JAC

In the 500 to 750 HP range what is the least expensive build using the formula above?

BennyB

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nitrous... spray the hell out of it with a decent size cam and your sure to hit 500

LPE 403

iTrader: (6)

Kind of a wide power band range isnt it? For part time power, I vote spray too. If you prefer full time...get the check book out.

WS6tx

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Nitrous is the cheapest.... full time turbo it. You can crank up the boost the more you buid the motor.

1BDHWK

iTrader: (18)

Yep. That about covers it.

1994z

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nitrous is the cheapest. if you are looking at n/a around 5 grand to start.

mtuggle86

iTrader: (7)

500 will have a different answer then 750 figure out how much power you want first

DONAIMIAN

iTrader: (18)

Either way, first things first. Get ready for a forged SB...

Johnnystock

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Full boltons/cam/healthy nitrous shot. Should be in the 500+rwhp range. Cheap and efficient. Turbo/supercharger are $$$$$$. If you got the dough, do it. But I think you will have a lot of fun with a 400rwhp car full time, and 150 extra hp on demand, cause I do!!!

JAC

I dont care for the Nitrous bottle fillings.......lets say a crank HP of 500 and limit it to that?..Only full time power adders. I was thinking a truck l92 with a cam?

garygnu

spray and laugh.

zspot98

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Bigger cubes if your not a fan of the squeeze.

got-a-ls1

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dont dismiss nitrous so easy... i bought a nitrous setup last fall and im gonna tell you with 100 shot kicking in its fun as hell... and thats only a 100 shot... should be around 520-530 rwhp with the juice. I had the same idea of hating to fill the bottle, but damn even spending all day at the 1/8th mile track i used only 6 pounds (did atleast 10 runs). What i did was get a 75 pound tank and just keep refilling my 10 lb bottle. Its cheaper and its convenient.... The other part i didnt think id like about nitrous is that the bottle runs out (one reason i did the refill setup) but after i realized it lasts quite a while it was less of a concern. I mean you have to refill gas too so everything runs out right... lol

edit, i just went back and read your last post if all you want is 500 at the crank that shouldnt be too hard to do with good heads and a healthy cam. Just put the nitrous on top of that and you'll be real happy

01ssreda4

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Good H/C/Fast should get you there no sweat.

bayer-z28

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Read up in here too.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...heads-cam.html

DONAIMIAN

iTrader: (18)

Might not even need the fast. 500 crank is right in the 430-440 rwhp range.

JAC

How to get there the cheapest way. HP per dollar?

I have had the Nos bug years ago but sill dont want to be filling and or turning the bottle on and off all the time...

Just like it anytime I want it......good ole N/A HP

You cold get the 500HP easy enough by spending money in several different arenas.. but whats the cheapest?

99_LS1_WS6

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Nitrous is smart horsepower because it is the cheapest horsepower for the dollar.

HWI

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He's only wanting 500hp to the crank. That can be done easily with h/c/i, no power adder needed.

wannabfast

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ya hp for dollar i would vote spray. I mean you can get a decent deal on here every now and then for a sts kit, you will probably need to run 7 to 8 psi to make 500. But it will still be more than spray. Im going to try to make 500 0n my sts kit here soon.