LS3 to C6 ZO6 level
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Amity Pa
Intermediate
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 34
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You do not have to get such a huge cam to make parking lot driving a disaster. With the requisite list of tools needed you can change the cam in a weekend.
If you get our HPT/tune combo, you can have it running 100% in that same weekend...given some spare time of course.
If you get our HPT/tune combo, you can have it running 100% in that same weekend...given some spare time of course.
Supremacy 1 car at a time
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,186
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From: Sandbox KUW
"heres one of our builds @ extermination
mods
engine
* LS3 427 ci short block (callies 4.1" crankshaft - 6.125" compstar rods - 4.070" manely -7 flat top pistons)
* TrickFlow 235cc CNC Cylinder Heads (650
Lift Dual Spring - 7.500 Hardened Pushrods -Milled to Spec-67cc)
* vengeance racing custom camshaft 255/259 624/624 114 LSA
* yella terra 1.7 rocker arms
* caddy lifters
* SLP under drive pulley
intake
* SLP cold air intake
* 92mm F.A.S.T big mouth T/B
* 92mm F.A.S.T intake manifold
exhaust
* hooker long tupe headers 1 7/8
* 3" off- road Y pipe
* BOSCH Oxygen sensors
* Corsa Cat-Back 3.5 serious
fuel
* 255 walbro fuel pump
* F.A.S.T fuel rail
* 38lb injectors
ignetion
* LS7 coils
* MSD 8.5 mm plug wires
* NJK TR6 spark plugs
cooling
* Bee Cool radiator
* mezire water pump
NITROUS
* TNT nitrous system adjust to 200hp
* HARRIS speed works plate system adjust to 100hp
*stand alone fuel system (RCI fuel cell - bosch fuel pump - fuel filter - AiroMotive regulator - VP NO2 race fuel 120+ octane )
electrical
* 2 bar map sensor ---> mafless tuning
* AEM Wideband
* MSD Timing Twister
* MSD Digital RPM Activated Window Switch
* Caspers Electronics V-Plus Volt Booster
drive line
* spec cluch kit stage 3+
* spec aluminum flywheel
* tick performance master cylinder ----> DAMN i like it
, awesome master cylinder
* RAM slave cylinder
* Spohn Perf. Top-Gun Driveshaft
* Moser 12 bolts rear end 3.4 ratio
** timing 21 degree **
** compression ratio 11.3 :1 **
** tuned by Ahmed Albahrainy **
actually we faced a problem with the MSD timing twister or let's say with the wires connections
Therefore, we have not increased timing coz there two stages on board
Dyno results
N/A
539 rwhp
521 torque
1st stage (low pressure bottle) air/fuel ratio when spraying : rich
722 rwhp
781 torque
2nd stage (low pressure bottle) air/fuel ratio when spraying : rich
794 rwhp
821 torque
dyno clip
794rwhp-821tq
idle clip
mods
engine
* LS3 427 ci short block (callies 4.1" crankshaft - 6.125" compstar rods - 4.070" manely -7 flat top pistons)
* TrickFlow 235cc CNC Cylinder Heads (650
Lift Dual Spring - 7.500 Hardened Pushrods -Milled to Spec-67cc)
* vengeance racing custom camshaft 255/259 624/624 114 LSA
* yella terra 1.7 rocker arms
* caddy lifters
* SLP under drive pulley
intake
* SLP cold air intake
* 92mm F.A.S.T big mouth T/B
* 92mm F.A.S.T intake manifold
exhaust
* hooker long tupe headers 1 7/8
* 3" off- road Y pipe
* BOSCH Oxygen sensors
* Corsa Cat-Back 3.5 serious
fuel
* 255 walbro fuel pump
* F.A.S.T fuel rail
* 38lb injectors
ignetion
* LS7 coils
* MSD 8.5 mm plug wires
* NJK TR6 spark plugs
cooling
* Bee Cool radiator
* mezire water pump
NITROUS
* TNT nitrous system adjust to 200hp
* HARRIS speed works plate system adjust to 100hp
*stand alone fuel system (RCI fuel cell - bosch fuel pump - fuel filter - AiroMotive regulator - VP NO2 race fuel 120+ octane )
electrical
* 2 bar map sensor ---> mafless tuning
* AEM Wideband
* MSD Timing Twister
* MSD Digital RPM Activated Window Switch
* Caspers Electronics V-Plus Volt Booster
drive line
* spec cluch kit stage 3+
* spec aluminum flywheel
* tick performance master cylinder ----> DAMN i like it
, awesome master cylinder * RAM slave cylinder
* Spohn Perf. Top-Gun Driveshaft
* Moser 12 bolts rear end 3.4 ratio
** timing 21 degree **
** compression ratio 11.3 :1 **
** tuned by Ahmed Albahrainy **
actually we faced a problem with the MSD timing twister or let's say with the wires connections
Therefore, we have not increased timing coz there two stages on board
Dyno results
N/A
539 rwhp
521 torque
1st stage (low pressure bottle) air/fuel ratio when spraying : rich
722 rwhp
781 torque
2nd stage (low pressure bottle) air/fuel ratio when spraying : rich
794 rwhp
821 torque
dyno clip
794rwhp-821tq
idle clip
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 856
Likes: 74
From: Ave Maria FL
I just finished upgrading my '13 Grand Sport mn6 with a set of PFADT headers and a custom cam from Tick Performance. Specs were 219/232 and something like .584 .607 lift 113 +5 LSA.
Baseline data 407 RWHP and this brought it to 466 RWHP. I also picked up 50 ft lbs of torque at 3200 RPMs.
I also did the trunnion upgrade, added a factory Z06 air cleaner/box, and an ATI dampener. Pretty happy.
Baseline data 407 RWHP and this brought it to 466 RWHP. I also picked up 50 ft lbs of torque at 3200 RPMs.
I also did the trunnion upgrade, added a factory Z06 air cleaner/box, and an ATI dampener. Pretty happy.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 318
Likes: 6
From: Alpharetta GA
My friend has an 08 m6 with headers, super bee intake + tune, put out 440ish and about the same torque. (I know very high for that combination!) my bone stock. 08 z pulled on him in every gear. I had an Ls2 and I can tell you the z revs soo much faster and is very violent in 3rd gear. I'm pretty sure cammed ls3 with headers intake would be a drivers race for sure between a z.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,798
Likes: 25
From: Pine Bluff Arkansas
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19-'20-'21
Cam and the goodies that go with it. You will haul azz.
Only trouble....half the Z's are upgraded, also, but I think the power of an upgraded LS2 or 3 is easier to put to the ground, than an upgraded LS7.
Only trouble....half the Z's are upgraded, also, but I think the power of an upgraded LS2 or 3 is easier to put to the ground, than an upgraded LS7.
Last edited by lebvette; Apr 26, 2014 at 09:21 AM.
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My 1LT '08 M6 went 124 in the quarter with just bolt ons, so I won't agree that it takes a cam to get to the Z06 "level" in a straight line (and it kind of irritates me to keep reading that). Lots of stock Zs have dynoed in the 440s and trapped in the 124 range (or less). But a GS or 3LT obviously has a weight disadvantage that affects the result.
But if you define Z06 "level" as only precisely as fast as a Z06, the issue is that bolt-ons may only get you slightly less fast than a Z06, while a cam should get you a little faster than a Z06. Typical cam results should be 470-490 rwhp and high 120s in the quarter.
But if you define Z06 "level" as only precisely as fast as a Z06, the issue is that bolt-ons may only get you slightly less fast than a Z06, while a cam should get you a little faster than a Z06. Typical cam results should be 470-490 rwhp and high 120s in the quarter.