Thread: 2000 GTP new from Cinci

thanks! im just south of ya, going to UC

Welcome fellow ohioan

so i got the gpt with a broken sc belt...runs fine, sluggish but it runs haha. any ideas what the hell could caus that belt to break?! all pullys spin freely

Old?

i can throw a belt on, just curious to what else could cause one to break. and it very well could be old!

also this forum is great and has tons of info! i have a lot to learn haha..im really trying not to mod this car (has 176k miles) but its hard when seeing all these great rides

Welcome, you gotta get that belt on so you can hear that bad boy scream


you gotta love gm trucks heres mine 82 jimmy, im a little disapointed you traded you 95 for the sonoma, but im glad youre going back to full size
have you ever considered going to a carb?

i thought about it when i had the 305 but the 95 year was a weird one and coundnt find much info. if i kept it i prob would of done a cammed 350 and vortec heads. really want a 2dr 2wd hoe but dam they hard to find clean ones!

nice jimmy! were they solid axle from the factory or did you do the swap?

Welcome to the forum! I live not far from cinci. I'm about 20 mins from kings island haha. Its always nice to see more people from around my area on here.

solid from factory got 10bolts front and back, although my truck eats a couple diffs every year (rear) , i find it funny my 28 spline axles are holding strong,

and if i had to reccomend you should just go 400 small block, with vortec heads, just go bigger valves in the head, 2.05/1.6, wont cost more then stock size, get the preformance ones from sbi or qual-fast. when you choose this you can get a easy 450hp and over 400ft lbs from 2500-5500 with a smaller cam, you get power and reliabilty, i love doing a mild 400 instead of squeezing a 350, cost is relative

Originally Posted by AceGTP

Welcome to the forum! I live not far from cinci. I'm about 20 mins from kings island haha. Its always nice to see more people from around my area on here.

cousins graduated from lebanon HS

Originally Posted by Seachicken

solid from factory got 10bolts front and back, although my truck eats a couple diffs every year (rear) , i find it funny my 28 spline axles are holding strong,

and if i had to reccomend you should just go 400 small block, with vortec heads, just go bigger valves in the head, 2.05/1.6, wont cost more then stock size, get the preformance ones from sbi or qual-fast. when you choose this you can get a easy 450hp and over 400ft lbs from 2500-5500 with a smaller cam, you get power and reliabilty, i love doing a mild 400 instead of squeezing a 350, cost is relative

ddint know 400 would bolt into a 88-98 full size...id love a 454 but thats just a gas sucker from hell haha mild 350 maybe bored. 383 stoker would be freakin awesome!

my other ride..hope to get her out this weekend

bikes are scary, too many speed holes in edmonton looks good though

400 sbc uses the same mounts as 350/305/283

Originally Posted by bearcat91

cousins graduated from lebanon HS

Nice! haha

ddint know 400 would bolt into a 88-98 full size...id love a 454 but thats just a gas sucker from hell haha mild 350 maybe bored. 383 stoker would be freakin awesome!

When my grandpa passed in 97 we inherited his 87 I believe S10 that he had sqeezed a 400 into.. Talk about a tire roasting beast.. It was hard to let that thing go..

Originally Posted by bearcat91

Huh didn't know that haha learned about SBC in a grand prix forum love it! What's in the jimmy?

377 sbc, 400 block, 350 crank, big bore little stroke, can bag the pants off her but she wont die, dyno'd @ 413hp at 6200

Originally Posted by AceGTP

When my grandpa passed in 97 we inherited his 87 I believe S10 that he had sqeezed a 400 into.. Talk about a tire roasting beast.. It was hard to let that thing go..

oooowee! i bet that thing would pick up and go! haha my 305 would really roast em but was slow haha

Originally Posted by Seachicken

377 sbc, 400 block, 350 crank, big bore little stroke, can bag the pants off her but she wont die, dyno'd @ 413hp at 6200

yea them SBC are damn near bulletproof! heard stories of people running them with no oil for thousands of miles!