Time to change the engine
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Drifting
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From: Surprise AZ
I haven’t quite decided. When I spoke with TexasSpeed they gave me the contact for mail order tunes who seems to do an awful lot of the tunes for their customers... I am very tempted to do that since it is about half the price and I am not going wild with the build... Absolutely open to suggestions here.
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Drifting
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From: Surprise AZ
Honestly mine would still be stock if it hadn't failed. I enjoyed the car as it was. However, since I have to do the work anyway might as well add a little. I never met a hundred horses I didn't like after all...
Safety Car
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By the way I had a company van with 799 heads on a 4.8 and 6l80e 2013 model it was much faster than a older van I used to drive that was maybe a 2005 with a 4.8 and 4l80e.
I'm thinking the 799 heads really perked it up, but could have been the 6 speed transmission, also not sure what rear gear ratios both vans had.
I'm thinking the 799 heads really perked it up, but could have been the 6 speed transmission, also not sure what rear gear ratios both vans had.
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Drifting
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From: Surprise AZ
By the way I had a company van with 799 heads on a 4.8 and 6l80e 2013 model it was much faster than a older van I used to drive that was maybe a 2005 with a 4.8 and 4l80e.
I'm thinking the 799 heads really perked it up, but could have been the 6 speed transmission, also not sure what rear gear ratios both vans had.
I'm thinking the 799 heads really perked it up, but could have been the 6 speed transmission, also not sure what rear gear ratios both vans had.
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For a tune check out the vendor here. Corvettes of Westchester (Chuck CoW).
Good mail order tunes that are 90% (to stay safe) and cheap at $200 (from memory).
I have my own hptuners but if not I’d check them out to get much closer than factory on a budget.
Good mail order tunes that are 90% (to stay safe) and cheap at $200 (from memory).
I have my own hptuners but if not I’d check them out to get much closer than factory on a budget.
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Drifting
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From: Surprise AZ
Oh, with one exception. I haven’t picked my rocker arms yet.
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Drifting
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From: Surprise AZ
Thinking high flow regular pressure melling at this point. Was going to go high pressure regular flow but the machine shop that built my heads advised against that. Thinking regular stock GM water pump. Going to do a Dewitts radiator and Silicone hoses.
Burning Brakes
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From: SW Ohio
Great. Thank you. That is what I was thinking. Ordering the peripheral stuff now. Water pump, oil pump, gaskets etc,,,
Thinking high flow regular pressure melling at this point. Was going to go high pressure regular flow but the machine shop that built my heads advised against that. Thinking regular stock GM water pump. Going to do a Dewitts radiator and Silicone hoses.
Thinking high flow regular pressure melling at this point. Was going to go high pressure regular flow but the machine shop that built my heads advised against that. Thinking regular stock GM water pump. Going to do a Dewitts radiator and Silicone hoses.
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Burning Brakes
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Look into his reviews on here... He's not a vendor anymore either, he's banned