A Little Down About My Numbers
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I may track it again at some point to see what it is capable of, but I have little desire to flog it on the dragstrip on a regular basis.
Speaking for myself, I used to track the car a lot more. But I got tired of breaking stuff. No fun when the car is down half the time undergoing expensive driveline repairs. These days I'd rather just drive it on the street and enjoy it.
I may track it again at some point to see what it is capable of, but I have little desire to flog it on the dragstrip on a regular basis.
I may track it again at some point to see what it is capable of, but I have little desire to flog it on the dragstrip on a regular basis.
now, they no longer have test and tunes, brag and drags, whatever...sucks living next to the "Belagio of dragstrips" that excludes all the locals. 
The 1/8th mile tracks nearby are full of shady lowlifes
and have shitty track prep and 7-8 seconds and 80+ MPH just does nothing for me...
Heads mostly. I rarely, of ever see or hear about a 350 LT1 pushing more than 340rwhp cam only. Of course no body ever does just heads. But the power difference is huge from cam only to heads and cam. Cam only is about the same cost as a good set of ported heads once you factor in valve springs, rockers, and push rods.
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Eh, agree with the heads part, especially since it can increase total area under the curve, but disagree with the two being equally expensive unless one can find a set of used heads. Pretty sure one can get away with cam only and pay around a grand for everything including tune. When these cars were still new in the 90's that was one of the most popular installs to do after bolt-ons due to it being less expensive than having a set of heads ported.
So for $1000-1100 you get 30-50rwhp. For $500-600 more you get 80-100rwhp. That's a no brainer.
Times have changed. On average head prices back then were in the 1500 to 2g's ballpark. Again, people weighed the options and it was cheaper to go cam first, and some went for heads later. This was before budget head porters were known to the LT1 world.
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True true. I'm happy with the $/hp ratio of my LT1. I spent $4500 to get where I'm at Horsepower wise.
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Big heads and cam through an M6 tranny and 3.42's, yes the blower was maxed out, and was done on pump gas and meth (not as much meth as you might think).
Point is he could have (and still can) buy my blower setup for about the same or less price he probably has in suspension alone and been quite far from being disappointed on the dyno.
Point is he could have (and still can) buy my blower setup for about the same or less price he probably has in suspension alone and been quite far from being disappointed on the dyno.
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This will be long long process...I'm in no rush for my car to be done and with blower I'd want custom cam, best heads all forged internals. When I do think I try to do it just once.
I'm about $1400 for my full suspension; exact is $1,455.
$365 (bilstein set of 4 shocks)
$300 (strano springs with custom black powder coat)
$100 (STB)
$200 (SFC's)
$150 (PHB)
$250 (LCA's)
$90 (LCA Brackets)
I'm about $1400 for my full suspension; exact is $1,455.
$365 (bilstein set of 4 shocks)
$300 (strano springs with custom black powder coat)
$100 (STB)
$200 (SFC's)
$150 (PHB)
$250 (LCA's)
$90 (LCA Brackets)