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Old 02-23-2006, 03:05 PM
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Default Would you guys recoomend the LS6 intake with stock heads?

Right now my car has a lid, GM Hotcam, and Loudmouth exhaust. I'll be installing headers in a few weeks and was wondering if it would be worth it to go ahead and install the LS6 intake even though my heads were stock? Would I still get a decent gain from the intake with the hotcam and headers? Or would I be better off waiting to install the intake with heads?
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its up to you. but intake install aint hard (or expensive)
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I had the same setupa year ago, I added the LS6 intake and gained 1 rwhp
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Originally Posted by CamminV6
I had the same setupa year ago, I added the LS6 intake and gained 1 rwhp
Man, I bet that was disappointing. Did you have a stock tune? I bet it would have helped a bigger cam a lot more.

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I gained 3 rwhp with the ls6 intake before the cam, but did 4.10 gears at the same time.
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I noticed quite a difference when I added one. I already had a TR224 cam and headers.
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i was thinking with the hotcam the ls6 should be worth 5-10 rwhp.i would put it on with your other stuff and go have her tuned.
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Originally Posted by Dustin98SS
Right now my car has a lid, GM Hotcam, and Loudmouth exhaust. I'll be installing headers in a few weeks and was wondering if it would be worth it to go ahead and install the LS6 intake even though my heads were stock? Would I still get a decent gain from the intake with the hotcam and headers? Or would I be better off waiting to install the intake with heads?
Check out this article it should help: http://www.tpis.com/plog/index.php?o...Id=14&blogId=1

Essentially the LS1 is pretty good and the LS6 only really makes more power above 5000 or so rpm. Same goes for other aftermarket intakes.

Personally I'd go LS6 with a 90mm (round or oval) TB from TPIS. It's cheaper than a 90/90 setup and really not far behind in PEAK numbers and even closer through-out the rev range.




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