What would you do?
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,186
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From: Scottsdale Az
What would you do?
I love the lumpy sound of a cam and who does not want more HP as well 
,
Realize FI is the most cost effective and do like the FI wine, but not what I'm after.
Goal is around 420-450 whp. Car is a 2003 6spd vert with 22K miles.
My two options:
Using original motor and adding:
heads 243
cam w/supporting internals (size tbd), but need to pass emissions
intake
Ls6 or fast manifold
Lt headers
clutch
tune
or
Custom motor from X with supporting mods. Not sure who would be a good choice (need advice to start researching), but this allows the ability to sell my stock motor which has 22K miles to offset some of the costs.
Thoughts on cost for each options?
, Realize FI is the most cost effective and do like the FI wine, but not what I'm after.
Goal is around 420-450 whp. Car is a 2003 6spd vert with 22K miles.
My two options:
Using original motor and adding:
heads 243
cam w/supporting internals (size tbd), but need to pass emissions
intake
Ls6 or fast manifold
Lt headers
clutch
tune
or
Custom motor from X with supporting mods. Not sure who would be a good choice (need advice to start researching), but this allows the ability to sell my stock motor which has 22K miles to offset some of the costs.
Thoughts on cost for each options?
Last edited by 540i 6spd; Oct 23, 2012 at 09:04 PM.
Tech Contributor
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 19,398
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From: Dyer, IN
I love the lumpy sound of a cam and who does not want more HP as well ,
Realize FI is the most cost effective and do like the FI wine, but not what I'm after.
Goal is around 420-450 Hp. Car is a 2003 6spd vert with 22K miles.
My two options:
Using original motor and adding:
heads 243
cam w/supporting internals (size tbd), but need to pass emissions
intake
Ls6 or fast manifold
Lt headers
clutch
tune
or
Custom motor from X with supporting mods. Not sure who would be a good choice (need advice to start researching), but this allows the ability to sell my stock motor which has 22K miles to offset some of the costs.
Thoughts on cost for each options?
, Realize FI is the most cost effective and do like the FI wine, but not what I'm after.
Goal is around 420-450 Hp. Car is a 2003 6spd vert with 22K miles.
My two options:
Using original motor and adding:
heads 243
cam w/supporting internals (size tbd), but need to pass emissions
intake
Ls6 or fast manifold
Lt headers
clutch
tune
or
Custom motor from X with supporting mods. Not sure who would be a good choice (need advice to start researching), but this allows the ability to sell my stock motor which has 22K miles to offset some of the costs.
Thoughts on cost for each options?
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,596
Likes: 67
From: Bahama North Carolina
I love the lumpy sound of a cam and who does not want more HP as well ,
Realize FI is the most cost effective and do like the FI wine, but not what I'm after.
Goal is around 420-450 whp. Car is a 2003 6spd vert with 22K miles.
My two options:
Using original motor and adding:
heads 243
cam w/supporting internals (size tbd), but need to pass emissions
intake
Ls6 or fast manifold
Lt headers
clutch
tune
or
Custom motor from X with supporting mods. Not sure who would be a good choice (need advice to start researching), but this allows the ability to sell my stock motor which has 22K miles to offset some of the costs.
Thoughts on cost for each options?
, Realize FI is the most cost effective and do like the FI wine, but not what I'm after.
Goal is around 420-450 whp. Car is a 2003 6spd vert with 22K miles.
My two options:
Using original motor and adding:
heads 243
cam w/supporting internals (size tbd), but need to pass emissions
intake
Ls6 or fast manifold
Lt headers
clutch
tune
or
Custom motor from X with supporting mods. Not sure who would be a good choice (need advice to start researching), but this allows the ability to sell my stock motor which has 22K miles to offset some of the costs.
Thoughts on cost for each options?
Tech Contributor
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 2,902
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From: Oak Hill Virginia
I love the lumpy sound of a cam and who does not want more HP as well ,
Realize FI is the most cost effective and do like the FI wine, but not what I'm after.
Goal is around 420-450 whp. Car is a 2003 6spd vert with 22K miles.
My two options:
Using original motor and adding:
heads 243
cam w/supporting internals (size tbd), but need to pass emissions
intake
Ls6 or fast manifold
Lt headers
clutch
tune
or
Custom motor from X with supporting mods. Not sure who would be a good choice (need advice to start researching), but this allows the ability to sell my stock motor which has 22K miles to offset some of the costs.
