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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 03:15 PM
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What would it take to get my car to 425rwhp N/A? Also i want it to seem as stock as possible...meaning NO WiLd cams...is this possible? and how much money are we talking?
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 03:40 PM
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wrong forum really....

But very possible.
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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A lid, LT's, ORY, catback, and a 125 shot (or less) will easily get you there. (and I'm assuming by N/A, you mean no turbo or blower)
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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If you want a stock seeming idle, get a proven cam, some good heads and some N20. Im not a user of the N20 but Im expecting 430-450 from my H/C setup. But you have to think that my cam aint passing as anything stock.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 07:46 AM
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If you are M6> piece of cake.
AFR 205 heads and CheaTR cam with supporting bolt ons to give 1 exemple.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Gearhead1
A lid, LT's, ORY, catback, and a 125 shot (or less) will easily get you there. (and I'm assuming by N/A, you mean no turbo or blower)
Well since "aspirate" means to suck in air and nitrous is unnaturally giving the motor more "air" to suck in, I would have to say that isn't naturally-aspirated...

A good head/cam combo with all the bolt-ons will get you there Like Predator said, a CheaTR cam from Thunder Racing will get you there.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 11:22 AM
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well i meant no nitrous or turbo or s/c...i want to make around 425N/A then add nitrous
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+1 on the cheater cam and AFR 205's. Not only should the idle quality be close enough to stock, the wide LSA and longer exhaust duration will really help out if you do squeeze it later.

You could try that setup with stock manifolds and converters (that's what the cam was designed for) then decide later if you want to mess with headers. A quiet cat back like the SLP dual/dual will help too.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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i dont want a quit exhaust...i like the what the car sounds with hooker headers and catback.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by my01ws6
i dont want a quit exhaust...i like the what the car sounds with hooker headers and catback.
I thought you said you wanted to keep it as stock as possible?
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well i dono i just want a fast car...and i dont really like the sound of a REALLY lopy car
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Originally Posted by my01ws6
i dont want a quit exhaust...i like the what the car sounds with hooker headers and catback.
Originally Posted by Asmodeus
I thought you said you wanted to keep it as stock as possible?


Well headers and catback just won't seem very stock, but the setup described should run pretty well.
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by PREDATOR-Z
If you are M6> piece of cake.
AFR 205 heads and CheaTR cam with supporting bolt ons to give 1 exemple.
You stole my propsed setup! Could probably get there even with a set of budget heads, assuming a good setup.
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by my01ws6
well i dono i just want a fast car...and i dont really like the sound of a REALLY lopy car
get a OHC V8 then

As has been mentioned it's all possible, but it'll cost. In fact for less money you could make more power, it would just be more of an animal.
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