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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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What power level do the stock injectors stop meeting the need? I have read some thread where people are putting down around 400ish and I never see anything about injectors but other people have 42lbs with similar mods. Are those people just being safe er what?
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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Read my sig i have stock injectors and got it dyno tuned and my duty cycle was at 94% im getting ready to throw on a ls2 intake and 90mm tb and LTS and im gong to just buy 42lbs and get it retuned to be safe.....i could even buy 75lbs and get away with it as long as you get your car tuned it will run fine as long as they are bigger no matter how big ya go to a certain point that way you only got the buy injectors once and be done w it....hope this helps ya man
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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So you just had full exhaust and that was reacing the limits of the stock injectors? (94)bummer... I was hoping for more than that before I had to buy injectors, haha thanks
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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No prob man ls2 injectors are cheap on here man and they are 33lb they might work in ls1 manifold i think..........lol katech would have the harness adaptor im gonig w ls2 intake and i need ls2 injectors and i know they sell the harness adaptor for 24 buck but i never looked into ls2 style injectors in ls1 manifold
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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hmm interesting. The limits of my engine build will be bolt ons and H/C/I setup. So I will probably end up buying 42ish anyways in the long run
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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ya def dont wanna under shoot i know my buddies car is headers full exhaust with a ms4 cam and ls6 intake and hes about maxed out his 33lbs no worries on the fuel llines though they are good for around 700 just get a 255 pump annd the 42lbs and u should be fine
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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sweet I plan on doing a MS4 cam, does he have any videos or anything? How does he like the cam? How choppy is the idle, etc.
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 09:03 PM
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sweet I plan on doing a MS4 cam, does he have any videos or anything? How does he like the cam? How choppy is the idle, etc.
http://s250.photobucket.com/albums/gg259/xhk651/

vids from the track are cam only, the red ls1 is H/C.. it was like 87 degrees out that night.. times SUCKED! i was running 7.5s@90.. shoulda been 7.2-7.3s@94-95..

the idle clip is a cold start.. it was like 30 degrees, car had been running about 20 seconds.. it hits MUCH harder once she warms up and smooths out..

drive it 50 miles a day rain or shine.. love it... get a good tune.
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He loves it man and yes it sounds choppy and mean as heck only thing is the piston the vavle is so tight def no milling heads or bigger vavles than stock size there are a few after market heads out there u can use with it i would call texas speed and talk to them more about it if this bothers you i was goin to buy one to but my buddies got to good of a deal on these 243 and a small cam like 220 dur thatt y im going to mill the heads and i should hit the 420 mark to..... i hope lol
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that cam sure does sound good. thanks guys
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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What power level do the stock injectors stop meeting the need? I have read some thread where people are putting down around 400ish and I never see anything about injectors but other people have 42lbs with similar mods. Are those people just being safe er what?
They can continue to meet the need for 400rwhp and a good bit beyond. Many people are running around with H/C 346s with stock injectors, myself included. So long as the car is tuned it'll be fine.
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