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Red Line on Rebuilt 5.0

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Old 06-24-2008, 11:05 PM
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Default Red Line on Rebuilt 5.0
It was rebuilt to factory spec. only mods it has aside from exhaust is Trick Flow intake manifolds and CAI. What is the red line on something like this?
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Old 06-24-2008, 11:09 PM
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cam will dictate that but 5500 to 5800
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Old 06-25-2008, 12:55 AM
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cam will dictate that but 5500 to 5800
what? my stock 5.0 pulled to 5000 and thats it.. new one pulls to 6k
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Old 06-25-2008, 03:51 AM
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Yeah somewhere around the "yellow"[:'(]
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Old 06-25-2008, 08:55 AM
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lol damn thats not too good. What can make it rev to like hm 6500 range?
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Old 06-25-2008, 12:03 PM
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cam will dictate that but 5500 to 5800
what? my stock 5.0 pulled to 5000 and thats it.. new one pulls to 6k
that's weak man weak!!! if my tac was correct before my f-cam swap in my 92 pulled way past 5k easy
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Old 06-25-2008, 02:09 PM
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Default RE: Red Line on Rebuilt 5.0
my stock 5.0 with full boltons would run out of gas a little over 5000 ...........

new306 6000k easy...........
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Old 06-25-2008, 02:18 PM
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so its a fuel delivery issue?
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Old 06-25-2008, 05:36 PM
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stock 5.0 should have the shift lite come on at 5200 , by the time you react, and actually shift, you'll hit it at about 5600-5800 and be perfect

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Old 06-25-2008, 06:28 PM
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stock 5.0 should have the shift lite come on at 5200 , by the time you react, and actually shift, you'll hit it at about 5600-5800 and be perfect

My car pulls to 5800 no problem they must be a really tired 302 or tac i not right. mjr46 lol thats weak....Missing bolt ons with my car mass air flow and intake...oh and gears lol
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