lt1 24x ls conversion

[babywag]

Anybody heard anything about this outfit?

http://www.torqhead.com/buy-24xlink-...=0&sort=normal

Better price than EFI Connection for early non OBDII equipped engines.

Their kit uses stock style hub and external 24x wheel.
So eliminates the cost of acquiring a '96-'97 timing cover, and matching hub on a '94 like mine.

[Fast355]

Anybody heard anything about this outfit?http://www.torqhead.com/buy-24xlink-...=0&sort=normalBetter price than EFI Connection for early non OBDII equipped engines.Their kit uses stock style hub and external 24x wheel.So eliminates the cost of acquiring a '96-'97 timing cover, and matching hub on a '94 like mine.

I am not really a fan of external pickups as they are more easily damaged. That being said I see no reason it would not work. The OBD2 covers are getting harder and harder to find because they only used them for 2 years and many people are doing these swaps. The hub is an easy fix, just mill it down the width of the reluctor wheel and good to go. I milled a performance Fluid Dampner down for my 5.7 Vortec when I did the 24x swap on my Express. They did not make a Vortec specific dampner at the time I did my swap and I doubt that they currently make one. Turning 6,000+ on a stock rotating assembly I figured I needed all the help I could get to protect the nodular iron crank. I am actually running my Express on a 2003 based Express van 6.0L PCM. It was out of a DBC van but have now gone drive by wire. GM also has a 1 meg 350 calibration they used in Mexico and South America on the 5.7 L31 in a GMT 800 truck that can help with initial tuning. I would recomeend dual knock sensors with the conversion and mirroring the knock table values for the even cylinders on the odd bank. Makes for a more accurate system and less false knock retard.

[babywag]

Unfortunately I'm a cheapass, with a matching budget LOL.
Even if I could/did find a cover @ a price I was okay with, the machining of the hub would still also add to the total cost.

Machine shops around here aren't cheap, and even small jobs are sometimes ridiculous in price.
I honestly think they give a stupid $ quote sometimes, because they just don't want to do the job.
Some won't even do small jobs, and understandably it just isn't worth it to them.
Like when I asked a local shop to weld a pair of AN fittings on an oil cooler line flange....$40/ea. was the reply
Yet all their guys are standing around with their thumb up their ass in shop...
I went to a local AC shop, and they charged me $10 for both, and it was done in like 10 minutes.

Most of the local small machine/speed shops that once existed, are long gone. Used to be a couple real good ones here, but
no longer the case.

[JeepsAndGuns]

I honestly think they give a stupid $ quote sometimes, because they just don't want to do the job.
Some won't even do small jobs, and understandably it just isn't worth it to them.

That is exactly why they do it. It is hard to make money doing a small job like that when the amount they charge you won't even cover the hourly wage of the employee doing the work. So they have to charge a large amount to make it worth their while.
I have been on both sides of this. It sucks when you need a small quick job done but no one wants to do it. But also back when me and my brother in law used to do commercial lawn service, there were people that lived way out in the boonies wanting their lawn cut. But it was 30-45 min drive or more just to get to them. It was not worth the fuel, employee hourly wage, and time to drive all the way out there to charge a normal fee. We had to price the job higher to make it profitable, we could not afford to lose money. Some customers would pay it because no one else would come and do it. Others would not.

You might check around in your area to see if there are any hobby machinists out there who might help you out. You might try putting up a ad on craigslist.

[dfarr67]

I installed the EFI Connection machined cover and 24X reluctor on my gen1 TPI. Big $$ but clean install. A little competition doesn't hurt. Now looking for a harness.

[babywag]

Well there are now 2 '96 b-bodies @ a yard 60 miles from me.Figures...no time to go now. With any luck maybe I can still score a cover after Christmas?