Advice on STS on H/C/i car please
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hmmm.....not arguing with you guys or anything, but how can some of you say i wont make over 500 or even 450.....If i already made 430 on just motor....an STS would not be worth at least 70 rwhp. If thats the case....for 4500.00 you damn right i would keep the bottle. it made over 550 plus on the hose. I just figured that with my close to stock compression i could keep the boost levels low..like the stock STS cars with high CR. And the F11 could be changed later to help things out.
i think you might be misunderstanding. With your compression ratio, to get to 500+ or even 550rwhp youll need to run a certain amount of boost, likely at least 8psi. With the heads/cam package that likely won't be a good combination for a stock bottom end. Also, that cam might be bad for spool, not to mention your 3.73s will already hurt that. Boost is different from N/A because things like heads and bolt ons dont necessarily result in gains. A 90/90 intake and TB combo might make the same power as an LS6/ported TB. Catch my drift?
I think you would make 500rwhp, but you'd need a nice IC to keep IATs down and there is a chance you'll be fighting detonation. IMO I would go D1SC simply because of how your car is already setup. What your considering low boost would possibly indeed only get you 50-75hp.
I think you would make 500rwhp, but you'd need a nice IC to keep IATs down and there is a chance you'll be fighting detonation. IMO I would go D1SC simply because of how your car is already setup. What your considering low boost would possibly indeed only get you 50-75hp.
