I've floated with the idea of putting aluminum supports on, the solid kind, but after this happening, it compressed the shocks and f*cked the bumper. I'd much rather have that than bending the frame.
What did you do to your G-Body today? [2011-2018]
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Took 2 days (technically only a combined 10 hours) by myself in my driveway, but I finally got that damn torque converter in. Took 8.5 quarts before it would go into gear. Lord. Had to walk my *ss to the gas station at midnight-thirty to get 5 quarts of atf. No leaks, 2500 BB rated converter foot brakes to 2000, flashes to 2600. Neat.
Tell me more about your converter. Sounds like a good one for my setup. What brand? What did it cost? Were did you get it?
Hughes, GM25BPO (comes with bolts). 2500 BB rated stall, mine flashes to 2600 and i can foot stall it to 2000. I'd say more 1900, the tires will start to drag at 2000. The 3.8 is a smaller 350, so I assume it should behave similar. Is yours a Th350C? Mine is a normal Th350.
Bought it from Summit for $241.99.
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Good news - rejetted my carb a little leaner and the high end really woke up. It is still a little soggy before the secondarys kick in, but I need to hook up the wideband O2 sensor before tinkering further.
Bad news - my brake pedal got soggy, and I found that one of my rear brake cylinders has chooched it's last.
Also, jet kits don't give you many options to go leaner than stock. I may be stuck buying another, different $40 calibration kit if I need to go any farther on jets or rods.
Bad news - my brake pedal got soggy, and I found that one of my rear brake cylinders has chooched it's last.
Also, jet kits don't give you many options to go leaner than stock. I may be stuck buying another, different $40 calibration kit if I need to go any farther on jets or rods.
I have looked at that converter a few times. My transmission is the original Th350. I do not expect the transmission to live too long with my new setup. I do have a Chevy bolt patern Coan 350 transmission with a manual reverse pattern valve body I could put in. Not sure if the transmission pumps are the same or not though. Ultimately I would like to build a 200r4 eventually for the car. With a 2000 rpm foot brake, that would get me into the boost nice at launch.
A shift kit is $50 to make it last a little longer, if it hasn't been done already. I like the Trans Go 350-1-2 kits. I have the "soft" Street spring, and it barks the tires about half the time on the 1-2. For under 250$, I'd say the converter is worth it. Afaik non lockup Th350s all use the same converter, reguardless of bellhousing pattern. Only difference is Th350-Th350c. The converters themselves are different, BOP stuff uses Bolts, Chevy uses nuts and bolts to secure the flexplate to converter. The TH350c of course has it's own converter.
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I spent the morning installing a new oil pan gasket. Woo Hoo! Then since i had the engine lifted already, the afternoon pulling manifolds and sitting my headers ( Doug's full length) in the car. Tomorrow is header clearanceing and hopefully finishing up.
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