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Welcome to my Monte Web ! SS General Information 1987, 5.7L 350 Cu In. aprox 9.5 :1, with 64 cc 083 GM heads, stock hydraulic roller cam and exhaust (for now anyway) Stock sized 22 lb/hr injectors running at 50 psi fuel pressure to achieve aprox 26 lb/hr. 700R4 B & M built Transmission with 2400 Stall converter, 3-4 Shift Spool and other good parts for over 400 hp usage duty.
Yes, those are Actual Miles !
Re-Wired Engine Control Completely (1st Winter 2003-2004) As bought "Ugly and kind of functional motor" Pictures Here (Yes, The car is kind of Pink in the sun!) It's "Candy Maroon" to me. Ripped out Accell DFI (obsolete in 92) and complete removal of 1986 engine harness and spark control. Used lots of red electrical tape, red sleeve material and red convoluted wire loom. My Full Schematic Here Due to separate fueling and spark control not getting along above 3000 rpm, As well as NO factory support for the DFI controller (NONE!) Screw ACCELL and their support!. I don't care if the unit was made in 92' they should still be able to get me software to communicate and program it even if they don't support it actively. They acted like it was never made and I've heard they do this with all of thier products. Rich at Cruzin' Performance was able to help me out with a cable and found someone with software but the thing just wouldn't talk. He was even gracious enough to give me a refund on the cable cuz I couldn't make it work out right. One really helpful guy ! New Control Configuration
Passed Emmisions check with flying colors on the first try ! I was very pleased with the results.
Modifications (2nd Winter 2004-2005) World Products "Sportsman II" heads with Manly "Street-Flo" 2.02 intake, 1.60 Exhaust valves. 110 lb valve springs. Freshly rebuilt by me with new seals, hand lapped all valves into the seats to ensure good sealing after cleanning heads thoughly. Drilled the passages at 0.25 diameter in each head to enable the E.G.R. function. Painted good old Chevy orange (high temp) with silver brackets, and fan assembly. I Ported the upper plenum and fully hand polished the top end of the intake and runner tubes. It turned out quite nice for a first time try at polishing. Super cleaned the base and clear coated it. Fuel rails polished and backfilled with "chrome Red" colored paint. Turned out really nice so I back filled the ribs on the top of the plenum and the distributor cover to match. Everything is turning red in there now :) Added chrome valve covers after the nice red centerbolt covers I painted would not fit the heads because I forgot to machine the perimiter mount bosses down before installing them. Oh well, chrome looks nice too. Cleaned up the engine compartment and firewall. Painted glossy black. Replaced the dirty jugs with new ones and put on new pedal pads from Mike's Montes. Replaced the sagging headliner in the back with new "claret" material from Mike's. Looks good considering it was the first time I ever did a headliner the right way. Installed brighter dash backlighting bulbs (they are really needed in these cars) Put on the "Monte SS" trim lettering and Chevy symbols as stock would be. Bought GTS Headlight covers (Because they look Cool !) Bought 120 MPH Speedometer with 37K original miles on it, must wait till miles go up before installing. Bought 3:73 Posi rear end "Drum to Drum" off guy in Detroit suburbs (drove there to get it, was a good deal) MSD 6A Multiple Spark Discharge ignition controller, 50K Volts MSD Super Coil , installed with 8.5mm "SuperConductor" Wires held firmly in place with Taylor screw clamps. Tuned like crazy and performance got much better. MSD solved my flooding when I hit "Limp" mode in ECM with bad chips. Figured to be better than 250 HP at wheels just couldn't prove it without going to the track.
Modifications (Summer 2005) B.F. Goodrich T/A radials all around 235-60R-15 (largest all around size without rubbing) Full alignment done 3:73 gears (Posi rear finally installed with Poly bushings (red of course) Purchased Parts: (Shooting for mid 12's)
Should look nice on the car. I might even put the front plate on :)
Hopefully I'll get all my new mods done before spring :)
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