Simple bolt ons worth it?
It may be no Cadillac right now but when I had the rod ends on with my 9" with a spool and 4.33s I lost all enjoyment of the car on the street. There's a certain amount of enjoyment off the track you need to keep in a car, otherwise you risk losing interest. That's why I changed everything again and now I can enjoy it everywhere. Rod ends on one side poly on the other costs the same, performs as well, and can keep some enjoyment.
It may be no Cadillac right now but when I had the rod ends on with my 9" with a spool and 4.33s I lost all enjoyment of the car on the street. There's a certain amount of enjoyment off the track you need to keep in a car, otherwise you risk losing interest. That's why I changed everything again and now I can enjoy it everywhere. Rod ends on one side poly on the other costs the same, performs as well, and can keep some enjoyment.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Yes I believe it is to be corrected. I'll have to upload the dyno sheet tomorrow.
I have no interest in 1/4 mile times...building the car for AutoX and RR. But I keep reading how well these motors respond to simple mode, so I figured I would make the best out of simple bolt ons and leave the motor untouched.
lt1-xjs: I forgot about RR's and springs. the tuner also recommended 1.6's for a simple easy swap to gain some power. I always heard that but forgot about it lol.
For now the WP will stay stock unless it starts giving me problems.
Here is the CAI I made. I may go to the LS1 lid due to the fact that my MAP dropped down to 92 at it's lowest point through the pull when the tuner said a Moroso CAI will keep steady at about 95KPa. I took a K&N CAI off to go with my custom setup. I have no dyno numbers or MAP readings from the K&N unfortunately so I don't know if my CAI is better/worse/same as the K&N.
It is a 3.5" pipe slightly dimpled at the bend to clear the stock 95 hood. It's the first version of it so it's not "pretty". basically did it because I can and wanted to try something different.
And now that I think of it...anyone think all the aftermarket 3.5" catbacks are a little small? Last time I built a catback for my 04 GTO I went with a single 3.5" to mimic a 2.5" dual setup from a cross sectional area standpoint.
On the flipside, I guess the only way to tell if the dip to 92KPa MAP reading is from the intake side of things and not the small exhaust side of things is to do a pull with only the MAF on the TB...
I have no interest in 1/4 mile times...building the car for AutoX and RR. But I keep reading how well these motors respond to simple mode, so I figured I would make the best out of simple bolt ons and leave the motor untouched.
lt1-xjs: I forgot about RR's and springs. the tuner also recommended 1.6's for a simple easy swap to gain some power. I always heard that but forgot about it lol.
For now the WP will stay stock unless it starts giving me problems.
Here is the CAI I made. I may go to the LS1 lid due to the fact that my MAP dropped down to 92 at it's lowest point through the pull when the tuner said a Moroso CAI will keep steady at about 95KPa. I took a K&N CAI off to go with my custom setup. I have no dyno numbers or MAP readings from the K&N unfortunately so I don't know if my CAI is better/worse/same as the K&N.
It is a 3.5" pipe slightly dimpled at the bend to clear the stock 95 hood. It's the first version of it so it's not "pretty". basically did it because I can and wanted to try something different.
And now that I think of it...anyone think all the aftermarket 3.5" catbacks are a little small? Last time I built a catback for my 04 GTO I went with a single 3.5" to mimic a 2.5" dual setup from a cross sectional area standpoint.
On the flipside, I guess the only way to tell if the dip to 92KPa MAP reading is from the intake side of things and not the small exhaust side of things is to do a pull with only the MAF on the TB...
I know this is a little off topic, but did you keep A/C with that intake?
Awesome! I keep hearing how it can't be done without removing A/C and I've been wanting to try it. What bend did you use? 60 degree?
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That's why I did it...no one tries or says you can't. This is all under the stock hood too.
It's a custom bend. I kept making pie slices on the inside of the bend to make it fit...a lot of trial and error.
It's a custom bend. I kept making pie slices on the inside of the bend to make it fit...a lot of trial and error.
