Heads and cam install finished up
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Heads and cam install finished up Finally fired up the vette last night and it purrs like a kitten. I installed GTP stage 2 heads, the thunder racing 227/224 cam on a 114lsa, a JWIS timing chain, katech oil pump, and an ASP underdrive pulley. I'm still heat cycling the springs and I'll do my oil change today....then I'll get on it and give it some gas. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
The whole install will take somebody who's never done it 16-20 hours or so, with an experienced person maybe taking 8-12 hours. I took pictures of every step, and documented the procedure. It will all be up very soon.
This install was MUCH easier than I'd thought, and I'd say if you can turn a wrench, you can install your own heads/cam package on your C5. Its a lot of work, but nothing tricky.
My old setup was ARE stage 2 heads + B1 cam....it'll be interesting to see if the GTP + 227/224 cam pick up any power since I'm still using all stock exhaust, manifolds back (HUUUUUUUGE bottleneck obviously).
The whole install will take somebody who's never done it 16-20 hours or so, with an experienced person maybe taking 8-12 hours. I took pictures of every step, and documented the procedure. It will all be up very soon.
This install was MUCH easier than I'd thought, and I'd say if you can turn a wrench, you can install your own heads/cam package on your C5. Its a lot of work, but nothing tricky.
My old setup was ARE stage 2 heads + B1 cam....it'll be interesting to see if the GTP + 227/224 cam pick up any power since I'm still using all stock exhaust, manifolds back (HUUUUUUUGE bottleneck obviously).
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From: Los Angeles
Re: Heads and cam install finished up Well, the old combo did 363rwhp. the new one I doubt will do too much more.
Did I mention stock manifolds, stock cats, and stock catback are kinda a bottleneck? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
I'll probably dyno it like it is just for fun...but right now I'm saving my pennies to get some longtubes and ditch these cats <img border="0" alt="[chug]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_chug.gif" />
Did I mention stock manifolds, stock cats, and stock catback are kinda a bottleneck? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
I'll probably dyno it like it is just for fun...but right now I'm saving my pennies to get some longtubes and ditch these cats <img border="0" alt="[chug]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_chug.gif" />
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Re: Heads and cam install finished up </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by jmX:
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The whole install will take somebody who's never done it 16-20 hours or so, with an experienced person maybe taking 8-12 hours. I took pictures of every step, and documented the procedure. It will all be up very soon.
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The whole install will take somebody who's never done it 16-20 hours or so, with an experienced person maybe taking 8-12 hours. I took pictures of every step, and documented the procedure. It will all be up very soon.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Any word on how the write up is going??
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