Recommended bolt-ons... or what qualifies as a bolt on?
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Recommended bolt-ons... or what qualifies as a bolt on?
I have an exhaust...
headers, hiflow cats, intake and chip retune soon.
Anything else?
I'm new to the LSX engines... new to American engines... i was told the LSX motors have 1 CAM?
All of the CTS-V guys are into forced induction.. the rest have the headers back, intake and chip...a handful are NOS guys... and then 1 or 2 have done heads, CAM and such.
Other than a supercharger, what other mods can the LS6 benefit from?
headers, hiflow cats, intake and chip retune soon.
Anything else?
I'm new to the LSX engines... new to American engines... i was told the LSX motors have 1 CAM?
All of the CTS-V guys are into forced induction.. the rest have the headers back, intake and chip...a handful are NOS guys... and then 1 or 2 have done heads, CAM and such.
Other than a supercharger, what other mods can the LS6 benefit from?
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Easy bolt ons are
-Intake
-TB
-Tuning
-K&N with Lid (or whatever the CTS-V might use)
-Cat back
-Headers
Best way to think of it would be anything that doesnt require you going inside the motor and less than 2-3 hours of time. Even though you dont go inside the motor with a supercharger it isnt really considered a "Bolt on" since it takes about 8 hours to get it done right and sometimes longer.
LSX based engines are a pushrod motor, so yes, they are a single cam car.
-Intake
-TB
-Tuning
-K&N with Lid (or whatever the CTS-V might use)
-Cat back
-Headers
Best way to think of it would be anything that doesnt require you going inside the motor and less than 2-3 hours of time. Even though you dont go inside the motor with a supercharger it isnt really considered a "Bolt on" since it takes about 8 hours to get it done right and sometimes longer.
LSX based engines are a pushrod motor, so yes, they are a single cam car.
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All sorts of stuff count as bolt-ons... bolt-ons are anything that oil doesn't touch, so nothing internal. Usually a good place to start on LSx equipped cars is air induction, exhaust, and a little bit of fine tuning.
Yes, the LSx engines all are OHV engines, so only 1 cam. After seeing Ryan K's and Brian S's two turbo cars, I think turbo is the way to go if you want to keep the driveability the same and kick a whole ton of ***.
Yes, the LSx engines all are OHV engines, so only 1 cam. After seeing Ryan K's and Brian S's two turbo cars, I think turbo is the way to go if you want to keep the driveability the same and kick a whole ton of ***.
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i dunno, full bolts in texas could mean pully, lid, and full exhaust, or it could mean a vortec, NOS 5177, pulley, exhast. depends on who you're talking to and how much money it's for