Lt1 350 torque monster
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Originally Posted by Alvin
IMHO
The Superram is a great choice for a L98 guy.. but there is absoulutely nothing lacking from a LT1's torque curve from heavily modified to stock. Notice the broad torque curve in this little collection of LT1 dynosheets.
Theres no way in hell I would put a superram on a LT1.. LT1's are torque monsters from the factory with the ability to pull to 6500rpm with the right heads/cam.
The Superram is a great choice for a L98 guy.. but there is absoulutely nothing lacking from a LT1's torque curve from heavily modified to stock. Notice the broad torque curve in this little collection of LT1 dynosheets.
Theres no way in hell I would put a superram on a LT1.. LT1's are torque monsters from the factory with the ability to pull to 6500rpm with the right heads/cam.
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From: Hilo Hawaii
yup the short runners of the lt1 are great at high rpm range, of course they give up a just bit of torque on the low end (but who races at 2-3k? besides the stroker kit more than makes up for that!)
remeber mostly what you're doing by adding those parts is raising the torque, the curve of that lt1 will remain quite flat and help distrbute that power over longer distances...
The mid length super ram runners help with the low end as well as the high end and the whole thing fits under a stock hood.
remeber mostly what you're doing by adding those parts is raising the torque, the curve of that lt1 will remain quite flat and help distrbute that power over longer distances...
The mid length super ram runners help with the low end as well as the high end and the whole thing fits under a stock hood.
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St. Jude Donor '05
The runner lenght in the superram pretty much make it over with at 5800+ rpm.
Out of all the cars we dyno the LT1 is always a extremely torquey nice curve.... That includes all the mustang 2v, 3v, 4v, 5.0, LS1, L98, etc.
Out of all the cars we dyno the LT1 is always a extremely torquey nice curve.... That includes all the mustang 2v, 3v, 4v, 5.0, LS1, L98, etc.
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Originally Posted by Alvin
IMHO
The Superram is a great choice for a L98 guy..
Theres no way in hell I would put a superram on a LT1..
The Superram is a great choice for a L98 guy..
Theres no way in hell I would put a superram on a LT1..
in the 1/4,or out on the highway.Plus,they always seem to leak.
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From: Hilo Hawaii
Originally Posted by Alvin
The runner lenght in the superram pretty much make it over with at 5800+ rpm.
Out of all the cars we dyno the LT1 is always a extremely torquey nice curve.... That includes all the mustang 2v, 3v, 4v, 5.0, LS1, L98, etc.
Out of all the cars we dyno the LT1 is always a extremely torquey nice curve.... That includes all the mustang 2v, 3v, 4v, 5.0, LS1, L98, etc.
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St. Jude Donor '05
It doesn't lack torque in a 350 either. Sure the superram might make more torque before say 4k, but it also looses torque and hp much past 5k. I'll bet if you do the math you'll find that the LT1 has more total under the curve torque and horsepower.
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I dont know if i'd spend the money to buy a SR if i already had an LT1, but IMO the SR is a better intake for a street/strip 350. It's a lot easier to utilize the low end torque in a street config than making the tradeoffs to optimize the top end. And in a heavy street car, torque is more important to get the car moving. I know this well beaten debate, but that's just been my experience building/observing both setups. Carry on................................
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Hmmmmmm
Sounds like a hell of a lot of money to make about 50-60 hp, if moneys no object have at it. Did they do this buildup in d.c.? .....we know moneys no object there! You need to take any magazine article with a grain of salt, if you wait 30 days some one will come out saying something else!.....joe
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Originally Posted by 95wht6spd
The 5th says hotcamed 396, I figure the 4th was a blower like the 2nd, because it was 500+ HP.
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Originally Posted by BRICHC4
I like the 396, do you have anymore particulars on that one?
http://www.moreperformanceinc.com/lt1_396_417-400.php
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