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Old 04-05-2003 | 01:30 PM
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Hey, I was wondering what a typical (HP and 1/4 mile) gain for what I am about to install would be...I found a few topics searching, but not exactly my setup. I know one guy dropped something like 3 tenths just with runners, but I know that is not likely. My 14.09 run was with a transmission that wouldn't shift unless I let off the gas. And my dyno was 210 hp and 304 torque with a crappy Hypertech chip and no MSD. My new parts include:

*Edelbrock Base (ported to match):
*Accel Runners
*Plenum ported by Lingenfelter to match runners
*Stock Injectors are being cleaned and flowmatched (prob no gain there)
*New Accel Distributor Cap and Rotor (old ones were pretty worn/corroded)
*Cold Air Induction (by me, hopefully will look like the one by thirdgenresource.com, but prob won't)
*Exhaust Cutout

That is all the HP parts. Here is the other stuff:
*D&J Built transmission (now shifts very firm and when I want it to)
*SLP 2400 Stall
*26 X 10.5 X 16 ET Streets

I know most people will say just install it and take it to the track and dyno. But honestly, I am just excited and all of my parts are not in yet. So I am just trying to kill some time until next weekend. :lala:

I will let everyone know my new numbers in a few weeks...

Thanks everyone.
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Old 04-05-2003 | 02:44 PM
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I would think that you should be a bit quicker than me...so I'm going to say at least a half second improvement in elapsed time...depending on transmission. I honestly think with some tuning you could see low 13s fairly easily.

Where do you run the qtr mile at in Georgia?
Old 04-05-2003 | 04:14 PM
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I would be really happy to run a 13.5, but I don't know if that will happen...

I race at Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds. I ran that 14.09 at the GAFBA shootout last year at that track. I also race at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce. Commerce is closer to my house, but SDR is a quicker track, from my experiences.
Old 04-05-2003 | 06:44 PM
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Your TPI intake is going to restrict your power to 4500 rpm every time as I have come to learn. I wouldn't spend any money buying fancy siamesed runners, ported baseplates and so on, the plenum/runner/base design is the fatal flaw, they won't do much for you but look nice. You could see 13s with a ram port LT1 style intake with a more-or-less stock 350. I know a guy who did a bazzilion mods to a L98, cam heads, and the works, but he left TPI on it with 19 lb injectors (he had a 305 originally) and he never got past a 14.1
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0-60V8,

Uneducated statement. Goes against proven principle, theories and common sense, and many people's personal experience on this board. Your guy just might be a complete idiot when it comes to matching components on his car.

Edelbrock base, Accel runners, ported plenum, all matched...should very easily flow through 5000 up to 5500rpm.

My engine is completely stock except for headers, Accel base, runners, ported plenum with stock gaskets unmatched flowing through stock type induction system. Do the math on my 1/8th mile times. I'm already doing mid to high 13s in the qtr at 100+.
Strong all the way through about 5700 rpm if I let it go up that high.
Additionally, for comparison purposes to the above 90 Formula, I have 3.27 gears, and a stock converter, 700r4 trans. I do 1.99 60' times with shift points at about 5200. He should be faster than me goven his modifications. Only negative is the Speed Density system may or may not be matched properly to his modifications, whereas my MAF system handles my mods quite well.
Old 04-05-2003 | 09:06 PM
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0-60V8,

Uneducated statement. Goes against proven principle, theories and common sense, and many people's personal experience on this board. Your guy just might be a complete idiot when it comes to matching components on his car.

Edelbrock base, Accel runners, ported plenum, all matched...should very easily flow through 5000 up to 5500rpm.

