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[MrFoca]

03 cobra ??? Love them cars

 

[big scott]

2.8 with 300 hp..??

yes sire ...

how do i know.

edelbrock did up a mid 80's 2.8 ( they did it to make upgrades for this engine ) and they were getting a little over 300hp at crank.

i talked to them about it and they told me what they did to it.

so i picked up there parts and rebuilt this engine 30 over,, racing pistons,, hp cam,, ported/polished heads,, stiffer springs,,roller rocker arms,, ect....

 

[I'mPoor:(]

yes sire ...
how do i know.

edelbrock did up a mid 80's 2.8 ( they did it to make upgrades for this engine ) and they were getting a little over 300hp at crank.

i talked to them about it and they told me what they did to it.

so i picked up there parts and rebuilt this engine 30 over,, racing pistons,, hp cam,, ported/polished heads,, stiffer springs,,roller rocker arms,, ect....

edelbrock making a 2.8?

 

[big scott]

no they dont make a 2.8, they make upgraded for them. or they did it seems like the parts are being phased out.

 

[undone1 10+ year member]

yes sire ...
how do i know.

edelbrock did up a mid 80's 2.8 ( they did it to make upgrades for this engine ) and they were getting a little over 300hp at crank.

i talked to them about it and they told me what they did to it.

so i picked up there parts and rebuilt this engine 30 over,, racing pistons,, hp cam,, ported/polished heads,, stiffer springs,,roller rocker arms,, ect....

know they have/had the intake with interchangeable tops (2 and 4)....can see 200hp ,but 300hp na 2.8 that is actually usable in a heavy blazer,would be interesting for sure..

 

[BigSix 10+ year member]

I love my G, that is all.

 

[Slobalt]

Never was a fan of how they look and aren't they FWD?


but dropping an lsx into an old ford pickup would be so sweet for the diehard ford fans

They are fwd and thats the only down fall to them.

 

[los33 10+ year member]

They are fwd and thats the only down fall to them.

Whats wrong with fwd??!?!

Only difference FWD people have then RWD is that the RWD cars come stock with more torque power..

But after take off it means nothing anymore.. Unless you got AWD.

 

[Slobalt]

Whats wrong with fwd??!?!
Only difference FWD people have then RWD is that the RWD cars come stock with more torque power..

But after take off it means nothing anymore.. Unless you got AWD.

Launching in a drag race makes a big difference on the outcome of the race and FWD has a big disadvantage when it comes to launching.

 

[big scott]

know they have/had the intake with interchangeable tops (2 and 4)....can see 200hp ,but 300hp na 2.8 that is actually usable in a heavy blazer,would be interesting for sure..

they made more parts then that. i know i have them all.

just adding the parts no you will not get to 300hp but......

over boring the block,, light waight pistons,, good hp cam,, roller rockers,, dual chain,, port/polish heads,, modded tbi,, hotter spark.. ect.. ect ya you can get right around 300hp from a 2.8.

and your right my trany/ rear is the weak link now and i dont hot rod it. just like doing burnouts well use to. not with the tires i have on it now.

but anyway i have never had it dino'ed but remember that about 300hp is at the flywheel not to the ground. im getting like 250-270 to the wheels.

and i talked to edlebrock about 9 years ago when they carried all the parts and was into this engine. and they told me there dyno'ed 2.8 was putting out about 300hp. and they told me what there shop did to the engine. so i just copied what they did.

its a fun truck and im running 4.11 gears with an overdrive trany . but the trany is starting to act up and its from me doing burnouts. o well......

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

Whats wrong with fwd??!?!
Only difference FWD people have then RWD is that the RWD cars come stock with more torque power..

But after take off it means nothing anymore.. Unless you got AWD.

I have AWD and prefer AWD, but if I cant have that, I'll take RWD over FWD any day. RWD drives better imo

Launching in a drag race makes a big difference on the outcome of the race and FWD has a big disadvantage when it comes to launching.

+1. Ever try to launch a big power FWD? Its not a good thing. Or come into a turn and have to brake hard

 

[Slobalt]

I have AWD and prefer AWD, but if I cant have that, I'll take RWD over FWD any day. RWD drives better imo


+1. Ever try to launch a big power FWD? Its not a good thing. Or come into a turn and have to brake hard

im pushing 300whp and its a pain to launch it but turns i dont have a problem with at all

 

[los33 10+ year member]

I have AWD and prefer AWD, but if I cant have that, I'll take RWD over FWD any day. RWD drives better imo


+1. Ever try to launch a big power FWD? Its not a good thing. Or come into a turn and have to brake hard

Ive never had an issue other then cv joints and tie rods busting.. Also in high torque accelerations my galant would jerk hard to the left.

As far as anything else ive never had an issue even fwd has better handling then rwd.

I could do 60-70 on a sharp curve or even fast sharp turns, but the braking was never an issue since the galant had an e brake and i had big brembos with slotted rotors.

 

[undone1 10+ year member]

they made more parts then that. i know i have them all.
just adding the parts no you will not get to 300hp but......

over boring the block,, light waight pistons,, good hp cam,, roller rockers,, dual chain,, port/polish heads,, modded tbi,, hotter spark.. ect.. ect ya you can get right around 300hp from a 2.8.

and your right my trany/ rear is the weak link now and i dont hot rod it. just like doing burnouts well use to. not with the tires i have on it now.

but anyway i have never had it dino'ed but remember that about 300hp is at the flywheel not to the ground. im getting like 250-270 to the wheels.

and i talked to edlebrock about 9 years ago when they carried all the parts and was into this engine. and they told me there dyno'ed 2.8 was putting out about 300hp. and they told me what there shop did to the engine. so i just copied what they did.

its a fun truck and im running 4.11 gears with an overdrive trany . but the trany is starting to act up and its from me doing burnouts. o well......

gotta love them 700r4 *****...biggest pos od ever made by gm...though with the first in the ***** with 4.11,bet it gets out hole like no tomorrow...

w/o serious work ( 3800 series heads,ported to the hilt,oversized valves,monster cam,much higher compression,ported tbi,custom made chip,etc..)

still can't see no more then 200 hp...tops without the above work...

 

[big scott]

be leave what you like...

i drive the truck i know.