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Old May 21, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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well i have played with N/a and spray (ls1's and lt1's) now its time for boost. I bought a pristine 96lt1 m6 ta with a vortech v-2. Plans as of now are Lloyd elliot custom boost set up head and cam, forged bottom end with about 8.5- 9 compression and 12psi, 60lb injectors and meth injection with no intercooler or aftercooler.
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will the meth be enough or do i need the aftercooler?
are 60lb injectors to much or not enough

any idea's or suggestions? thanks for the help
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Old May 21, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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60lb'ers should be sufficient, but you need an intercooler for anything over 6lbs of boost.
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Ah, ok i thought the with the low compression you could run more boost w/o intercooler. The meth wouldnt be enough?
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Old May 21, 2008 | 10:03 AM
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enough money to rebuild the engine.............or
















an intercooler, and water/meth, and good tuning.
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ok, so def a vortech aftercooler then. I not pulling this bitch again
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will the v-2 be efficient @ 12psi? Vortech says its good to 20?
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you will need a big fuel pump and bigger fuel lines. just the fuel part gets expensive.

what numbers are you trying to put down then we can know what size injectors you need.
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an S trim will go to 20psi but only on a really low cube motor..... anything 350-383ci and you only need to run about 12psi or it will be spinning past its recomendations...... basicly the more cubes you have the less boost you will see
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what numbers are you trying to put down then we can know what size injectors you need.[/QUOTE]

im trying to put down 500rwhp or better
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