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After 14yrs of trying to buy my first car back, I finally got the call I have been waiting for. The car literally sat in a damp garage for 14 years, but believe it or not, I primed the oil pump, put a battery in it and poured some gas in the carb and it fired up! I actually drove it home...thank god it was on 15 min away lol.
The car is an almost original (carb and intake swap only) 71 Chevelle that my dad and I bought many years ago and rebuilt. It is nothing crazy, just a 307, PG Trans, and an 8.2 with 3.08 gears . So, I got to thinking about what I was going to do with it. BBC? LS Swap? Procharged SBC? Well, I am very happy I sent a text to Russ at RPM Motorsports. We went over TONS of different options and I finally decided a Duramax with a Th400 would be the ticket for me. Unfortunately, he is ALL the way across the country from me, but the shippers literally just picked my car up, and Russ should have it sometime next week! This will be a street car and weekend racer. I plan to drive this car as a nice weather DD, get 20 plus MPG and run pretty quick at the track. Either way, more details to follow. I will keep this thread up to date, and I am sure Russ will add some details as he goes as well. This should be a wild ride! I will post some "before" pics in a bit. Paul
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Reger 05' Black Chevy CC/SB LT- Blackout Performance built motor/trans/tuning- Gone The Blessed Hellride- 08' White GMC Sierra SLT CC/SB, 100k miles. Piston eater. Wife's ride- 2016 Pearl white Legacy limited 3.6R Rig ride/new DD-02' Black Eddie Bauer explorer 4.6, -180k, still sporting original trans, outlasted two Duramaxs. |
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Nice! Congrats. Should be awesome
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2017 l5p cc/sb ltz z71 (stormtrooper edition) 06 lbz ec/sb. stock motor, Danville 4094s2r, built trans by me, limitless 1078 converter, 60% sticks, S&S 12mm pump. dyno tuned by mark @ Danville. 775hp 1383ftlb best so far. 11.440 @ 118.12 1.623 60ft 06 lbz rc/fb dually work truck. Danville tuned |
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2006 LBZ Air: S369/484 Gated Hard Parts: Socal Built Motor/Narrowed Crank HSP Built Limitless Trans/Goerend K Converter Fuel: S&S 200% Injectors Fleece 10mm CP3 'Valley Pump' PPE Duel Fueler w/Stock Pump Fass 220/Beans Sump Tuning: Mark@DanvillePerformance |
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I would seriously consider a 4l85e if you plan on driving it alot. Overdrive and lockup should help out alot with highway running, and lockup really helps with a diesel imo.
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Excellent point sir. Russ is actually going to try test fitting a 4l80e and we will see where things go from there. We are both hoping it will fit with little to no modifications to the floor/tunnel.
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I'm actually with THEFERMANATOR. Was the first thing I thought of but being a new guy didn't wanna make an idiot of myself. No overdrive is gonna seriously limit you in top end speeds.
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(Russ) 17 CC/SB L5P 4x4 High Country 73 RC/NB LBZ Nova Grocery getter Last edited by RPM Motorsports; 03-28-2017 at 09:42 AM. |
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Theres not a huge diffetence in size between a th400 vs a 4l80e. The gear vendor is another option, but I would go 4l80e any day of the week for a lockup converter. If you go 4l80e, I would look for a 4l85e out of a van since it already comes with the best of oem pieces, wider band, and solid shafts. Cuts down on some of the pieces needing upgraded to hold up to big power.
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4l80 will fit in a G-body tunnel, pretty sure it will fit in the Chevelle just fine.
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I have an M&M lockup 400 available if needed, really banking on the 4L though. Car finally showed up after some delivery drama, should be ready to dig in by Friday.
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