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Last drive for the RAIII
Sad day in way. The RAIII drove it's last 35 miles to the shop this morning. She will go into storage in my shop and the new drivetrain will go in. I'm sad to see her go but very much excited about the new drivetrain. That should be about a month or so if all goes well. And that'll be a long month...
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share |
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Ls conversion?
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Nah, not that bad...
IAII block with E-heads and specs per my signature line. I will still consider it to be Pontiac powered. Not all may agree but that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share |
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Didn't you say you were going to store it in MY garage!?
Har-har. (I really don't need it, I have too many engines ect as is right now)
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1970 Formula 400 Carousel Red paint on Black standard interior A no-engine, no-transmission, no-wheel option car. Quite likely one of few '70 Muncie three speed Formula 400's left. 1991 Grand Am: 14.4 @ 93.7mph (DA corrected) (retired DD, stock appearing) 2009 Cobalt SS: 13.9 @ 103mph (current DD; makes something north of 300hp & 350ft/lbs) |
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LOL.
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share |
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All that extra HP will transform that car. I have owned 2 Ram Air III stock engine cars. Great engines, but the difference in torque between 1800-3000 RPM's will be amazing if you can get any traction. ENJOY!
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#7
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I have to ask is this a numbers matching RAII car?
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Happiness is just a turbocharger away! 960 HP @ 11 psi, 9.70 at 146. Iron heads, iron stock 2 bolt block , stock crank, 9 years haven't even changed a spark plug! selling turbos and turbo related parts since 2005! |
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Nope. But even if it was, I'd still do it. I'm keeping the motor and the M20. Nothing I'm doing is irreversible so it can always go back in if I ever were to sell it and someone wants that. In fact, since it's a car I drive, it makes more sense to take the original stuff out to protect it rather than run it and risk breaking it. At least that's what I think.
Also, I'm keeping everything totally stock looking under the hood. The E-heads will be the biggest giveaway but I got the stealth option from Butler so that helps a little.
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share Last edited by jhein; 05-17-2022 at 06:37 PM. |
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I'll have to see if I can program the traction control software in the CPU connected to my right foot to do that.
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share |
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Quote:
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keith k 70 Trans Am RA III / T400 / Lucerne Blue / Bright Blue 70 Trans Am RA III / M20 / Lucerne Blue / Sandalwood 70 Formula RA III / M21 / Lucerne Blue / Bright Blue |
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Happiness is just a turbocharger away! 960 HP @ 11 psi, 9.70 at 146. Iron heads, iron stock 2 bolt block , stock crank, 9 years haven't even changed a spark plug! selling turbos and turbo related parts since 2005! |
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What is the bore size you are using on the IAII? Must be smaller for a 468 ci motor.
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1967 Firechicken, 499", Edl heads, 262/266@0.050" duration and 0.627"/0.643 lift SR cam, 3.90 gear, 28" tire, 3550#. 10.01@134.3 mph with a 1.45 60'. Still WAY under the rollbar rule. |
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Yes, I got the block in the small bore size, 4.145. The final bore will be 4.185.
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share |
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Yes that’s what I heard , One of the members here helped you find the car your engine came out of (WS motor ) and it was going back into the original car . what happend ?
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Well, not exactly, since I was never looking for the car it came from. But, regardless, I just decided not to sell it.
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share |
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It isn’t that you were looking, it’s that it was found and reuniting such a RARE car with its numbers matching motor is both rare and an honor. That’s how I feel anyway
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What a shame not to reunite your ‘spare’ non original engine with the original car it came out of. It’s so rare that that happens and chances are you’re never going to reinstall it given the sheer pleasure you’ll get out of the new motor, let alone the expense of building it. I would think with the money you could sell it for, you’d be able to buy any stock RAIII block you like, if for some reason you feel like you need a spare non original block to keep with the car. Oh well, hopefully that motor will reunite itself back with its original chassis after your stewardship ends. Things tend to work out in the end I suppose. FWIW.
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Wow, that is too bad. I hope it wasn’t over money. This was the needle haystack situation. Maybe someday you will reconsider and the motor can be reunited with the car.
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Not so simple. And not about F_____g money.
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share Last edited by jhein; 05-18-2022 at 11:26 PM. |
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Congrats on your new motor. Excellent idea since you don't have the original motor.
I do have to say that I am puzzled. Why are you not reuniting the spare motor with the owner of the matching number car? If it's not money, you just want to taunt the owner of the car? Why the attachment to a non original motor? I think owning a car knowing that you have someone else's motor is incredibly hard to get over especially if everyone else knows it. I hope you reconsider that. You don't need that kind of bad JUJU and reputation for a motor. Surely you can find another WS for you car.
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