2000 GTP new from Cinci

[bearcat91]

Hows it going?! new here with a 2000 gtp that will be my DD for a while while i save up for a new project. the car is a 2000 with 176k miles! runs great looks ok.

a lil history on previous rides...
2002 civic si, intake, cat back, CF hood...



traded for a 95 gmc slammed 5/7 and a lot more, 305 5 speed, headers...



biggest mistake i made is when i traded for bagged noma


goal is to DD the GP, fix and sell the noma to build a 88-98 gm full size

[98grand]

Welcome always good to see other ohioans I am right by kings island. Nice rides but agree with you full size is the best.

[bearcat91]

thanks! im just south of ya, going to UC

[dsmuts]

Welcome fellow ohioan

[bearcat91]

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

[dsmuts]

Old?

[Kilroy]

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

Could be lots of things. Could of just been an old belt, the tensioner not working properly, bent pulley, bad oil leak, ??? Just install a new one and see if it doesn't die prematurely. There is excellent help on this forum on how to do this. Heck, if I could follow the instructions successfully, ANYONE can.

[bearcat91]

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

[Seachicken]

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?

[bearcat91]

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?

[CapnBreakAlot]

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.

[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

[bearcat91]

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

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!

[bearcat91]

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

[Seachicken]

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

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

[bearcat91]

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

[CapnBreakAlot]

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..

[Seachicken]

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

[bearcat91]

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

[bearcat91]

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!