40hp improvement 93 lt1 corvette, enough to notice? also 2nd stage questions?
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40hp improvement 93 lt1 corvette, enough to notice? also 2nd stage questions?
Hi I have 93 lt1 corvette [300 hp stock] I'm planning a first stage buildup. All bolt on's, I think about 40 hp improvement. These are all parts I have now but not put on. - headers, high flow cats or delete pipes [have both], cold ram air intake, K&N air filter, air foil for throttlebody, 1:6 roller rockers, Msd opti spark distributer [so I can advance timing slightly], possibly a electric water pump, car had a Borla catback system. I'm looking into rebuilding a used danna 44Hd rearend I bought with 3:55 or 3:49 gears. the biggest thing I worry about is going through all that work and it may not be enough to notice. I'd like to replace the cam and port the heads but am not sure I can do this without taking the motor out. any advice you can give would be helpfull. Thanks
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Those mods seem more line 10-15 hp IMO.
That said, I think you'd still feel an improvement. It won't be night and day, but I think you'd feel some seat of the pants improvement.
That said, I think you'd still feel an improvement. It won't be night and day, but I think you'd feel some seat of the pants improvement.
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Race Director
on my 1993 6spd
Lt1 ported heads (stock valves), hotcam (218/228 .525/.525), 1.6:1 roller rockers, ed wright tune dropped my 1/4 mile time from 13.9 to 13.2. Redline was raised to 6200 rpm.
there was a noticeable SOTP improvement from 3000 rpm up
adding long tube headers and deleting the a/c (no idea how much that helped), and prob improving my drag strip technique got me into the 12’s - 12.8
i didnt notice that improvement as much SOTP-wise but my timeslips showed it
i then had a pcmforless dynotune on their dynojet in ohio (with Alvin there doing the tune) it and it made 355 rwhp / 352ish rwtq on a dynojet
Now supercharged making 600+ on e85
and hopefully soon 800-900+ with new blower
Lt1 ported heads (stock valves), hotcam (218/228 .525/.525), 1.6:1 roller rockers, ed wright tune dropped my 1/4 mile time from 13.9 to 13.2. Redline was raised to 6200 rpm.
there was a noticeable SOTP improvement from 3000 rpm up
adding long tube headers and deleting the a/c (no idea how much that helped), and prob improving my drag strip technique got me into the 12’s - 12.8
i didnt notice that improvement as much SOTP-wise but my timeslips showed it
i then had a pcmforless dynotune on their dynojet in ohio (with Alvin there doing the tune) it and it made 355 rwhp / 352ish rwtq on a dynojet
Now supercharged making 600+ on e85
and hopefully soon 800-900+ with new blower
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Hi I have 93 lt1 corvette [300 hp stock] I'm planning a first stage buildup. All bolt on's, I think about 40 hp improvement. These are all parts I have now but not put on. - headers, high flow cats or delete pipes [have both], cold ram air intake, K&N air filter, air foil for throttlebody, 1:6 roller rockers, Msd opti spark distributer [so I can advance timing slightly], possibly a electric water pump, car had a Borla catback system. I'm looking into rebuilding a used danna 44Hd rearend I bought with 3:55 or 3:49 gears. the biggest thing I worry about is going through all that work and it may not be enough to notice. I'd like to replace the cam and port the heads but am not sure I can do this without taking the motor out. any advice you can give would be helpfull. Thanks
The only thing on your list that is going to help is the headers and 1.6 RR.
You can do cam and heads with engine in the car. But definitely easy on an engine stand as well.
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Le Mans Master
Chumpcar said exactly what I was going to say. I would guess that long-tube headers and cam are good for 15-20hp increase. I'm not sure I'd pay to ahve stock LT1 heads ported these days. AFR makes ready-to-bolt-on heads for a decent price that work well. If you do get the heads ported, you should contact Greg Good out of Houston. He did the heads on my LT4 many moons ago and they matched or exceed AFR 195 Competition heads (exceeded in particular at low valve lifts). Other so-called LT1/4 experts I've seen can't come close to those numbers.
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Race Director
Ill be selling my afr195 comp elim ported heads (w/ 61cc chambers ) AND an LT4 intake soon
(300+cfm heads )
im going bigger - to afr210’s
within the next 6 wks
keep an eye out in the for sale section if youre interested
(300+cfm heads )
im going bigger - to afr210’s
within the next 6 wks
keep an eye out in the for sale section if youre interested
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Hi I have 93 lt1 corvette [300 hp stock] I'm planning a first stage buildup. All bolt on's, I think about 40 hp improvement. These are all parts I have now but not put on. - headers, high flow cats or delete pipes [have both], cold ram air intake, K&N air filter, air foil for throttlebody, 1:6 roller rockers, Msd opti spark distributer [so I can advance timing slightly], possibly a electric water pump, car had a Borla catback system. I'm looking into rebuilding a used danna 44Hd rearend I bought with 3:55 or 3:49 gears. the biggest thing I worry about is going through all that work and it may not be enough to notice. I'd like to replace the cam and port the heads but am not sure I can do this without taking the motor out. any advice you can give would be helpfull. Thanks
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