2002 SS Heads & Cam
2002 SS Heads & Cam I just got my car back after a heads/ cam swap. I was hoping for a little above 400rwhp, but the torque really surprised me. I'm definitely happy with it. What do y'all think I could do to break 400?
The set up is:
224/224 .591 112+4 Comp Cam
Lingenfelter Ported 853's
BBK Lt's and Y pipe
SLP underdrive Pulley
Stock Dual/Dual muffler with CME tips
The set up is:
224/224 .591 112+4 Comp Cam
Lingenfelter Ported 853's
BBK Lt's and Y pipe
SLP underdrive Pulley
Stock Dual/Dual muffler with CME tips
Not bad numbers but I would have expected that setup to make a bit higher numbers. There are cam only cars with bolts ons that make higher numbers. But I guess the important thing is how it drives. You can always take it to the track to see what it runs.
My thing with the cam was, I wanted a smaller DD friendly cam because I drive the car up to 70 miles a day. If I would have gone with a bigger cam, I'm sure I could have had 410-430 rwhp, but I wanted Hp all through the power band and torque also.
How does the car feel to you? I'm sure it's plenty fast.
With dyno numbers, you never know. You could go back another day and dyno over 400hp. There is always a little give or take on the numbers depending on conditions.
With dyno numbers, you never know. You could go back another day and dyno over 400hp. There is always a little give or take on the numbers depending on conditions.
It feels good. It definitely pulls harder and feels faster. I haven't had a chance to really get on it yet, but im definitely satisfied with the couple of hard 1-3 gear pulls ive done. I have never had the car at the track, and probably won't take it, I just wanted a good street car that would be able to stand its own with most cars on the road. Mostly new camaros and mustangs. I hope its fast enough to do that.
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Send your LS6 intake to LS2 portworks and let Cory port it. Ditch the BBK headers and Y and go with something better along with better muffler. Bet you would see at least 20-25 rwhp with those mods. Those are 1 5/8 and 2.5 in Y if I remember correctly.
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Do you have a factory SLP lid? If not a lid would help. How about a ported TB? Have you done the free mods? Those are all super cheap and would be probably be worth an easy 15-20rwhp all together.
I wouldn't say they are horrible, but definitely some power left with a few tweaks. Pacesetters and a Y with the flowmaster merge would be a not too pricey improvement and soemone would buy your BBK setup to recoupe some of your $$. Better muffler, ported LS6 and throttle body if you haven't done so along with ram air such as chris1313 should put you in the 415 range at least maybe a little better.
Wow, this took off last night. To answer the questions, the lid is a stock blackwing lid. I will look into some replacements. I'll check into headers soon, but I need a new rear right now, so that may be put in hold for a few months. The tune was done by Mike Bruce of B&B Corvette in Columbia, SC.
