intake/heads/cam/rockers swap really worth it?
09-20-2010, 09:50 AM
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I believe that it is becoming more evident on what I want to do in the future. I believe that I am going to go the N/A route for now and see how much I can squeeze outta her...If I decide that it is not enough, then maybe I will consider nitrous or turbo. It just seems that this will be a more logical step for a daily driver.
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I believe that it is becoming more evident on what I want to do in the future. I believe that I am going to go the N/A route for now and see how much I can squeeze outta her...If I decide that it is not enough, then maybe I will consider nitrous or turbo. It just seems that this will be a more logical step for a daily driver.
09-21-2010, 08:52 AM
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Actually, my wheels are the one thing that I get the most compliments about. They are not gaudy or something you would see someone driving in the hood. They are very classy and look like they should belong on the car. That is the look that I was going for when I purchased them. I agree that the wheels slow me down, but when I want to race, I have a set of light weight racing wheels with drag radials. 
The 22's are just for shows and for bragging rights for all the haters! Plus, going from a stock 18 to a 20 was not that big of an upgrade in my opinion.
The 22's are just for shows and for bragging rights for all the haters! Plus, going from a stock 18 to a 20 was not that big of an upgrade in my opinion. 
09-26-2010, 11:36 AM
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Either get the turbo or do other mods. Personally get a turbo you will gain a LOT more for about the same price.
The cam and intake are worth it. BUT you need to get a BIG cam for you to see gains. Dont waste your time on heads, i would just get your current heads ported and polished.
Our heads are ls6 corvette heads and flow more than our NA motor can put out.
The cam and intake are worth it. BUT you need to get a BIG cam for you to see gains. Dont waste your time on heads, i would just get your current heads ported and polished.
Our heads are ls6 corvette heads and flow more than our NA motor can put out.
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Either get the turbo or do other mods. Personally get a turbo you will gain a LOT more for about the same price.
The cam and intake are worth it. BUT you need to get a BIG cam for you to see gains. Dont waste your time on heads, i would just get your current heads ported and polished.
Our heads are ls6 corvette heads and flow more than our NA motor can put out.
The cam and intake are worth it. BUT you need to get a BIG cam for you to see gains. Dont waste your time on heads, i would just get your current heads ported and polished.
Our heads are ls6 corvette heads and flow more than our NA motor can put out.
The Ls6 cam that you used was already proven to be unsuccessfull but after you did you intake swap without tuning you were sitting at 315hp with PP heads (overkill). Did you ever get tuned numbers? Also I'm not too sure where you had your shift points set when you dyno'd your intake swap, but I hope you were reving to atleast 6700 since Corvettes shift at 6500.
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09-28-2010, 05:22 PM
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I have been reading the header posts in the forum and it sounds like I would need a tune... I plan on doing this anyways and selling my Cortex to someone.... Why is the dip stick the hard part of installing the headers...
