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Old Aug 9, 2013 | 11:02 PM
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My forged iron 390ci. Right now it has my old LS1 ported heads that only flow 304cfm. Along with my LS6 intake. Stock ported TB.

If I swap those three with L92 ported heads that flow 350+cfm and a ported L76 intake and 90mm TB.......and a new cam to match.

What do you think I'll pick up for RWHP....?

It dynoed a little over 400 RWHP now. It's only 10.8:1 compression because its waiting for a turbo kit.

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Old Aug 10, 2013 | 10:23 PM
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That should be a substantial increase, like 10-15% or so.
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Give or take 420-430ish
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Originally Posted by xdanny510x
Give or take 420-430ish

You think that'll only be good for about 25 HP increase......?

What about the 1.5 HP increase per cfm increase. Just the heads alone should provide about 50 x 1.5 = 75 HP.........right?

Then with the supporting better intake and TB....maybe 10-15 more.???

People were getting 500 RWHP back in 2001-2002 with STOCK CUBES and head/cam kits........how were they doing it?
Like "Tomtheroofer" running 10 second 1/4 miles and over 500 RWHP......

Morgan Motorsports.....500 RWHP with their "500 Aggressor Head/Cam kit". Stock cubed engines.


HOW....?

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Originally Posted by San Diego Car Guy
That should be a substantial increase, like 10-15% or so.
That sounds more like it........

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Originally Posted by San Diego Car Guy
That should be a substantial increase, like 10-15% or so.
Somewhere around there^
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Originally Posted by Blackpanther99
Somewhere around there^
That's what I figured too.

Guess I'll slap the PRC 247's on.

What intake and TB do you think would best for my TT kit that's going on later..?

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L92 wont fit a 3.90 bore. Must be 4.0 or larger
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Originally Posted by my406cid
L92 wont fit a 3.90 bore. Must be 4.0 or larger
My 390ci is 4.030" bore.

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What about the 1.5 HP increase per cfm increase. Just the heads alone should provide about 50 x 1.5 = 75 HP.........right?
You are not going to see 75rwhp just from going from ported 241s to stock LS3s. And certainly not on a less than ideal 4.030 bore.

We don't know the cam you have now and the cam that you will go with the new heads to really say, but I would expect in the mid 400s at the wheels.
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Only one way to really know, do it and prove ppl wrong! lol
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Originally Posted by redtan
You are not going to see 75rwhp just from going from ported 241s to stock LS3s. And certainly not on a less than ideal 4.030 bore.

We don't know the cam you have now and the cam that you will go with the new heads to really say, but I would expect in the mid 400s at the wheels.
Just did one just like that with a Comp X281HR (alu block, not iron), each pull hit around 455-465 rwhp on E85 through a T56 with 3.5 rear end.

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