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The 355

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Short block

Block: '97 350, four bolt main, .030 over bore,

           line bored, honed, and 0-degreed with torque plates

Crank: GM Nodular Iron (stock '97), polished

Rods: GM castings, resized, shot-peened, polished, and weight matched

Pistons: TRW forged flat-top 10:1, weight matched

Piston Rings: SpeedPro Plasma Moly, barrel-faced

Bearings: Clevite 77

Bolts: ARP throughout, Wave-loc Rod bolts

Rotating assembly: balanced and blueprinted

Oil pump: Melling M55HV(welded pickup)

Oil pan: stock

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           Trick Flow 23 degree,  2.02 intake/1.60 exhaust, 195cc intake ports

Valvetrain:

Camshaft: LT4-Hot Cam, 218*/228* @ .050" , .525" lift intake & exhaust

Lifters: stock, roller

Pushrods: Trick Flow, Chrome Moly, 1-piece (7.300)

Rocker arms: Comp Cams Pro-Magnum 1.6:1 full roller rockers.

Intake:

Intake manifold: Siamese-ported stock base, port  matched to runners and heads (Felpro 1205)   pic.gif (169 bytes)

Runners: SLP siamesed, smoothed exits into base, ported down 1 inch

Plenum:  stock, ported for 58mm TB, port matched to runners  pic.gif (169 bytes)

Throttle body: BBK 52mm

Air Intake System:  Tubing from 88 GTA, Fabricated CAI with K&N 9" cone  pic.gif (169 bytes)

Exhaust:

Headers: SLP 1 3/4 coated, non-AIR

Convertor: Test Pipe (still testing it out) with 3" cutout.

Flowmaster 3" cat-back with dual stainless 3" outlets  pic.gif (169 bytes)

Engine Management:

EFI:  '730' GM Speed Density system

Injectors: 30lb SVOs are in  (not pictured)

Regulator: BBK adjustable

Fuel pump: Walbro 255lt/hr HP with Hot-wire kit.

ECM: stock GM, modified AUJP EEPROM (still under development)

Ignition:

HEI, Accel cap and rotor, Accel 8.8 wires, AC FR3LS plugs

MSD 6A Ignition box (not pictured), MSD Blaster II coil

Cooling System:

180* thermostat

Fans:  Both fans operated simultaneously via ECM or by a manual hot-at-all-times switch

Water Pump:  Edelbrock Victor, aluminum, high volume

Misc:

Throttle body coolant bypass

AIR system: removed

EVAP system: removed

A/C system: removed (A/C delete box is in, see it here:  pic.gif (169 bytes) )

 

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