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What's your goals???
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What's your goals???
a fast street racing car
I’ve Alr done cai headers and tune
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a fast street racing car
I’ve Alr done cai headers and tune

...aaaand your RWHP goal is #### Need a number, not just fast as hell or quick as a bunny or lightning fast or Tesla killer or.... Get the drift of what he's asking?

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Originally Posted by eboggs_jkvl
...aaaand your RWHP goal is #### Need a number, not just fast as hell or quick as a bunny or lightning fast or Tesla killer or.... Get the drift of what he's asking?

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around 7-8
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Originally Posted by ayden
around 7-8
Your answers are really generic .... , that does not help .....why not just contact a reputable builder to find out what you REALLY want and what it will take to get u there
700 or 800 Normally aspirated is going to take a lot more than just a cam plus you are likely to loose the street ablity...... at that power level you will need a converter ....fuel mods and a whole slue of other mods

Why not just go with a centri , its plug and play and be done with it , You will make 600 to 650 reliably on stock internals , if you find thats not enought , buy a set of drop in pistons tune it and pully down to your hearts content until u run out of fuel ......

I beat the crap out of mine and would not hesitate to take it on a road trip anywhere ....... the worst thing I have seen many times is guys modding their cars to far to the point where they are no longer drivable ... then they sell them....

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Your answers are really generic .... , that does not help .....why not just contact a reputable builder to find out what you REALLY want and what it will take to get u there
700 or 800 Normally aspirated is going to take a lot more than just a cam plus you are likely to loose the street ablity...... at that power level you will need a converter ....fuel mods and a whole slue of other mods

Why not just go with a centri , its plug and play and be done with it , You will make 600 to 650 reliably on stock internals , if you find thats not enought , buy a set of drop in pistons tune it and pully down to your hearts content until u run out of fuel ......

I beat the crap out of mine and would not hesitate to take it on a road trip anywhere ....... the worst thing I have seen many times is guys modding their cars to far to the point where they are no longer drivable ... then they sell them....

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yes I know my goal is too reach 7-800 boosted in general. I’m looking into putting a cam in or should I just boost it? Then cam
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Originally Posted by ayden
yes I know my goal is too reach 7-800 boosted in general. I’m looking into putting a cam in or should I just boost it? Then cam
Are you wating to reach 700 to 800 out of the gate ?

If not I would do a centri first , it's just a bolt on and a tune, and a breakout harness, IAT/BARO sensor with the headers you will reach 600 easy without fuel upgrades and you might be happy with that number as you can still get it to hook at that level . I am not a roll racer and I like the fact that I can hook out of the gate

If you find thats not enough then you can do the cam but you will newd other supporting mods like fuel pump , injectors , ... and if u are an auto you are going to need a converter....

Good luck and keep us posted on what end up doing

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