Maniac
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So all you have is a intake, tuning, and a 125 wet shot to get 12.93?
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Gives us more info on your setup.
Also its a commen rule for NHRA/IHRA tracks that any vehicle going 13.99 or faster requires the driver to wear a helmut.
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I was wondering since so many of you guys like the Magnuson superchargers on here if any of you have tried going with larger crank pullies? At the shop I used to work at we did alot of 03-04 Cobras and one of the popular modifications was a larger diameter crank pulley. They increased the horsepower a good amount but made alot more torque. Any body here experiemented with these? I know ECS makes a 8" balancer for the C5 not sure though if it will work on a truck.
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What was the problem?
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Probably was the lock up clutch failed. I always recommend that if people are going to reuse a converter with a new transmission to have the converter cut, cleaned, and restalled. Some manufacturers like Precision Industries will do this for free for the first two years. Most will charge $200-$300 but is alot cheaper than replacing your entire transmission.
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Please tell me how or where then. I have $6k cash in hand a need for speed. I was thinking of the DART 225 LS1 heads, GT2-3 cam or the Comp cams XER 54-444-11 cam (a little bigger than the GT2-3), dynatech headers, outlaw CAI and a nelson tune. I was figuring on $4k plus for all of that plus a new converter. I was figuring on $10k for a 408 build up. The lunati rotating assemblies alone were $3k.
Call LG Motorsports in Wylie TX; G5X3 cam + upgraded valvetrain + AFR heads + 90mm + long tube headers + CAI + Corsa + PCM tune + ARP rod bolts = 430 naturally aspirated rear-wheel horsepower on stock cubes that is street driveable on a 2600-2800 rpm converter, gets very close to stock economy on the freeway, pulls like a SOB to 6600rpm, and sounds just brutally wicked both at idle and on the way to redline - if I was going to stay N/A this is the performance route I personally would choose. Similar results have been produced by Texas Speed using the Magic Stick 3 cam. Point is, with smart parts selection 430rwhp is easily achievable. Yes both companies have put those cams in trucks with appropriate converters and had good results.
Mr. P.
A G5X3 is way too big of a cam for a street truck in my opinion. I run it in my Camaro and it chops extremly hard and doesnt have great low down power. I have a 3600 stall converter so that helps keep it in the power band but I would never use something that big in a stock cube truck motor.
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I would step down to a 2.5" inlet/outlet muffler. Theres no such thing a a "quiet" dual 3" exhaust system. A resonator will help cut down on the rasp and sharpness of the sound but not much on the drone.
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Hehe...want to clarify...I've NEVER done that.
I said "we" as in "us idiots in South Georgia"...i.e. all the backwoods guys at the street races.
I should have added a [/sarcasm] tag at the end of the post, sorry.
- Brian
Oh Ok cause up here we really do have some Chitown racing retards who do this shit. Ive been there when one exploded its not fun.
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ALl this talk about bottle heaters...you guys forget where we're located - North FL.
" ... and North Florida aint nothin' but South Georgia...!!! "
And down here, we don't use bottle heaters.
We pop the trunk, break out the blow torch, and run it over the bottle a few times before the run...!!!!!!!!
Go street racing in Ocala some day, scary stuff...hehe.
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Good runs, tawss04.
- Brian
Sure fire way to kill yourself blow torching a bottle. Once youve had a bottle explode by you you'll understand how dangerous and stupid that is.
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I recommend a bottle heater for the simple fact you get more consistent performance without it your changing bottle alot more often.
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No bottle heater? Any idea what kind of pressure the bottle was at?
Had a full bottle and went to the track Saturday
in Strip
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What was your MPH on the 13.6 run?
Do you have a bottle heater? Maybe your bottle pressure was a little low on the 13.6 and it was were it needs to be for the 12.93 run.