Performance heads
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From: Chandler AZ
So you think just putting on a maggie 2300 and headers x pipe, etc would make my 1999 345 LS1 pretty fun?
I had the car stock since April 2003, like the sound of big power, but I'm not sure I would ever get to fully use it, it's just a toy car and transportation, from what I read I should not be so concerned with top or peak HP #'s, but good power down low.
Driving on the street that where the engine be be used most, I get on it once in a while.
I had the car stock since April 2003, like the sound of big power, but I'm not sure I would ever get to fully use it, it's just a toy car and transportation, from what I read I should not be so concerned with top or peak HP #'s, but good power down low.
Driving on the street that where the engine be be used most, I get on it once in a while.
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From: Pasco WA
So you think just putting on a maggie 2300 and headers x pipe, etc would make my 1999 345 LS1 pretty fun?
I had the car stock since April 2003, like the sound of big power, but I'm not sure I would ever get to fully use it, it's just a toy car and transportation, from what I read I should not be so concerned with top or peak HP #'s, but good power down low.
Driving on the street that where the engine be be used most, I get on it once in a while.
I had the car stock since April 2003, like the sound of big power, but I'm not sure I would ever get to fully use it, it's just a toy car and transportation, from what I read I should not be so concerned with top or peak HP #'s, but good power down low.
Driving on the street that where the engine be be used most, I get on it once in a while.
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From: Chandler AZ
I also read raising the compression ratio with having heads ported like AI does would help down low.
I had thought the manacharger 2300 (I read the old maggies are not worth it, only the new big ones are) would be the way to, until I came onto another post about someone having heads reworked at AI.
That 2300 is not cheap, plus I will have to get a special hood and have it painted, but that might look awesome, I read they are going to make one to fit under a stock hood on C5, but never saw them yet.
All I know, is I drove my friends 2009 Z06 in town where the speed limit was 35 MPH, and yes I went over that, I wanted that car, but really it was just the power I wanted.
I had thought the manacharger 2300 (I read the old maggies are not worth it, only the new big ones are) would be the way to, until I came onto another post about someone having heads reworked at AI.
That 2300 is not cheap, plus I will have to get a special hood and have it painted, but that might look awesome, I read they are going to make one to fit under a stock hood on C5, but never saw them yet.
All I know, is I drove my friends 2009 Z06 in town where the speed limit was 35 MPH, and yes I went over that, I wanted that car, but really it was just the power I wanted.
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From: Pasco WA
I also read raising the compression ratio with having heads ported like AI does would help down low.
I had thought the manacharger 2300 (I read the old maggies are not worth it, only the new big ones are) would be the way to, until I came onto another post about someone having heads reworked at AI.
That 2300 is not cheap, plus I will have to get a special hood and have it painted, but that might look awesome, I read they are going to make one to fit under a stock hood on C5, but never saw them yet.
All I know, is I drove my friends 2009 Z06 in town where the speed limit was 35 MPH, and yes I went over that, I wanted that car, but really it was just the power I wanted.
I had thought the manacharger 2300 (I read the old maggies are not worth it, only the new big ones are) would be the way to, until I came onto another post about someone having heads reworked at AI.
That 2300 is not cheap, plus I will have to get a special hood and have it painted, but that might look awesome, I read they are going to make one to fit under a stock hood on C5, but never saw them yet.
All I know, is I drove my friends 2009 Z06 in town where the speed limit was 35 MPH, and yes I went over that, I wanted that car, but really it was just the power I wanted.
Well, if it's the driving habits of big cubic inches, the PD blowers most mimic their characteristics. Check out Edelbrock's setup. It's a TVS, which I believe is the same company as Magnuson.
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I have a pair of nicely ported 241's, a decent cam, FAST 92 through a stalled Fbody...
2000 LS1 Firehawk. It made 434/401 to the wheels... Don't let anyone tell you the 241's are run of the mil... no pun intended...
2000 LS1 Firehawk. It made 434/401 to the wheels... Don't let anyone tell you the 241's are run of the mil... no pun intended...
