What can i do for more PROVEN POWER
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i have cartek heads and cam... flp full lenghts, off road pipes, slp loud mouth, mti clear lid.. and bg ram air.. i have 4200 miles on the stock short block... which has been head & cam from day one.... What can i do to gain some power? synthic tranny fuild? better Maf? ported tb? ati damper? what else...
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Your on the right track. I would recommend not using synthetic trans fluid and would run a asp over the ati for cost reasons only. Keep in mind that every 10lbs you lose is = to 1 hp at the rear. Light cars are always fast <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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What sort of power are you putting down now? Do you have LS6 intake? What's the compression with the Cartek heads? True duals and ported TB might net you a bit of a gain.
If all these options are exhausted I'd say its time for a big bore <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
If all these options are exhausted I'd say its time for a big bore <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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405rwhp with a 224/224 its a 2002... its my daily driver... so yanking weight is not an option.. im trying to get as much N/a power as possible... i can jet in as much power as want with my Nx kit... butmy pooor 10 bolt wont aqllow me to get a pass in with et-drags... ive had the car since May 20th and it has over 5700 miles on it.... its my daily driver... Nothing radical can be used
2002 black/black Ws6
Cartek equiped 405rwhp
s2 h&c, flp lt's, or pipes, slp LM,
30#svo's, 3600 vig, 160 t-stat, mti clear lid, Nx wet kit
<small>[ August 25, 2002, 10:20 PM: Message edited by: nysbadmk8 ]</small>
2002 black/black Ws6
Cartek equiped 405rwhp
s2 h&c, flp lt's, or pipes, slp LM,
30#svo's, 3600 vig, 160 t-stat, mti clear lid, Nx wet kit
<small>[ August 25, 2002, 10:20 PM: Message edited by: nysbadmk8 ]</small>
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Really you are stuck with that amount of horsepower unless you go with a bigger cam or bigger motor. The most I see is another 15rwhp out of ported TB, different maf, pulleys, and possibly a cutout.. If you take the car to Cartek and let them tune it.. You should get 40rwhp plus just the way it sits.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> Just kidding.. I think with the above things I mentioned, bigger cam and ls1edit.. You will get 430rwhp plus..