Thoughts on cost for each options?
, Realize FI is the most cost effective and do like the FI wine, but not what I'm after.
Goal is around 420-450 whp. Car is a 2003 6spd vert with 22K miles.
My two options:
Using original motor and adding:
heads 243
cam w/supporting internals (size tbd), but need to pass emissions
intake
Ls6 or fast manifold
Lt headers
clutch
tune
or
Custom motor from X with supporting mods. Not sure who would be a good choice (need advice to start researching), but this allows the ability to sell my stock motor which has 22K miles to offset some of the costs.
Thoughts on cost for each options?
With your budget you could do a nice blower and all requisite supporting mods and be putting a $hitload of reliable power to the wheels...
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Scottsdale Az
.... If I just want HP, I would go FI.....
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Scottsdale Az
[QUOTE=cdkcorvette7;1582159422]This is not meant as a criticism... I'm just curious. Why aren't you interested in a blower?
With your budget you could do a nice blower and all requisite supporting mods and be putting a $hitload of reliable power to the wheels...[/QUOTE
Its not that I don't like FI...... I just love the sound of of a cam. I'm ok with leaving some HP and stock like drive ability behind,
With your budget you could do a nice blower and all requisite supporting mods and be putting a $hitload of reliable power to the wheels...[/QUOTE
Its not that I don't like FI...... I just love the sound of of a cam. I'm ok with leaving some HP and stock like drive ability behind,
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Oceanside California
Honestly with your budget, you could do a mild cam as well as a FI kit. You would get at least some of the cam sound as well as insane power from doing both together.
Talk to the shop you plan on going too. Dont tell them your budget or they will try to get it all. Just discuss a build plan and see what they quote. If it all falls into your budget range, go for it.
Talk to the shop you plan on going too. Dont tell them your budget or they will try to get it all. Just discuss a build plan and see what they quote. If it all falls into your budget range, go for it.
Team Owner
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From: Central PA. - - My AR15 identifies as a muzzleloader
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Jmho here....
Give me a choice between the rumpity sound of a big overlap motor, or the sound of a supercharged one, and I'll take the blown one any day. When you hear one of them crank up as you're walking along the street, there is nothing else in the world that sounds like that. From in the car, it's just an awesome sound, sorta like the sound of an engine thats actually hitting on all 8, right from idle.
Go find a forum member with a blown car who'll take you for a ride and when you get done, let me know if you don't think that the meanest thing you ever heard. Shouldn't be hard to find one, I think we're the last two guys without! But I'm consider'n it!
Give me a choice between the rumpity sound of a big overlap motor, or the sound of a supercharged one, and I'll take the blown one any day. When you hear one of them crank up as you're walking along the street, there is nothing else in the world that sounds like that. From in the car, it's just an awesome sound, sorta like the sound of an engine thats actually hitting on all 8, right from idle.
Go find a forum member with a blown car who'll take you for a ride and when you get done, let me know if you don't think that the meanest thing you ever heard. Shouldn't be hard to find one, I think we're the last two guys without! But I'm consider'n it!
Melting Slicks
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You just have to pass the OBD test in Illinois. That old lopey cam thing really limits things since they generally only run well in a very small rpm range. Record the noise you like and play it on the stereo.
Last edited by 3boystoys; Oct 25, 2012 at 10:59 AM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Palm Coast, FL
Jmho here....
Give me a choice between the rumpity sound of a big overlap motor, or the sound of a supercharged one, and I'll take the blown one any day. When you hear one of them crank up as you're walking along the street, there is nothing else in the world that sounds like that. From in the car, it's just an awesome sound, sorta like the sound of an engine thats actually hitting on all 8, right from idle.
Go find a forum member with a blown car who'll take you for a ride and when you get done, let me know if you don't think that the meanest thing you ever heard. Shouldn't be hard to find one, I think we're the last two guys without! But I'm consider'n it!
Give me a choice between the rumpity sound of a big overlap motor, or the sound of a supercharged one, and I'll take the blown one any day. When you hear one of them crank up as you're walking along the street, there is nothing else in the world that sounds like that. From in the car, it's just an awesome sound, sorta like the sound of an engine thats actually hitting on all 8, right from idle.
Go find a forum member with a blown car who'll take you for a ride and when you get done, let me know if you don't think that the meanest thing you ever heard. Shouldn't be hard to find one, I think we're the last two guys without! But I'm consider'n it!