BanditDave

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Hey Guys,

I am bouncing back and forth between power adders and have always been interested in Nitrous but a little wary of it because of my proclivity to not know when to say enough is enough.

That being said, if I wanted to rip a 9 sec slip in a 3500lb car with driver, MT drag radial, 3.73 gears, 4L80e and an appropriate converter while going with a more mild cam to maintain street manners, roughly what shot would I be looking for?

I would prefer to progressively bring it in so that my drivetrain lives a long and happy life...

Appreciate the feedback...I will do some more extensive searching later tonight when I get home from work, but was just curious as to what this would take.

Thanks in advance!!!
Dave

Killer5.3

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That 4l80 robs a lot of power. if you have a really good converter and have the suspension dialed in you might could do it on 200,but, more than likely 225-250. It will take low 1.4 60 ft and low 6.30 1/8. What is your suspension mods, tire, and what converter? What kind of kit and fuel system do you have?

BanditDave

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Hey, thanks for the reply.

As far as converter I was going to go Yank or PTC...stall has not been chosen but I was considering a custom 3600-4200 variety with a properly chosen Nitrous cam.

No nitrous kit chosen yet but I would be going with Nitrous Outlet as Neal has
been really forthcoming with Tech advice as well as patient. I am still leaning towards the Turbo idea but I have ALWAYS loved a big cube small block idea then throw some juice on top of it. This would get me going for now, then I could creep up on 9s.

As for suspension, I used to race this car NA in the high 10s low 11s on stock suspension with comp engineering shocks and drag bags in the rears. 28x9-15 Hoosier slicks...it was a great set-up and insanely consistant.

Thanks again for your interest!
Dave

Killer5.3

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I would give Greg @ FTI or Chris @ Circle D a shout. We have had really good luck with both of them on several different cars and combos. They seem to have a really good handle on setting up converters for the 4L80E and the 6L80/90 E. Can't go wrong with Nitrous Outlet. we run his plate and probably switching to either a fogger or his spray bar setup with Vic Jr.

boostit5.3

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i have a similar setup (but with a built 4l60e). i took it to the track and on the 3rd pass i ran 11.8 @ 120 1.8 60ft on a 175 shot with low bottle pressure (700). Im running a wet nozzle with a zex race efi nitrous kit. i plan on dialing it in on a 200 shot then adding my other nitrous kit for a 100 hit out of the hole. also looking for single digits but its gonna be hard with my full weight camaro and impossible till i fix my broke ten bolt lol.

BanditDave

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I will definitely do that, man. Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate your active response in this. I kinda stalked some of your previous posts and that 9 sec Camaro you are working with is really nice. I think I will dig into cam specs a little better to get a properly spec'd cam for this deal. I want to drive to the track, rip the 9 and drive home....the standard fair right? Haha.

I forgot to tell you about the fuel system. Right now, 10 Gal cell, Fuel Lab 1100 Hp pump, #8 to Eddy Super Victor with 900cc Fuel Injector Clinic Injectors. Right now I have a 95-deg Eddy Elbow and no TB (was considering 90mm Eddy). BUT I am also thinking of sending N2O my Super Victor and getting it set up for direct port system with a 4 barrel throttle body atop the SV.

Right now I like the 3.73s because it lets me get thru the traps on my old motor around 6200-6400 on a 4200 stall converter or thereabouts...keeping the SBE under 7K which is my goal.

Again, thanks Killer5.3 for your help...really appreciate it.

Dave

Killer5.3

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I would get with Martin@ Tick and he can get you setup with a nice cam to suit you. Good luck and keep us posted on your results. We got our converter and gear swapped and installing NO stand alone , dual billet bottle bracket, y block, shutoff valve this week. Hope to get it wrapped up and head to track Sunday and dial new setup in.

BanditDave

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Will do man...thanks for the advice. Hopefully the gods of the East Coast will look favorably on me...considering my home track is Atco...I get to enjoy DAs damn near below 0 some days!!! Haha.

Sales@Tick

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I'd love to do a cam for a set-up like this.

BanditDave

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You will be...I just gotta figure out if I want to go with Nitrous or I want to go turbo. I am honestly on the fence right now. I have always been a big cube small block guy and a little topper of nitrous always sounded appealing. That being said, I would want to ramp it in fairly reasonably if at all possible so I am not destroying parts every other week. Would you mind shooting me a PM on a price for either a Turbo cam or a Nitrous cam? I am about to button up the long block as soon as I get the call the heads are done. It is a 5.3L with 862 heads, valve job, Brian Tooley .650/.660s, LS9 head gaskets, ARP bolts. Utmost concern is drivability, I want to be able to drive it to the track, grip it and rip and hopefully get home...haha. First few runs will be done off the trailer...haha.

BanditDave

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Car its going in...

Sales@Tick

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Turbo cam and nitrous cam would be the same price. Turbo cam will drive much better than a nitrous camshaft.