LS-6 w/ Vortech blower streetable?
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2nd Gear
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LS-6 w/ Vortech blower streetable?
Posting for a friend........
He just had his 66 Vette rebuilt using an LS-6 crate motor and trans. The only mod to the motor was the addition of a Ligenfelter F.I. intake. Everything else is stock with the addition of a tuned chip. He is kicking around the idea of adding a Vortech blower. What will this do to the streetability of the car? The blower will be professionally installed and a new chip will be burned in for the new combo.
He just had his 66 Vette rebuilt using an LS-6 crate motor and trans. The only mod to the motor was the addition of a Ligenfelter F.I. intake. Everything else is stock with the addition of a tuned chip. He is kicking around the idea of adding a Vortech blower. What will this do to the streetability of the car? The blower will be professionally installed and a new chip will be burned in for the new combo.
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A little late in the game to consider a blower, IMO. The compression ratio is high. An inter-cooler is mandatory, and even then the boost will need to be 6 lbs. or less. When I built my engine, I set the c/r at 8.3, to allow up to 16 lbs. boost on pump gas. Look at the pic.below, it's a '68 'Vette, but the space constraints are the same. G/L
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A little late in the game to consider a blower, IMO. The compression ratio is high. An inter-cooler is mandatory, and even then the boost will need to be 6 lbs. or less. When I built my engine, I set the c/r at 8.3, to allow up to 16 lbs. boost on pump gas. Look at the pic.below, it's a '68 'Vette, but the space constraints are the same. G/L
Current state of the car
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Posting for a friend........
He just had his 66 Vette rebuilt using an LS-6 crate motor and trans. The only mod to the motor was the addition of a Ligenfelter F.I. intake. Everything else is stock with the addition of a tuned chip. He is kicking around the idea of adding a Vortech blower. What will this do to the streetability of the car? The blower will be professionally installed and a new chip will be burned in for the new combo.
He just had his 66 Vette rebuilt using an LS-6 crate motor and trans. The only mod to the motor was the addition of a Ligenfelter F.I. intake. Everything else is stock with the addition of a tuned chip. He is kicking around the idea of adding a Vortech blower. What will this do to the streetability of the car? The blower will be professionally installed and a new chip will be burned in for the new combo.
FI on a high compression engine is asking for detonation & catastrophic failure.....even with an intercooler uless the boost is limited as stated above.
