Help me Guesstimate costs
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St. Jude Donor '08
Help me Guesstimate costs
This summer I want to put some power under my hood. I have most of the bolt-ons you can get (CAI, Compete exhaust system with headers/HF cats, ported TB, ported MAF, 32lb injectors and Tune)
I'm dying for more low end torque (peak power at 5000+rpm isn't as important to me)
Here's the vague plan trying to keep the budget reasonable:
LS6 Heads (ported?)
LS6 intake (ported?)
Cam (specs TBA)
Valvetrain upgrade
Underdrive pulley
Double roller timing chain
Misc goodies that go with a H/C swap
question #1: Parts only, what $$ range am I looking at?
question #2: If i decide to port the LS6 heads/intake, would this affect my cam seclection?
thanks.
I'm dying for more low end torque (peak power at 5000+rpm isn't as important to me)
Here's the vague plan trying to keep the budget reasonable:
LS6 Heads (ported?)
LS6 intake (ported?)
Cam (specs TBA)
Valvetrain upgrade
Underdrive pulley
Double roller timing chain
Misc goodies that go with a H/C swap
question #1: Parts only, what $$ range am I looking at?
question #2: If i decide to port the LS6 heads/intake, would this affect my cam seclection?
thanks.
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You may or may not pick up any low end tq moving up to a LS6 setup. Best bet for low end TQ? Roots blower. Maggie is your friend.
If you do go the heads/cam route, remember that typically the larger the cam, the lower the low end tq. It's a trade off. Keep is low in duration and you might see some tq gains on the bottom end.
If you do go the heads/cam route, remember that typically the larger the cam, the lower the low end tq. It's a trade off. Keep is low in duration and you might see some tq gains on the bottom end.
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From: Spring Texas
St. Jude Donor '08
I have a hunch that a maggie would be slightly more expensive than even the most exotic head/cam swaps....plus wouldn't I have to re-do the fuel system as well?
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Not so fast guy
I just did a H/C, hell just look below and it was a good portion of my working budget for my project.
