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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 03:13 PM
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Baby cams worked for me as in 11.40's@118
EG 218-224 527-532

I think the Cheatr would be great in your Z06 and you could always add the headers at a later date....
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Baby cams worked for me as in 11.40's@118
EG 218-224 527-532

I think the Cheatr would be great in your Z06 and you could always add the headers at a later date....
That is kind of what I'm leaning towards.....Now I just need to figure out what it's going to cost me....
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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 03:24 PM
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Can you show me these bolt-on 390-400rwhp cars? I know the normal c5's would probably average 360rwhp with bolt-ons. I doubt that the better ls6 casting will provide 40rwhp without porting.
Why would I lie???...There are tons of them....I had over 390 with intake, exhaust, headers and tune...

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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Z06-Dave
Why would I lie???...There are tons of them....I had over 390 with intake, exhaust, headers and tune...

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I've seen bolt-on Z06's put down 390hp
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Old Sep 7, 2005 | 09:54 PM
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LPE Makes good cams for the LS6, and the stock exhaust is real good on the ZO6 Too. IE I put Kooks system on with a nice cat back and made 12rwhp, just change the cam and springs, push rods, get it tuned and DRIVE it....
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A full bolt on Z06 can make 390+ RWHP. I've driven one. My buddies car made 393 with bolt ons and an Ls6 intake. In fact I believe a couple of folks have made 400RWHP with bolt ons.
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by J-Rod
A full bolt on Z06 can make 390+ RWHP. I've driven one. My buddies car made 393 with bolt ons and an Ls6 intake. In fact I believe a couple of folks have made 400RWHP with bolt ons.

I Decided to wait until next spring to do my cam, so right now I'm going with long tube headers, high flow cat, an x-pipe and an under drive pully... What other "bolt-ons are there? I already have a vararam and 160 t-stat. Would I see any gains from a ported tb or am I not at that point yet? I'm hoping to see 390ish rwhp from bolt ons before I do my cam, I'll keep you guys posted in the next couple weeks
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 07:36 AM
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Yeap you would see gains, at ~10rwhp
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LGM headers
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GM or NW Tb.
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 08:07 AM
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Get the CheaTR cam-it's made for setups like yours and for people afraid of a lope. It will have all the stock driving charachteristics but should be worth a solid gain. Do an underdrive pulley while your at it. Then you add headers later and still pick up power-it's been proven to work great with and without headers!
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Originally Posted by Z06-Dave
Why would I lie???...There are tons of them....I had over 390 with intake, exhaust, headers and tune...

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Sorry, I was wrong it seems. Not the first time, nor the last
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will the 918's be ok for the cheatr cam? i mean changing the springs will be no big deal every 10k miles, ill have to change the tires that often anyways
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Yes, but you'll have to shim to .050 coilbind. IIRC
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Originally Posted by PREDATOR-Z
Yes, but you'll have to shim to .050 coilbind. IIRC
wtf does that mean
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