My engine is completely stock except for headers, Accel base, runners, ported plenum with stock gaskets unmatched flowing through stock type induction system. Do the math on my 1/8th mile times. I'm already doing mid to high 13s in the qtr at 100+.
Strong all the way through about 5700 rpm if I let it go up that high.
Additionally, for comparison purposes to the above 90 Formula, I have 3.27 gears, and a stock converter, 700r4 trans. I do 1.99 60' times with shift points at about 5200. He should be faster than me goven his modifications. Only negative is the Speed Density system may or may not be matched properly to his modifications, whereas my MAF system handles my mods quite well.
actually he was just using stock w/ 19 lb/hr injectors off his TPI unit. He wasn't making any power over 4500 rpm and he's not an idiot, he's got an 11 second LS1 he also put together. No, the only idiotic thing he did was keep TPI, he could've ran mid 12s easy with a stealth ram or a carb. That's because TPI can't flow for crap, the length of the runners are too long and diameter of the tubes wide enough to allow air to flow past 4500 which has been proven through dyno results. Even the aftermarket stuff can't flow. You've been reading ads too much if you put confidence into your aftermarket unit giving you power at 5700 rpm lol. It's simply not designed for high RPMs, neither are the aftermarket units. If TPI flowed so well past 4500 RPM it wouldn't choke ZZ4s to 250 HP when installed or on any other motors. You can't say you'll run 13s based on your 1/8th mile time. You pretty much completely get rid of top end power out of the equation when you run an 1/8th mile so yeah, you're 1/8th mile will be damned nice cause the TPI is a mid-range torque monster, but your top end is non-existent. I've encountered it all to many times, and I'm running 14.6 bone stock. It rips out of the hole but then coming into 3rd gear it simply doesn't pull anymore. Doesn't mean the engine won't rev to 5200 where you set your shift point, but you're not making power there. You might pick up a bit of power at 4500 rpm, but nothing special. You say do the math and ramble about proven principles, but you haven't shown me an equation or explained a principle. Although it's been well acknowledged by tuners and even GM itself that the TPI isn't gonna provide any power past 4500 rpm because of its design. It charges the air and allows it to make a lot of torque but that's it, with the LT1 intake not much charged air but the top end is greatly improved and that's why it doesn't dog out top end or fall flat on its face. The LS1 intake has a crossover runner design so it charges the air and allows revving up to 7000 rpm while making lots of torque and HP. you don't see anyone running high performance engines using a TPI unit, and if they are, they are screwing themselves out of close to 100 or more HP depending on where they peak. GM engineered a proper intake for the LT1 for higher RPMs and improved on it with the LS1. And there is no way possible you are running mid-high 13s with a stock cept for baseplate and runners formula. Not a chance in hell, sorry man, you could even show me a timeslip and a dyno chart, but I know of too many people who have disguised their 383s as OEM engines to buy it anyways, cause it simply doesn't happen. Well, maybe if you up fuel pressure to 51 PSI and advance timing 12 degrees, but that's really gonna kill your cat fast.
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I haven't touched the stock TPI unit on my car yet. Nothing has even been removed before. It will pull all the way to my transmission's 5500 RPM - WOT shift points. I believe it would run beeter shifting at 5000 to 5200 rpm though. I just haven't gotten back into the governor yet.

I run at Silver Dollar too. Great track. My best 60' has been a 2.03 but that was with about 100 pounds of ballast and drag radials. My posi unit has gotten weak and thinks it's a one-legger now.

0to60: I'm in the 13's already with stock longblock, cam, and TPI. I know you can get one to the twelves with runner, base, plenum mods, and maybe head and cam change. It's all in the combination.
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are you just estimating this from 1/8 mile times??? you can't do this, it's not even remotely accurate. What do you have done to your motor? AFR heads? you can run 13s with AFRs, but you could run 12s if you ditched TPI. 12s with TPI on a stock motor isn't possible, maybe with a 383 stroker L98 you could, but you'd run 11s without it. TPI isn't good for high power. I've read it and heard it time and again, there are plenty of people who agree and have ditched their TPI for better units. I am going to as well because I'm sick of dealing with not being able to pull top end. Maybe 12s is possible with some outrageous tuning and a stealth ram on a stock block....
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What are you talking about? Are you saying I could put an LT1 intake on my car instead of what I bought and be faster? I thought it has been proven that you must match your intake with your heads and cam? I have stock heads and cam so it doesn't seem that a higher rpm intake setup would help (I hope I can get some help from someone more knowledgeable on this subject).

But what I can tell you is that there was a project car by either Hot Rod or Car Craft that had a large tube runner setup on a stock block with different heads and cam and ran a low to mid 12. I am not saying he wouldn't have ran faster with another style intake, but he's NOT running 14's. I ran 14.09 and with these mods I listed above I will run 13's soon, even if it is in the highs. I guess that means I have a 383 stroker, too and I just don't know about it...

