Carb style intake....elbow and a TB, can it be SD tuned like that?
12-20-2007, 11:37 AM
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Carb style intake....elbow and a TB, can it be SD tuned like that? Say a big cube 454ci with a GM carb style intake and an elbow with the TB, thats it.
Can it be tuned with SD and work just fine?
Can it be tuned with SD and work just fine?
12-20-2007, 12:41 PM
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12-20-2007, 04:59 PM
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12-20-2007, 06:14 PM
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Second, the flow characteristics of the two intakes are completely different. The LS7 intake is made to make power in a more "usable" range. That is, under about 6500 or so. Much better low end numbers than an open plenum carb style intake.
The open plenum on the other hand, will flow better at a higher RPM, but will have a much narrower power band.
Drag race only, with a high stall, or clutch, the open plenum may be the way to go. Anything less, and OVERALL performance will suffer.
HTH
BTW, anything with input for a MAP sensor can be tuned SD.
12-20-2007, 06:42 PM
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What he said ^ about the flow characteristics... I assumed you had LS7 heads since you asked about the intake - its pretty much common knowledge that the 3 different types of heads require their own perspective type of intake...
I would add this though: My car is primarily a nitrous drag car - however, with the carb style intake and elbow, it still makes more power than is possibly usable on the street... and then at the track, I get the distribution of a nitrous plate system on a carb style intake, which is way better than a log style intake for big shots... just my 2 cents...
I would add this though: My car is primarily a nitrous drag car - however, with the carb style intake and elbow, it still makes more power than is possibly usable on the street... and then at the track, I get the distribution of a nitrous plate system on a carb style intake, which is way better than a log style intake for big shots... just my 2 cents...
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12-20-2007, 06:48 PM
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Second, the flow characteristics of the two intakes are completely different. The LS7 intake is made to make power in a more "usable" range. That is, under about 6500 or so. Much better low end numbers than an open plenum carb style intake.
The open plenum on the other hand, will flow better at a higher RPM, but will have a much narrower power band.
Drag race only, with a high stall, or clutch, the open plenum may be the way to go. Anything less, and OVERALL performance will suffer.
HTH
BTW, anything with input for a MAP sensor can be tuned SD.
The open plenum on the other hand, will flow better at a higher RPM, but will have a much narrower power band.
Drag race only, with a high stall, or clutch, the open plenum may be the way to go. Anything less, and OVERALL performance will suffer.
HTH
BTW, anything with input for a MAP sensor can be tuned SD.
12-21-2007, 08:08 PM
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Yes you will have plenty of power for the street if you have it tuned properly...a lot of times the loss of low end torque actually helps in a traction limited environment.
