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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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Anyone familiar with sizing injectors? My car seems to be maxing out 36#'s at the moment (heads/cam) setup. From the Hp tuners scan from the day I was at the dyno she seems to be running the following at 5300rpm I am at 78-80% injector duty, by 5600rpm I am at 88%, and 90% by 6000rpm. At the start of the run at 4900rpm I am as low as 69% duty.

As far as future mods in the forseeable future it is most likely limited to upper and lower intake manifold swap and PP work to both respectively.

Car will remain N/A

I also already have a walboro installed (same one for the Lt1's)
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That sixxer must be making some serious power if your maxing out your 36lbers!

This is a good site for calculating your injector sizing.

http://www.rceng.com/technical.aspx#...cted_Injectors
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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Sweet thanks. Quick question though, is that horsepower at the wheels or at the motor that they are referring to in the equation?

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we'll see what kinda power/potential it has if/when I can afford to get her to the track this year!
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usually at crank, also don't oversize injectors.
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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usually at crank, also don't oversize injectors.
hmm, what happens if you oversize? I'm guessing it will just be impossible not to be running rich?
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Are you running a ladder bar or torque arm setup with your 8.8? Did you get it done by Cam?
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Originally Posted by 95mysticta
Are you running a ladder bar or torque arm setup with your 8.8? Did you get it done by Cam?
torque arm setup, and yes it was built by Cam.

I haven't done much research into the ladder bar setup yet, I do want to get this torque arm off the trans though, not sure if I'll go that route or a torque arm kit that relocates the arm off the tailshaft.
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Nice... im having him build me one this year too! Cant wait for some 5k dumps without having to worry about breaking anything!
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Ohhh ya...cars 1000 times more fun when you're not having to baby the glass rear end. FYI, if you end up getting the sealed wheel bearings (from what I understand there are 2 types), ask moser for the inner seals...they say you don't need it, but they're dumb....cost me 3 bearings in less than 2000km...they kept telling me there was a problem with my rear end (yet the bearing was leaking through the middle of itself, not the outer seal portion)...needless to say the 5$ inner seal solved my problem
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This is weird since I'm also running 36# and not maxing them out.
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This is weird since I'm also running 36# and not maxing them out.
That because you have 8 of them and he only has 6
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