LMR C7 Heads/Cam Package
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Ed Zachary.
Umm. In the first post it says you have yet to install it on your own C7, so yeah, it kinda does make anyone buying your first versions beta testers. I'm not saying your head porting won't make power, but don't sugar coat it. If you had said, "hey guys, here's our new CNC heads that we tested on our car and got "xyz" HP with", that would be a little different. Instead you are offering them for sale before testing them on your car. It would really be cool to see what your cam does in a C7, then bolt your heads on and see how it does. Changing two things like heads and cam makes it hard to judge what gave you what as far as power goes. I'm not knocking your product as you guys do good proven work and built some insane cars. You are definitely going to get the "me first" folks ordering parts. Which when a hot new car like the C7 comes out can be quite a bit of cash for the first folks to offer stuff for it. Looking forward to your turbo C7.
Umm. In the first post it says you have yet to install it on your own C7, so yeah, it kinda does make anyone buying your first versions beta testers. I'm not saying your head porting won't make power, but don't sugar coat it. If you had said, "hey guys, here's our new CNC heads that we tested on our car and got "xyz" HP with", that would be a little different. Instead you are offering them for sale before testing them on your car. It would really be cool to see what your cam does in a C7, then bolt your heads on and see how it does. Changing two things like heads and cam makes it hard to judge what gave you what as far as power goes. I'm not knocking your product as you guys do good proven work and built some insane cars. You are definitely going to get the "me first" folks ordering parts. Which when a hot new car like the C7 comes out can be quite a bit of cash for the first folks to offer stuff for it. Looking forward to your turbo C7.
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Id be willing to sacrifice my $60k car and 3k extra to do R&D!...oh wait, maybe not.
Maybe an explination of how/why the grinds were chosen and why they are believed to be safe and beneficial on the c7s would help ease some ***** around here.
Maybe an explination of how/why the grinds were chosen and why they are believed to be safe and beneficial on the c7s would help ease some ***** around here.
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think about what the difference in the powerband one might expect with optimized stock heads and a cam that can extend the powerband to 7k if not a tad more. The head flow numbers are down (compared to a ls3) from .600-.700 so it would be interesting to see how the aftermarket responses to this. One this is for certain is that this engine is a torque-making machine.
Do you have any plans of doing a VVt vs non-vvt cam testing? That would be interesting as well to see where the peaks line up on the dyno sheets.
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This is our VERY first LT1 grind cam shaft(VERY SMALL). It still keeps VVT/DOD. Trust me, when we put a REAL cam in it with a real cold air induction system and headers 520-550rwhp will be the norm. Also, this car still had stock Air Box, stock manifolds/cats/exhaust. Tomorrow we should hopefully see some good gains going with longtube headers.
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