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Old 09-22-2013, 01:51 PM
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I got this motor through some trading and just have a few question.
LQ9 block bored to 4.005
6.125 eagle rods
4" callies crank
diamond pistons 4.005 with 28 cc dish
absolute speed stage 2 heads (806's) said to flow over 300 cfm
255/263 .623/.623 on a 116 lsa

My plans are to swap the pistons out for some flat tops which should net close to 11 to 1 compression with the current heads.
I have thoughts on porting a set of 706 heads I have laying around but I'm curious to how much the combustion chamber needs opened up for the 4" bore and how much cc's I will loose.
With the 706 heads I believe I would be near 11.7 to 1 or more.

My main question is on the cam.
Is it considered to be a nitrous cam or turbo cam?
Or is it good for either setup?
Nitrous would most likely be in the future.
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Here is the cam card.

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That is one beastly cam... based on the lobe separation and duration differences looks more suited boost. But my guess would be that it would work great with either one.
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That's kinda what I was thinking. I haven't found many people running this big of a cam unless they just don't say anything.
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You couldn't pay me to run that cam with a turbo. Far more nitrous friendly..
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You couldn't pay me to run that cam with a turbo. Far more nitrous friendly..
That's what I was hoping to hear.
To me it seems like a possible good cam for high compression and still be able to run pump gas.
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Originally Posted by ls1kbush
That's what I was hoping to hear.
To me it seems like a possible good cam for high compression and still be able to run pump gas.
Yeah but 11:1 is not very high.
At what rpm range do you plan on using?

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I race when ever I can and thats almost every week. I dont know what rpm's these motors are good for but I took my LS1 to 7k every weekend so I can assure you I will run it thru whatever usable rpm's I can.
But truthfully I would probably try to keep it under 7500 just to see it live longer.
I tend to shift when it stops pulling.

I know 11 to 1 isnt high compression.
Thats why I have been thinking about utilizing these 5.3 heads I have and unshroud the valves for the 4" bore and then open up the ports.
Or I can get some domed pistons and keep the heads I have but they are the ugly perimeter style but flow over 300 cfm



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