I am somewhat new to these forums but have been doing lots of reading here. I have seen that there are several forum members who burn chips and might chime in as well. That plus they may talk about advantages/disadvantages of going with the Gen 7 versus stock ecu's with burned chips etc

 

I my opinion, aftermarket engine control systems are way overkill. Most of us never come close to taking full advantage of the stock ECMs capability. With hacks that people have, ie, adding WB02 data through the $8D feed, there are many things that can be done that make the stock ECMs VERY capable.

I just can't imagine anyone spending 3K on an aftermarket ECM, when that money could be better spent. Sure you can individually tune cylinders, but who has 8 WB02, one in each primary to tell what is going on. That would cost another ~$4K! Perhaps Formula 1 cars need that, but they also have the $ to support those sorta tools.

A good tuned Stock ECM can carry alot of HP and some serious power. :cheers:

 

going back to heads for your combo, I run the stock D ports that have been worked over. My car is consistant at 114mph in the 1/4 and I have less $ in them than an aftermarket set of aluminum heads. I would purchase the springs for the 219 cam from LPE which will require some spring pocket work and I believe .100 longer valves are ideal. Follow that up with some bowl work and a little porting on the intake runner, alot of porting on the exhuast runner, and quality valve job. You'll like the results.

 

Same here. Could you email them to me as well? ( tallard@iinet.net.au )
Will be putting my superram on over Christmas.
Cheers

 

They are emailed :yesnod:

Timallard - they are emailed to you too


[Modified by 85vet, 11:22 PM 12/20/2003]

 

The only reason a Superram has a poor reputation as difficult to install is the plenum belly bolts.... all other bolts are pretty much straightforward. However, with just a little beforehand thought the Superram is actually fairly easy to install, there are many ways to improve the ease of installation such as creating studs or slotting the fasteners, and I have even heard of people boring the plenum and tapping the top of the runner. What I did was simply change the fasteners... buy new fasteners that accomodate an allen wrench, but still have caps on the opposite end, then I take a small 3/8" wrench and cradle the capped end and bring it up under the plenum belly and put in the hole and apply just a touch of pressure, from the top I grab the fastener with the allen wrench and screw it up.... I use two different allen wrenches, one is a normal allen wrench, the other is for the holes that are under the plenum lid cradle lip, it is a T-wrench that is ball beveled on the end and allows you to grab the fastener at slight angles.

With these fasteners I can literally install the plenum belly bolts in 15-20 minutes. There are no other problems with the SR. I do recommend that you do not torque down the runners until you have snugged up all of the plenum belly bolts and also leave your injectors unplugged until finished.

Good Luck
Beach Bum

 

Scorp, Scoggin Dickey Chevrolet has a Vortec TPI base made specifically for the Vortec heads. They even have modified Vortec heads with high lift springs and lightweight retainers installed with screw in studs. They claim 300Hp on a bone stock L98, 375Hp on a cammed up L98!

http://www.sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?act...1460&pid=13740
http://www.sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?act...art&catid=2172

 

Are those claims with the stock TPI setup? They'll need to support more than 375 if thats for with a superram.

 

if anyone wants to email me any super ram install tips i would appreciate them to myself! Thanx guys.

:lurk:

 

Theoretically it should support more than that if the SR runners would bolt onto their base. It is a large tube base like the SR base but I am not sure if its the same or if the SR stff all bolts on to it. However if they do then using a set of Vortec Heads with a SR is possible. Who knows what the Hp potential is, and if all the claims are true then having a Vortec head and SR combo should be a potent combo over the standard L98 heads, correct? For sure it would be an economical performance addition in comparision with CNC work on a set of stock D ports or going aftermarket AFR or others.


[Modified by tjwong, 12:26 PM 12/21/2003]

 

According to Jegs catalog, Accel SuperRam runners bolt to stock or aftermarket base. Since Vortecs flow as well, or a little better, than LT-1s, it would be an inexpensive mod. My 1st choise would still be AFR-180s, but they are about $1000 more.

:chevy

 

AFRs are also my first choice as well. In fact for us LTx boys that is our only choice for aftermarket heads. I have them on my car and would not have any other head. My heads were a piece of art when I got them, unfortunately AFR has got a bad rap in the last few weeks from a couple of sets of heads that had some problems. However AFR is making good on them and thus shows me that they are very much concerned with customer satisfaction.

 

email on it's way :yesnod: