Project LT1 dyno mule
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Project LT1 dyno mule Ok so i have a 87 el camino that i plan on carbing a LT1 and throwing in it. The motor i have has 160,000 on it with a nice lil dime sized hole in the number 2 piston. I have plenty of std bore stock lt1 pistons that i could throw back in it, but i also have a set of .030 forged speed pro's with a 16 cc inverted dome that im thinking about punching it and running those. If i cut the heads .030 and deck the block to 0 deck it will still be 11:1. I plan on porting the stock heads but still utilize the stock valves. I picked up a edelbrock performer rpm intake awhile back for 50 bucks that i will throw on it. I have a cc503 camshaft laying around that im debating on running it or doing a custom grind that will be ground for a more broad flat torque curve. Im leaning towards the 503 being i have it and its still stock bottom end. The only money i will have in it will be gaskets, rings, bearings and a distributor. Tell me what you guys think, would you go with the 503 or experiment with the camshaft. If i do another cam im gonna have to do some back to back testing with them on the engine dyno to suit my curiosity.
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So you've got an engine dyno and your going to do some testing on an LT1. Should do a camshaft comparison or something. Have folks send you a cam, and or headers, toss it in with a sponsers mail order tune and check for differences in HP/TQ curves. I'd go crazy if I had a dyno lying around
-Dustin-
-Dustin-
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Im guessing being it will be a dual plain intake on this motor, the 503 will prolly be phizzling out around 6200. The only thing that is keeping me from doing a custom grind is the cost. Right now i can build the motor for under 500 and my time invested in fixing it. The car will prolly only weigh around 3000 lbs. I cant get to wild with it, cant be having my el camino whoopin up on my TA.
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Kinston North Carolina
So you've got an engine dyno and your going to do some testing on an LT1. Should do a camshaft comparison or something. Have folks send you a cam, and or headers, toss it in with a sponsers mail order tune and check for differences in HP/TQ curves. I'd go crazy if I had a dyno lying around
-Dustin-
-Dustin-
If you go to gofastmotors.com you can see our facilities. Theres a slide show on the main page of the shop and two videos. One is the cnc machine and one is a 511 big block chrysler on the dyno.
