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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 07:13 AM
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I was told by a few that my stock injectors might be borderline so i want to ask a few people who have a little more experience than myself on how many lbs injectors to go with for my set up.

My mods include:
Cold air intake
Ported and descreened MAF
LS1 hot cam
1.8 roller rockers
5.3 ported and polished heads
shorty headers and custom exhaust

On my 2000 ls1 c5.

Im not positive but I think my car came with 26lbs fuel injectors.


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The stock injectors should be fine, however the SVO 30's wouldn't hurt. At 4 bar they put out around 35. If you have the car dynoed the AF will tell the story if you start to go lean up top.
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The stock injectors should be fine, however the SVO 30's wouldn't hurt. At 4 bar they put out around 35. If you have the car dynoed the AF will tell the story if you start to go lean up top.
I just said that in a different thread. Great minds think alike!
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i would put 42#'s in it if it was mine, then you are covered down the road if you step the motor up a couple of notches. your tuner will be able to handle the rest.
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42's would be overkill in this case though. I would only plan on 42's on stock CID if you were planning on running FI. A bigger motor would definitely make for a set of these though. Honestly in his case right now a stock injector would be just fine. He is most likely gonna be around 90-95% max duty cycle at WOT with a hot cam and bolt-ons. Hard to say without EFI Live though.
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Well I guess I will dyno on my stock injectors and save my money for now.
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Well I guess I will dyno on my stock injectors and save my money for now.
Thanks guys!
Probably best that way. You will have something to base your next purchase off of that way. Make sure you find out your A/F and your duty cycle if you can on the stockers. That will damn near tell you what you need.
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Originally Posted by orangeapeel
42's would be overkill in this case though. I would only plan on 42's on stock CID if you were planning on running FI. A bigger motor would definitely make for a set of these though. Honestly in his case right now a stock injector would be just fine. He is most likely gonna be around 90-95% max duty cycle at WOT with a hot cam and bolt-ons. Hard to say without EFI Live though.
i use 42#'s in most of the 346 n/a motors i do anymore, and there 60%+ duty cycle at WOT. i must be doing something wrong then.(lol) but i see your point orangepeel, i was just thinking ahead for him.
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i use 42#'s in most of the 346 n/a motors i do anymore, and there 60%+ duty cycle at WOT. i must be doing something wrong then.(lol) but i see your point orangepeel, i was just thinking ahead for him.
I see your point as well. Either way I think no matter which he chooses it will work out. Just don't get the wrong impedence.
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FWIW, I am using SVO 30's in my 408, no issues. I was thinking about upgrading when my 408 short block was being built, but Erik @HKRacing and Thunder Racing told me not necessary.
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FWIW, I am using SVO 30's in my 408, no issues. I was thinking about upgrading when my 408 short block was being built, but Erik @HKRacing and Thunder Racing told me not necessary.
what kind of power are you making?
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473/465 through a 9", steel DS, and MT DR's.
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473/465 through a 9", steel DS, and MT DR's.
great numbers man. what is your duty cycle at WOT with your 30's, i'm just curious.
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