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  1. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    cerammic coating wont add enough . but i have found out that i can use the buick 350 pistons in here.... also, is the buick 300 transmission any good? i can get a good one for free from a local hotrodder
  2. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    guys i still need some higher compression pistons. machinist (grandpa) got back to me, this motor was bored to 3.842 so i need some 3.840 pistons. would like to up the compression, maybe some flat tops. or what ever will get me to the 9.5:1 ratio, even 10:1 looking for a hyper set, not cast...
  3. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    well guys parts came today! most of them anyways, still missing head bolts, cap and rotor, and cam and lifter, valve spring nd timing kit. heres my list. the rest will be here the towards the end of the month, beginning of the next will upload pics hopefully tomorrow Purchased Items Part...
  4. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    so does any one here know anything??? i need to figure this stuff out. what cc are the stock heads.. so i can know what i need for pistons, i also started a thread about headers, thats been up for almost 2 weeks. not one reply... does any one make a shorty header for these???
  5. lil89ram50

    buick V6 questions

    did you ever build this? what did this yield for power?
  6. lil89ram50

    3.8 headers

    hey guys, i am looking for headers for my 3.8 v6. they need to be shorty ones, not long tubes. no room in this application any one got any for sale or know where to get new ones i also need some pistons, looking for about 9.5:1 compression. i found one place that sells them ,just checking for...
  7. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    http://www.flatlanderracing.com/trwbuick.html the h522cp 40 are the pistons i am going to call about next week, and hopefully order. any one have any experience with these guiys?
  8. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    your right i dont know any thing about these motors, or what they are capable of. have never owned one till now, have had a nissan ka24 for a while and pretty much know that thing from top to bottom. but i know that 1hp per cubic inch is not impossible. clearly its not that hard to do with a lot...
  9. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    also does any one make a shorty header for these 231's?
  10. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    well with the cam kit, new guides and retainers are in it, so there made for that cam. and yea i agree on the carb, i was just thinking of using since it is a bit cheaper then the others. well see if we can reach 250 - 300. not wanting any more than that, its only a daily i want to have fun...
  11. lil89ram50

    231 v6 build

    need some help again guys. so i found the cam kit i think i want to get. i will post it below, along with the carb and intake kit. the intake is just the edelbrock dual plain, and the carb is a 600cfm holley. the cam kit is a complete kit with valves, timing chain, gears, lifters, the whole...
  12. lil89ram50

    Shift Kits and Trans Life

    b&m makes a floor shifter for 3 speeds..
  13. lil89ram50

    v-6 exhaust.

    hey guys, looking to re do my exhaust and need to get some ideas, please post what v-6 and whats done to it. what size pipe, mufflers, headers, shorty, long tubes, stock mani. dual, single, x pipe, h pipe...... just post up the specifice about the exhaust and motor
  14. lil89ram50

    trans problem

    any help on the wiring or where the vacume lines supposed to go?
  15. lil89ram50

    trans problem

    heres the truck the motor is in. guna get it running and driving, lower it a few inches, and give it an old school touch of paint and interior. hopefully some day have a buick 350 in it. or a olds 350 rocket.
  16. lil89ram50

    trans problem

    haha up here ppl keep there parts and arent really willing to let them go. it sucks balls. and when you find something, its expensive as all hell!
  17. lil89ram50

    trans problem

    haha actually i have been in touch with that guy in river falls, and i told him tonight i want it. he said its got a b&m street/strip kit in it, and somewhere from a 2300 to a 2500 stall converter in it. he doesnt know exactly which one. but on monday he is getting it ready to go for thursday...
  18. lil89ram50

    trans problem

    any one on here got one? any one in a surrounding state willing to meet half ways? calling out minnesota, south dakota, and montana guys....
  19. lil89ram50

    trans problem

    looking for something sort of cheap. like under 500 bux
  20. lil89ram50

    trans problem

    i live in north dakota. and i have searched and have gone to look at a few but i know they are junk and would need rebuilt.

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