Engine Modifications
  • Jet Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
  • Comp Cams Valve Springs
  • 2.02" Stainless Steel Racing Intake Valves
  • 5 Angle Valve Job And Cleaned Up The Intake Chamber
  • .030" Over Lightweight Forged Aluminum Flattop Pistons
  • 10:1 Compression
  • JBA Headers
  • Borla Hemi Low Restriction Muffler (Dual 2 1/4" outlets)
  • Advance cam 8 Degree (Still trying to figure where the ignition is the happiest)
  • Jacob's Spark Plug Wires
  • K&N Air Charger
  • JET Performance Stage II Module
Problems
  • An Extra Week To Get The Block And Heads Back From The Shop.
  • Had To Wait 2 1/2 Weeks To Get My Headers Back From Toefco. The Engine Sat In the Truck For About Two Weeks Before I could Even Try And Start It.
  • JET TBI Blueprinting
    • The TBI Did Not Work After I Installed It. The Injectors Would Not Squirt.
    • I Fought This Problem For Three Days Before I Determined the Injectors Were The Culprit.
    • I Called JET The Day After Thanksgiving But No One Was There.
    • Had To Wait Until Monday To Eventually E-mail Them To Find Out.
    • They E-mailed Me Back The Next Day Stating That The Injectors Might "Lockup" If Stored For A Prolong Time. It Would Have Been Nice To Know This Before Hand.
    • Had To Buy Rebuilt Injectors. I Needed My Truck Fast Because The Temps Were Falling Into The 40's And It Was Getting Cold Riding A Motorcycle
    • Broke The TBI Metering Valve Body Installing The Rebuilt Injectors.
    • Took Another Two Weeks To Get The New Metering Body From A GM Dealer.
  • Set The Distributor Up For A 2.8L Instead Of The 4.3L. Took Almost a Week Before I Figured That One Out. I'm Just An Idiot Sometimes.
  • Filled The Oil With Gas Because Of The Misfires From The Above Problem Setup.
  • Had To Change Oil From The Above Problem.
  • The Truck Had Literally Sat For Over 8 Weeks And I had To Start It With 2 Month Old 87 Octane. Purely My Stupidity So I Topped It Off With Amoco Premium.
  • The New Engine Does Not Like Amoco Premium. It Prefers Shell Premium Better.
  • By January 2000 Premium Gas Increases .20 to $1.54
  • (Update By March Premium Gas Increase to $1.74)
  • New Rebuilt Alternator Started To Loose A Bearing After 4 Weeks.
  • That Enough Problems For Me.
Hopefully I'll have picture of the truck and engine soon. It has been pretty cold and snowy lately and the TRUCK looks like hell.