i hate the thought of caving in...
08-01-2018, 09:26 PM
#22
AMP Racing
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step 1: ditch that gold-digging troll of a wife. check.
step 2: re-gear truck (cam prep). check.
step 3: deploy. check.
step 4: brake & suspension mods on the car. check.
step 5: deploy again. check.
step 6: buy another house. check.
step 7: finally cam the truck. check.
step 8: marry awesomer woman who supports my vehicular plans because she also enjoys them. check.
step 9: sign more years of my life over to uncle sam to continue getting a paycheck for something i love doing. check.
step 10: work out a deal with new wife between her school loans & my car mods. check.
step 11: revive a 5yr-old thread to resume build plan discussions. check.
step 12: keep the LS1 short block but port the heads (or swap them completely) & blower, install a healthy cam, pulley down, cross fingers for mid-600s... contemplate direct-port meth.
step 13: buy awesome new wife the CTS-V she wants & hope i've got some reusable parts that fit
step 2: re-gear truck (cam prep). check.
step 3: deploy. check.
step 4: brake & suspension mods on the car. check.
step 5: deploy again. check.
step 6: buy another house. check.
step 7: finally cam the truck. check.
step 8: marry awesomer woman who supports my vehicular plans because she also enjoys them. check.
step 9: sign more years of my life over to uncle sam to continue getting a paycheck for something i love doing. check.
step 10: work out a deal with new wife between her school loans & my car mods. check.
step 11: revive a 5yr-old thread to resume build plan discussions. check.
step 12: keep the LS1 short block but port the heads (or swap them completely) & blower, install a healthy cam, pulley down, cross fingers for mid-600s... contemplate direct-port meth.
step 13: buy awesome new wife the CTS-V she wants & hope i've got some reusable parts that fit
Best necro post ever...
well done, sir! and Thank You! for your service.
08-01-2018, 10:47 PM
#23
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
haha, thanks.
but the actual point of revival was to spur insightful discussion regarding expectations for capabilities & pitfalls of the new plan.
i've seen one car add just a cam / TFS 225s to make 625hp just fine. another did heads/cam/nitrous for 650.
my plan's to make it breathe as easy as i can with head/valve work, porting the blower tub as best i can to reduce restriction/boost at the same CFM, camming for some better top-end (and of course some lope because it makes me feel warm & giggly), and then spinning it faster to bring the boost back up to 10-12psi.
the end result is hopefully to manage IATs better for the airflow rates & still have a car i can take to a road course without the extra pains/worries some folks've posed regarding the addition of alcohol. i'd be open to hearing experiences so as to make a good decision without blindly dropping another few thousand into something as complicated as direct-port meth on a TVS.
but the actual point of revival was to spur insightful discussion regarding expectations for capabilities & pitfalls of the new plan.
i've seen one car add just a cam / TFS 225s to make 625hp just fine. another did heads/cam/nitrous for 650.
my plan's to make it breathe as easy as i can with head/valve work, porting the blower tub as best i can to reduce restriction/boost at the same CFM, camming for some better top-end (and of course some lope because it makes me feel warm & giggly), and then spinning it faster to bring the boost back up to 10-12psi.
the end result is hopefully to manage IATs better for the airflow rates & still have a car i can take to a road course without the extra pains/worries some folks've posed regarding the addition of alcohol. i'd be open to hearing experiences so as to make a good decision without blindly dropping another few thousand into something as complicated as direct-port meth on a TVS.