What do you want to see from Katech in 2011?
01-12-2011, 08:34 AM
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What do you want to see from Katech in 2011? Katech is starting off 2011 with a bang. We have three new race programs - two Cadillac CTS-V coupes in World Challenge, 3 Camaro GT.Rs in Rolex Grand-Am, and a third race program which I can't disclose yet. We're taking a hard look at what works, what's out there, and what we want to do in the future. We want to hear from you. What do you want to see from Katech in 2011? What parts or engine packages?
Before you answer consider this. There is a lot out there. There are a lot of choices for head/cam packages, crate engines, etc. What makes Katech different? The answer is we have a vast amount of equipment and expertise found nowhere else. We can put these resources to use and deliver products that offer a high level of reliability and confidence. We have the ability to engineer your wildest dreams, but we all know that comes at a cost.
So, we want to hear from you. We want to know what you plan on buying the future and what fits in your budget. We also what to know about your wildest dreams. What would you build on your budget, and what would you build on an unlimited budget? What is the market lacking, and how can Katech use it's resources to bring our vast racing knowledge to you?
Before you answer consider this. There is a lot out there. There are a lot of choices for head/cam packages, crate engines, etc. What makes Katech different? The answer is we have a vast amount of equipment and expertise found nowhere else. We can put these resources to use and deliver products that offer a high level of reliability and confidence. We have the ability to engineer your wildest dreams, but we all know that comes at a cost.
So, we want to hear from you. We want to know what you plan on buying the future and what fits in your budget. We also what to know about your wildest dreams. What would you build on your budget, and what would you build on an unlimited budget? What is the market lacking, and how can Katech use it's resources to bring our vast racing knowledge to you?
01-14-2011, 02:06 AM
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If we had the resources...I'd probably develop some products that Ive had on my mind.... and would develop if I could do the R&D required to put on the market. Mainly just the intake manifold.
1) Intake Manifold - Develop a superior intake manifold to the FAST 90/92/102 models that have held the market over the last decade...No one has came up with an affordable ($500-$800) intake manifold that has compared with results from many of the sheetmetal offerings. See if you can produce a direct bolt on LS intake manifodld that will fit LS1/LS3/LS7 port cylinder heads that will eclipse a FAST 102mm for the same price and youll sell 10,0000 of them a year... this alone would make your company millions in profits.
2) Manufacture a simple SFI underdrive pulley that is approx 35-50% underdrive instead of standard 25% for guys that are more on the race & street/strip application for same price.
1) Intake Manifold - Develop a superior intake manifold to the FAST 90/92/102 models that have held the market over the last decade...No one has came up with an affordable ($500-$800) intake manifold that has compared with results from many of the sheetmetal offerings. See if you can produce a direct bolt on LS intake manifodld that will fit LS1/LS3/LS7 port cylinder heads that will eclipse a FAST 102mm for the same price and youll sell 10,0000 of them a year... this alone would make your company millions in profits.
2) Manufacture a simple SFI underdrive pulley that is approx 35-50% underdrive instead of standard 25% for guys that are more on the race & street/strip application for same price.
01-14-2011, 06:15 AM
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ITB intake for a reasonable price for 99+ LSx that means perhaps changable port modules for LS7, L92 and LS1/2 heads
Support DBW and Cable
All the current ones are cathedral port and some cost too much aka Kinsler.
Support DBW and Cable
All the current ones are cathedral port and some cost too much aka Kinsler.
01-14-2011, 09:51 AM
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ITB's at an affordable price would nice. Maybe its chicken and the egg. Someone needs to gamble on demand and build 1000 of them in a production run and bring the cost down.
The another idea would be a hybrid intake with two throttle bodies. TB 1 opens first and feeds runners tuned for the midrange providing improved throttle response and torque. TB 2 opens above a certain TPS (user set or rpm driven for DBW) and feeds runner tuned for high rpm power. If you tune the manifold to allow peak power at 6800 and still have a nice midrange at 3500, you'd have a popular piece.
