
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The MP
Join Date: May 2003
Location: 38° 27' N 75° 29' W
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: NoVA
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FWIW the most recent Engine Masters (aired on MTOD Wednesday) took a 5.3 through the paces NA stock, stock +boost, NA head&cam, and head&cam +boost. Interesting as always. My only beef is that they whore Holley crap all the time when not necessary... I know $ponsor$.
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#79WDP 2006 XC70 Wagon - "Chuck Feo" - Daughters ride - stock 1992 965 - "Savage Wagon" w LS 5.3 LM7 + LS7 cam + GM T5 swap in progress. 1983 Jeep Cherokee - LS 5.3 LM7 + LS9 cam + SM465 swap in progress 1971 Chevy C-10 w 5.3 LS (LS2 cam) & GM T5 trans |
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BRANDSCHUTZVORSCHRIFTEN!
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Location: mont, AL
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![]() it's all relative to what you consider real money, and how resourceful you are really.
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"They bum rushed them in their own crib, they drank all their beer, they partied with their ladies and they left with the trophy" Now with in-house Dyno tuning! Megasquirt Tuning! Plug and play LH 2.4 Megasquirt, now with stealth mode! |
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Location: Rushing Lane, Scappoose, OR
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![]() Gone in 420 seconds..
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1988 245 White slicktop M47 Wagon! 2.5L NA 8v going in. 1990 745 B230FT Getrag JohnV flywheel 240mm clutch 13c A-cam 3.54 G80 548K MILES 1991 740SE B230FT NPR Strut braces IPD bar A cam 550cc EV14's. 3.73 G80 M90 to put in. ![]() |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cincinnati Ohio
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![]() Great power! Really awesome sleeper! Good Job!
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Location: Monterey/Falun
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![]() Depends on your budget and how crafty you are. You can easily build a car for 3-4k and make 500whp if you pick and choose your parts well and are doing all the fabrication yourself. I have right under 4k into my turbo ls Fairmont including the cost of the car and it's a riot to drive
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1979 Volvo 244DL 6.0/4l80e,8.8,Ms3x goldbox ecu and Mircrosquirt tcu, GTX4202r, 228/230cam, tbss intake, 11.4@123mph 9psi 1991 Volvo 245, Efan conversion, tcam, 4.10s, Aw71L 1982 Ford Fairmont Futura, 4.8/th400, 8.8, mircrosquirt, 7875 turbo, 228/230 cam, Project Cheap Thrills |
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Maryland
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280WHP Regina
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Tucson, AZ
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![]() Don't even care to view that ****.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: NoVA
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Mogly, I'm failing to see why so butthurt on this topic. Don't like it... Click on the other redblock threads that are lacking HP. |
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Location: St. Louis
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![]() Yeah, the thread title clearly says 'LS'. Although with the title saying '901 hp' I guess it probably doesn't need to say that it's not a redblock anymore.
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BRANDSCHUTZVORSCHRIFTEN!
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Location: mont, AL
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![]() Don't worry. when the rest of us die, Mogly might be able to finally catch up to where folks were a decade ago in the redblock game.
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Location: St. Louis
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![]() I guess some Swedish guys make 900 HP from a 'redblock' shaped object, and sometimes more. But that's into NHRA-style territory with exotic fuels and $$$$$ engine builds that get rebuilt *frequently* Veeeeery expensive.
Meanwhile, stock block unopened junkyard truck motor can be driven all the time, thrashed on with little care because another one is $$$ and a few days, not $$$$ or $$$$$ and a few months to replace. Not to mention, the engine still has lots of power off boost, 350 - 400-ish hp off boost is nothing to scoff at. |
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BRANDSCHUTZVORSCHRIFTEN!
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Location: mont, AL
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![]() historically it does matter what I think and say, so....
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#43 |
BRANDSCHUTZVORSCHRIFTEN!
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Location: mont, AL
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PV Abuser
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Location: St. Louis
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![]() Mine isn't a Chevy motor. It's from a Hummer.
And it's not an LS, it's an LH8. The LH8 engine code translates to 'Let the H8 flow'.... |
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#45 |
BRANDSCHUTZVORSCHRIFTEN!
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Location: mont, AL
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![]() ![]() the "33" in mine is how many bus lengths I put on ol' moogs in the 1/8th |
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#46 |
BRANDSCHUTZVORSCHRIFTEN!
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Location: mont, AL
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Sleazebag 7-9 Owner
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: NoVA
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#48 |
Can play the blues
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: S NJ, a suburb of Phila.
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![]() He must be a red block hugger. While I myself want to build up a fiarly powerful red block. For lots more power for return on investment some type of powerful V8 swap is a good idea.
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#49 |
Can play the blues
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: S NJ, a suburb of Phila.
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![]() That engine and trans is in some kind of parking lot. Ready to be loaded up in someones vehicle to take it all home. I too spent that much buying all the parts to buildup my powerful redblock.
Might be kind of hot. Look how many years it took for the engineers in GM to finally get a aluminum small block V8 into mass production. Like 40+ plus years? It's no wonder that it is all the rage to install them in other cooler places like a Volvo. I'm ok with it but it's also not my path. I do like swaps. The swap that I have is a 67 MGB GT with a period Ford 289 and 4spd in it. I look forward to restoring it. It was built by a racing engineer about 30 years ago and needs to be completely gone over. But it's going to be the little cobra coupe when done. ![]() Last edited by dl242gt; 11-16-2018 at 09:06 PM.. Reason: add aluminum and make correction |
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