My old man combo dyno results 01 SS small cam, low lift cam only
07-08-2011, 02:23 PM
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My old man combo dyno results 01 SS small cam, low lift cam only I bought a 2001 SS a few months ago with 37k miles on it. It had a ton of parts....some of which probably did not belong together. Not going into too much detail there.
Suffice it to say it had
stage 2 heads
230+ dur and .600+ lift cam
aftermarket rockers
Comp R lifters
FAST intake 90mm
FAST TB 90mm
tuning from the original installer and then a bit of tuning from another local guy.
It supposedly made 425 rwhp after all this stuff was installed back in 03 or 04. However it was sold to the guy I bought it from and he had it dynoed and it made around 345 rwhp. Obviously something was up. At that time that particular owner had the shop do a bit of tweaking on the tune and they managed 385 rwhp. Still far below what it should have been with all those high dollar parts. It also drove like ***. Surged and stumbled and bucked.
So I bought it and began the task of redoing the top end with basic no nonsense parts with the goal of making a daily driver and not spending a ton of money.
stock untouched 241 heads
single behive springs
very small comp cam 222/224 .566 lift 112
stock rockers
stock unported TB
LS6 intake
stock used LS6 lifters
The goal was to make decent power and have near stock drivability and reliability. This car is now a daily driver and I want it to go 100k miles before messing with anything.
Took it to Jeremy Yesterday and he spent some time correcting the tune...which was not so good. We did some drivability tuning and lots of part throttle stuff first. Then we drove to the dyno so Jeremy could do the final WOT tuning.
Final numbers were 390.81 rwhp and 380.80 rwtq
Not massive numbers for sure...but keep in mind this is basically a small cam only car. Other mods include Hooker LT's, underdrive pulley, lid, magnaflow catback. Thats it.
The car drives like stock. No bucking , no stalling, idle quality is great and I can cruise at 950-1050 in 6th gear and its as smooth as butter.
I tell you...with the parts and new tune... its a new car that is now ENJOYABLE to drive.
It may get some mildly touched up 243's in the future to bring it above 410 rwhp. But thats it.
Anyways I cant say enough about Jeremy and Fasterproms. Thanks for the help!
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paFkBAZqexA
Suffice it to say it had
stage 2 heads
230+ dur and .600+ lift cam
aftermarket rockers
Comp R lifters
FAST intake 90mm
FAST TB 90mm
tuning from the original installer and then a bit of tuning from another local guy.
It supposedly made 425 rwhp after all this stuff was installed back in 03 or 04. However it was sold to the guy I bought it from and he had it dynoed and it made around 345 rwhp. Obviously something was up. At that time that particular owner had the shop do a bit of tweaking on the tune and they managed 385 rwhp. Still far below what it should have been with all those high dollar parts. It also drove like ***. Surged and stumbled and bucked.
So I bought it and began the task of redoing the top end with basic no nonsense parts with the goal of making a daily driver and not spending a ton of money.
stock untouched 241 heads
single behive springs
very small comp cam 222/224 .566 lift 112
stock rockers
stock unported TB
LS6 intake
stock used LS6 lifters
The goal was to make decent power and have near stock drivability and reliability. This car is now a daily driver and I want it to go 100k miles before messing with anything.
Took it to Jeremy Yesterday and he spent some time correcting the tune...which was not so good. We did some drivability tuning and lots of part throttle stuff first. Then we drove to the dyno so Jeremy could do the final WOT tuning.
Final numbers were 390.81 rwhp and 380.80 rwtq
Not massive numbers for sure...but keep in mind this is basically a small cam only car. Other mods include Hooker LT's, underdrive pulley, lid, magnaflow catback. Thats it.
The car drives like stock. No bucking , no stalling, idle quality is great and I can cruise at 950-1050 in 6th gear and its as smooth as butter.
I tell you...with the parts and new tune... its a new car that is now ENJOYABLE to drive.
It may get some mildly touched up 243's in the future to bring it above 410 rwhp. But thats it.
Anyways I cant say enough about Jeremy and Fasterproms. Thanks for the help!
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paFkBAZqexA
07-14-2011, 03:23 AM
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And gain money! 
I tell ya...if I lost my job tomorrow I would get into buying and selling. Between ebay and craigslist I have been killing it that last year. Probably made an additional $5500 in the last few months alone not even trying.
Damian....good to be back in an Fbody and tinkering a bit. If I ever start modding more serious again I am going to have to pick your brain on a few things. Alot has changed.
I tell ya...if I lost my job tomorrow I would get into buying and selling. Between ebay and craigslist I have been killing it that last year. Probably made an additional $5500 in the last few months alone not even trying.
Damian....good to be back in an Fbody and tinkering a bit. If I ever start modding more serious again I am going to have to pick your brain on a few things. Alot has changed.
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07-15-2011, 05:06 PM
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Great numbers! If I ever get a cam it will be around 222 duration aswell...lovin the flat torque curve and stock like driveability! Im thinkin eps 222/226 .59x-.60x 115, or stick with the current stock cam /1.85 rocker setup and get a set of AI cnc'd 243's.
