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Old May 20, 2013 | 05:50 AM
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Took a little ride down to Victoria, TX yesterday. Kurt D and Patrick G of LSX Performance gave my car the magic touch. I had planned on coming home with around 480/490 or so hp. Was I in for a surprise! I have a Halltech MF103 Superbee intake, SW headers and Patrick G's magic tune.

A big thanks to both you guys. And Kurt had his work cut out for him with these Stainless Works headers. Thanks for your hard work!

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Thats impressive, specially for the mods! Pat G knows his tuning very nice. What dyno was this on?
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Thats impressive, specially for the mods! Pat G knows his tuning very nice. What dyno was this on?
The dyno was LSX Performance in Victoria. It's a load bearing Mustang dyno.
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Man that's nuts for no cam. Very impressive, congrats.
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Impressive numbers!

Curious to see what she throws down at the track
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Thanks guys!

Has GM done something to the newer Z06s since the valve guide problem so they now apparently make more power? I have not read where any of the 06-09 have made this much power with factory heads/cam.

It might make good mph at the track but I have always raced automatics and not sure I can get a decent 60' with this manual and with this tall first gear. This car needs at least a 3.73 gear and a 3.90 even better.
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That's awesome!! I have a rebuilt to stock ls7 that will be goin in my camaro at some point. I was hoping it would make 100whp more than my ls6.

I was wondering about the valve guide issue also. What is the guide material made of in a stock ls7?
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Originally Posted by Larry
Thanks guys!

Has GM done something to the newer Z06s since the valve guide problem so they now apparently make more power? I have not read where any of the 06-09 have made this much power with factory heads/cam.

It might make good mph at the track but I have always raced automatics and not sure I can get a decent 60' with this manual and with this tall first gear. This car needs at least a 3.73 gear and a 3.90 even better.
Not 100% sure why they have increased power, but I've personally noticed that 2012+ C6s have yielded higher dynos than older models (I lurk around here and CF)
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