help me put together a combo....
help me put together a combo.... ok i have a stock 98 ws6. only mods are LM exhaust, FIPK, ram clutch, and a hypertech tuner (on stock tune). recently i added a nitro dave's wet kit. stainless LT's are in the mail with an ORY.
i ran into a guy around town with some left over LS6 parts of his Z06. he has an intake, heads, and cam.
i checked out the heads just bone stock 243's, with about 50k on them. he was talking to me and said get a better cam than a stock Z06.
i can get all these parts (heads/cam/intake) for 600 bucks.
questions-
will the LS6 heads be of good benifit to me (think of the price i get them too)
should i put in the LS6 cam? or a different one?
should i go LS6 intake? or wait til i get back from iraq and get a FAST?
im trying to keep a really good streetable car, and keep some mileage.
should i grab these heads? what kinda gain would i get? and is it worth cleaning up the runners and upgrading the valves/springs/rockers?
i ran into a guy around town with some left over LS6 parts of his Z06. he has an intake, heads, and cam.
i checked out the heads just bone stock 243's, with about 50k on them. he was talking to me and said get a better cam than a stock Z06.
i can get all these parts (heads/cam/intake) for 600 bucks.
questions-
will the LS6 heads be of good benifit to me (think of the price i get them too)
should i put in the LS6 cam? or a different one?
should i go LS6 intake? or wait til i get back from iraq and get a FAST?
im trying to keep a really good streetable car, and keep some mileage.
should i grab these heads? what kinda gain would i get? and is it worth cleaning up the runners and upgrading the valves/springs/rockers?
No, don't buy any of that stuff.
Get the FAST when you get back. Those heads aren;t going to do much, if anything to your performance without a better intake and TB.
Get a FAST 90/90, bigger cam and some ported L92 heads.
You'll add a good 70-80 RWHP and have the same streetability as you have now, with a tune of course.
Get the FAST when you get back. Those heads aren;t going to do much, if anything to your performance without a better intake and TB.
Get a FAST 90/90, bigger cam and some ported L92 heads.
You'll add a good 70-80 RWHP and have the same streetability as you have now, with a tune of course.
are the L92 heads different LS1 style heads? idk if ive heard of them. like the LQ4 and LQ9 heads off trucks?
so all that is a waste? i know that package is basically 405 horse on a LS6.
so all that is a waste? i know that package is basically 405 horse on a LS6.
You'll see about 15 from the heads and another 10 or so from intake. Plus both will support bigger mods if planned down the road. LS6 cam not worth swap IMHO. Alone those heads go on here in the $600 range, IM $300 and cam $50.
FWIW I think my FAST was the least bang for buck mod I did and would have been better off putting that $900 (used) toward better heads.
It is a very good deal!!!!
FWIW I think my FAST was the least bang for buck mod I did and would have been better off putting that $900 (used) toward better heads.
It is a very good deal!!!!
No, don't buy any of that stuff.
Get the FAST when you get back. Those heads aren;t going to do much, if anything to your performance without a better intake and TB.
Get a FAST 90/90, bigger cam and some ported L92 heads.
You'll add a good 70-80 RWHP and have the same streetability as you have now, with a tune of course.
Get the FAST when you get back. Those heads aren;t going to do much, if anything to your performance without a better intake and TB.
Get a FAST 90/90, bigger cam and some ported L92 heads.
You'll add a good 70-80 RWHP and have the same streetability as you have now, with a tune of course.
can someone shed some light on these L92 heads? are they a stock production head?
i thought 600 bucks for a LS6 intake/heads/cam was a pretty decent deal.
but yeah when i get back ill go fast 92, ill have some money to throw around.
but what are these L92s?
by rights i dont think these are just a bolt on and go head. aren't the valves too big? unless you can get them with smaller valves???
i thought 600 bucks for a LS6 intake/heads/cam was a pretty decent deal.
but yeah when i get back ill go fast 92, ill have some money to throw around.
but what are these L92s?
by rights i dont think these are just a bolt on and go head. aren't the valves too big? unless you can get them with smaller valves???
Last edited by zacht; Feb 25, 2009 at 05:32 PM.
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I say get the heads, mill them a bit to bump compression, and port to aid in flow. Pass on the cam, just too much work for not much payoff. Take the specs of the zo6 cam and get something that is AT LEAST 4*'s more duration, and a little more lift. You'll make more power and drivability won't suffer, might need a custom cam. I say grab the ls6 intake too if you don't plan on anything else down the road. In the end its up to you.
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can someone shed some light on these L92 heads? are they a stock production head?
i thought 600 bucks for a LS6 intake/heads/cam was a pretty decent deal.
but yeah when i get back ill go fast 92, ill have some money to throw around.
but what are these L92s?
by rights i dont think these are just a bolt on and go head. aren't the valves too big? unless you can get them with smaller valves???
i thought 600 bucks for a LS6 intake/heads/cam was a pretty decent deal.
but yeah when i get back ill go fast 92, ill have some money to throw around.
but what are these L92s?
by rights i dont think these are just a bolt on and go head. aren't the valves too big? unless you can get them with smaller valves???
I'd wait till you can get the FAST 90/90, ported L92 heads and a nice cam.
Or better yet, get an L76 intake to go with the L92 heads and a cam and make 460+ hp. L76 intake is like $400 I think.
Just wait and do it all once.
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Stage 2 243 casting LS6/LS2 heads. These are get heads, and when ported the flow even better...
I would try to find bare LS6/LS2 heads and swap over your valve train. I have a cam, so i can prolly reuse my springs as they haev 7K miles on them. But i might consider getting new exhasut and intake valves
Definatly dont buy the cam. If your game to spend the money on a 92/92 setup then go for it, and get it ported while your at it. Personally I wouldnt buy the heads either, but if you got them worked over by someone I do know they can make alot of power. Im still a fan of the TFS 215's. There obviously alot more money and do require a different rocker setup, but they have alot of trick **** that I like, and they seem to make insane power on whatever motor there on.