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Old 08-12-2010, 09:28 PM
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Yea he has been a lot of help diagnosing the problem in another thread I made specific to that issue. For now I am going to take the trans with me back to school and fix it myself I guess when I have time. I just finished putting a lot of TM back into the tune to try and make the stocker with vette servo live for at least a little while.
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Originally Posted by Atomic
In retrospect, this is terrible advice

My performabuilt level 3 is non-functional thanks to a broken pump from pulling the converter with the flexplate...
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Amatuer...

Sorry it didn't work for you without troubles. I guess I have better luck than some guys.
Old 08-13-2010, 05:10 PM
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Its in. No abnormal sounds or issues. No fluid leaks. Now just a lot of tuning to do.
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Hows it feel? What cam did you end up going with? What pulley are you using and how much boost does it make?
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So far it feels good, but like I said I need a lot of tuning, for instance I go from 26 degrees down to 5 in an adjacent single cell because I took out a lot first to make sure I didnt blow up anything.... but so far the most ive given it is 50% throttle and it just keeps pulling and pulling. So far at that throttle the most ive seen is 3 pounds of boost, but it should go up to around 5 or 6 at full throttle.

I couldnt find my 3.3" pulley to put on so I have my 3" on there. Cam is one I had spec'd by PatG, around a 219/230 on a 117.

Interesting note...the exhaust is quieter with this engine than my 5.3
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Get that thing rung out and lets see some killer vids!
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Im going to fix my pb trans before I really beat on it....
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Well that should give you plenty of time to dial in the tune. Mind telling me what you have in the motor(pm if you wish)? I am wanting to build a 408 this winter with tax money. Thinking it will be around 4-5 grand so I need to start planning now. Curious on the cost you ran into and any problems you had to over come.


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