Judge my setup
You should look into the converter that I have. Its a Circle D 3E converter. It has about a 4500 stall speed, and out right kicks *** at the track. My best 60ft so far with it is 1.52 on the stock 3.23 gears with about 450rwhp. With a set of 3.90 or 4.11 gears it should 60ft in the 1.4X range. Also, when I switched from a 3600 converter to the 3E there was minimal change in the way it drove on the street.
The 60ft isn't great but your mph is terrible, suspension isn't going to affect mph much unless you backed out in a big when after it spun.
With a 3800stall Edge Racing Converter in my pig of a car the best 60ft is 1.53, that is with 4.10 and 28" ET Drags at 17psi, not a great tire for mph on such a mild setup but made launching at the track easy without a bunch of suspension work.
With a 3800stall Edge Racing Converter in my pig of a car the best 60ft is 1.53, that is with 4.10 and 28" ET Drags at 17psi, not a great tire for mph on such a mild setup but made launching at the track easy without a bunch of suspension work.
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True duels and a good set of 1 7/8 headers will help tremendously as will the chrs1313 non ac. I have a similar cam to yours and having that much overlap is a perfect candidate for free flowing exhaust which I'm lacking lol.
That actually looks like our V.1 Polluter camshaft. Did you buy that from us a while back?
When I first started to work at Tick 3 years ago, I designed the V.2 as I felt the V.1 had too late of an IC event. It's now well known that anything past a 47-48* IC event @.050" lobe lift isn't beneficial on a stock stroke long runner intake LS1 engine. Basically the gains you receive in doing so, are pretty lopsided as the loss in torque under the curve far outweighs the gain in peak HP.
When I first started to work at Tick 3 years ago, I designed the V.2 as I felt the V.1 had too late of an IC event. It's now well known that anything past a 47-48* IC event @.050" lobe lift isn't beneficial on a stock stroke long runner intake LS1 engine. Basically the gains you receive in doing so, are pretty lopsided as the loss in torque under the curve far outweighs the gain in peak HP.
In regards to average power production yes. If you had a very high winding combination with a single plane intake and 4.56-4.88 rear gears I feel that the cam would be an excellent choice.
Which ironically is how my boss Jonathan had his car set-up when he ran the same camshaft and went 10.50's@130mph cam only. He actually had a 5.0 rear gear!
If you wanted to improve your E.T. I feel that the only way to do that is with a gear change to a lower rear gear(higher numeric), looser stall converter and turn more RPM. Or swap the cam to something that promotes higher average power production in the RPM range you're currently operating in.
Suspension modifications along with a strong rear end and a good set of slicks would also improve your E.T. by a good bit.
Where are you shifting right now?
Which ironically is how my boss Jonathan had his car set-up when he ran the same camshaft and went 10.50's@130mph cam only. He actually had a 5.0 rear gear!
If you wanted to improve your E.T. I feel that the only way to do that is with a gear change to a lower rear gear(higher numeric), looser stall converter and turn more RPM. Or swap the cam to something that promotes higher average power production in the RPM range you're currently operating in.
Suspension modifications along with a strong rear end and a good set of slicks would also improve your E.T. by a good bit.
Where are you shifting right now?
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Honestly I couldn't tell you where I'm shifting at. I only got two passes since the car finished and only one good one. That's all good info though. I will have to look into that more.
The cam you have will want to be operated from 5000-7000rpm and no less at WOT for optimal performance.
Since you have a 4l60e vs. the example I gave with a 6 speed, a 4.10 would be sufficient for the rear gear for optimal performance.
If you went to a SV you'd have to turn at least 7300-7400 rpm to be optimal.
