Hoping to crack low 10's & 530+rwhp n/a next week!
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Sounds evilllll... 
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thanks everyone, appreciate the encouragement, I'll need it lol. Well I cracked 500 on the dot last year here in Clear Lake, TX, I wasn't happy though I knew the old setup had more than that but the stock pcm was holding me back, still is, the FAST XFI will set me free to shift around 7500 or so and use the full powerband of the setup. But meantime this new cam should get me hopefully comfortably over 500, we'll see next weekend.
As for the combo, it's an all Callies forged SR 396 built by LME with custom heads, full suspension, custom tune, full interior (for now). I did pull the AC...am constantly debating whether to pull it or not.
As for the combo, it's an all Callies forged SR 396 built by LME with custom heads, full suspension, custom tune, full interior (for now). I did pull the AC...am constantly debating whether to pull it or not.
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Seen this where people give advice on how to make 500 rwhp and say how easy it is, but that's not been my experience. Making 483 rwhp with a set of TFS heads that flowed 304 cfm on a conservative bench flowing 260 cfm @ only .400 with about every other trick you can think of except I run hydraulic cams.
Pretty familiar with dyno tricks of iceing the intake, running mph instead of rpm, race gas with a bunch of timing, removing the rear roters, removing the belt, placement of the dyno rollers, etc. etc. But to just drive up to the dyno, open the hood using pump gas and let loose a 500 rwhp run in a LTx car with standard 23 heads is pretty rare.
Very interested to see dyno sheets. I'm all teeth, eyes n ears if ya got them.
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I've tried for more than a few years and found it's not that easy in a car set up for daily driving. Keep hearing about them, but for some reason seen very few verifable dyno sheets. AFR 210 heads are OK, there are others out there better. There are no secret or trick 210's that grow magic bean stalks.
Seen this where people give advice on how to make 500 rwhp and say how easy it is, but that's not been my experience. Making 483 rwhp with a set of TFS heads that flowed 304 cfm on a conservative bench flowing 260 cfm @ only .400 with about every other trick you can think of except I run hydraulic cams.
Pretty familiar with dyno tricks of iceing the intake, running mph instead of rpm, race gas with a bunch of timing, removing the rear roters, removing the belt, placement of the dyno rollers, etc. etc. But to just drive up to the dyno, open the hood using pump gas and let loose a 500 rwhp run in a LTx car with standard 23 heads is pretty rare.
Very interested to see dyno sheets. I'm all teeth, eyes n ears if ya got them.
Seen this where people give advice on how to make 500 rwhp and say how easy it is, but that's not been my experience. Making 483 rwhp with a set of TFS heads that flowed 304 cfm on a conservative bench flowing 260 cfm @ only .400 with about every other trick you can think of except I run hydraulic cams.
Pretty familiar with dyno tricks of iceing the intake, running mph instead of rpm, race gas with a bunch of timing, removing the rear roters, removing the belt, placement of the dyno rollers, etc. etc. But to just drive up to the dyno, open the hood using pump gas and let loose a 500 rwhp run in a LTx car with standard 23 heads is pretty rare.
Very interested to see dyno sheets. I'm all teeth, eyes n ears if ya got them.
oh yeah...I drive it to the track 1/2 hr from here ..HRP and take it to work every other day, ac is out for now, debating putting it back in, not sure....probably will leave it out, the Rubicon has AC afterall.
Correct, the old cam was a custom grind, turned out to be a baby cam for my specs, the new cam is also a custom grind, jez a MONSTER cam is all!
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You can say what you want to.. but choose the folk's who do your work wisely.. usually it's the deciding factor.. i've seen 452RWHP afr195'd headed cars... and that's on a stock bottom end.. and trust me when i say.. i'm def. not a afr fan in the least...can't stand them... but in the right hands even a set of lt4's can be made to fly...
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You can say what you want to.. but choose the folk's who do your work wisely.. usually it's the deciding factor.. i've seen 452RWHP afr195'd headed cars... and that's on a stock bottom end.. and trust me when i say.. i'm def. not a afr fan in the least...can't stand them... but in the right hands even a set of lt4's can be made to fly...
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agreed about the AFR 210s, they were a budget purchase head that went on my 355 and 847 cam, engine blew two weeks later, shrugs. After two years of sitting there I decided to go forward. In an effort to save money I had them hand ported by Brian & Pecos @LME, flowing 319, with all the other good parts they are better flowing than out of the box 227s. My plans are now for bigger heads of course, end of the season. There was no race gas or iceing of anything, feel free to talk to Jay @GForce Motorsports, he put PEPE together. As for the dynograph http://www.cardomain.com/ride/327711. Back to heads, RR215s are being considered with full porting and guts like my 210s have.
oh yeah...I drive it to the track 1/2 hr from here ..HRP and take it to work every other day, ac is out for now, debating putting it back in, not sure....probably will leave it out, the Rubicon has AC afterall.ll!
oh yeah...I drive it to the track 1/2 hr from here ..HRP and take it to work every other day, ac is out for now, debating putting it back in, not sure....probably will leave it out, the Rubicon has AC afterall.ll!
Just bumped up the compression in mine from 12.4 to 12.8 to 1 giving the car a better quench, new springs and getting rid of those $2k stepped headers that were a rip off going back to my old Hookers along with fixing a couple little issues. Let's see what the dyno says but I'm impressed as making 500 rwhp as been pretty illusive.
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That really is quite exceptional as I was once sponsored by a dyno shop and literally seen a 1000 cars dyno not counting all the effort in by myself. Owned a set of AFR 227's and they didn't come close to that much power trying about four different SR cams. Congratulations.
Just bumped up the compression in mine from 12.4 to 12.8 to 1 giving the car a better quench, new springs and getting rid of those $2k stepped headers that were a rip off going back to my old Hookers along with fixing a couple little issues. Let's see what the dyno says but I'm impressed as making 500 rwhp as been pretty illusive.
Just bumped up the compression in mine from 12.4 to 12.8 to 1 giving the car a better quench, new springs and getting rid of those $2k stepped headers that were a rip off going back to my old Hookers along with fixing a couple little issues. Let's see what the dyno says but I'm impressed as making 500 rwhp as been pretty illusive.
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I remember when the big mods on this car were a set of Hooker LTs and a Borla 
The car had 10s in it with the first 396 set up with the old cam, just the suspension tunning wasnt there, it is now and the car is nasty. Its just plain stupid how hard this thing hits
The car had 10s in it with the first 396 set up with the old cam, just the suspension tunning wasnt there, it is now and the car is nasty. Its just plain stupid how hard this thing hits