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Old Jan 2, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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I have herd stock LS2's are making between 340-360 rwhp...Oldmansan's made 370 Haven't dyno'ed mine yet, so I just thought I'd see what you guys are getting.

What are you guys getting out of these mods:

Spins ported Fast and TB
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160 t-stat

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i have an LS2 A6 with the LG pros w/cats, Vararam w/spacer, Spin's FAST 92 with non ported tb, 160 t-stat and all that through a yank 3600 and 3.42 and pulled 371 RWHP and 379 RWTQ. i had my car dyno'd at mike norris' shop and he said it might be reading about 10 low so maybe it should be 381ish and 389ish.

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i have your exact setup minus LT's i have z06 manifolds..and mine did 374rwhp..371tq..
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Take the dyno numbers with a grain of salt. Some dynos read higher than others. You're best to use a dyno (the same dyno) as a gauge for your baseline and to determine what your mods are worth (over your baseline).

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Originally Posted by oldmansan
Take the dyno numbers with a grain of salt. Some dynos read higher than others. You're best to use a dyno (the same dyno) as a gauge for your baseline and to determine what your mods are worth (over your baseline).

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We gotta get some mods goin!
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I have a Vararam, Spin ported intake & TB along with AR Headers and put down 381/382. I have not re-tuned the car yet after putting on the headers though.

Car runs great and plan to get the Spin cam + an UD pulley at the end of spring.
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I have a Vararam, Spin ported intake & TB along with AR Headers and put down 381/382. I have not re-tuned the car yet after putting on the headers though.

Car runs great and plan to get the Spin cam + an UD pulley at the end of spring.
Yeah same here, I already have the pulley. That should get us in the 450's

Depending on how things go, I may do the TF's as well
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Originally Posted by oldmansan
Take the dyno numbers with a grain of salt. Some dynos read higher than others. You're best to use a dyno (the same dyno) as a gauge for your baseline and to determine what your mods are worth (over your baseline).

San


Mine dynoed at 400rwhp/400rwtq with a vararam, ported FAST and TB, Kooks, corsa, 160 stat, and tune.

Some days thats enough, most days it isnt....
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Yeah same here, I already have the pulley. That should get us in the 450's

Depending on how things go, I may do the TF's as well
I was doing some pulley research yesterday and found the ATI Superdamper to be one of the best, hard to drop $435 but will try to when the time comes I ran the SLP on my 05 GTO with no issues.

I was expecting to only hit 420-430 after it is all said and done, I always seem to have lower dyno numbers than most

The TF's are great, you will probably see 475 + with all the mods you are planning.

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Mine dynoed at 400rwhp/400rwtq with a vararam, ported FAST and TB, Kooks, corsa, 160 stat, and tune.

Some days thats enough, most days it isnt....
I couldn't agree more! amazing how fast we get used to the upgraded power after a mod.
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At the end of the day, it's a really awesome car no matter how many mods you have or don't have
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Originally Posted by HC Mechanic
I have herd stock LS2's are making between 340-360 rwhp...Oldmansan's made 370 Haven't dyno'ed mine yet, so I just thought I'd see what you guys are getting.

What are you guys getting out of these mods:

Spins ported Fast and TB
CAI (Halltech)
Headers (LG)
160 t-stat

Thanks
Exact mods listed minus the ported fast and TB, plus a tune. The tune is where most of the power came from, btw. I wouldn't even consider doing the mods you've listed without a tune.
Dyno:
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Originally Posted by HC Mechanic
At the end of the day, it's a really awesome car no matter how many mods you have or don't have
Still have trouble shakin "the urge" though.
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Exact mods listed minus the ported fast and TB, plus a tune. The tune is where most of the power came from, btw. I wouldn't even consider doing the mods you've listed without a tune.
Dyno:
Thanks for the graph man, I plan on installing these at Charlies and having him tune it right after install
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Originally Posted by GotVett?
Still have trouble shakin "the urge" though.
Yeah...me too
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Originally Posted by HC Mechanic
Thanks for the graph man, I plan on installing these at Charlies and having him tune it right after install
You couldn't have chosen a better tuner. I'm sure you'll be happy
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I was right around 400 whp with bolt ons
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