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Cylinder head
I'm not exactly sure how to ask but I'll give it a shot. I have an 04 GTO. In 2 weeks I will be installing heads and cam along with the other supporting mods. Now, as every one else does, I would like to see a decent # up top (410-420) but I am also a little afraid that the heads and cam that require me to get there will come at too much of a sacrifice of lower end torque and that is something my heavy a&* goat needs. I'm considering the F13 112 with the TEA 1.5 ls1 heads. Would I be correct in saying that the heavier the work on factory cylinder heads (stage II and III) the more I'm sacrificing VE at lower engine speeds or is that simply not the case and its merely a case of quality of work? This car is a daily driver and I'm just concerned about killing the bottom end of the power band on this heavy car. Input
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You will have more power at all rpm's with a bigger cam and better heads than stock for sure, when you are really getting on it you aren't going lower than 4500 so is power and torque down at 3K really a problem? Do you plan of bogging any? With that 6speed I am sure you can stay in a gear where you can find power, if you want to do heads and cam, go all out and get a monster combo.
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Originally Posted by Blue02Ws6
You will have more power at all rpm's with a bigger cam and better heads than stock for sure, when you are really getting on it you aren't going lower than 4500 so is power and torque down at 3K really a problem? Do you plan of bogging any? With that 6speed I am sure you can stay in a gear where you can find power, if you want to do heads and cam, go all out and get a monster combo.
Well, this car is a daily driver. And it does spend alot of time south of 2500. I come the interstate in the morning so it spends a lot of time in sixth gear and at night I go home on back roads and I do a lot of start stop driving. Either way, I'm still spending more time in lower part of the band than the upper. I know that at some point there is going to be a trade off and just dont want to skue that to much one way or the other.
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I'm not exactly sure how to ask but I'll give it a shot. I have an 04 GTO. In 2 weeks I will be installing heads and cam along with the other supporting mods. Now, as every one else does, I would like to see a decent # up top (410-420) but I am also a little afraid that the heads and cam that require me to get there will come at too much of a sacrifice of lower end torque and that is something my heavy a&* goat needs. I'm considering the F13 112 with the TEA 1.5 ls1 heads. Would I be correct in saying that the heavier the work on factory cylinder heads (stage II and III) the more I'm sacrificing VE at lower engine speeds or is that simply not the case and its merely a case of quality of work? This car is a daily driver and I'm just concerned about killing the bottom end of the power band on this heavy car. Input
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A bigger cam is not always the answer. Slowhawk made a post in the internal section about testing cams with AFR heads. Looks like he was making better power thoughout the ENTIRE range with smaller cams and lot losing much on the top end. You might want to check out a reverse split cam as well... Lots to understand when it comes to head/cam combo's - I am trying to decide as well - and I can't do it 410-420 is going to take a good combo with most bolt-ons and a good tune. Let us know what you decide and some #'s too! Nice to see you modding the Goat! Best wishes!
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Thank guys! Let me tell ya, Scott@FF has been great. Very very helpful and willing to listen and direct me in the direction thats best for my app. Even if it cost him a better sale. I appreciate all the additional info you guys have chimed in with. I will look into that thread! Thanks again!
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Thank guys! Let me tell ya, Scott@FF has been great. Very very helpful and willing to listen and direct me in the direction thats best for my app. Even if it cost him a better sale. I appreciate all the additional info you guys have chimed in with. I will look into that thread! Thanks again!
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Originally Posted by slow ride
Info! What kind of combo did he recomend?
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He recommended that I stay with a smaller intake port and go with a stage II 5.3 head. This would bring the compression ratio up to 10.7. He said I could go the FM cam I mentioned above and it would make plenty of torque or he said I could even go a little more aggressive and use a comp annihilator cam with a 232-238 595-585 on a 112. Sounds pretty good to me.
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5.7's and 5.3's have both the same 200-205cc intake port volume stock.
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Originally Posted by GMCVT
Well, this car is a daily driver. And it does spend alot of time south of 2500. I come the interstate in the morning so it spends a lot of time in sixth gear and at night I go home on back roads and I do a lot of start stop driving. Either way, I'm still spending more time in lower part of the band than the upper. I know that at some point there is going to be a trade off and just dont want to skue that to much one way or the other.
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Originally Posted by Full-Force
You spend alot of time south of 2500 but you dont nail into it below 2500. Think about it. When you nail into your car you put it in the gear that is gonna give you the biggest kick which means that you will, by nature, be around 4k.
Exactly my point.
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Originally Posted by Full-Force
You spend alot of time south of 2500 but you dont nail into it below 2500. Think about it. When you nail into your car you put it in the gear that is gonna give you the biggest kick which means that you will, by nature, be around 4k.
Make any more sense?
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I still think anything higher than 222 for a stock block is too much cam for a daily driver. The highest I would go is comp cams 222/224 making a conservative 450fwhp without tuning.
You should also consider a 212/218. Max. gains up till 5000RPM and loses out to the 222/224 by only 10HP. If you want to go custom somethiong in between would be your best bet.
You should also consider a 212/218. Max. gains up till 5000RPM and loses out to the 222/224 by only 10HP. If you want to go custom somethiong in between would be your best bet.
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Originally Posted by MNR-0
I still think anything higher than 222 for a stock block is too much cam for a daily driver.
Originally Posted by MNR-0
The highest I would go is comp cams 222/224 making a conservative 450fwhp without tuning.