This article is a who’s who of aftermarket parts and accessories to make your Third Gen perform better. Too bad some of these products are no longer available today.
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Posts Tagged ‘TPI Runners
03
Apr
11
Clean & Mean – All Chevy
This article, published in an unknown issue of All Chevy highlighted a buildup of a 1991 5 speed TPI Z28. They added a Paxton supercharger, Edelbrock TPI runners, MSD ignition, Borla exhaust, SLP headers, and some other items. Car went from low 15’s to mid 13’s with the changes outlined above.
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This article, published in April 1992 highlights a buildup of a 350 TPI engine into a 349hp one using a stock style TPI intake setup and a well tuned combination of other parts. The kit included extrude honed L98 Aluminum heads, a camshaft, headers, extrune honed intake manifolds, and Arizona Speed runners. Car put out 390lbs/ft of TQ at 4200 and 349hp at 5500 when all was done.
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Hot Rod ran this article on the introduction of Street Legal Performance’s (SLP) product line for the TPI powered F-Bodies. Note this article was run in mid 1988 when no one was digging into the TPI motors to make more power.
Quick rundown – with the SLP parts (runners, headers, PROM, exhaust, and cold air intake), power on a 1988 L98 F-Body went up 16lb-ft of TQ at 3600rpm (321 vs 305) and 21hp at 4400rpm (245 vs 224) and increased the hp gain from peak to redline by 50hp! (238 vs 188). The test car ran 14.93 at 93.45mph stock and 14.09 at 99.44mph with the SLP package and the optional oil pan – a decrease of 0.84s and a trap speed increase of 5.99mph. The car also picked up 2.1mpg.
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All Chevy featured an article in the February 1990 issue highlighting Street Legal Performance’s (SLP) TPI parts and two of their test bed IROCs.
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Popular Hot Rodding published an article that featured Street Legal Performance’s (SLP) product lineup for the TPI engine and F-Body cars.
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The scans below are from the September 1989 issue of Car Craft featuring four Third Generation cars in various states of tuning. There is a complete writeup and also quarter mile testing.
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