LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old 08-25-2014, 12:17 AM
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I've tried researching this to little avail. seems nobody has actually dyno'd it.

I sold my 94 TA\GT to a friend. it has an LE1 top end with mild cam. I put 1\3\4 headers on it (what a difference compared to stock manifolds)

anyway, he wants to make it "proper", with my help. has anyone actually dyno'd a ported stocker intake? particularily gains in the 6000-7000 rpm range?

he also found an OEM ram air hood and box for it... darn it all to heck ram air lt1's look nice. just as nice as ls1's, just different. I don't know why anyone bought Camaro's back then.
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The consensus is about 10-12 hp above 6k rpm. With LE1 heads and a mild cam there is very little if any to be gained. Just not enough rpm to really make use of it. It would probably be better to invest elsewhere in the car. Gears, suspension, tires...if you can't hook what good is a bunch of power? All that means is you'll go through tires faster.
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I can get the rest of the car to work. i'm just wanting to maximize the 6000-7000 rpm range
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Lloyd calls it 10hp, Hammer.
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I gained nothing on the dyno and mph'd the same
LE2 heads and cam spinning to 6400
If you do the ramair hood make sure you cut out the baffle



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