What best compliments my vortech??
What best compliments my vortech?? Hey guys, just purchased a vortech v-9 aftercooled, but haven't received it yet and was wondering what would work best with this supercharger besides lt headers since i live in CA. I know you guys are all going to say lt headers but since i am street legal with the vortech i thought i might as well keep it that way, so is there anything else i should do to compliment the vortech? I already purchased a new clutch,SFCs and a 12 bolt or 9 inch rear is next in line, havent decided which one yet. Thanks for the help.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/567592-real-price-forced-induction.html
Sticky at the top of the forced induction page will point you in the right direction.
Sticky at the top of the forced induction page will point you in the right direction.
Living in CA I feel your pain.....
other than the Procharger I installed on my GTO, the biggest gain was a cam change. It totally changed the whole midrange of the motor. With a Centrifugal blower, I highly recommend getting a custom ground cam suited to your goals. However there are several off the shelf grinds that are showing nice gains as well.
to remain CARB compliant I went with the JBA shorties, while their is alot of trash talking about shorties, I can attest to the fact they flow better than stock pipes. With nothing other than a header change I lost 2 psi of boost, proving a better flow! Of course they are not as good as LT's, just better than the OEM's......and still CARB legal.
other than the Procharger I installed on my GTO, the biggest gain was a cam change. It totally changed the whole midrange of the motor. With a Centrifugal blower, I highly recommend getting a custom ground cam suited to your goals. However there are several off the shelf grinds that are showing nice gains as well.
to remain CARB compliant I went with the JBA shorties, while their is alot of trash talking about shorties, I can attest to the fact they flow better than stock pipes. With nothing other than a header change I lost 2 psi of boost, proving a better flow! Of course they are not as good as LT's, just better than the OEM's......and still CARB legal.
thanks a lot, but i am not looking to surpass the 500rwhp mark, so i wouldn't have to rebuild the bottom end but my only problem with the shorties is that i will be spending that money for a little gain and maybe there is something else i could invest my money into and get a similar gain, but then again maybe not, hahaha thanks for the advice
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Originally Posted by monster044
i searched and found out the 2.75" pulley is the smallest one to run on the stock bottom end, where can i buy this pulley and what else is needed to use it?
Jeff
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Originally Posted by Inspector12
Sorry to tell you brother, but you could run what ever pulley you wanted as long as the tune is safe you will be ok now power wise you maybe close to the limits of the stock bottom end. I was running a 2.65 pulley with my stocker I lost it due to a tunning issue running out of fuel as most do. 2.75 pulley will get you to the 460-480 rwhp level with a good tune and don't worry about not having headers just make sure you have a good cat back and it will make close to what I have told you.
Jeff
Jeff
Jeff where did you get that smaller pulley? didn't you run a 2.5 pulley too? pm me if you want. i want more boost when i first hit it.
Originally Posted by Got Me SOM
Jeff where did you get that smaller pulley? didn't you run a 2.5 pulley too? pm me if you want. i want more boost when i first hit it.
Jeff
Originally Posted by Inspector12
Sorry to tell you brother, but you could run what ever pulley you wanted as long as the tune is safe you will be ok now power wise you maybe close to the limits of the stock bottom end. I was running a 2.65 pulley with my stocker I lost it due to a tunning issue running out of fuel as most do. 2.75 pulley will get you to the 460-480 rwhp level with a good tune and don't worry about not having headers just make sure you have a good cat back and it will make close to what I have told you.
Jeff
Jeff
I'm running a reichard-racing 2.65 w/a stock bottom end.
Originally Posted by Inspector12
I ordered it from ASP I still have it if you want it. I did finally run the 2.5 pulley. Although I don't think it helped much at all as it was out of the efficiency range of the blower and until I put the meth on it to cool the charge I think it was deffeating the purpouse etc... I made 575 rwhp with the stock bottome end and the 2.65 pulley I made 601rwhp with the 2.5 on a built 346/7 Heads,Cam and blower.
Jeff
Jeff
i want more power! since i'm on a extremely tight budget right now i gotta make what i got work at its very best.