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i found this in my motor today that i was replacing the heads on. its a chevy 350 4 bolt main with stock internals and a cam. bought it for 200 from a buddy. he couldnt figure out why it smoked. good thing is the pistons are stock and my dad has some i can use. this one is just replace my tired 305 till i get my other 350 built big. ill get a better picture of the piston tomorrow.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...rackpiston.jpg

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that looks like a honda engine

4cyl

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nope v8 power ftw!!!! plan to boost the 350 im building if i ever get the funds for it.

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Nice... I don't want to know what the inside of my old 305 looked like...

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Yeah, most Hondas have a closed deck and lifters. :1
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My old 88 chevy truck has 327,000 original miles on the original 305 engine. It's been smoking a little on start up so I put some new plugs in it, and it doesn't smoke at all now. Most reliable vehicle i've ever owned.
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^ Nice... my Caprice had 168k miles but it choked like a sumbitch. :1

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here are the others i just took. i guess it looks from early detonation and a leaned out condition.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ackpiston3.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ackpiston2.jpg

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what pistons are you replacing with? and since you have it tore down that much you could throw in a new cam and lifters !!
or maybe money does not permit?

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I think you should boost your 305 til it blows, swap in this 350 til it blows then throw in your built 350 :)

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the 350 that im repairing now is actually going to be my dads to put into his caprice while i build the other 350 for my TA. i will be putting it in my TA to get rid of the 305. the 305 is going to blow sooner or later in the TA because it has a rod knock and i think the crank has walked but it continues to be a trooper. 4200 rpm rippers on the highway and it still wont go through the floor.

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Well in that case get everything worked out turbo wise on the 305 til it blows haha ;)

what year TA did you have? I could've sworn you had a 'maro. I had to pass up a deal on a 1982 Firebird 301 Turbo the other day on ebay. Made me sad. :( OEM turbocharged, that rocks.

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what are your plans for the built motor

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i want to but i need turbo parts bad, looking for 2 t3/to4e hybrids, or one nice large turbo that will give me a decent amount of boost. id rather go single though so i can simplify the build. i also need a nice size inter cooler( tomorrow ill get a rough estimate on size id like), bov of nice size, and wastegate of nice size. also i have an '82 firebird trans am(the proper name). too bad you passed up on that TA man, those are quite rare actually. but yeah if you can help me get a boost setup going ill start it. lol jk im already working on funds.

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forged pistons(not sure what company) that are 30 or 40 over, forged eagle h beams(6.0" rods), arp hardware throughout, mild cam(not to big or to small), deep sump oil pan/pump, high volume electrical/mechanical fuel pump, odds and ends. and tires, gotta have tires, 295/50-r15 for the rear + 205-235/60-r15's for the front.

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i had a nova in the early 90's that i built.

• crank (lunati)
• stock rods arp bolts
• comp cams magnum 280 grind
• trw forged pistons 60 over
• 882 casting heads 2.02in 1.60ex
• performer rpm intake
• mallory unilite electronics
• holley 750 vac secondaries

that is all i can remember about the engine setup

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i planned on a holley 4150 or a quick fuel 750cfm carb so i can convert it to blowthrough or drawthrough for boost. i also want to use a weiand team g intake(summit #wnd-7531). havent decided on a cam though because if i go boost i dont wnt to buy 1 cam and tunraround and buy another :-\ i was looking a speed pro's (trw-l2441f30) 8.92 cr with 6 inch rods.

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how much power do you intend to make?

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nice avatar

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well for power wise running naturally aspirated i hoped around anywhere from 300-450 horsepower. with such low compression though that my not be obtainable. ----, i can probably get around 600-800 horsepower with just 10-16 pounds of boost if my calculations are right. i only want to crank to boost up when someone is acting a ass and thing they can play with me. id really only run 2-5 pounds street and crank it at the track.

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once you feel what the car has it will be hard to leave it at only 2-5 pounds on the street. but probilby more streetable if you did lol.

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i think 300+ is very do-able in this day and age with all the nice heads very cheap. if you were to run some double hump heads it should be easy too but finding a set that has not been milled to ---- will be hard.

