Official TVS Thread!!!
03-08-2013, 06:35 PM
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hurray! more confusion!
there is a whole new world to cams that not many on here know about outside of "stage 1/2/3" and rpm/powerband.
remember kids. with cam gears you can adjust your lsa.
37 69 87 27
hurray! more confusion!
there is a whole new world to cams that not many on here know about outside of "stage 1/2/3" and rpm/powerband.
remember kids. with cam gears you can adjust your lsa.
03-09-2013, 09:25 AM
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an update car is running on only 12-14 psi, and man does she pull. As far as the lag from the 6262, i dont know if its my higher comp or ported head but she feels exactly like my tvs did, but when boost comes on omfg hang the hell on. Cant wait to get this thing tuned on at least 25 psi 
03-09-2013, 04:42 PM
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Hey everyone, I "finished up" my TVS build last summer thanks to some great friends and wanted to start looking into potentially building the car further. My first priority though was to get on this forum and get to know some people with similar builds. So nice to meet you guys/ gals.
Right now the car is running a 2.9 pulley, 80lb injectors, ZZP 3" intake, ZZP Stg 3 Intercooler, Option B, dual pass, ZZP solid mounts, ZZP long tube header w/ full 3" exhaust (cat & resonator delete) and magnaflow muffler (car is extremely loud), lowered on BC's w/ Enkie EKM3s, LNF revised shifter bracket, TWM shifter clip w/ 2nd gear still fighting me :/ . I have meth which I hope to install this Monday but on this setup, without meth, the car put down 268/224 on a mustang dyno. I had orders to Germany which is why the meth was put on hold but they’ve been canx’d so meth is going on before the cruise in Ocean City this May.
I love driving the car and started looking into cams and a ported head and after reading about 20 pages into this forum it looks like 350-380 is the cap "safely" with cams and head work; sound about right? I'll keep reading and doing my research but just wanted to put myself on the list of guys running the TVS and appreciate any input or questions on my potential build. I work almost all the time and the car club I'm a part of (El Ralfo Racing) is roughly 99% SRT guys so they don’t really have a lot of experience with the SS cars aha.
Thanks!
Right now the car is running a 2.9 pulley, 80lb injectors, ZZP 3" intake, ZZP Stg 3 Intercooler, Option B, dual pass, ZZP solid mounts, ZZP long tube header w/ full 3" exhaust (cat & resonator delete) and magnaflow muffler (car is extremely loud), lowered on BC's w/ Enkie EKM3s, LNF revised shifter bracket, TWM shifter clip w/ 2nd gear still fighting me :/ . I have meth which I hope to install this Monday but on this setup, without meth, the car put down 268/224 on a mustang dyno. I had orders to Germany which is why the meth was put on hold but they’ve been canx’d so meth is going on before the cruise in Ocean City this May.
I love driving the car and started looking into cams and a ported head and after reading about 20 pages into this forum it looks like 350-380 is the cap "safely" with cams and head work; sound about right? I'll keep reading and doing my research but just wanted to put myself on the list of guys running the TVS and appreciate any input or questions on my potential build. I work almost all the time and the car club I'm a part of (El Ralfo Racing) is roughly 99% SRT guys so they don’t really have a lot of experience with the SS cars aha.
Thanks!
03-09-2013, 05:26 PM
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I figured as much and was hoping that by the time I reached about midway through this thread I'd find a couple 400hp builds to follow and get info from. I was looking to go with ZZPs ported head and staged cams if I go through with the build.
03-09-2013, 06:23 PM
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Gotta say I have seen some of Euthansia's work and its pretty darn nice...and its a goodly shop he works out of with equipment enough to support what he does. And Billabong ( I think thats LSJIon) is a good man for sure.
I have an excellent guy here in Canada who can port heads, but he is ( how can I say this politely)
flakey a bit...reliable means a lot in this business, and price is not the only thing to consider. ZZP are generally right up there with good stoughs. I tend not to shop price, coz you get nothing for nothing.
My next job is going to Euthansia, just sayin'.
I worked after school porting heads. It gets boring after a while...( dont ask how long ago that was, but to give you an idea, Minis were really mini and MG was a British sports car) ...so get them done when you can lol.
I have an excellent guy here in Canada who can port heads, but he is ( how can I say this politely)
flakey a bit...reliable means a lot in this business, and price is not the only thing to consider. ZZP are generally right up there with good stoughs. I tend not to shop price, coz you get nothing for nothing.
My next job is going to Euthansia, just sayin'.
I worked after school porting heads. It gets boring after a while...( dont ask how long ago that was, but to give you an idea, Minis were really mini and MG was a British sports car) ...so get them done when you can lol.
03-09-2013, 06:49 PM
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But I'll still look into these guys and see what they can offer me just incase I can make it work. Thanks!
03-09-2013, 07:04 PM
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Do wut I did, pick up a spare head. Euthanasia has my spare head and is porting and building it for me and then all I have to do is swap put heads and then sell my stock one
03-10-2013, 09:35 AM
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Wtf does intake ports have to do with it? Geesh. Calm down.
A lot has been learned since omega posted that info.
You speak highly of euth's work yet at the same time have talked down on anuthing bigger than a gmr head. his ports are all usually bigger than the gmr, often by quite a bit. according to omega's info and ppl swearing by the gmr head, that should hurt performance. But, it doesn't.
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03-10-2013, 10:06 AM
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Oh sorry, I assumed everyone had seen pics of Taylor's head. I was talking about exh port size.
Wtf does intake ports have to do with it? Geesh. Calm down.
A lot has been learned since omega posted that info.
You speak highly of euth's work yet at the same time have talked down on anuthing bigger than a gmr head. his ports are all usually bigger than the gmr, often by quite a bit. according to omega's info and ppl swearing by the gmr head, that should hurt performance. But, it doesn't. Hmm.
Wtf does intake ports have to do with it? Geesh. Calm down.
A lot has been learned since omega posted that info.
You speak highly of euth's work yet at the same time have talked down on anuthing bigger than a gmr head. his ports are all usually bigger than the gmr, often by quite a bit. according to omega's info and ppl swearing by the gmr head, that should hurt performance. But, it doesn't. Hmm.
not sure about people "swearing" by the GMR head. It is a CNC head. It is exhaust port only. It was, for between 1200 and 1500 dollars for a brand new head, complete with valves stock springs cams and gears, excellent value. It is no longer available.
Certainly I am pointing out that opening up exhaust port is the issue, not the inlet, and bigger is not always better; that doesnt mean i am talking down anyone's head. The Omega analysis of the ratio balance of inlet to exhaust port size for forced induction doesnt actually change, no matter how long ago he made that analysis, which is backed up by what GM found, ( doing up to 1000 hp ecotecs from about 1999 on,) and produced by them as an LSJ upgrade; if you have information that changes that ratio by all means share it. Doing nice work is one thing. Doing consistent flow check port work by hand is another. CNC is hard to beat for consistency and more and more, heads come from the manufacturer already done perfectly. Check out the LS7 for example. And just like the stock LSJ engine is balanced pretty darn good, crank and rods.
check out the LNF exhaust port size compared to Inlet, for example, then look at the LSJ and get back on here and tell me what you think. There is a limit by the way as to how far you can open the exhaust port before you break through. You say "bigger by a quite a bit" and that just means nothing. You might want to cut up a cylinder head to find out, or check with TJolley I think he did just that.
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