Heads, Cam...Intake?
Heads, Cam...Intake? I have an 04 GTO with just full exhaust and CAI and it is going to be mod time again soon, I am working two jobs right now so I can save up to buy some new fun. I have a set of 243 heads that I bought a while back and I am gong to buy a cam (Texas Speed 228R Camshaft, 228/228 .588/.588) with in the next month. My question is should I buy an intake as well, I know the 04's have the ls6 intake and what I have heard and read is that they are very good. I just want to have more power, not going to take the car to the track and it's not daily driven. I don't want to drop the money of having the h/c installed and then regret not having bought an intake as well if it really helps. Any suggestions? I appreciate any input here, thanks.
-Dan
-Dan
Every thing you change heads,cam,intake will need a tune. You want more power then yes,i would get a fast intake,worth another 20hp over your ls6. Then you can do just one tune and have more power. i would look at a 228/232 cam over the 228r. More power and drive the same as the 228r.
Thunderstruck, the stock heads are on the car right now (241) but I am going to have the 243's port and polished then installed when I have bought everything else. Mike, I'll take a look at that cam, I've been stuck on the 228r for a while, but I am defiantly open to suggestions if it will make more power and still have good drive-ability. Gary I don't know much about TSP so I'll have to take a look at that too. Thanks for the info guys I'm going to have to keep throwing around ideas until I find the set up I want.
Why don't you send the set of 243s to TSP and get them to Stage 1 them. I would lean towards the Torquer V2 over the 228. When I was running the TV2 I bought a set of PRC Stage 1 LS6 (243s) and the car picked up an additional 50 rwhp on the dyno.
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Not a bad idea on a used one. NC, I have someone that is going to do the port work for me already, but TV2 may not be a bad choice either, I like the sound of 50 more rwhp.
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