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Old 02-08-2010, 08:52 PM
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Stopping in to say wassup!

I've owned a 94 Firebird a few years back but, it wasn't to be as the engine went to a better place. Didn't have the cash at the time to drop a new motor in it so I had to scrap the body off.

Well, I bought a 94 Z-28 and am getting a crate motor put in. 5.7 liter L31 motor. I opted to go with a little less HP and a little more torque than the LT1 motor that was suppose to go in.
 
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Old 02-08-2010, 09:34 PM
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Welcome! Sometimes funds limit what we can do, vs. what we'd like to do. You can always start saving and build up the L31 later.
 
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Old 02-08-2010, 09:50 PM
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Tis true, though, I wanted to try a different route than the LT1 motor. :ideally, I want to drop in a LS1 but don't want to put in the time for that yet: so I went for a more torque based engine. Especially here in Florida, I wanted to see how well the higher torque would do with the constant stop and go traffic.

Sweet car in your Avie btw.
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 10:27 AM
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Welcome to the forum... Do you have any pics of the car.
 
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Old 02-10-2010, 01:54 PM
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pictures? were? really imo no reason to switch to the ls, u can get some great hp from a lt1. lets see the car. welcome to the forum.
 
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Old 02-23-2010, 04:55 PM
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Really late on the reply, but I've been working mad hours lately.

I decided to keep and have the LT1 motor rebuilt, though, I still got to replace the water pump.
Here's the photos of it so far.
 
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