400 hp
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400 hp o.k. i am pretty close to the 400rwhp mark, and was woundering you all had any sugestions that would help me get there. my car made 384rwhp, and my goal was to try to do 400 without any head work or nitrous. the current mods are:LS6 INTAKE, LS1MOTORSPORTS LID, P&P TB, SLP SMOOTH ELBO, PORTED MAF ENDS, TR 224 CAM, COMP 918 SPRINGS, CHROME MOLY PUSHRODS, PORTED LS6 OLI PUMP, ROLLMASTER 2X TIMMINGCHAIN, SLP LONG TUBES, CARSOUND CATS, AND FLOWMASTER CATBACK.so if anyone can think of what will help me out please let me know, and the car is a 6 speed.
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Originally Posted by chris77
o.k. i am pretty close to the 400rwhp mark, and was woundering you all had any sugestions that would help me get there. my car made 384rwhp, and my goal was to try to do 400 without any head work or nitrous. the current mods are:LS6 INTAKE, LS1MOTORSPORTS LID, P&P TB, SLP SMOOTH ELBO, PORTED MAF ENDS, TR 224 CAM, COMP 918 SPRINGS, CHROME MOLY PUSHRODS, PORTED LS6 OLI PUMP, ROLLMASTER 2X TIMMINGCHAIN, SLP LONG TUBES, CARSOUND CATS, AND FLOWMASTER CATBACK.so if anyone can think of what will help me out please let me know, and the car is a 6 speed.
Could always go with a bigger cam.... something that will still match up with the comp 918's. Drop the cats and ditch the blowmaster and you might get there without even changing the cam.
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Originally Posted by -Q-
Definitely need a tune if not already....I would have thought you would have been at 400hp already with those mods.
his exhaust is to restrictive. hes lucky to make that kind of power with cats and a flowmaster.
An extra 5 or so hp is not worth the money and the swap to me. I've seen the dyno sheets where an F-Bod gained 7 hp from a stock exhaust to the Flowmaster Cat-back. I like the way it sounds and I'm satisfied with it.
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Originally Posted by -Q-
An extra 5 or so hp is not worth the money and the swap to me. I've seen the dyno sheets where an F-Bod gained 7 hp from a stock exhaust to the Flowmaster Cat-back. I like the way it sounds and I'm satisfied with it.
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I'm not going to get into the "Flowmaster Sucks" argument here. My car still made good power with it.
im not badmouthing flowmaster but with a cutout and no cats he would be at 400rwhp. its hard to make high dyno numbers with restrictive exhaust. ive never seen a dynograph that was higher going through full exhaust over a cutout.
I agree, a cutout is obviously going to make more power. My point is, I would have thought he would have already been at 400hp with his given mods, regardless of the cat-back. Maybe I'm wrong about that.
Another User, if you like the Dynomax better, then that's good for you! And it very well may be worth a few more horsepower. I just don't feel it necessary or practical in my situation to spend the money for another cat-back just because it may free up a few more hp, especially given how much I like the sound of the Flowmaster.
And I said I wasn't going to get into the "Flowmaster Sucks" argument
Another User, if you like the Dynomax better, then that's good for you! And it very well may be worth a few more horsepower. I just don't feel it necessary or practical in my situation to spend the money for another cat-back just because it may free up a few more hp, especially given how much I like the sound of the Flowmaster.
And I said I wasn't going to get into the "Flowmaster Sucks" argument
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yes the car was tuned, so i guess an asp pully, will be next, and i guess i will look into changing my cat-back system. i realt dont want to get rid of my cats, i heard that carsound flows pretty good, and with the slp lt, i didnt think a had a restrictive exhaust system, which cat-back should i get.