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Old 10-23-2014, 10:23 AM
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Will stock coil packs work?
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Old 10-23-2014, 10:59 AM
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Also are these the right ching chang head studs? http://www.ebay.com/itm/181502250909
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Also are these the right ching chang head studs? http://www.ebay.com/itm/181502250909
yes those will work if they match the year of your engine. And stock coil packs will be fine (they have been WAAAAAAAY north of 1000whp).
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Old 10-23-2014, 12:25 PM
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Does 75 sound fair for a set of coil packs?
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Does 75 sound fair for a set of coil packs?
Yes, I have sold a few dozen sets for $90 shipped so that is fair for sure.
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Old 10-23-2014, 01:25 PM
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Okay so I can get the coils and a stock LS1 cam for $150. Should I do that or just go with the custom cam? They only have 40k on them.
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Okay so I can get the coils and a stock LS1 cam for $150. Should I do that or just go with the custom cam? They only have 40k on them.
you will be better off with a stock 5.3 cam than the ls1 cam for turbo (custom cam would be best by far). Also you want truck coils, not LS1 coils.
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Old 10-23-2014, 05:05 PM
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Why truck over LS1 coils?
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Old 10-24-2014, 07:24 AM
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Also something that was kinda over looked, what is a good head gasket to use for this setup?
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Truck coils have been proven to be far more reliable and far stronger spark than LS1 coils. LS9 head gasket is the way to go for boost.
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Any certain brand to go with?
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Old 10-25-2014, 11:41 AM
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Also maybe I'm missing it or something, but is there an classified section on this forum?
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My new Camaro I bought Sunday. Clean body rust free, 4.56 limited slip rearend, subframe connectors, and clean title for $500
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Got the dash out today of my other car, next thing is get it into the garage and start on it.
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Old 11-06-2014, 10:33 AM
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Who makes a good ported oil pump? Which oil pump do I need exactly? And could I just get my stock oil pump ported?
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Awesome build, I've been thinking of running a s480, does anyone have the part # for the Ebay Head studs? I've been talking about the difference between ARP and China Head studs all day and I've been talked into getting the ebay ones
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My new Camaro I bought Sunday. Clean body rust free, 4.56 limited slip rearend, subframe connectors, and clean title for $500
You're going to want to swap out those rear gears, unless it has some huge tires on the back.
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Swapped to a carb set up, carb is a Edelbrock 650 blow thru. Im not sure if the 650 is gonna be big enough but I've been told it will work. We'll see I guess, I'm not sure where to go on the gear ratio open to ideas for my set up. Thanks guys for interest and looking.
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Here are the head studs I found.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181502250909
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Also some of you guys might know, but whats a good size slick to fit on the rear with the stock set up?
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