Procharger or heads/cam/intake swap
05-28-2011, 06:39 PM
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Procharger or heads/cam/intake swap hey, i have a 2000 trans am with an ls1 six speed, ive put the slp loudmouth exhaust on it plus slp y-pipe, also have slp air intake. Looking to get around 425 horsepower out of it, should i slap a procharger on maybe with some headers or go with a heads/cam/intake swap possibly headers also, need a little advise and info before i make my decision, thanks for your help!
05-28-2011, 10:09 PM
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Will be roughly the same amount of money.
Don't do headers if you do a procharger.
You can't just "slap" a procharger kit on.
There is a kit in the for sale section right now.. It is a P1sc kit and is complete. That is goo for 550-600Rwhp. The seller bought my old white Trans Am, real good guy to do business with.
If it were me, I would buy that kit... Buy injectors/fuel pump... Any additions you want to do to the kit (different intercooler etc etc... But for sub 500Rwhp, it would be fine the way it comes... And install/tune it. 8# of boost would be on the safe side and easily net you north of 425Rwhp/rwtq with bone stock like driving manners until you hit boost.
Stock/simple bolt on cars with around 8#s are a BLAST to drive. 4K hits and its like you woke up a monster!
Don't do headers if you do a procharger.
You can't just "slap" a procharger kit on.
There is a kit in the for sale section right now.. It is a P1sc kit and is complete. That is goo for 550-600Rwhp. The seller bought my old white Trans Am, real good guy to do business with.
If it were me, I would buy that kit... Buy injectors/fuel pump... Any additions you want to do to the kit (different intercooler etc etc... But for sub 500Rwhp, it would be fine the way it comes... And install/tune it. 8# of boost would be on the safe side and easily net you north of 425Rwhp/rwtq with bone stock like driving manners until you hit boost.
Stock/simple bolt on cars with around 8#s are a BLAST to drive. 4K hits and its like you woke up a monster!
05-28-2011, 10:18 PM
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Will be roughly the same amount of money.
Don't do headers if you do a procharger.
You can't just "slap" a procharger kit on.
There is a kit in the for sale section right now.. It is a P1sc kit and is complete. That is goo for 550-600Rwhp. The seller bought my old white Trans Am, real good guy to do business with.
If it were me, I would buy that kit... Buy injectors/fuel pump... Any additions you want to do to the kit (different intercooler etc etc... But for sub 500Rwhp, it would be fine the way it comes... And install/tune it. 8# of boost would be on the safe side and easily net you north of 425Rwhp/rwtq with bone stock like driving manners until you hit boost.
Stock/simple bolt on cars with around 8#s are a BLAST to drive. 4K hits and its like you woke up a monster!
Don't do headers if you do a procharger.
You can't just "slap" a procharger kit on.
There is a kit in the for sale section right now.. It is a P1sc kit and is complete. That is goo for 550-600Rwhp. The seller bought my old white Trans Am, real good guy to do business with.
If it were me, I would buy that kit... Buy injectors/fuel pump... Any additions you want to do to the kit (different intercooler etc etc... But for sub 500Rwhp, it would be fine the way it comes... And install/tune it. 8# of boost would be on the safe side and easily net you north of 425Rwhp/rwtq with bone stock like driving manners until you hit boost.
Stock/simple bolt on cars with around 8#s are a BLAST to drive. 4K hits and its like you woke up a monster!
To the OP, I say go with the Procharger. While a H/C setup that's done properly can be very streetable as well, FI is the ultimate combination of near stock like street manners/brutal power that you can get. The Prochargers are so docile when not in boost it's just incredible, but once you're into it, it's so explosive which is just plain awesome.
05-28-2011, 10:35 PM
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Why do you say that? A decent pair of longtubes are beneficial on almost any setup out there from what I've seen. If he just throws on a Procharger without opening up the exhaust to it's maximum potential, he's leaving some power behind.
To the OP, I say go with the Procharger. While a H/C setup that's done properly can be very streetable as well, FI is the ultimate combination of near stock like street manners/brutal power that you can get. The Prochargers are so docile when not in boost it's just incredible, but once you're into it, it's so explosive which is just plain awesome.
To the OP, I say go with the Procharger. While a H/C setup that's done properly can be very streetable as well, FI is the ultimate combination of near stock like street manners/brutal power that you can get. The Prochargers are so docile when not in boost it's just incredible, but once you're into it, it's so explosive which is just plain awesome.
With headers, you have to run a smaller pulley to = same boost levels. Ultimately you will make more power however, possibly without even swapping to a smaller pulley again.
8#s and full exhaust will add around 140Rwhp... He wants 425rwhp. Just a blower at 8# will hit his mark.
Full exhaust/ls6 intake/8#s and it should net you 475-500Rwhp. Now, he is way over his mark.
If that is what he wants... So be it. But he stated he only wanted 425Rwhp. Bolt ons aren't needed for that and he can hit that with a basic kit. If he decided he wants 475+Rwhp... Add an intake (if pre 01) and headers, of course with a smaller pulley and a retune.
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05-29-2011, 09:22 AM
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If I had the money to spend I would def. get the procharger set up first. When I had my mustang I had the intercooled 10# P1SC kit put on with full exhaust, supporting fuel system upgrades, gears, etc. Everything they have said about the driveability is true; around town just like it was stock, but step on it and and all hell breaks loose. The kit I bought advertised the 10#'s of boost with stock exhaust, intake, heads etc. Since I had full exhaust (no cats either), my tuner noticed that the most boost I was making was around 8#'s due to the free flowing exhaust. Good luck and have fun!
05-29-2011, 04:16 PM
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He can *very easily make north of 425Rwhp without having headers, so why spend the extra 700+$.
With headers, you have to run a smaller pulley to = same boost levels. Ultimately you will make more power however, possibly without even swapping to a smaller pulley again.
8#s and full exhaust will add around 140Rwhp... He wants 425rwhp. Just a blower at 8# will hit his mark.
Full exhaust/ls6 intake/8#s and it should net you 475-500Rwhp. Now, he is way over his mark.
If that is what he wants... So be it. But he stated he only wanted 425Rwhp. Bolt ons aren't needed for that and he can hit that with a basic kit. If he decided he wants 475+Rwhp... Add an intake (if pre 01) and headers, of course with a smaller pulley and a retune.
With headers, you have to run a smaller pulley to = same boost levels. Ultimately you will make more power however, possibly without even swapping to a smaller pulley again.
8#s and full exhaust will add around 140Rwhp... He wants 425rwhp. Just a blower at 8# will hit his mark.
Full exhaust/ls6 intake/8#s and it should net you 475-500Rwhp. Now, he is way over his mark.
If that is what he wants... So be it. But he stated he only wanted 425Rwhp. Bolt ons aren't needed for that and he can hit that with a basic kit. If he decided he wants 475+Rwhp... Add an intake (if pre 01) and headers, of course with a smaller pulley and a retune.
But still, like I said, headers are almost always going to be beneficial to have on basically any application!
