shud i do a TT instead?
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Mark's car makes some serious torque and does it early in the power band with 427ci, a set AllPro LS7 heads and a turbo cam.
Jordan 427ci has the same AllPro LSw's, a Beck sheetmetal intake and an F1c blower, but he started slipping pretty bad at 5,000 rpm's.
Mine is also a 427ci, F1c with stock 243 head castings and a stock LS2 intake, which kept making HP over 5,000 rpm's but the torque leveled off.
Jordan 427ci has the same AllPro LSw's, a Beck sheetmetal intake and an F1c blower, but he started slipping pretty bad at 5,000 rpm's.
Mine is also a 427ci, F1c with stock 243 head castings and a stock LS2 intake, which kept making HP over 5,000 rpm's but the torque leveled off.
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I don't have a dog in the fight, so to speak, I was just referencing Mark's dyno results to show the potential of a well setup TT kit.
That graph is a bit funky.
Mark's car is still making near 850rwhp at 6500rpm, which your graph doesn't show.
TT's do make a very broad torque curve, whereas the Centri's are more linear, and should be more controllable, as you said.
I think it suffices to say that either setup will make the car accelerate harder than most people can comprehend! lol
I think what you mean by "hitting that part of the power band" is that once the car is hitting over about 600rwtq at any rpm, it can break the tires loose.
That can happen earlier or later in the rpms, depending on the total package, whether TT or Centri.
I know it happens with my car, and I'm about 300whp shy of you guys on the upper end.
To the OP, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you can't go wrong with either TT or Centri, just depends on personal preference.
That graph is a bit funky.
Mark's car is still making near 850rwhp at 6500rpm, which your graph doesn't show.
TT's do make a very broad torque curve, whereas the Centri's are more linear, and should be more controllable, as you said.
I think it suffices to say that either setup will make the car accelerate harder than most people can comprehend! lol
I think what you mean by "hitting that part of the power band" is that once the car is hitting over about 600rwtq at any rpm, it can break the tires loose.
That can happen earlier or later in the rpms, depending on the total package, whether TT or Centri.
I know it happens with my car, and I'm about 300whp shy of you guys on the upper end.
To the OP, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you can't go wrong with either TT or Centri, just depends on personal preference.
