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I have a 98 LS1 that has been stroked to a 383 with a LS4 can and long tube headers. The dyno shows 460hp. Anyone have a good guesstimate how much up I might gain with a Turbo. Any thoughts might help me decide. Thanks
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What is vague. What else would you need to know. The engine was rebuilt by Lingenfelter. It is high mileage-158,000. It was stroked by Lingenfelter with a trans update and new rear gears to 3:42. Dyno shows 460hp and 460torque. I have the build sheet but it doesn't quite everything.II am only looking for maybe 150 hp boost.
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Size of the turbo for one... Just as the previous person posted. How much boost you are going to run? For a High mileage engine how is the compression?
Can you hit an additional 150 HP with a turbo... You sure can. However, with additional HP there is a very good possibility you car will require more than the turbo to handle the additional power.
Can you hit an additional 150 HP with a turbo... You sure can. However, with additional HP there is a very good possibility you car will require more than the turbo to handle the additional power.
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Size of the turbo for one... Just as the previous person posted. How much boost you are going to run? For a High mileage engine how is the compression?
Can you hit an additional 150 HP with a turbo... You sure can. However, with additional HP there is a very good possibility you car will require more than the turbo to handle the additional power.
Can you hit an additional 150 HP with a turbo... You sure can. However, with additional HP there is a very good possibility you car will require more than the turbo to handle the additional power.
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OP, please answer the following questions:
1. What unit are you referring to here? I don't understand this statement.
- "Idles in the mid to upper 20's. At speed in the upper 30'St to mid 40's."
2. You would like to go at least 100HP? So you're looking for room to grow? What's the most you think you'll want?
3. What's your driving style like? What do you use the car for? (Sunday church car, road racing, drag racing, autocross, daily driver, weekend cruiser, etc)
4. Why turbo? Have you considered supercharging?
5. What kind of response are you looking for with forced induction?
1. What unit are you referring to here? I don't understand this statement.
- "Idles in the mid to upper 20's. At speed in the upper 30'St to mid 40's."
2. You would like to go at least 100HP? So you're looking for room to grow? What's the most you think you'll want?
3. What's your driving style like? What do you use the car for? (Sunday church car, road racing, drag racing, autocross, daily driver, weekend cruiser, etc)
4. Why turbo? Have you considered supercharging?
5. What kind of response are you looking for with forced induction?
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What block to do you have? Still a LS1 block? If you run alot of boost might want to run a iron block. What heads do you have? What intake do you have? What size turbo you want?
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OP, please answer the following questions:
1. What unit are you referring to here? I don't understand this statement.
- "Idles in the mid to upper 20's. At speed in the upper 30'St to mid 40's."
2. You would like to go at least 100HP? So you're looking for room to grow? What's the most you think you'll want?
3. What's your driving style like? What do you use the car for? (Sunday church car, road racing, drag racing, autocross, daily driver, weekend cruiser, etc)
4. Why turbo? Have you considered supercharging?
5. What kind of response are you looking for with forced induction?
1. What unit are you referring to here? I don't understand this statement.
- "Idles in the mid to upper 20's. At speed in the upper 30'St to mid 40's."
2. You would like to go at least 100HP? So you're looking for room to grow? What's the most you think you'll want?
3. What's your driving style like? What do you use the car for? (Sunday church car, road racing, drag racing, autocross, daily driver, weekend cruiser, etc)
4. Why turbo? Have you considered supercharging?
5. What kind of response are you looking for with forced induction?
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It means it has good compression. WHAT lingenfelter did was raised the hp about 115hp.I really don't know the difference between a Turbo and supercharger. I use the car as a daily driver and running around on weekends. I'm retired means I don't put many miles on it. Maybe 8000 miles a year.
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It means it has good compression. WHAT lingenfelter did was raised the hp about 115hp.I really don't know the difference between a Turbo and supercharger. I use the car as a daily driver and running around on weekends. I'm retired means I don't put many miles on it. Maybe 8000 miles a year.
A "turbocharger" (turbo) is a device that spins using exhaust gases and forces more air (and subsequently more fuel) into the engine to produce more power. A "supercharger" performs a similar function, except it is driven by a BELT running off of the crankshaft pulley. Turbos produce a LOT of heat, and one of the more ingenious designs puts them in the rear, replacing the mufflers, and uses "pipes" to move the the air & exhaust gases to and from the turbos via the rocker panels (See STS). Superchargers mount either on top of the engine, or near the front, with the front-mounted units being more compact - not much larger than an A/C compressor. Both require auxiliary oiling to keep them well lubricated, and superchargers usually also include some kind of air-to-air intercooler to cool down the incoming air. Superchargers have been used on Corvettes from the factory, like the C6 ZR1 and the new C7 Z06s.
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He might mean an LS6 cam - would make more sense for a C5, since the Z06s came with an LS6 engine which included a hotter cam, and it would be similar to the work that Lingenfelter was known for on LS1 engines.
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then don't boost it... you can just as easily blow it up with 4 psi as you could with 14psi... my suggestion would be to search around in the forced induction section and look at what others are using in their setups... not to be rude or anything but you don't seem to know much at all about what is involved which is fine, there was a time I didn't know anything either and we all have to learn, but I think it would be better to familiarize yourself with everything before you blindly go into a forced induction build... I would try to help answer your questions but as others have said they are just too vague, there are way too many variables and selection of parts that if you don't have a goal and some sort of plan in mind then it will be difficult for anyone to help