Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

I scored a deal on a decent s-dime for me to build another mini-truck with when I get back from my work trip. It's a 91 with a 2.8 in it, and other than knowing the cam in that particular 60* motor sucks balls, I can't find any info on what's the max hp it can take before it pops. I've seen a scattered few f-bodied 2.8 turbo setups that the owners are claiming they're making in the low 300's mark reliably, but that's all the info I've gotten so far. I figure why build an s-10 into a mini and swap a sbc into like everyone else does that wants more power, besides...I've already had one. I'd rather stick to boosting the stock 2.8 that's in there. Any ideas other than the cam sucks and c-clips are the devil? I figure a nice large single ching chong turbo might do the trick just fine (---- spending money for a good turbo on a truck I'm going to beat to ---- anyway) for a decent low boost setup, and no one would ever see it coming.

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

Flush the 2.8

Drop in or build one of the 3.4 OHV engines, GM fixed all the major issues with those models AND you get displacement.

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

Yeah that seems to be the big winner for the v6 crowd on the s-10 forums...I'll look into it. I honestly don't care if I go through a few 2.8's...they're cheaper than dirt around my home town and thousands of them within a 30 mile radius lol.

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

slap a smallblock on the 700r4 and be done

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

Listen to this man, he is very wise.

Get that 700 built though, ive blown a half dozen of those, now my beautiful fully built unit just makes me laugh every time it shifts.

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

It only took 3 generations to get them right.

;D

You could always go with a 3800 swap. IT would be different and it is probably one of GMs best engines.

There are so many options.

The SBC thinf has been done to death, but I still want to build a gen1 SBC S10.

The problems with the 700R4 are super easy to fix. You just have to know its weaknesses. They are all pretty well documented at this point.

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

Best Advice anyone could give u is Sell it. But if your set on keeping it put a non GM motor in it like a 1jz or RB

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

I have a 32v northstar v8 in my 96 cadillac.. Its a monster of an engine, i dont know much about putting it in a RWD application, but that would be the sweetest swap to do IMO.

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

The 2.8 cant even hold up to the hp it left the factory with. One of mine broke the crank in two and the other started puking oil into the antifreeze, it wasnt overheated or frozen so im still not sure why :S

Re: Attn GM guys: need some info for a new project!!!
 

I think the Northstar is a bit too wide to fit nicely.

Check out www.chrfab.com for some neat parts. They are pricey as ---- though.

Setting it up for RWD really isn't that bad. Just have to get a 60° bellhousing or auto transmission and do a few relatively simple mods. I hope you know some one that can weld Aluminum though.

I was really contemplating shoving one in my old turd gen Camaro. I never got around to it. I still have the hellhousing and 1997 Y code Northstar sitting in storage though.