head gaskets and compression ratios
#16
Re: head gaskets and compression ratios
Originally Posted by SiCk PuPpY
Just set your budget (and end up doubling it)
#17
Re: head gaskets and compression ratios
You can run a blower on a factory set up; just keep the boost conservative. And when you eventually have the funds, you can upgrade the motor and boost! I loved my rock-stock LT1 w/ a Vortech/ 6lbs of boost. The good thing about superchargers is, you can always spin 'em faster (to a point of diminishing returns).
Just keep in mind that even though it's supposed to be a safe amount, even 6lbs can destroy a motor...
Cheers,
JD
Just keep in mind that even though it's supposed to be a safe amount, even 6lbs can destroy a motor...
Cheers,
JD
Last edited by SiCk PuPpY; 12-13-2005 at 08:21 AM.
#18
Re: head gaskets and compression ratios
Originally Posted by SiCk PuPpY
even 6lbs can destroy a motor...
I planned on 6psi, that is, IF i can ever come up with the funds.
#19
Re: head gaskets and compression ratios
A motor w/ 0 boost can be destroyed if you have alot of knock retard. I have seen a bolton ls1 blow from running too much timing on 87 octane. NO knock retard is the key..Engines don't like it. Its like taking a hammer to your pistons..
Just make sure your ignition system is up to par and make sure you have a great tune and you should be good to go...
Cody
Just make sure your ignition system is up to par and make sure you have a great tune and you should be good to go...
Cody
#20
Re: head gaskets and compression ratios
Originally Posted by MyShibbyZ28
theoretically speaking, can't 2 pounds of boost destroy a motor with time?
I planned on 6psi, that is, IF i can ever come up with the funds.
I planned on 6psi, that is, IF i can ever come up with the funds.
The consensus is that you can take $3,500, buy a blower and make 400ish fwhp (and possibly blow it up in the proccess). Or you can take $3,500, upgrade your motor/ suspension and blow the doors off an otherwise stock blower car; it's all about what you want.
#21
Re: head gaskets and compression ratios
I would like a small cam, I was thinking the hotcam would sufface for me, and then add a blower. I like how the blower still maintains its driveability yet you still get a ton of power up top. What I will most likely end up doing is waiting till this engine blows up, turn it into a 383 and make it completely forged. Right now I don't have the funds for even a cam, so I am just trying to get everything planned out, so when my motor does go boom, all I have to do is order my parts, instead of spending a ton of time looking at them.
#22
Re: head gaskets and compression ratios
I recommend that you use a more "blower friendly" cam than the Hot Cam. F.I. motors make more power off these specific grinds; otherwise you'll be leaving horsepower on the table.
#24
Re: head gaskets and compression ratios
Intake lift is not the most important factor in a blower cam. Listed below are the threads I started when reserching my cam. I ended up with a custom stick profiled by More Performance. Again, Bret Bauer comes highly recoomended; he and I coudn't get in contact in time to do mine. Hopefully, this will aid a little in your search.
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=365947
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=381078
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=365947
http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=381078
Last edited by SiCk PuPpY; 12-13-2005 at 01:54 PM.
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