stock LS1 which heads and camshaft will be the best for the buck?
02-02-2009, 11:04 PM
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stock LS1 which heads and camshaft will be the best for the buck? What camshaft and cyl. heads would be my best bet as far as dollar/horsepower ratio?..Its a 2002 stock ls1 out of a corvette(42k miles), going to leave the bottom end stock, and use the stock intake manifold. What kind of realistic rwhp should i expect?...
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02-03-2009, 07:08 AM
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well for the most part, aftermarket cams all cost about the same. so it comes down to heads.
the 5.3s are hard to beat
but a mild stg1 ls1 head is still pretty cheap.
but you should be able to do 430-440 with a decent cam and mild heads.
one thought...isn't the stock intake manifold on the 01 vette still the ls1 intake? which will choke the engine bad!!
the 5.3s are hard to beat
but a mild stg1 ls1 head is still pretty cheap.
but you should be able to do 430-440 with a decent cam and mild heads.
one thought...isn't the stock intake manifold on the 01 vette still the ls1 intake? which will choke the engine bad!!
02-03-2009, 09:55 AM
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well for the most part, aftermarket cams all cost about the same. so it comes down to heads.
the 5.3s are hard to beat
but a mild stg1 ls1 head is still pretty cheap.
but you should be able to do 430-440 with a decent cam and mild heads.
one thought...isn't the stock intake manifold on the 01 vette still the ls1 intake? which will choke the engine bad!!
the 5.3s are hard to beat
but a mild stg1 ls1 head is still pretty cheap.
but you should be able to do 430-440 with a decent cam and mild heads.
one thought...isn't the stock intake manifold on the 01 vette still the ls1 intake? which will choke the engine bad!!
02-03-2009, 10:22 AM
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Exhaust Well the engine is actually going into a very lightweight race car (1550lbs with driver) as its a tube chassis center steer altered (similiar to a funny car without the body) so actually it will have open headers with a powerglide transmission and a 8 inch. 5k stall converter and probably 430 rear end ratio.
