07-25-2013, 09:33 AM
A little progress...
Sold the spare LS1 engine, and have the S52 that came from this car being picked up on Saturday. This will finally leave me room to start working more on this project. Plus the race car has no additional work needed for the August race.
I went ahead and ordered:
-Water Pump
-Thermostat/Thermostat Housing
-Intake Manifold Gaskets
-LS1 MAF
-Oil Filter
-Spark Plugs
I then have received some new goodies for performance. I ordered an LS6 intake manifold which should get me to around ~330rwhp without a cam and an LS6 PCV breather setup. This moves the breathers from the valve covers to the valley cover. Vastly improving breathing in the block.
Now for the hard decision, cam or no cam? Right now as the engine sits with the headers/ls6 intake manifold/dual exhaust/intake/tune, it should make somewehere around 330rwhp, maybe a bit more.
I have a hard time leaving stuff alone, so I am afraid I would always "what if" if I had the cams.
Right now I am looking at the SNS Torquemax Stage 2 "mild" cams. They are slightly more mild to help spring longevity, have a massive torque band, and should idle very nearly like stock. This would get me in the 390-400rwhp range, give a nice agressive idle/sound. For the price of a typical exhaust, I could have another 70rwhp.... I need a tune anyway to get the car running, so I am not sure it makes sense to tune for stock cams, and then get a cam and have to tune it again. What say you MM?
Sold the spare LS1 engine, and have the S52 that came from this car being picked up on Saturday. This will finally leave me room to start working more on this project. Plus the race car has no additional work needed for the August race.
I went ahead and ordered:
-Water Pump
-Thermostat/Thermostat Housing
-Intake Manifold Gaskets
-LS1 MAF
-Oil Filter
-Spark Plugs
I then have received some new goodies for performance. I ordered an LS6 intake manifold which should get me to around ~330rwhp without a cam and an LS6 PCV breather setup. This moves the breathers from the valve covers to the valley cover. Vastly improving breathing in the block.
Now for the hard decision, cam or no cam? Right now as the engine sits with the headers/ls6 intake manifold/dual exhaust/intake/tune, it should make somewehere around 330rwhp, maybe a bit more.
I have a hard time leaving stuff alone, so I am afraid I would always "what if" if I had the cams.
Right now I am looking at the SNS Torquemax Stage 2 "mild" cams. They are slightly more mild to help spring longevity, have a massive torque band, and should idle very nearly like stock. This would get me in the 390-400rwhp range, give a nice agressive idle/sound. For the price of a typical exhaust, I could have another 70rwhp.... I need a tune anyway to get the car running, so I am not sure it makes sense to tune for stock cams, and then get a cam and have to tune it again. What say you MM?
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