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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 01:05 PM
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hi i am about to purchse a street strip tep transmission with upgraded shaft and 3.29 gears and am going to pull my engine out this early summer and want to stay n/a any good engine build combos? i havent seen any stroker ls4s yet and whats the best plenum for out cars everyone says the ls6 from what ive seen i was just curious and whats the best cam for our cars if you are using your car as a daily driver for the most part and are going to remove the dod and want something more aggressive and also has anyone used hooker aero chamber mufflers on there car yet i was thinking about using those to be different and if so waht are your opinions on them? and id like to make a higher rpm screamer out of this engine so please any advise would be greatly appreciated

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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 02:41 PM
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Welcome to LS4 tech. You'll have to look around in here, there is a lot of info in here. Here's a good start.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls4-perfo...ads-works.html

https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls4-perfo...y-install.html

There you go the best of the best.
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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian396
Welcome to LS4 tech. You'll have to look around in here, there is a lot of info in here. Here's a good start.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls4-perfo...ads-works.html

https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls4-perfo...y-install.html

There you go the best of the best.
thank you for your help id like my grand prix to be in the high 12s at the least when im done so thank you for directing me to those two posts they will be really helpful with the direction i go with on my build
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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 03:42 PM
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For a good DD cam I would go between 216/220 and 220/224. Won't really make it a high rever though.
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Originally Posted by lVloses
For a good DD cam I would go between 216/220 and 220/224. Won't really make it a high rever though.
ok thanks for the info ill check it out
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