How good is the stock catback pipe?? + $2 worth of washers worth 4 RWHP,with sheets.
04-12-2012, 09:52 PM
#23
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But that $500+ spent on a catback bought all new piping and new tips made of quality material that's going to last. Versus old, hacked up stock junk with an aftermarket muffler, not really the same thing. I see your point with what you did though, definitely a great alternative if performance is your only goal.
04-13-2012, 08:42 AM
#26
But that $500+ spent on a catback bought all new piping and new tips made of quality material that's going to last. Versus old, hacked up stock junk with an aftermarket muffler, not really the same thing. I see your point with what you did though, definitely a great alternative if performance is your only goal.
04-13-2012, 11:23 AM
#30
Congrats, I swore after crawling my fat *** under my car countless times doing headers and motor mounts this past winter on my car, I would not do it again until I have a lift which of couse means building another shop due to my normal garage ceiling height of our attached 2 car garage. Looks like your shop is a pole barn too? Considering a 30x40 or 40x40...?
My back still hurts...
My back still hurts...
04-13-2012, 12:14 PM
#31
Congrats, I swore after crawling my fat *** under my car countless times doing headers and motor mounts this past winter on my car, I would not do it again until I have a lift which of couse means building another shop due to my normal garage ceiling height of our attached 2 car garage. Looks like your shop is a pole barn too? Considering a 30x40 or 40x40...?
My back still hurts...
My back still hurts...
My road race car is also a street driver, so every event I go to I swap pads, rotors,wheels, put on brake ducts and every other event do an oil change... its a PITA.
Shop is a 20x30 pole barn, bottom of joist is 9 ft, roof of car goes up between the joist(6 inches past joist). The rack goes all the way up, 74 inches.
Look on GregSmithequipment.com thats where I got my lift. Put it up about 2 weeks ago with a buddy.
Last edited by FASTFATBOY; 04-13-2012 at 04:42 PM.
04-13-2012, 04:39 PM
#33
Please post pics for the 'tards in this thread LOL.
BTW, you MIGHT be able to shim it higher than a 1/8 inch. Put a little grease on the highest part of the lid and lightly shut the hood to see if it touches, go as high as you can.
Dont slam the hood, it will break your lid.
BTW, you MIGHT be able to shim it higher than a 1/8 inch. Put a little grease on the highest part of the lid and lightly shut the hood to see if it touches, go as high as you can.
Dont slam the hood, it will break your lid.
04-14-2012, 11:27 AM
#38
because its also your lower air box so it cools faster and stays cooler, because it only has 4 small points of contact.. VS laying right on top of the radiator, holding in all the heat.. cooler air more power
thats my take on it anyway i could be wrong
thats my take on it anyway i could be wrong
04-15-2012, 10:58 AM
#40
It opens the gap in the inlet between the box and top core support.
I was curious years ago when my buddy had is 400rwhp cam only 2002 SS on the rollers. I was curious about the power difference between a WS6 lower box and a SS lower box,the WS6 lower box(and only this one) has a bigger(taller) opening under the front.
SO after he made his pulls, I pulled up his lower box and stuck 2 screwdriver handles under the box and did a pull.
Average HP went up like 5hp, bottom end tq went WAY up on the initial hit, like 15 ft lbs and carried it to like 4500rpm then it leveled out with the previous pulls lines.
I was shocked.
I could see where if you put all the big stuff, big lid, big MAF, big TB and a SLP style front facing hood with the WS6 lower box it would be worth some power(not to justify all the cost, but if you got good deals on all of it or it was a max effort car).
This test was the reason I put a LT1 WS6 airbox and WS6 style hood on my LT1 car, it was just as good as the setup I have now.
I was curious years ago when my buddy had is 400rwhp cam only 2002 SS on the rollers. I was curious about the power difference between a WS6 lower box and a SS lower box,the WS6 lower box(and only this one) has a bigger(taller) opening under the front.
SO after he made his pulls, I pulled up his lower box and stuck 2 screwdriver handles under the box and did a pull.
Average HP went up like 5hp, bottom end tq went WAY up on the initial hit, like 15 ft lbs and carried it to like 4500rpm then it leveled out with the previous pulls lines.
I was shocked.
I could see where if you put all the big stuff, big lid, big MAF, big TB and a SLP style front facing hood with the WS6 lower box it would be worth some power(not to justify all the cost, but if you got good deals on all of it or it was a max effort car).
This test was the reason I put a LT1 WS6 airbox and WS6 style hood on my LT1 car, it was just as good as the setup I have now.