newbie, please review my Ty purchase

[MIGHTYMOUSE]

i am going to pick this up saturday. please help me out and review the mod list, give me some things to look for in addition to what's good and what sucks below.
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1992 gmc typhoon #1472

169,500 miles

4.3V6 all wheel drive turbocharged and intercooled

Engine has approx 10,000 miles on it
Tranmssion has approx 20,000 miles on it

SRP pistons
Eagle rods
Balanced rotating assembly
4 bolt main conversion
ARP hardware
Race Proven Motors air to air intercooler
Vortec head and intake conversion
Comp cams 415 cam
Precision Turbo PT-61 turbo with 3" inlet and 3" stainless downpipe and converter
3" ATR stainless catback exhaust
75# / hr injectors with modified stock ECM to run the low impedence injectors
Comes with prom chip burner (pocket programmer) and prom emulator (pocket romulator) for fine tuning the chip
PLX wideband oxygen sensor tied into stock ECM for closed loop
Greddy profec B spec II boost controller
New radiator
New water pump
Heavy duty Dynotech front driveshaft
New KYB monomax shocks
Tires have good tread (front are new with recent alignment)
CVR protorqe mini gear reduction starter

Front end suspension has been rebuilt with all new bushings/etc.

Transmission built buy reputable Syclone/Typhoon builder John Waller
Has all the goodies with 5 pinion planetaries, billet servo, upgraded sprag assembly, way too much to list
2800 stall torque converter
B&M 28,000gvwr transmission cooler with steel braided lines from trans to cooler

A/C has been removed and a non-ac heater box has been installed on the firewall
Battery relocated to trunk area in a sealed moroso box

ran it at the loacl 1/8th mile track. went 7.43 at 93mph

17psi around town, low 20s at the track


thanks very much!
David

 

[SyTyJedi]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

Welcome David - see you around LS1Tech quite alot. The vid of your new setup is played daily around here

What are your goals with the truck?

With that heads/cam/fuel combo you could definitely step up to a larger turbo easily.

 

[MIGHTYMOUSE]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

hmm i dunno, whats the fastest one of these typhoon's has gone?

just kidding acutally i just wanted something cool and fast that can handle bad weather.. my t/a is juuust quick enough and nice enough to want to keep out of the snow now.

so what of these mods? anything that was a bad move or something that wasnt touched that really needs attention for the miles? how about what little crappy headache type things happen with these vehicles?

 

[super-gt]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

Welcome aboard, I believe I recall seeing you at LS1tech as well. Looks like theres not alot of stuff that hasn't been gone over on that truck. Sounds pretty nice :tup:

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

In terms of performance parts I wouldn't do much different. Some of the parts I would pick differently due to preference, but nothing sticks out as weak link or something that would immediately need to be address. To me It looks like a solid build and if own the truck I probably wouldn't make any major changes. From what I have seen, 7.4's are around a 11.6-11.7 1/4

 

[MIGHTYMOUSE]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

yea sounds really good, i just hope not too good to be true.. and the guy knows just enough about what mods are good, and throw them on a nice fancy list to push out the resale... when i would really not have any idea whats in the engine or trans until it lets go.

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

yea sounds really good, i just hope not too good to be true.. and the guy knows just enough about what mods are good, and throw them on a nice fancy list to push out the resale... when i would really not have any idea whats in the engine or trans until it lets go.

Their are a lot of modded truck FS that I would redo everything, especially one that were done in the 90's.

 

[willyson]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

yea sounds really good, i just hope not too good to be true.. and the guy knows just enough about what mods are good, and throw them on a nice fancy list to push out the resale... when i would really not have any idea whats in the engine or trans until it lets go.

sounds like a solid truck.

 

[MIGHTYMOUSE]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

this is the only engine bay shot i have, everything seem to be in order relative to the mod list?

 

[willyson]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

kyb's will be red/black shock/boot color combo
can see the tranny cooler in front of the grill
not the stock turbo - check the housing
the front driveshaft (propshaft) may have a dynotech sticker on it
a/c is deleted

most of the other stuff is either internal or cant see

looks pretty legit but like you said itd have to be opened up to check. your running pretty good numbers so i would expect some pretty healthy modifications

 

[Jimmy]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

yea sounds really good, i just hope not too good to be true.. and the guy knows just enough about what mods are good, and throw them on a nice fancy list to push out the resale... when i would really not have any idea whats in the engine or trans until it lets go.

That is ItsMyTy 's truck,and that is a real mod list. No worries IMO. :tup:

 

[MIGHTYMOUSE]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

well i heard the owner had limited internet, and is being sold by another guy.. thats weird.. but i guess as long as the truck is legit i am happy in the long run.

 

[alwayscode390]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

Front end rebuild for SURE. My truck has 67k miles on it and needs ball joints, ect ---

 

[THEMADTYPH00N]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

Nice. Glad to have you aboard!

 

[jamnut]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

Looks like a really good build. If I was to do anything it would be a bigger turbo & port the heads, he's showing stock Vortech's.

 

[MIGHTYMOUSE]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

thanks everyone, going to take ownership on saturday!

here's the other pics.

anyone have the right rear bumper cladding laying around? black please

 

[Jimmy]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

thanks everyone, going to take ownership on saturday!


anyone have the right rear bumper cladding laying around? black please

There's one in the classifieds right now.
http://www.syty.net/forums/showthread.php?t=48381

 

[MIGHTYMOUSE]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

thanks, i replied to it, it looks broken though.

 

[Jimmy]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

thanks, i replied to it, it looks broken though.

Yeah but an easy fix.The pass corner is super hard to find,so it would be worth grabbing and fixing.Or you can get a NOS one from Ray Moore for like $800.

 

[MIGHTYMOUSE]

Re: newbie, please review my Ty purchase

picked it up today, really like the stance and the interior. the doors have a lot of rattle to them and it needs a radio, really nothing else to complain about.

first steps will be to learn the chip programming and get a snow performance progressive (w/ boost) methanol kit like i have on my trans am.

then will be looking at picking up some wheels and that fender cladding, last step would be a 76mm and external gate.

think once i get that stuff put away i will have a really nice little all weather vehicle