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Old 09-04-2009, 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by racerfox
NEW COILS get new ones i had a bad one after my h/c swap and it showed on the dyno

your probably the first person ever to say that... coils hardly ever go bad, and it would never be a recomended mod, wait till one takes a **** then reaplce it


to the OP your NEVER going to get your car going with stock gears and that cam. well i dont really mean never, but its going to be a big bitch, and 6th gear is going to be completely useless as far as what rpm's youll be turning
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New coils are a horrible idea. Gears are a must or else it's a snail out of the hole.
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Both rpm limit,

and power per litre, have a big impact on reliability.
Cams with more than .550+ valve lift also affect valvetrain reliability.
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Originally Posted by SS4Luck
your probably the first person ever to say that... coils hardly ever go bad, and it would never be a recomended mod, wait till one takes a **** then reaplce it


to the OP your NEVER going to get your car going with stock gears and that cam. well i dont really mean never, but its going to be a big bitch, and 6th gear is going to be completely useless as far as what rpm's youll be turning
I know I am going to loose some power on the bottom end but that bad ?
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Originally Posted by Z06Frank
I know I am going to loose some power on the bottom end but that bad ?
Yep. That's why everyone is recommending gears to compensate for the low torque of that cam. MS4 is a top-end cam.
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If you stay with the 3.42's you are going to be disappointed. I stayed with the 2.73's (auto) after my head cam package and I felt like nothing was done to the car so much so that I was pist off. I went to a ZO6 3.42 w/ hardened output shaft on an RPM Stage IV 4L60E = 4.10 for a 6 speed and it woke her right up. I personally would do a 3.90 or a 4.10 with that cam you'll see little to no change in gas millage.



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