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  1. bigfella

    1987 Olds 5.3L LS turbo swap

    I was considering moving the battery to the trunk for more room under the hood . will you be running a 4" down pipe as well?
  2. bigfella

    1987 Olds 5.3L LS turbo swap

    Are you planing on running inner fenders ? I'm thinking of a 5.3 turbo for my 84 cutlass. Would really like to keep the car as stock as possible cosmetically anyways
  3. bigfella

    L31 Vortec - Headers

    Welcome to the forums (don't forget to read the rules) Are you talking manifolds or headers? I just used regular sbc gbody headers with my vortec heads
  4. bigfella

    First trip to the drag strip last night

    Yeah I can't wait to do it again , i know the car is faster than that... I think I let off too early to be honest ...engine noise is high I'm thinking valve train, lifter collapsed, bent push rod or somthing It really really needs a gear set I didn't get out of second gear
  5. bigfella

    First trip to the drag strip last night

    Headed down for test n tune last night. My first time ever going down the track in anything. Did my burn out came outta the box staged it like a pro jeez things happen pretty fast after that I had a nap at the light (.638 reaction time) and ran a 15.2 @92mph and hurt the engine Not really much...
  6. bigfella

    Hello from Collingwood ON.

    Welcome from between london and chatham ont. Lots of info here one of the best forums i have been apart of.
  7. bigfella

    Rear springs?

    The front springs are new v8 springs the rear are probably original to the car, going to do the research and see if i use stock springs for a g body for the 8.8 swap .. If thays the case ill just get new springs and drag shocks in the rear and see where im at with ride height. Thanks again
  8. bigfella

    Rear springs?

    I dont want it low just basicly wondering if the "saggy" rear is springs or shock related juat want it level
  9. bigfella

    Rear springs?

    Finally been driving the cutlass around my friends have nick named "hot chocolate" . It was a v6 car i swapped in a 355 sbc the car had brand new v8 springs in the front and it sat really high when i swapped the small block in i expected it to level out but it did not. Still high in the front...
  10. bigfella

    Thinking about Vortec heads...

    Wanna know about vortec heads ? Click the link start at the beginning and start reading ... this helped me understand vortec heads http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56505
  11. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    Well feel dumb as a bag of dog poop , pulled the carb apart to rebuild it , to find out there's no jets in the metering blocks, put jets in it runs great , lesson learned :doh:
  12. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    Not the float level , fired it up runs like a bag of crap pulled the plug out to set floats no fuel coming out of the hole but still over fueling the crap outta the engine ... Needle and seat look good starting to lean towards power valve ? When the engine is running if I pitch the fuel line...
  13. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    It's defantly the new carb , ran well the the 750 on it minimal smoke very responsive , put the 650 on and runs like a bag of crap smokes alot very over fueled , hoping to get back at it tonight after work
  14. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    I have a th350 with a 3200 stall
  15. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    It's a 4777-7 650 double pump it is a new to me carb has been rebuilt I'm using a standard stock on the side of the block fuel pump
  16. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    Haven't got to work on it all week , been busy with other things hopefully on Sunday or Monday , I just wanna drive the damn thing , I'm hoping just the floats are set wrong
  17. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    I don't think it's too much fuel pressure only using a mechanical fuel pump , I wouldn't think it has too much pressure , just one side I think , but it won't clean it's self out if u Rev it up , just runs like a bag of poop , haven't tried to Rev it up and get the secondary's open because the...
  18. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    No we haven't adjusted anything yet , didn't want to start adjusting things if we didn't have to, going to check the level when the floats close tomorrow, I think that's the next thing to do... Thanks! I have had it for 2 years now it's pretty nice other than a rough drivers floor pan replacement
  19. bigfella

    Holley carb issue

    Just finishing up my cutlass engine swap v6 to 355 sbc Ran great with a holley 750 double pump unfortunately it's not my carb so I had to buy one , I bought a holley 650 mechanical secondary double pump. I made the mistake of flipping it upside down before I bolted it on the car long story...
  20. bigfella

    Found a 9" but...

    Awsome , hope the guy gets back to me before anyone else gets it, it won't last long at the price if somebody else figures this out Thanks

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