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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 04:48 PM
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Should I put forced induction on before I do heads or get heads before sorced induction. I was thinking about going with a ATI D1SC but should I wait and get the supercharger after heads or before.
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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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Depends on what heads you are wanting to do. What LSA id the X! cam from MTI?? Is it on a 112? If so you will probably want to change it to a cam with a little more overlap so you dont bleed of all that boost you just worked so hard to create. I would go with a nice set of MTI's 6.0L head to lower Compression on your stock shortblock to about 9.6:1-9.5:1 with 71cc chambers. That would help. Just make sure you get a good tune....... if you plan to change pulleys after you see how easy it is to get more boost make sure you strap her back on the dyno for more tuning....
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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 04:54 PM
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good FI heads will lower your compression so i would go with the FI first and then heads later. low compression would hurt your NA performance.
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It depends on if you look at the big picture in the end..... or if you have the $$$$$$ to do them both at the same time...
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Whatever you do have the heads specificly tailored to the SC not just a set of off the shelf stageX heads. the porting and all the work is different for your application.

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