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Old Jan 3, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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Question STS for me???

well ive been thinking of getting one but i think my car is set-up all wrong for one..... what do you think? mods in sig!
my CR is 10.6:1 (not to high) so 5 pounds would be plenty!
is my cam OK for boost? it has -4 degrees over lap!
arent 4:10 gears bad for a boosted car?

please let me know what you think! thanks guys...
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Old Jan 3, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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Your cam is not too bad for the STS, especially for 5psi. 2ktransam made 498 with a cam alot worse for a turbo; 112lsa I think. You could do w/o the 4:10's with the turbo.
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Old Jan 3, 2005 | 08:42 PM
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10.6 is pushin it. id get another set of heads and doa 72-76cc to drop the compression a lil.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 08:32 PM
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anyone else....
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 11:40 AM
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Compression is a bit high but with a proper fuel system and a good tune you should be safe as long as you use your head and don't go hot lapping in 100deg temps.

I agree though that the gears suck for a turbo. You'll take longer to spool up. They will still work though. One of our local guys have 4.10s on his. He is going to switch to 3.23s though.
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