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im gonna use my dads cast steel heads rebuilt to 202's and a very good port and polish job. i use the parts that i stated earlier i will have me one hefty powerhouse under the hood without the turbos.

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what are the castings and cc's of that fore mentioned heads

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im not sure yet, my dad has two sets. i havent looked at them yet because i wanted to get the motor apart first and then figure out what parts i need and go from there. i need piston rings lol, and i also need rod bearings. itll get done little by little. i may be getting the heads redone next week restored back to stock specs with fresh valves and springs. so i have a better motor than the 305.

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yea the 305's are eaaaa ok i guess if that is all you got to work with. if I do another chevy it will be a destroked 400 now that would be a good turbo motor

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theres a guy on thirdgen.org that has a built 305 running 11 second quarter miles times on slicks in has camaro. looks/sounds stock too thats the bad part.

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so what does he have done to it nos?

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^^^I was gonna say it was probably sprayed like mycrx's mom in a golden shower.

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there's too much domestic chat in here. I didn't see ONE mention of a honda, so I vote this thread gets locked! :P

Sounds like a good plan. A turbo'd sbc is no joke. I just never really got how a carbuerated vehicle is tuned. I guess I'm too new school... :'( Some sort of rising rate fpr? MSD BTM?
-josh-

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a carb works by pulling gas in as air flow by
add more air and it pulls more gas
the air into the engine works like a cacume for gas

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Fixed it for you :D

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:y :6

Ah yes, If only I trusted main bearing spacers I would already have the ingredients to build a 377. A virgin 2 bolt 400 bock missing the main caps (perfect excuse for billet splayed caps) and a virgin 1182 crankshaft. Just need some 6.2" rods to add to the mix. Oh, and some money to build the bastard. :P

Good luck on the build 78NOVA.

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hey noob, shut the ---- up and go to honda tech you bastard. this sites main focus is HomeMadeTURBO.com, not HONDA-tech.com you prick. oh and i also own a honda too, i just prefer domestics. is there something wrong with that?? so i vote ban to you. ask everybody here and they will tell you the same thing. THIS SITE ISNT BASED ON IMPORTS AND HONDAS BEING TURBO'D!!!!!! its a site for HomeMadeTurbo projects.......

ok im dont venting for that one....

thats one reason i didnt pick up a 400 i could have gotten. done my research there, and thanks. im looking through the classifieds here and dont see a intercooler to my liking yet, gonna need a decent sized one though(L*W*H, 20" * 3" * 16" seems to be a good size). the few bov's and wastegates ive seen dont look big enough to use unless i use two of them(which i may do). but ill keep a lookout for them.

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you said turbo D

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doesn't scat offer a crank that does not need spacers??

http://www.scatcrankshafts.com/PDFs/Crank06.pdf

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No, it's a good thing. Those 301's are piles of ----, and it's about the worst blow through carb implementation ever. If HMT existed 27 years ago, and GM joined to show us their setup on the turbo 301, they'd be flamed into oblivion.

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Nice ol' beast. I have a 87 standard cab yota with 263k miles and it keeps on tickin. You guys wanna talk about power.. how about a 2.4L (22r) carburated, exhaust leaks, bad alt/battery maybe getting 55hp and 80lbs trq and i still race anything under the sun. The best part is when the other driver doesnt know and you win. On the other hand when you get beat by a grandma and her 97 camry V6, its a lil embarrasing. Soon it will change This summer i'm hoping to do a low compression rebuild with the idea of boosting it. Some older models came stock with turbo's so exhaust manifolds will be easy to find. The only thing holding me back is that damn carb... and i really dont feel like switching to EFI. I have the dream of dusting EG's with my 2.4T running on 35" swampers. Ha oh the day

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Yeah, but that costs money. :P

Haha, so true. Only thing that could have made it any better, err worse, would be to have combined Crossfire Injection into that cluster ---- of a half aborted mess.

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and this aint cheap. new anyways


i found this http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...0002_761559_-1
$229.00