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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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Well, the car fired up tonight. We put in the 230/236 on a 112 and had a bit of difficulty the last day because our valve spring tool took a crap on us, but the guys that did my install were troopers and stuck with it till it was done tonight! It fired up on the first try, and found it's idle after not too long. It didn't die once, didn't really surge too much, and didn't throw any misfire codes idling for about 15 minutes or so. It idled surprisingly well, didn't even die when it was slipped into drive! Just thought I'd share the news with everyone, as I'm pretty ecstatic right now. BIG thanks go out to Joey and Jason! You guys kick ***.
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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Make sure you let the springs go through 1-2 complete heat cycles and complete cool-downs before you get on it. Other than that...have fun...cams rule!
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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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Be sure to post up dyno #'s/track times. What valve springs are you running with it?
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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Get LS6 intake and underdrive pulley dumbass!
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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so do you have to pull the heads to install a cam
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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so do you have to pull the heads to install a cam
No, you sure don't.
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by setxws6
Get LS6 intake and underdrive pulley dumbass!
get a real cam dumbass
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 03:20 PM
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Hey nice cam! I went with the same one. Spec'd out to 232 237 111+4 .592 .604. Made great power with the heads and realy woke up after the 390s. Get it tuned and post some numbers. Congrats!!!
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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Thanks all for the positive replies! The car goes to HPE tomorrow morning for tuning. Not expecting greater numbers being that my verter won't lock but it'll be nice to have it tuned. Oh, and setxws6, go race Jason.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ArchOverseer
Thanks all for the positive replies! The car goes to HPE tomorrow morning for tuning. Not expecting greater numbers being that my verter won't lock but it'll be nice to have it tuned. Oh, and setxws6, go race Jason.
Good to hear all went well with the cam install. O' and if you talk you brian, or if he just happens too post here again he's more than welcome to race me as well!
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ArchOverseer
Well, the car fired up tonight. We put in the 230/236 on a 112 and had a bit of difficulty the last day because our valve spring tool took a crap on us, but the guys that did my install were troopers and stuck with it till it was done tonight! It fired up on the first try, and found it's idle after not too long. It didn't die once, didn't really surge too much, and didn't throw any misfire codes idling for about 15 minutes or so. It idled surprisingly well, didn't even die when it was slipped into drive! Just thought I'd share the news with everyone, as I'm pretty ecstatic right now. BIG thanks go out to Joey and Jason! You guys kick ***.
congrats time to get that tune and get to the track....wish i was fast
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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Any dyno results?
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 03:00 PM
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Sounds like a nicely put together setup. Let us know what you put down/run at the track. It's kind of funny that your 230/236 spec'd at 233/237, because my TRak (supposed to be a 231/234) spec'd at 233/235, they would be close but it turns out I have .648" intake lift!
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