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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Curlee
I did a home ported FAST 90/90mm TB, Patriot performance Stage II Heads/CAM (England Green whiplash), 42 injectors, new oil pump, Power Bond damper, header reinstall all in my drive way on jack stands. Its very doable!

With the above STUFF,,,I have 450 RWHP.
Wow very nice mods and 450rwhp congrats! These LS motors with 350ci you can do a lot NA it seems without a having to go FI. What did a tune cost for your vette setup? Also what is the limit on these LS1 motors power wise (HP) on the stock internals?

Ok from what I researched I was under the imperssion you needed a lift so if this can be done on jack stands then that is plus I have to think about now.
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My first round of mods on my ZO6 (VARARAM and Stainless Works Headers, and a home ported TB,, I had a professional $500 tune done. It worked fine but, fuel economey still sucked. 385 rwhp was a good improvement. Had it tweeked by a tuner for $100 and fuel economey improved from 21 to 24.

Next round and tired of paying tuners, I purchased my own EFI Live and had friends (VERY NICE FRIENDS) help me tune it. My buddy is a tuning GOD! So,,other than the initial EFI Live cash output, the tune was FREE. One of my best friend is a tuner and I had him look at my tune. He fixed a Idle issue and pulled some more fuel out of WOT PE tables and adjusted the MAF tables. Heres the dyno run at Bowling Green Cruise In two years ago:



Yep,,,I have FUN with my ZO6.



BC

On the way back to CT from Bowling Green KY, car full of luggage, the wife and I got 27 MPG cruising at 70-75 mph!

BC
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