My build so far....comments/suggestions?
08-19-2010, 10:23 PM
#21
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Location: NJ
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I would port the heads and do a 5 angle valve job. Nick McKinney sells stage 2 heads assembled for $1200 shipped and you can get the heads and cams, fully installed and degreed, for I believe $1600 shipped. I suggest you do that...and not what your guy is telling you to do as it seems retarded that he is telling you to not make your setup as efficient and powerful as possible. Go with ported heads. Less boost to make the same amount of power and that means cooler temps and more power anyways.
08-20-2010, 07:47 AM
#23
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Location: Florida
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Personally I like to run a smaller duration cam advanced earlier than most others in a combo like this (actually most all street combos with the plastic PI intake) It makes more power up to 6500RPM I find which is where most people on the plastic intake want to shift at. Stage 2 is really just a name, some of them out there should be called Stage 3 or 4 with the specs they have.
08-20-2010, 09:21 AM
#24
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 17
Yeah I still have the plastic PI intake. And I don't plan on going much over 6500rpm. Right now my blower max is 62k which puts me really close to that at 6200rpm and i know i won't stay up there long and should be ok. When you say smaller duration how small are you talking about? And if you can get me a set of heads that you think would be good for me give me a price and i can send you my old ones as a core. Heads and Lts are what i'm going to do for sure now. Thanks everyone i'm pretty happy with where its going now and confident i'm gonna have some fun driving this beast when i'm done!
08-20-2010, 12:11 PM
#26
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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My clutch can handle the torque and I'm running street tires so they are gonna break loose before my rearend does. Even if I put it on the strip I'm not running slicks and right now I run 8.2 in the 1/8th with wheel spin till I'm in third. But if I plan on hooking up then yeah the axles will need to get changed. I can't get any traction in first as it is so all my races on the street have been rolling starts. Which I'll need the suspension upgrades to make traction anyway. So all at a later point in time lol
08-27-2010, 11:42 AM
#29
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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ok just throwing this out there....what about adding nitrous? stock PI heads and cams with new springs, lt's, and a big shot of nitrous! IDK i'm sure i'll still be smokin tires but just wondering if it would be worth it...thanks guys
