immortalbird

I have a 2000 Transam Vert with an A4, 3.73 rearend, whisper lid (with airbox cutout)/K&N filter, predator, throttle body bypass, 160 thermostat, exhaust cutout. Looking for a combination of great pricing and performance (well who isn't???)

1. What are the best heads/cam combinations

2. What are you putting out with this on 1/4 mile and HP?

3. How much will this run me including installation.

4. Tuning (I'm guessing more than just my predator tune).



thank you

hpjunky98

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what do you want to run? what are your goals? do you need to stay emissions leagal?

PREDATOR-Z

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immortalbird

California emissions legal would be nice (although that sucks).

my goals are kind of open depending on how much each option will cost me and what i will gain for it. if i can stay on the cheaper side and reap a hundred plus horses that would be great. am i living in reality by asking this?

and then how much for professional installation? I don't want to start this project and find out i'm in financially over my head.

thanks for the response

blkZ28spt

Okay, let's go over the basics again. Do you have header? I'm guessing not. Do you have anything done to the exhaust besides the cutout? You need to put the best possible exhaust you can on the car, and get an LS6 intake manifold. If you want the entire car to stay cali emissions legal you'll have to look at cams designed to work with a restrictive exhaust such as thunder's CheaTR. Unfortunately for the exhaust to be legal you'll have to run shorties with high flow cats, at best.

immortalbird

thanks and i have been searching the archives on this first and still while this new thread is up. i'm shoving so much data inside my brain, i'm getting overwhelmed. but i am seeing some similar recommendations.

immortalbird

no header or true duals running back, just the stock exhaust with the cutout. i was trying to stay within cali emissions.

immortalbird

http://www.ls2.com/forums/showthread...threadid=19550 - i'm reading this on my search. i want to do this right and cheap before diving in with blinders on. i've been through stuff like this with my 1st gens, but i am ignorant on my 4th gen. i don't want to lose my shirt with this project.

PREDATOR-Z

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ghlight=cheatr

IMO, that is the best Cali setup

immortalbird

I am very impressed with this setup and a nice alternative to us Cali folks that don't want to deal with emissions nightmares. thank you so much for linking me to this (and all the other members on this board who can benefit from this).

PonchoFan

Before you put a head/cam package on it, you ought to get a converter.

PREDATOR-Z

If he makes his choice, then he can match the Verter to his set up for shift extention.

blkZ28spt

Boy, i don't know how I keep overlooking things like this lately.

Get a torque converter in there!!