Ford put a variable intake runner in their V6 at one point using a valve that opened around 3000 rpm to change runner lengths.
The another idea would be a hybrid intake with two throttle bodies. TB 1 opens first and feeds runners tuned for the midrange providing improved throttle response and torque. TB 2 opens above a certain TPS (user set or rpm driven for DBW) and feeds runner tuned for high rpm power. If you tune the manifold to allow peak power at 6800 and still have a nice midrange at 3500, you'd have a popular piece.
Ford put a variable intake runner in their V6 at one point using a valve that opened around 3000 rpm to change runner lengths.
01-14-2011, 10:31 AM
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1) Intake Manifold - Develop a superior intake manifold to the FAST 90/92/102 models that have held the market over the last decade...No one has came up with an affordable ($500-$800) intake manifold that has compared with results from many of the sheetmetal offerings,
price.
01-14-2011, 11:32 AM
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Just like how Fast has held the top spot on the ls intake, another company needs to make a water pump other than Meziere and do it for cheaper.
We also know you have a lot in the road race programs for GM but you don't have any stake in the drag race market, which 90% of us do on this site. I would like to see more out of KATECH in a drag race interest. Build a drag car and lets see if you can walk the walk like some of the other sponsors here.
Show us you can beat TSP's 9.66 on a stock cube stock bottom end ls1 with an off the shelf cam like they did.
Put something together and compete in the LSX shootout like most of our vendors do on this site. You choose damn near any class you want:
All motor
Power adder
Whatever
Show us you can build something that goes in a straight line and not just around the curves.
We also know you have a lot in the road race programs for GM but you don't have any stake in the drag race market, which 90% of us do on this site. I would like to see more out of KATECH in a drag race interest. Build a drag car and lets see if you can walk the walk like some of the other sponsors here.
Show us you can beat TSP's 9.66 on a stock cube stock bottom end ls1 with an off the shelf cam like they did.
Put something together and compete in the LSX shootout like most of our vendors do on this site. You choose damn near any class you want:
All motor
Power adder
Whatever
Show us you can build something that goes in a straight line and not just around the curves.
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01-14-2011, 01:14 PM
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Reality is more power and rpm made you need inertia weight from the balancer to counter it. More power need a larger diameter, heavier balancer.
01-14-2011, 01:42 PM
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1) intake manifold - develop a superior intake manifold to the fast 90/92/102 models that have held the market over the last decade...no one has came up with an affordable ($500-$800) intake manifold that has compared with results from many of the sheetmetal offerings. See if you can produce a direct bolt on ls intake manifodld that will fit ls1/ls3/ls7 port cylinder heads that will eclipse a fast 102mm for the same price and youll sell 10,0000 of them a year... This alone would make your company millions in profits.
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01-14-2011, 01:48 PM
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Having driven a couple of V8's with ITB's this one gets my vote. I know Jenvey here in the UK hinted at producing an LS3 version of theirs if there was enough interest.
01-14-2011, 04:27 PM
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The ability to have more cubes without going overkill with forged rods and pistons if planning to stay N/A. Offer OEM style rods and pistons in different sizes so that the not so rich can have fun in life too 
01-14-2011, 08:00 PM
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Something close to Katech's racing roots - a solution to the oil control issues that LS3s seem to exhibit on the track. For the handful of track days I make a year, it's really difficult to rationalize the cost of a dry sump and I'm not certain that the problem is completely addressed by an Accusump. I don't know if there are any other solutions - maybe something along the lines of a higher capacity pan with a revised pick-up?
01-15-2011, 06:12 AM
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1) Intake Manifold - Develop a superior intake manifold to the FAST 90/92/102 models that have held the market over the last decade...No one has came up with an affordable ($500-$800) intake manifold that has compared with results from many of the sheetmetal offerings. See if you can produce a direct bolt on LS intake manifodld that will fit LS1/LS3/LS7 port cylinder heads that will eclipse a FAST 102mm for the same price and youll sell 10,0000 of them a year... this alone would make your company millions in profits.
01-15-2011, 07:01 AM
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