My Bonnie Brougham
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Originally Posted by 86V8
Pretty nice. Never seen a grey brougham before! What kind of performace enhancements are you putting on it?
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Well, to start with the intake and the carb are both really good. I choose the Holley cause I got a really good deal on it and because Holley is the best performing make,same with the intake. I 'm not sure whether it'* a 2701 or not but I know it'* a Performer EPS. I've got an Edelbrock air filter on it, and new 8.8 Accel wires. A new cap and rotor and coil are next. Along with a vacuum canister.
I word of warning on the cam. I wouldn't have gone with a better duration cam. I find that the idle has to be set too high with this cam for my tastes. I need a high stall torque converter(same as turbo Grand National) or different tranny to bring it down and a torque converter is waaay to expensive for an 86 because of style of transmission. It may be cheaper for yours because you probably have a different transmission.
But, after all of this I am very happy with the way it runs (except for the idle). It has a lot of get-up-and-go and starts very nice. Its very rumbly too.
Good luck with yours I hope you don't have any problems like mine. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.
I word of warning on the cam. I wouldn't have gone with a better duration cam. I find that the idle has to be set too high with this cam for my tastes. I need a high stall torque converter(same as turbo Grand National) or different tranny to bring it down and a torque converter is waaay to expensive for an 86 because of style of transmission. It may be cheaper for yours because you probably have a different transmission.
But, after all of this I am very happy with the way it runs (except for the idle). It has a lot of get-up-and-go and starts very nice. Its very rumbly too.
Good luck with yours I hope you don't have any problems like mine. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.
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As an add on to my previous message, I installed a vacuum canister and it brought the idle down to almost stock so that makes me happy now.
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