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wondering if any one has any experience with either of the above mentioned coolers, im putting together a twin setup for my 72 nova, building a 370 or 408 forged shortblock built for boost using a lq4 block, i have a set of l92 heads and i just picked up a holley midram for the top end. also have a summit stage 4 cam. the turbo set up is a cxracing kit with a pair of 7681s. no real power goals in mind, i know the cxracing kit is chinesium junk and will probably upgrade in the future. trying to avoid cutting up the front of the car to put a A2A cooler. any insight would be helpful. thanks
The Shearer intake is a much better product in my opinion. Have several close friends with them, none that have switched from the Tick, but one that switched from a 417 sandwich style intercooler, and saw decent improvements. They are quality pieces no doubt. That being said, I would be more concerned about the Mid Ram than anything. Those intakes are not great, a low ram lower and a shearer fab low pro intercooler with fabricated lid would have been my choice. Give Ron at Shearer a call, or one of their dealers, they will hook you up.
Mid ram intake for top end? The mid ram has the lowest top end of the low/mid/hi Holley variations, to me a stage 4 cam and a mid ram don't go together.
I agree, the 417 is crap. Having had the Shearer holley unit its nice but a proper large A/W core works better if you have the space but the Shearer unit will get you a long way if you don't mind it hanging out the hood.
The Shearer intake is a much better product in my opinion. Have several close friends with them, none that have switched from the Tick, but one that switched from a 417 sandwich style intercooler, and saw decent improvements. They are quality pieces no doubt. That being said, I would be more concerned about the Mid Ram than anything. Those intakes are not great, a low ram lower and a shearer fab low pro intercooler with fabricated lid would have been my choice. Give Ron at Shearer a call, or one of their dealers, they will hook you up.
i may switch to the high ram, nobody had the low ram in stock and I was worried about hood clearence. I talked to ron and ended up buying his 1800 hp brick, 7 gallon tank and pump from him. he was great to deal with and everything was delivered quickly. Im now thinking of selling the cxracing kit and going with a set of flotech headers and a set of s366 turbos or 6266s instead and just fab up hot and cold sides.
Mid ram intake for top end? The mid ram has the lowest top end of the low/mid/hi Holley variations, to me a stage 4 cam and a mid ram don't go together.
I agree, the 417 is crap. Having had the Shearer holley unit its nice but a proper large A/W core works better if you have the space but the Shearer unit will get you a long way if you don't mind it hanging out the hood.
"top end" was refering to top of motor not top end power, its going in a 72 nova with a 4 inch harwood hood and im hoping to keep everything under the hood, if it will not fit then i will probably just go with the high ram. this is my first turbo ls build so i am a bit green, previous setup was a bbc with a roots blower, then a bbc with a vortec v7 ys trim and accel dfi. both made about 800 hp, just looking for something that is a bit tamer and a bit more power
Some of that CX Racing stuff isn't too bad, I know several guys including myself who've run the hotside parts for years, I ran their 4" I/C on my 4th Gen and it worked just fine.
I'd say run the CX hotside, it may work just fine and last, sort out the rest of the combo and then have a custom built badass stainless hotside built later.
You won't get the BBC torque but a 408 with twin S366's would make a lot of usable power, 800-900whp on pump gas should be plenty attainable.
I'm not a fan of the placement the cx headers put the turbos at, figured they are designed to help placement of the ic tubing, I can fabricate pretty good so its not a major deal for me to make up new piping as I do custom exhaust work anyway. the flowtech headers are super cheap, I think the 7681s are gonna be to big for what I want, so its probably easier to get rid of everything and build what i want the first time instead of being unhappy with a laggy setup. if it makes similar power I will be happy, i'd imagine it has to be quite a bit lighter and hopefully have some better driving chararteristics.
"top end" was refering to top of motor not top end power, its going in a 72 nova with a 4 inch harwood hood and im hoping to keep everything under the hood, if it will not fit then i will probably just go with the high ram. this is my first turbo ls build so i am a bit green, previous setup was a bbc with a roots blower, then a bbc with a vortec v7 ys trim and accel dfi. both made about 800 hp, just looking for something that is a bit tamer and a bit more power
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