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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:34 PM
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Ok Im In The Middle Of Starting My Turbo Project. T76 Fmic, Is It Really Nessesary That I Do A Head Swap? Or Will The Stock 241's Do The Job? I Know Lq9s Are The Cheapest Route To Get More Power. But I Already Have Comp Cam 918 Springs. Chrome Moly Pushrods. Titanium Retainers In My 241's So I Need Some Input! Plllllllllleassse!
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:36 PM
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How much boost are you planning to run? Is this a rear-mount? What's your fuel system? You have one question, but we can throw back quite a few. Tell us more.
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front mount. stock block. around 10lbs. 60lb motron injectors. ls6 lingenfelter intake. 255 fuel pump. an a kb boosta pump
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The 317's are used more for lowering the compression ratio.
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:48 PM
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exactlty what i got, the springs and pushrods will fit with lq9s so dont worry about switching them out
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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ok cool. so i can buy a pare of bare lq9's an just swap the parts over? how much do those heads drop the compression??
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should put u around 9.6 as long as they arent milled at all
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ur springs are 7.4 right??
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im not sure. i bought the car with all those mods. so its just hear say. whats the stock compression?
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ok cool. so i can buy a pare of bare lq9's an just swap the parts over? how much do those heads drop the compression??
I bought a pair off ebay complete for about 300 plus shipping. They had around 2k miles on them. I just did some hand porting then installed my 918's, rocker arms etc. I think on a stock block you will get around (edit) 9.5 to 1 CR?

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10.1 im pretty sure
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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oh sweet thats good price! ya if it drops it that much. il def get them. my buddy got some from patriot an he pulled some really good numbers with em. will i be safe on 10lbs of boost on those stock heads? with the pushrods an springs?
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im going for 600RWHP+ with the LQ9s and wtvr else is in my sig
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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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the guy im talking about did 652 an ran out of fuel at 5000rpms he has a t76 fmic with the same cam i have i beleive. 232/232/598/114lsa
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evrything ive bought for my build is in my price of forced induction sticky, check it out, we have the same build practicly
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pricey! but what can you do.. gotta do it right the first time. tear down sucks. so far i have about 6050 on paper in parts im gonna need. an thats not including alota little ****. an then i gotta worrie about tune. an yada yada yada. but i want to do it. so far i havnt had any bad thoughts or no dont do it. so hopefully il stick to it. just to save alil money right now im gonna try an see how it does with my stock heads. an if i run into problems il get a set of those lq9s. i was thinking about getting that hks boost controler. its 600 bux. a couple guys around here are running it. it seems really good. turbo timer. the whole bit.
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pricey! but what can you do.. gotta do it right the first time. tear down sucks. so far i have about 6050 on paper in parts im gonna need. an thats not including alota little ****. an then i gotta worrie about tune. an yada yada yada. but i want to do it. so far i havnt had any bad thoughts or no dont do it. so hopefully il stick to it. just to save alil money right now im gonna try an see how it does with my stock heads. an if i run into problems il get a set of those lq9s. i was thinking about getting that hks boost controler. its 600 bux. a couple guys around here are running it. it seems really good. turbo timer. the whole bit.
if ur keeping the 241 heads then i wouldnt recommend going over 550RWHP, unless u get meth, but if u buy meth u might as well get LQ9 heads, also look at teh EBOOST-2 ive never heard a single bad thing about it, ive even heard people going from profec,hks etc to the e-boost and loving it
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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 12:27 AM
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what if i got the lq9s . threw all my head parts in em. would i be safe for 600-650? yea il have to check them out. thx bro. also. do you know where i can get some heads foor chhheap? im already going over my budget lol an i dont wanna sale anythin else lol
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i got my heads from the for sale threads on here, also im shoting for 600RWHP with my setup, the only problem i should have is fueling
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yea im worried about fuel to. but i think i got it figured out. 60lb injectors. 255 pump. and a kenne bell boost a pump. im pretty sure that should be good for 600-700 wheel. if not.. then 2, 255 pumps. my buddy tony has 2 pumps. an those injectors. and a front mount 76. he did 575+ wheel an no fuel issues what so ever.
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