How much power could I get out of my car N/A
02-10-2009, 10:54 PM
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How much power could I get out of my car N/A
Just out of curiosity, how much power could i achieve with out any F/I? How do our cars respond to heads/cams? I know the chevy pushrod motors get massive gains from heads/cams but how do the modular motors respond to them? What about performance intake manifolds? I see a lot of guys go for the intake then the headers/x pipe and tune then go straight for the supercharger, just thought it would be cool to try something different
thanks guys
thanks guys
02-10-2009, 11:12 PM
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Just out of curiosity, how much power could i achieve with out any F/I? How do our cars respond to heads/cams? I know the chevy pushrod motors get massive gains from heads/cams but how do the modular motors respond to them? What about performance intake manifolds? I see a lot of guys go for the intake then the headers/x pipe and tune then go straight for the supercharger, just thought it would be cool to try something different
thanks guys
thanks guys
It will cost you a fortune to make a N/A beast. These cars respond well to heads but have you looked at the price of what a set of heads will run you and they will not give you the gains that FI will. I did about every bolt on I could do with the exception of heads and cams which I plan on doing later.
02-11-2009, 07:05 AM
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I haven't heard of too many people with the stock block that could get passed the 350 RWHP mark and even THEY spent enough to approach going FI. If you're looking for bettering your time, there are are quite a few weight loss mods for the S197 that should shave a few tenths off in addition to RWHP gains.
02-11-2009, 12:40 PM
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I haven't heard of too many people with the stock block that could get passed the 350 RWHP mark and even THEY spent enough to approach going FI. If you're looking for bettering your time, there are are quite a few weight loss mods for the S197 that should shave a few tenths off in addition to RWHP gains.
02-11-2009, 07:10 PM
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I think heads and cams will get you excellent power, I've seen 2 dyno sheets were 2 cars with similar bolt ons to mine minus the GT500TB gained 41 RWHP just from adding the FRPP "Hot Rod" cams on stock heads. If you're planning on going N/A then FRPP CNC ported heads are best bang for buck, however there are some aftermarket companies that claim big gains from their porting the problem is those are somebody elses used head while the FRPP is new. As for cams if you NEVER plan to F/I your car then you need to get a set of cams that built for N/A power only to maximize HP. Cams are THE most important part of power combination!!!!!!!! Also look into if C&L has finally released their upper intake plenum yet.
P.S. I would go with FRPP heads the because they're new, these heads can't be ported all that much anyway they have slim castings to begin with.
P.S. I would go with FRPP heads the because they're new, these heads can't be ported all that much anyway they have slim castings to begin with.
02-11-2009, 07:49 PM
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Seems like 350 RWHP to 360 RWHP is the norm from what I have seen with mod bolt ons. I am shooting for 350 RWHP from what I have now. I am hoping the new C & L intake manifold and an aluminum driveshaft will get me there.