Going "Pro Touring" direction.

[Guyt699]

This is my 1990 454ss. I've owned it since 1995. Trying to go pro-touring direction as funds come available. It has a fresh .03 over 454. Static dropped 4/6. I have a procharger that i am planning on installing this winter and plan on going with coil overs at some point. I painted it and put in the new motor about two years ago (first vehicle to paint. Black sucks!).
Plans are to auto cross it and enjoy it with the family. My three year old little girl loves riding in it! Only been on the site for a few weeks but am over whelmed with the talent on here.






Fresh from paint and trying to buff.

[lilbill72]

Looking good man

[driveit]

I think that thing would look awesome with like a 4 inch chop to it.

[shizzy]

Love it.

[tommycomfort]

I've always been a fan of those trucks and it even gets better lowered. Keep up the good work!

[no go nova]

If you add the pro charger the tbi will need to be upgrade to a 4 barrel throttle body and new ecu to have good driving manners tbi dont like force air.

[Guyt699]

If you add the pro charger the tbi will need to be upgrade to a 4 barrel throttle body and new ecu to have good driving manners tbi dont like force air.

Could you please tell me the issues you know of. I already have the Procharger unit. Several people on the 454ss forum are running these and I asked them before purchasing and they said they had no issues. I plan on running a ported cfm tech tbi that has a o-ringed throttle shaft(which is the only issue that ATI and 454ss members mentioned was a problem- fuel leaks on the shaft). Was going to use either a Moates or Dynamic EFI unit for tuning. I am already running a Walbro 255 in tank fuel pump but the kit comes with an electric aux. pump. Also has a fuel management unit that is included in the kit.
Any input or help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. This will be my first boosted engine and I'm sure I'll figure it out but if someone with more experience can guide me through before I make mistakes it would really help.

[snopro]

love it. nice clean truck keep up the good work

[Guyt699]

love it. nice clean truck keep up the good work

Thanks. I really dig what your working on. Been following it!

[CruizinKev]

looks good so far!

[Tricky]

I love my 1990 350 sport w/5spd maybe one day we can meet at a NASA track day or pro- touring event. Love this new truck section. R u going to "Run to the Music" event?

[astroracer]

Nice. Roll pan and smoothed gate look good. The paint looks good, nice job. I went to order one of these in the fall of '89... Talked myself out of it and picked up an '89 step side, off the lot, for about 10 grand less. Did you go spindles and springs in front with a flip in the rear? Sure did change the way it handles didn't it?
Mark

[Guyt699]

I love my 1990 350 sport w/5spd maybe one day we can meet at a NASA track day or pro- touring event. Love this new truck section. R u going to "Run to the Music" event?

Would be cool to meet up someday. Haven't heard of the "Run to the Music" event.

[Guyt699]

Nice. Roll pan and smoothed gate look good. The paint looks good, nice job. I went to order one of these in the fall of '89... Talked myself out of it and picked up an '89 step side, off the lot, for about 10 grand less. Did you go spindles and springs in front with a flip in the rear? Sure did change the way it handles didn't it?
Mark

Yes. Did spindles and springs with a flip. Standard static 4/6 drop. Does handle a lot better. I smoothed everything (roll pan, tail lights, handles, pockets) a few years ago and then the truck sat for awhile. Wish I hadn't now. Thanks for the compliments.

[woodside783]

Very nice. Got to see a sport this weekend and liked it. First ride was a 90 Scottsdale wish I still had it.

[the dan]

Honestly I would ditch that hole RBI set up and go with a quality tunable one from fasst or Holley or msd. Those stock Tbi set ups are junk in the performance aspect. Your trucks still an emissions vehicle though right?

[the dan]

Tbi**

[SRD art]

Dare to be different FTW!

[Guyt699]

Honestly I would ditch that hole RBI set up and go with a quality tunable one from fasst or Holley or msd. Those stock Tbi set ups are junk in the performance aspect. Your trucks still an emissions vehicle though right?

The plan in the future is to go with a better fuel delivery. Right now I am planning on brakes and suspension first. The truck doesn't get traction now and the fuel seems to be getting there fine but the tbi is a pain in the ass to tune. I do have the procharger but am still undecided on whether to install it. Almost all of the pollution stuff has been removed and the motor has recently been rebuilt with mild upgrades (edelbrock tbi cam and alum heads, intake). When I rebuilt the whole truck it was mainly to do cruise ins with my three year old daughter but it is kind of boring. She would rather ride with the windows down than sit somewhere and look at it. A buddy of mine started the local scca solo stuff here and has talked me into trying some of that(I use to ride motocross and road race till my daughter was born so this kind of fits).
I've have been following your build and can't wait to see it finished.

[Guyt699]

Dare to be different FTW!

Right on!