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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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T-Rex has plenty of area under the curve... you just have to be willing to rev the thing to at LEAST 6900rpms. And, in my opinion, rear gears are not a necessity. Shift at 7000rpms, and you drop back down to where you start making good power. Rear gears have nothing to do with this, all they would allow you to do is to get out of the RPM range where the cam is slacking (Before 4800rpms or so, if memory serves) quicker, and get into the powerband. But, like I said before, if you rev the car high enough, you circumvent this problem.
The gears are helpful with daily driving. He already has 4.10's so "drivability" should be fine with a good tune.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 11:44 PM
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Whats a safe rev limit for a LS1
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 11:44 PM
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Yeah, he has got everything he needs.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 11:45 PM
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No i have heard Loudmouth with headers and they sound like a damn Dump Truck but no cats will help I guess
It's definitely not the best sounding setup but you'll be leaving a lot of power on the table without headers, period. Try welding in a different muffler in place of the loudmouth resonator. I hear Borla XR-1's sound great, as do sweet thunder mufflers.
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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What is a safe rev limit for LS1s?????
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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 12:12 AM
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2000 WS6
4.10, Ram Clutch,LS6 intake,Loud Mouth no cats,SLP throttle body Slp intake
I probably need a LS6 oil pump.

go higher on your gearing.you will love it.
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Long tube headers are almost a must really for any cam to get the most gains everywhere in the rpm range. Also, if you get a good tune, you'll still have pretty good low end. I've seen reports and dyno graphs on here that low end in the 2-3000rpm range is actually pretty good. It's all in the tune. Go to Thunder Racing's website where they have a dyno graph of a t-rex car. The cam is huge for a smallblock on paper, but efficient heads on these LS1's can allow for bigger cams.

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What is a safe rev limit for LS1s?????
Don't go to 7 grand on the stock bottom end unless you have:
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Originally Posted by orangeapeel
Don't go to 7 grand on the stock bottom end unless you have:
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2.make that 3 *****
3.Rod bolts

2001+ cars have upgraded rod bolts(the same used in the c5 z06) The c5 z06 has a rev limiter of 6500rpms, so I dont see any catastrophic failure past 7k rpms.
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You gonna take yours up to 7k?
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I had arp rod bolts, and 6800 was all she wrote.
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