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Old 02-04-2009, 06:22 PM
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Like it says in the title how do I gain more torque what are small mods that I can do to gain a little more current numbers are in my sig.
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um.. im gonna say maybe gears or tune or maybe just a bigger cam
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Gears are the cheapest way to increase RWtq. 4.11's or 4.56. Certainly 5.48's will do it. but you'll cruise the highway at 4000 rpm.

And a larger cam may infact be counter productive. Although a wise cam selection can net you some excellent low end grunt.
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If you want a lot of torque, nitrous is the ultimate answer. I know that's probably not the kind of mod you were thinking of, but it is the cheapest way to gain substantial torque.
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A bottle in the trunk...
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El torro cam will gain u lots of rwtq
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Originally Posted by 95 Z28
A bottle in the trunk...
pretty much.
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nitrous, by far
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100 dry shot
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I think he gets the point, 5 people have said nitrous now.
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power adders will such as nitrous, supercharger these two will get you the most, or you can go with gears.

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If you're talking about making RWTQ about equal to or greater than RWHP the only real approach is either nitrous or more cubes. Supercharger will increase both RWHP and RWTQ about the same.
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aight cool nitrous it is then makes sense I dont want a bigger cam I like my set up now its my DD nitrous sounds goood though thanks.
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looks like you could get some 2.5 5.3 heads, the increase in compression would get you some torque. and i'm sure you could sell the ls1 heads to almost cover the cost.
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yep agree with everyone the cheapest way is the bottle! nice little wet 150 shot would do the trick!
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Definitely bottle.
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+1 for giggle gas
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exhaust, i do 385rwtq on longtubes ory cat back lid

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Originally Posted by Raptor_WS6
exhaust, i do 385twtq on longtubes ory cat back lid
^^^agree. exhaust and gears
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i wish you guys would read the entire thing. his car is not stock, he has 398rwhp lol.



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