LS184

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Intercooler2

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Guess this is a mod I will never do. For the expense I think it is one of the more crazy ones I see on here.

ChocoTaco369

They're good gains, no doubt, and if you're going with a big H/C package, big cubes or FI, it's totally worth it, but if you never intend on going any bigger than bolt-ons, you'll get the same gains with an LS6 intake at a third of the price. Perhaps the OP was planning for the future. If so, then it's obviously a better idea to get the FAST intake right away instead of buying an LS6 intake now and getting a FAST later, so keep that in mind.

It's pricey, no doubt, but if you're going to spend $10,000 on bolt-ons and internal engine work, it's a drop in the bucket.

davered00ss

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Only way stock internals are hitting 500rwhp is FI, or Nitrous.

LIL SS

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My friend.. With the utmost respect.. If there are sooo many cars making 500rwhp with out internal mods, why are you only making 420rwhp/398rwtq with:

ported non stock internal heads
Nonstock internal cam
and bolt ons..

What is wrong with your car? Why are you not making over 500rwhp with just your bolt ons?

Basically anything that oil touches (excluding the inside of a TB and intake due to the PCV system) by definition is internal.

Ported heads and cam are not stock internal parts. Anything on the inside of the engine, cam, intake/exhaust ports, combustion chamber ect are all internal parts as well as crank, rods, pistons. Perhaps you are thinking stock bottom end or roatating assembly.

I hope that makes better sense?

VIPERBLUELX

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My car has a mildly hand ported set of 243 heads with stock valves and a fairly mild reverse split camshaft that won't make huge peak numbers but has pretty nice numbers under the curve. That's why it's not making more. I'm sure I could swap the cam for a Vindicator or G5X4 and a ported FAST intake and probably make 460+rwhp.

There are more than a few C5 Z06's with Trickflow 215's, ported FAST, and Vindicator or similar size cams with ALL the supporting bolt-ons that are making over 500rwhp.

LIL SS

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But what your talking about mod wise is not "stock internals". Are you not understanding that a cam is an internal motor part? Heads are a part of the internal combustion chamber and therefor are internal engine parts.

You said there were plenty of cars with "Stock" internals making 500rwhp. Please, show me one (1) dyno graph of a 346 cubic inch motor with stock internals making over 375rwhp with out the use of a power adder (N20, Turbo or Blower).

Super Speed

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Stock internal 500 hp = nitrous or boost duh

VIPERBLUELX

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sorry when I think of "stock internals" I'm referring to "stock bottom end".

LIL SS

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There is a big difference and most everyone around here considers any cam/head swap internals.

Just out of curiousity, why do you feel cam and heads are not internal parts? Cam of all things controls a huge amount of internal components.

JeremyZ

Nice gains for sure.

Fifedogg

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Very nice gains. I'm glad I decided to spend the extra $1100 on my Intake/TB combo minus the $450 that I sold my LS6/TB for. Its going to be worth the $600 and 15-30 RWHP I am going to get over my LS6 Intake considering I am spending close to $8500 on my whole new setup. Take it for what it is. If you can afford it and are running a heads/cam car it is way worth it IMO.

99blancoSS

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You need to explain this.

I want to know how to much intake hurts? If you can get all the air the engine needs how does that hurt it? An engine is an air pump is it not? How by allowing it to breath better do you hurt it? Do you think restiction helps it?
How in the heck does allowing more air to an air pump hurt it????

The goal is to fill the cylinder.

deeloc1

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I think 99.9% of us on this forum are...LOL!!! True...a cam is a internal part, but when referring to stock internals, people are usually talking about the rotating assembly (Stock pistons, rods and crank).

LIL SS

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Really?? Than this poll will be interesting..https://ls1tech.com/forums/removed-locked-thread-graveyard/948168-what-does-stock-internals-refer.html



Donnie, Sorry to hijack your thread. Solid gains though..

ZL1Killa

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why would it do that when the motor is being allowed to get more air in

DonnieDarko

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Still working on posting the dyno sheets(computer problems) Appreciate the replies. I definitely plan on going heads & cam in the future, I realize with stock H/c I am not using the upper rpm(over 6k) hp the manifold affords. But i lost no torque down low. Peak tq before was 3800 rpm and now it is 4300. There were no spikes in either curve , solid, even, power gains across both curves. Peak Hp was at 6000 and rising when the tuner let off.He didn't want to go higher with factory valvesprings. The throttle response is great and man does this thing rev!!

LIL SS

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So it sounds like it moved the TQ curve up in RPM? When you put it up, is it going to be an overlay of the before/after?

If you have a digital camera, you can take a picture of it, e-mail it to me and I'll post it up for you. e-mail is srstereo@hotmail.com

jmill96Z

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Because you have to be able to effectively use that extra air. More cubic inches allow you to better utilize the amount of air being flowed. It's give and take. When you move the powerband up an extra 1K RPM, what do you think happens at the bottom end?

JScamaro

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Did you port the intake or is it right out of the box?