Charged camaro @ southport

[irocblue]

A couple of pics from southport at the weekend. manage to embarase a lot of high performance jap crap too




sorry bout the quality of the 2nd + 3rd pic but my son had a problem keeping up with the camera. Said i was going too fast

[Roadkill]

What running gear have you got on that ?

[irocblue]

It's a 350 5.7 V8 played with that much over time i have forgotten what's in it with a baby 177 supercharger stuck on top, we have a 200 shot of NOS fitted too but never used it yet, traction's a bit of a problem at the mo

[Roadkill]

Auto trans I assume ?

Those baby chargers are quite hard to find . . most companies just do the 4-71 (if you're lucky) and above . . .

Quoting: irocblue

200 shot of NOS

I'd start at half that and build up.

[irocblue]

Your right mate 200 is too much just gonna get use to what it can take then go from there, but it really dont need it.
Trans is 700r4 auto, built to a high performance spec with all alto red clutches, band and shift kit, cheep and easy to do too if you look in the right places for parts.

[Roadkill]

My T5's just cost me near enough £800 to rebuild and I bloody hate the thing !

A TKO's on the shopping list longterm

[Pod]

Quoting: Roadkill

I bloody hate the thing !

How come?

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Pod

How come?

V8 Chevy's EAT T5 transmissions.  That's a fact.

They're fine in the V6's and don't ask why they're also fine behind Ford V8's - I don't know.

Chevy V8's and Borg Warner T5's just do not get on.

Ahh, also my first gear is useless.

The gearing is all wrong.

[EDGE]

car looks good neil, nice install

[F Body]

Quoting: Roadkill

Ahh, also my first gear is useless.

Will a diff change help ? Or will that then handicapp the other gears

[Roadkill]

Quoting: F Body

Will a diff change help ?

My gears are 3.73:1 . . . I'd have to drop to at least 3.23:1 which is crazy talk, fool !

[irocblue]

Quoting: Roadkill

My T5's just cost me near enough £800 to rebuild

We built the box ourself so no labour

Alto red clutches 1+2 $38
Alto red clutches 3+4 $39
Alto red band            $24
Transgo jr shift kit     £38

Less than 80 quid and a box that feels good too.

I didnt realise the T5's where that bad and expensive

[Roadkill]

Quoting: irocblue

I didnt realise the T5's where that bad and expensive

A straight rebuild would be about £450 . . . Alas mine had a bent out put shaft from F*ck knows when . . .

[irocblue]

Quoting: Roadkill

Alas mine had a bent out put shaft

Did you never find the cause?

[F Body]

Quoting: irocblue

A couple of pics from southport at the weekend.

Sweet we likes Yellow

[F Body]

Quoting: Roadkill

Alas mine had a bent out put shaft from F*ck knows when

The burnout pad or was it before that ?

[Roadkill]

Quoting: irocblue

Did you never find the cause?

Quoting: F Body

The burnout pad  or was it before that ?

The guy who had it before me says he had it rebuilt.

I don't disbelieve him but think it was a cheap rebuild - the synchros were all newish but someone obviously didn't check the shafts.

It's been grownchy into second since I've had it . . . it just kept getting worse.

[Ponti]

Quoting: Roadkill

My gears are 3.73:1 . . . I'd have to drop to at least 3.23:1 which is crazy talk, fool !

3.23:1 sounds familiar.....


Oh ye thats whats in mine.    I know bigger car

[FUBAR]

Thats cool love the car

[Ponti]

Quoting: FUBAR

Thats cool love the car

[Giblets]

Quoting: Ponti

3.23:1  sounds familiar.....


Oh ye thats whats in mine. I know bigger car

Ditto!

Nice looking car at the top there fella

[philoldsmobile]

Quoting: Roadkill

They're fine in the V6's and don't ask why they're also fine behind Ford V8's - I don't know.

torque....

the ford had a much less savage torque curve, and less of it..

the tree fiddy chev is a torque monster, more than the T5 can handle

[Roadkill]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

torque....

Yeah, I know.

I just didn't want to say it.

[Pod]

The world class T5's are rated at about 300ft/lb. Mine's running at about 290 ish
I'd hope the 350 would have a fair bit more.

[Roadkill]

Stock value for mine's about 250 ft/lb . . . But mine's running a later block and has quite a few mods . . .

Mine's not a World class, either.