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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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JW how hard are you guys turning your stock shortblock????
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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Rev limiter set at 6,600 shifting at 6,400 .
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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whats your miles etc......... how long has it held up!!!
thanks chris
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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6500

A little over a year. I have to be careful becase wheel inertia will make it spin past the shift point and hit the limiter in 1st every time and sometimes 2 if I don't back out of it a bit on street tires.....I pretty much cruise a low profile until somebody wants to F with me so I don't thrash it much. When I go to Raleigh though the Bimmers and C5/C6's wanna run......Last C6 i ran with we both leveled out at 150 and did 3 1/2 miles before I had to turn off. Head rush city....
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 04:08 PM
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I have a buddy "Terrance" he is my tuner and he has a firehawk with the original MS-1 cam and some of the first Patriot heads LS-6 style. He had to flycut for the cam to fit and added arp rod bolts. HE HAD IT SHIFTING AT 7300 RPMs That boggles my mind i couldnt beleive that when he told me. I think he moved it down to 6800 after a while.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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My buddy spins his stock shortblock to 7200 on the bottle. Is blown now. No compression on #4 cylinder.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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wow lol so i should be ok turning the rev limiter up a little with the polluter cam... stock shortblock with 115k!
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by domestic disturbance
wow lol so i should be ok turning the rev limiter up a little with the polluter cam... stock shortblock with 115k!
You will need too cause that cam makes power up high. I would keep it around 6500 if you are 98-00 because of rod bolts and keep it under 7k if you are 01-02 unless you are lookin for an excuse for a 402 or 408 Some here will disagree with me but that is as far as I would personally push things.
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was spinning mine to 6800 for a couple seasons with 80,000 miles. recently installed rod bolts and runnin to 7100 now
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sounds good.... thanks alot for all the helpful info!
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