Next step???
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Next step???
I am trying to figure out which step I want to go to next. I have a shop that wants to do a 150 shot NOS setup in my car and willing to do a sponsor build would cut the price a bit or should I go with Cam n Headers, either way I go I'll obviously be getting a tune but which route should I take now? Currently all I have done to the car is Borla ATAK X-Pipe n Mufflers.
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What are you building the car for? Is it going to be a drag racing car or a street car? I personally think nitrous is a racing only addition, since you have to refill the tank. The cam and headers are an always there add-on. Plus they sound better.
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40 RWHP by adding headers? That sounds like bunch. What kind of headers do you sell?
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I need to call my car murphy because every bolt-on has netted well below a lot of the results I see for fast 102's and headers. I got roughly 19rwhp from headers and 11rwhp from a ported fast, so approx. 30rwhp for headers and fast 102. I've seen guys get near 40 with just obx or ARH on youtube and 25-30 with a ported fast. There is a member on CF that got 65 from fast 102 & headers. My c6 has done 11.90's at 117.3 with 378 rwhp. That's stock ls3 numbers. I need to go H/C or sc next.
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I need to call my car murphy because every bolt-on has netted well below a lot of the results I see for fast 102's and headers. I got roughly 19rwhp from headers and 11rwhp from a ported fast, so approx. 30rwhp for headers and fast 102. I've seen guys get near 40 with just obx or ARH on youtube and 25-30 with a ported fast. There is a member on CF that got 65 from fast 102 & headers. My c6 has done 11.90's at 117.3 with 378 rwhp. That's stock ls3 numbers. I need to go H/C or sc next.
Who does your tunes in Milwaukee?
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Jesse at Late Model Throttle in Waukesha. I have been using Pat G for the tcm tune. ECS also does a really nice tcm tune for the auto people. Being in Trenton did you use West Bend Dyno?
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I am amazed at the HP numbers I see, I guess I buy the wrong parts. Maybe I need the unobtanium ones.
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Are you guys using a Mustang dyno or a dynojet. Dynojet in flat your rwhp, mustang dynos give you a lot more accurate numbers. all I have done to my car right now is the Borla ATAK Mufflers n X-Pipe and I am at 376 rwhp.
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So what is your intended use/need for the additional power? Are you looking for dyno numbers or timeslip numbers?
A little more info about the car would be helpful too. Like model, and trans.
A little more info about the car would be helpful too. Like model, and trans.
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Its a 2011 Base, Auto. I am just looking for higher numbers on the street n dyno. Don't really hit the strip right now, car is to stock to be worth it IMO.
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Quick and big HP don't always work well together.
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My goal is to probably go Headers n Cam now.
Couple more bolt ons and upgrade certain for better performance, and finish the car off with with FI somewhere along the line.