50 - 70 HP Increase Worth It?

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Nov 4, 2004 | 10:17 PM

Iceman_K

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50 - 70 HP Increase Worth It?

Will I notice a big difference on the street with a 50 -70 HP increase? Right now I've got a relatively mild cam (220/220 561/561 112), long-tube headers and a few bolt-ons. It dynoed 377 rwhp. I'm considering investing in a more aggressive head/cam combination. Is is worth it or should I save my pennies and buy a supercharger?

Nov 4, 2004 | 10:25 PM

budmont

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Originally Posted by Iceman_K

SUPERCHARGER

Nov 4, 2004 | 11:41 PM

mdhmi

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50-70 hp is *huge* - you will definitely notice the extra power. Personally, I would not do a larger H/C package - wait and do a blower.

Cheers,

Mark

Nov 5, 2004 | 03:02 AM

JTE

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That 112 LSA will not work well with a blower.

Nov 5, 2004 | 04:02 AM

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You've already got a cam, if you go bigger, you still might want more.....How bad do you want the blower?................

Nov 5, 2004 | 04:06 AM

BigBlue

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Blow it. Blow it. Blow it.

Nov 5, 2004 | 06:01 AM

AU N EGL

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Originally Posted by Iceman_K

No offence if you have these mods and are only getting 377 at the rwhp, then a really really good dyno tune is my suggestion.

There are stock ZO6s set up for SCCA T1 racing that are getting 375-380 rwhp. T1 specs require the car to be stock from the air intake to the headers. But have one heck of a dyno tune.

With a dyno tune of your mods you should get 410-430 rwhp, maybe a bit more. So no need to bolt on any more things.

Good luck.