I thought I'd add my 2 cents to the 16 year old and high hp.

There's nothing really wrong with being 16 and driving a fast car. The problem is how you drive it. You can't drive on normal roads at 30+ over speed limit and live very long. You can't weave in and out of traffic without taking the risk that you'll cause a major wreck. You can't street drag race past 60 mph without risking a fatal accident. You can't try to set land speed records on the interstate in traffic without the possiblity of somebody coming in your lane. You can't speed without getting tickets. You can't speed in the rain without hydroplaning. You don't need a vette to do any of the above things.

If you want to do high speed racing, do it at the track. Try driving some of those pc/ps2 racing simulations in a street car and see how hard it is to drive fast and control the car.

I have a friend who had a 78 Trans Am in 1980 that drove it like he was Mario Andretti on the street. He used to take turns on two lane roads at twice the posted speed or more. He was pretty good at it. One night he did that and side swiped another car and then ran over a telephone pole. Fortunately the car was the only fatality.

Bottom line is don't drive the car on the street at excessive speeds. It'll save you from tickets and losing your car and possibly your life. Cops love to give tickets to teenage males.

 

Can't you get the Canfield heads drilled for the sensor(s) ? The heads start at 1095 complete without sensor holes (?). AFR 190 street heads (not comp ported) are 1250. Take a look at TFS heads. Compare the flow with the AFR and Canfields. I can't find flow specs on the new 23 deg TFS heads. They have some new 215 cc intake port heads for 1250 but I would stay away from them because of the large intake port.

I can't see any reason to go for ported L98 heads at 1500. Lingenfelter wants 2375. :eek: The comp ported AFR heads on the AFR website don't flow much more than their street head version. Street 190s are capable of 500+ hp out of the box.

 

Sanjeev, Canfield told me that they cannot be drilled because there is no boss. Your probably right about the Comp porting vs street port. I got my heads in barely used condition for less than the price of box stock 190's. If I were to buy new, I'd go for the street ported 190's with the 195 Vette port program. Its a 195 head where the port opening is not as high as a regular 195 for proper intake sealing. I think my heads are advertised as 280 cfm at .550 or something.

 

Sounds like AFR or TFS. Why the heck did Canfield make heads without sensor bosses/holes ?

 

I guess the bottom line is do all of the engine mods you can afford at this time, heads are going to have to be installed weather they are new or old, it will be cheaper in long run to do it now while engine is apart, the flip is also having a car that looks nice with everything operational.

 

is there an internet address that has flow numbers for the superram and miniram.
89 vette, did u do this to your base plate as well. What kind of numbers did it flow?
I am looking for cc's on the runners, ported and/or unported.



[Modified by bulldogg, 1:42 AM 8/29/2001]

 

My Accel baseplate is getting extrude honed this week and the runners also. I have no flow data other than the test GMHTP did. The extrude honed base plate flowed 280 CFM I beleive and the runners slightly more. I'm going by memory though. My goal is not maximizing every ounce of horsepower at very high RPM's. My goal si a nicely balanced street motor with gobs of toruque where I drive the most which is under 5500 RPM. With the Miniram I currently have, it freely revs to 6300. With the new intake, I'd be happy with 6000.

Jason