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Old Mar 26, 2018 | 09:21 PM
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my 00 supercharged trans am is at the shop with 2 dead cylinders. Car has 96k on it. I told the shop to pull the engine and vortech g trim off I’m going to part it out and to build me a 6.0 They started with a fresh.30 over 6.0 block gen 4 rods arp rod bolts head studs and crankshaft studs , forged pistons. I bought a tsp bald eagle boost cam . The car will be n/a for this summer maybe a 100 wet shot. I dropped off a fast 90intake n Tb and set of stock 243 heads told him to send them out to Katech for porting , now I’m thinking should I go with a set of rhs or dart pro 1s or trickflow 220s I’m hoping to make 450ish Rwhp n/a
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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 04:37 PM
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If you have the money while the engine is being built and you want to hit 450rwhp, then I would pick up a set of TFS or AFR heads. Ported 243's are still a decent choice if you are going to save or spend the money elsewhere.
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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 05:48 PM
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^ What he said. We made the same power on an LQ9 with 243s and a custom cam.
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I ended up buying a set of bare TRickflows as cast 220s , now what valves would u guys Recommend. I think I need 2.055 intake and 1.57 exhaust .
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Now contact Pat G for a cam to get the job done.
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