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Originally Posted by BADDASSC6
Wow, Huge difference. I paid $450 for the 42lb/hr ford racing fuel injectors (green tops). Not only that, but the asshole at chuck hawk auto performance in Tucson, AZ gave me the 32 lb/hr frd racing injectors (blue top) and I had no idea until a year later when I upped the boost and started having fuel issues ![Censored](images/smilies/censored.gif) . The 32lbm/hr injectors go for $250.
And all the other cost associated with it:
Lightning 90mm MAF ~$200
Continous Dyno tunning $125/hr
replacing the plastic stock manifold $250
Countless serpentine belts $39 bor 8 rib per belt
The operating cost just exploded. This is why I went the HCI route witht he vette. I was debating on going wth a magnacharger because of the added power and torque, but was worried about the reliability after my last SC expierience.
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True story.
I spun 2 rod bearings on my LT1 motor in the vette racing a 650 Ninga on the 22 FWY and had to jump on the brakes at 120+ because of traffic.
That was in 1988. Well got in a argument with some guys that said the 400 sb was no good. So instead of building the 350 LT1 motor I put together a 400 sb with 5.7 rods.
I put it together with ALL USED parts (laying around the shop) except for paint and freeze plugs. We are talking bearings, rings, gaskets...etc. I even cut the CAST pistons down (by hand) .135 for the long rod and balanced the engine with a UPS scale. Compression ended up 11 to 1. I had $12.00 in the whole motor with used parts. I figured I'd built the LT1 in a couple of months. Remember this was in 88.
Well, the motor ran so good that I kept running it until a year ago when the cast pistons finally broke.
Well, the BEST run with that motor was 11.93.
Not bad for a $12.00 dollar motor.
BTW; The LT1 motor (shortblock) I bought for $250 in 1974. This was a over the counter replacement shortblock for a 70 LT1.