Hello Everyone.............

[Rumblin70SS]

Hey guys,

Newbie here thats gonna need more than a little help! I've owned my Firehawk for about 12 years, but really haven't done much to it. With only 40,000 miles, the motor blew so I'm in the market for a rebuild and you know it isn't going back stock! Thanks again and I look forward to getting to know alot of you!

[YZF]

That's unfortunate the motor went with that many miles but I'm glad to hear you're not wanting just a stock lousy 275 horse again :)

[Rumblin70SS]

Actually I dropped a block off I bought from Craigslist to a machine shop on Friday. I've played with cars for years, but haven't done much with an LT1. I'm setting it up for boost too, so we'll see how that goes. The goal is to build the motor this year and add a supercharger next year. Should be an interesting project to say the least.

[LT4SLOMARO]

Welcome, that would be nice to have a supercharged car. Your car looks nice too.

[Rumblin70SS]

Welcome, that would be nice to have a supercharged car. Your car looks nice too.

Thanks so much.....I know nothing about boost so it should be interesting! Post some pics of your car!

[KissMyWhtSS]

forged 355? 383?

good luck with the project, let us know what you end up going with and if you have any questions.

[SoulReaver]

Wow your car looks pretty nice in the sig. Sorry to hear about the motor.

[Rumblin70SS]

Thanks guys!

Going with a forged 383 and heres what the machine shop and I have discussed so far:

stock block with steel 4 bolt caps
Callies Compstar crank
Oliver rods
JE pstons
TFS heads

I will have a million questions I'm sure.............

Thanks,

Tony

[formulajunky]

Nice car and welcome sorry to hear about the motor time to make it better

[Toronto_LT1]

welcome! nice car and good luck with it.

[Fixxer99TA]

Good to see more Hawks floating around, especially with some crazy plans :D

[YZF]

What kind of power should a 383 car make? With maybe a baby cam and some slight head work?

[Rumblin70SS]

welcome! nice car and good luck with it.


Nice car and welcome sorry to hear about the motor time to make it better

Thanks Guys! Should be fun!


Good to see more Hawks floating around, especially with some crazy plans :D

I don't know about crazy plans.....car will be 80% street 20% strip.....


What kind of power should a 383 car make? With maybe a baby cam and some slight head work?

I'm hoping for around 700 horsepower and retain all the factory accesories.....don't want to make a race car out of this one!

Thanks,

Tony

[KissMyWhtSS]

700hp street car sounds fun. :D

[SnyperBob]

Nice car man, welcome to the site

[Rumblin70SS]

700hp street car sounds fun. :D


Nice car man, welcome to the site

Thanks guys.......gonna post the building blocks for my motor shortly.......stay tuned! LOL

Thanks,

Tony