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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 09:31 PM
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well I have most of the bolt-ons and some spray and I'm hungry for more speed. the spray is great but I want my car to pull that hard all the time and still have n2o on back up if I need it. anyway I have been looking at the texas speed H/C package but now the sts system has been catching my eye. the only thing I didn't like about the only sts camaro I have seen was the piping sticking out in front of the back tire. I would bottem out everytime I go in and out of my driveway. my car is a dd and goto the track every once in awhile. but I'm out every weekend looking for trouble gas mileage doesn't matter to much as long I average 18 or better combined. I have 3.42s and plan only going up to 3.73 or maybe 3.91. p.s. long term dream is a turbo 408 but isn't it everyones
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 09:54 PM
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I voted H/C. You'll learn a good deal along the way to getting a good H/C setup. You'll eventually want to replace the STS with something much better.
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 10:16 PM
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also on the h/c what would yall suggest there so many choices I'm kinda lost on the subject. I on doing all this with in the next 2 months and having g-force due the work and tune
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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I voted h/c. With a good H/C package you gain just about or as much as a sts. and still have the nitrous on top of that. You couls easy be pushing over 500rwhp with the right heads and cam with the bottle. I would look at Mti,TSP,THUNDER, and LG Motorsports They all have some great cams and packages.
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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I voted STS , later add forged shortblock , 72cc ported heads , small turbo cam etc . smooth drivability with massive power gain and it doesnt require refills . If you still need more then you can run nitrous also .
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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also on the h/c what would yall suggest there so many choices I'm kinda lost on the subject. I on doing all this with in the next 2 months and having g-force due the work and tune
Depends on your bank account. Good heads like AFR, ETP, and Trick Flow are expensive. If you don't want to spend that much, Patriot Performance 243 castings are great. Either way make sure you mill the heads to achieve around 11:1 (around a 63cc combustion chamber) static compression and choose a cam that will yield around a 8.4-8.7ish dynamic compression. Download Pianoprodigy's calculator and play around with the numbers to see how different things affect each other.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 02:06 AM
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How fast do you want to spend?
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 02:13 AM
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if you ever plan on doing forced induction i wouldn't do Heads/cam first. Typically you will find that N/A power is a different route than Forced induction.... so i voted STS
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H/C/STS 560rwhp...Do it. Do it.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 11:20 AM
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I'll do something like an STS system and a cam swap at a later time. However, for most people the STS system will provide power and ease and retain stock drive ability. I'm fairly well versed at tuning so if you're not you need to factor in more $$ for tune. The install of H/C isn't hard but the STS kit is easier for sure.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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The STS kits are very nice and wok really well, I have personally rode in a 383ci STS car and it was an absolute animal. But with the STS you can say goodbye to the nitro cause your cylinder pressure will be high enough as it is for a DD and reliability.

The Texas speed kits are nice and a MGS3 has a tame enough idle so it wont hurt your daily driving routine. I think the MGS4 is a little too rough and hard to be daily driven and it will get old wrestling with the idle and things if you get into any traffic.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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Heads and Cam... boosted will always nickle and dime you to death with things you didnt think about... when all is said and done.. that STS system is going to cost you about $6k.. lots of hidden things you didnt think about..

H/C FTW!!
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Originally Posted by GR33N GoblinM6
Heads and Cam... boosted will always nickle and dime you to death with things you didnt think about... when all is said and done.. that STS system is going to cost you about $6k.. lots of hidden things you didnt think about..

H/C FTW!!
Think about n2o @ $4/lbs without spray STS owns a H/C setup and doesn't f up the streetability of your whip.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
How fast do you want to spend?
around 3500 I was looking a used sts but then I saw they finance
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 05:34 PM
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I was looking at tsp cams the ms4 looked like to much......how bad is the ms3.......they 233/239 didn't look like it would be much for a dd
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by craz1469
around 3500 I was looking a used sts but then I saw they finance

yeah... its 26% for financing rate that the company they use charge...
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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Head/Cam...........
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H/C works well if you do it right.
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by GR33N GoblinM6
yeah... its 26% for financing rate that the company they use charge...
jesus christ
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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Wow thats one heel of a high finance rate.
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