PROMODLSX

I just purchased a 2002 camaro pro mod car without engine. it came with a 3spd lenco automatic trans. My plan was to run a twin 88 setup but Iam kinda thinking about starting out N/A first to get friendly with the car before getting that much hp. So my question is whats it take? wouldnt be afraid of building a 9000 rpm engine like the SAM team did. It would be on alcohol. tell me if iam on track her or not. looking for 900hp and up.
RHS BLOCK 4.125 bore
DR or C5R heads
jesle rockers
13.5 14.1 comp
sheet metal intake.
solid roller cam.
jesle belt drive.
calis crank.
calis rods.

three83'camaro

I would love to get some 400+ cfm heads like some all pros or somthin with a HUGE solid roller and a sheet metal intake on a big cubed motor

87silverbullet

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ERL block 4.185 bore
MOZEZ heads
Jesel or T&D system
15:1 compression
sheetmetal dual T/B intake
Solid roller
Callies Magnum XL
GRP alum rods

Would be my list for a max effort N/A setup

NVUSZ28

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Is there anyone running a nitro-methane set-up on an LSx? That's the most combustible fuel I can think of to run.

Ls1nutZ28

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I forgot about the mozez heads. So with all these parts and that high of comp on alcohol is it fairly easy to reach that 900 to 1100 hp?

PROMODLSX

Thats what Iam wondering. what kind of numbers could you see from that kind of a setup?

Gordon0652

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Hope you have deep pockets! What are you ultimately looking to do? Track numbers.

canada4g63

Why not just go turbo now?

RoidedSS

^agreed, you're looking to dump a lot of money into that setup, just to change it out down the road

Quick Carl

If your ultimate goal is to go Turbo, I would start with that set-up and tune it back until you got used to it. Otherwise your going to have to buy a lot of NA parts that won't be good for a turbo set-up. Big NA power likes low drag bearings, light weight internals, etc. while a turbo (especially Pro Mod) needs beef and plenty of it. I would set them up totally different.
BTW our turbo engines spin over 9K with the heavy components if that's what your looking for. Either way, it takes a very good oiling system to make it live at that RPM and nothing is cheap.
It would be fun to see one of these big Drag Radial turbo engines in a lightweight Pro Mod instead of pushing 3300- 3400 #'s into the low 7's. You can go deep into the 6's with the same power and the slicks would help enormously.
Sounds like a fun project. Post pics.

87silverbullet

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Exactly, look at Camaroandreas on here. He has been 6.74 on his monte carlo chassis and he's going bigger now so we should see low 6's in his future.

PROMODLSX

I got the rest of the summer,fall,winter,spring I guess to just go the turbo route and be done with it. I'am looking for track numbers in the mid to high 6's the car had a big block hemi in it and thats right where it ran before. We had fig the race weight to be around 2250lbs with driver. Thats alum race block with twin 88 turbos and of course all the pluming and cooler. It was around 2500lbs with the big block and blower.

87silverbullet

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Why don't you just build a turbo kit to go on the car and just throw a junk motor like an LQ4/9 or an LS2 and then build a nasty setup to go on the same kit.

You could probably get something like a TTi kit since you have all the room and run a big single turbo on a stock motor. Just to get it rolling and have fun. Then make the plans for the "KILLER" to go in.

COPO9560

If the car was set up for big block I''m not sure why you would want to change to an LS. If you are only looking for 900 NA you could just buy a crate engine and get it done with pump gas for less investment than with a LS based engine.

Are there many guys using LS based engines in Pro-Mod cars? With turbo cars being allowed 540 cubes it would seem hard to compete with a hemi headed big block.

LS6427

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Why spend $30,000 on a totally custom and exotic LSx engine....that may never even make 900 HP.....but WILL certainly be a ticking time bomb at that level. It won't be reliable at all.

Drop a BBC in there for LESS than half the price and make 1000 HP ""EASY"" on pump gas and be WAY WAY WAY more reliable than an LSx set up could ever be. The BBC would last for years and years. LSx will explode any day.

$13,500.....1000 HP
http://www.shafiroff.com/sportsman/598_lowdeck.asp

$19,950.....1145 HP
http://www.shafiroff.com/sportsman/615_1145.asp

BADASS......$17,975.....1,400 HP
http://www.shafiroff.com/nos/565_1400.asp


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G Engines

The amount of work you will have to put into an lsx engine to spin twin 88's would be far more than building a bbc. Imo I would build a 500 inch bbc tt with a set of profiler 174x heads and you could run mid 6's and never hurt the thing.

midevil1

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Big Blocks are the Shizznit.. 500ci and 10lbs of boost will get you in the 1200hp range..598ci and 24lbs of boost will get you in the 2600hp range..

Sins4u33

big blocks!

Che70velle

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Check out Nelson Race Engines. They build high end TT LSX stuff that put down 1500 to 2500 hp, depending on the fuel you want to run. They have built many nitromethane LSX engines. Gonna cost you $30k plus!

COPO9560

Look at Sonny's Racing Engines for some rather interesting BBC ideas. Their SAR 1005, with 2,150 na horsepower is pretty much unbelievable. They list a 903 inch engine with 2700 hp (with nitrous) set up for Pro-Mod as well. Not cheap at $90K+ but this is not a cheap class to be competing in.