shelf cam to custom cam?
im running stock injectors, my tuner told me i dont need bigger injectors. i waqs hoping for about 450-460, i fell a little shy of that goal. i almost feel like i did something wrong when i put it back together...i dont know what the deal is that cam is sposed to make 60rwhp and the heads are sposed to make 40 or more, i was making 341rwhp before the h/c swap so why am i 20 hp short??
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Yes thats the general rule for picking an injector for an engine. But according to that rule just about everyone with full bolt ons would need injectors also. Theres plenty of people running the stock injectors above 400rwhp on H/C cars with hardly any issues so stfu and quit reading me **** out of a book. You can just about go to the 80% percent duty cycle on an ls1 and then run a 100 shot on top of that and not lean out.
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Tom said you didn't need bigger injectors? Weird...even with my last H/C set up that made 390rwh he said I def needed bigger injectors. I would step it up. Also you talk about running a 100-150 shot on top of your current set up? Bad idea. Invest is a rear end first. You have a lot of ground to cover before you start spraying your current set up. Intake, injectors, rear/gears, TB, Pulleys...you spray a 125-150 shot I will put money on your motor blowing up.
Tom said you didn't need bigger injectors? Weird...even with my last H/C set up that made 390rwh he said I def needed bigger injectors. I would step it up. Also you talk about running a 100-150 shot on top of your current set up? Bad idea. Invest is a rear end first. You have a lot of ground to cover before you start spraying your current set up. Intake, injectors, rear/gears, TB, Pulleys...you spray a 125-150 shot I will put money on your motor blowing up.
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I respect giving good advice, and thats what I try to do. **** pisses me off when somebody comes around and says "hey, half *** your combo, it'll be fine" 
I never said It was a waste upgrading your injectors. I just said there are plenty of people in the past and present that have ran stock 28lb injectors past 400rwhp all the way up to 450rwhp. You act as though running past 80% DC is impending doom
Seriously, put the illegal drugs down crackhead. I understand the English language perfectly. You are an idiot and thoroughly proved it once again. I have run stock injectors on modded cars, it doesn't make it right and doesn't mean I am going to go around recommending it either dipshit. Good day cutie
Him needing to upgrade is also going to depend on how many rpm's hes turning when hes making his peak power.
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hey heads up i dont mean to drop in on yall but im newly sittin in a 99 ta ls1 with an 80mm tb ceramic coated long tube headers and a baby cam, im not sure of the lift or the duration because the car was half way built when i got it, im looking to turn the car into an all around monster, daily driveability isnt to much of a concern but i kinda need to keep it in mind....now with that being said i also am trying to avoid poppin the motor, i was told to go with around a 600 lift with low 230's for the durations... can anyone help me with some oppinions or something like that? i was looking at either an ms4, tsunami, or an rpm5....thunder racing has me interested aswell because ive seen their cams at work, please drop some knolege or experience this way if you get a second
and in my case I would need injectors, possibly springs, etc
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I meant that it wouldn't be a full price cam swap. If you buy a new cam for 400 and sell your old one for 250 then thats 150 for your new cam. If your worried about 150 bucks then you shouldn't be modding your car in the first place.
i wouldnt worry about swapping the cam. the tsunami is a great cam, and the gains you're gonna see(maybe 5 hp at _______ rpm) just arent worth the work you're gonna put in.
spend your money elsewhere.
spend your money elsewhere.
so pulleys, gears, and F.A.S.T. intakes make nitrous motors SAFER? LOL! no.
if he wants an easy 150whp, SPRAY AWAY. dont do a dry shot, and get a fuel pump first.
Obviously not the same level as you. I was simply suggesting to him that he should cover some bases like a rear and or other HP bolt on mods before he spends cash on a nitrous set up. I never once said Nitrous was safer with those modifications. So relax Biggie Smalls. I know Slayer personally and I was simply making a statement/opinion.