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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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Well bought a motor last night for the bird.

List of mods to it are

4 Bolt LT1
Holley 58MM TB
42 pound injectors
Flat top forged pistons
Complete Comp Valve train
EWP
MSD Opti
MSD Coil
CC306 cam

6.9 on 150 shot trapped 100 and 7.5 on motor didn't ask for MPH for it

He says it compression is bumped to maybe 11:1 I was wondering what I could bump it up to with gaskets only and how much power do you gain from a point of compression

That and going with a custom cam instead of the CC306???

Figured there is time to be made up in lil places like this and just makes me feel better if i go through it

Looking forward to hearing what yall say!!
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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How is the compression raised? only two valve reliefs, or thinner gaskets? increasing the CR by a full point can give you 15-25 hp, it just depends on a few things.

a custom grind can get you another 15-25 depending on how radical you go with the custom.
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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He has it raised by the pistons I want want to raise it as much as possible with out changing the pistons.

Just want to change a few things that can make the motor better then it already is drove in the car it was in yesterday Oil pressure said at 60 before and after the drive idling
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 10:03 PM
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No he doesn't, stock pistons are flat tops...
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 10:15 PM
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whatever compression is doesn't really matter to me. He said it was raised a lil not much will find out 100% next weekend once I get it all torn down and get a part number off the pistons.

I Just want to know how much it can be lifted from just gaskets I've heard shim gaskets and stuff bump them up almost a solid point not 100% on that though
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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Motor pushed the car to a 7.5 at 92 so looking to improve on that
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that motor happen to come out of a black z28 on billet specialties wheels with a th400 owned by a guy in Pinellas County?
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Would it be a bad thing if it did.....lol
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well I know the guy that built that car if that is the case...the previous owner

IIRC it's just a LT1 that the owner prior to my friend rebuilt (never heard him say forged pistons though, could be) with a set of heads he ported himself and cc306 like you mentioned. the car ran those times with only a mild street tune. full dyno tune would definately bring up the performance.

it's a great running motor though, how much does he want btw?
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Damn you scared the hell out of me. So you know the guy who owned it before or the guy who has it now? And glad to know from someone else that it is a strong runner bought for 1700 pulled and everything
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Damn you scared the hell out of me. So you know the guy who owned it before or the guy who has it now? And glad to know from someone else that it is a strong runner bought for 1700 pulled and everything
the previous owner. the owner before my friend rebuilt the motor and my friend did all the mods.

$1700 for motor and trans or just the motor?
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 05:25 PM
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Just the motor Im going to be putting my own tranny in it
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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So upped compression and a

236/244 .608/.608 110 LSA

Any ideas on gains???
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Originally Posted by Lawhead
So upped compression and a

236/244 .608/.608 110 LSA

Any ideas on gains???
How far did you "up" it?
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 12:57 PM
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He said its around 11:1 now I'm going with 11.75-12:1
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with a good tune you might increase another 25-35 hp with the cam and CR increase. Where is the cam from?
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 02:13 PM
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Llyod Spec'd it for me told me it will work like a chain saw the higher i spin it the better it would work and would drive like CC306 on the street.
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He's def right! you gotta spin-it-to-win-it! lol
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plan is to shift it at 6800
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 02:56 PM
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I don't see the point running a cam that big on a stock cube motor with a stock PCM. My cam is around 10 degrees smaller and it still peaks around 6500 and pulls to 7k without falling off.
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