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Welcome To My Camaro page
I first got my 1976 camaro last year for my 16th birthday and ever since then, I have been constantly working on her. I have done alot of cosmetic work on the interior but unfortunalty I don't have any pictures to show for it. I'll try to get some uploaded soon. |
Backround
When I got my car last year, it constanly smelled of gas fumes from being poorly tuned by the former owner. The first time out at the track it pulled a best run of 15.8@90MPH with most of the mods that I have listed. Not what i was expecting. I took it home and went to work. I replaced the woreout distributer, nearly burnt through spark plugs wires and plugs. Then I changed out the unknown cam for a comp 280H and added a double roller for more timing accuracy. With some changes in float level, idle mixture, and setting timing to 10* intial, I went to the track to see how much I had improved my 440 yard dash. At the end of the night I had a best time of 14.9@93. Still not what I was looking for. Took it home again and ran a compression test on all the cylinders. All were around 155psi except for one. It was only at 85psi! I pulled the intake and disscovered a collapsed lifter and flattened cam lobe. Not what I wanted to find, but at least I had found another way to bring my 1/4 mile time down. |
Mods list
* 350 4 bolt sbc
* 9:1cr with forged pistons
* Edelbrock performer intake
* comp 280H magnium cam
* 882 heads (soon to be sportsman II's)
* 780 holley
* 1 5/8" hooker headers
* true 2 1/2" dual exhaust
* TH 400 trans with shift kit
* 3000rpm stall
* B&M Ratchet shifter
* 3.42 posi rear
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Updates
Oct 15, 2002
I have just recently put together a new engine to replace the tired 350 that previously sat under the hood of my car. the new engine is a 400sbc bored .030 over to a 406. HP should be around 380-400 while torque should be up around 450lbs/ft. The combo goes as follows:
- 406sbc
- stock crank turned 10/10
- resized 5.565 rods with ARP rod bolts
- 10.4 comp. with hyperutectic pistons
- 062 vortec heads with 3 angle valve job
- Edelbrock vortec RPM intake
- 780 holley with vaccum secondaries
- crane energizer 284H, .480 lift, 228*@.50 dur.
- carter street/strip fuel pump
- 8.8 accel plug wires
- hooker long tube headers with 3" collectors
- 2.5" true dual exhaust through dynomax super turbos
- TH400 with stage II shift kit
- 3000 stall
- 3.42 or 4.10 posi (depends on the how much I'm at the track)
- custom made cold air induction
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A pic of the 76 before launching and slaughtering a slowstang
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