I don't know why you have such a problem with TPI. But what ever the reason, fine, go put on your better intake on some stock heads and cam and I will see you at the track. I beat a few LT1's at the track every time I go (thanks alot to drag radials). Most of them at least have intake and exhaust (if not more). Maybe they can beat me from 105 to 130+ but that is not the purpose of my car (nor do I have the need to go that fast).

BTW there is a guy on here already (formulal8!!!) that is running 13.5's with stock heads, cam and block. I am sure you will want to call him a liar, but there are a few people on here that will back him up with their times that are very close to his. Trust me, these guys have better things to do than build a 383 and tell everyone it is the stock block.

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Old 04-06-2003 | 01:23 AM
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0-60:

What are you talking about? Are you saying I could put an LT1 intake on my car instead of what I bought and be faster? I thought it has been proven that you must match your intake with your heads and cam? I have stock heads and cam so it doesn't seem that a higher rpm intake setup would help (I hope I can get some help from someone more knowledgeable on this subject).

But what I can tell you is that there was a project car by either Hot Rod or Car Craft that had a large tube runner setup on a stock block with different heads and cam and ran a low to mid 12. I am not saying he wouldn't have ran faster with another style intake, but he's NOT running 14's. I ran 14.09 and with these mods I listed above I will run 13's soon, even if it is in the highs. I guess that means I have a 383 stroker, too and I just don't know about it...

I don't know why you have such a problem with TPI. But what ever the reason, fine, go put on your better intake on some stock heads and cam and I will see you at the track. I beat a few LT1's at the track every time I go (thanks alot to drag radials). Most of them at least have intake and exhaust (if not more). Maybe they can beat me from 105 to 130+ but that is not the purpose of my car (nor do I have the need to go that fast).

BTW there is a guy on here already (formulal8!!!) that is running 13.5's with stock heads, cam and block. I am sure you will want to call him a liar, but there are a few people on here that will back him up with their times that are very close to his. Trust me, these guys have better things to do than build a 383 and tell everyone it is the stock block.

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You said it perfectly, match the intake with the rest of the engine. TPI isn't matched with the rest of the engine, it can't match with any engine really, that's why it chokes out at 4500, maybe 4800 with a lot of porting and large tube runners etc. There's a guy here who was running a 383 with TPI, AFR heads, and a cam and other goodies, could only pull of a 12.7, you know why? TPI! you could get high 12s with AFRs and a cam on a 350 with the proper intake. I'm not saying you couldn't run 13s with a stock TPI, you could run 13s with exhaust, 3.73s, drag radials and a 3000 stall if you are a damn good driver. But gearing only gets you so far. You could also do it with 12 degrees advance timing and 51 PSI, but you'd get about 6 mpg and be running just out of knock. And with the Car Craft article , they didn't tell you what gears or stall they were running or anything else. Car Craft is a good source of information on how stuff works, but their buildups are sketch at best. It's not a lie that TPI falls flat on its face a 4500 rpm, if you have an engine making 330 HP at 5200 rpm, you will never see that power with any TPI intake cause you won't have enough air flowing. It's been proven on dynos and at the strip, if you want any kind of high performance build up, count TPI out. It's a realization lots of people have come to and it's the reason why intakes like the Stealth ram and Mini Ram have sold so many units and have been back ordered. Hell, aftermarket TBI flows better than TPI. Air flow is the most important thing for the engine. I suppose you believe you can build a 500 HP small block for cheap too cause Car Craft said you could? Come on man. TPI KILLS a motor, any kind of performance you got with TPI on, you could run a second faster and make a lot more HP with a good intake. Beating a stock LT1 isn't hard to do, autos aren't much faster than the L98s, BUT an LT1 is a heavy pig compared to the L98 so big deal. Put an LT1 intake on your car and you'd smoke the **** out of them. I guess you just don't settle for the best, it's understandable, but then the cost of aftermarket TPI buildup can go toe $700+, a stealth ram is $500, so price is better, and if you've got the smog pump removed already which a lot of people do, emissions obviously isn't a concern for them.
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I don't guess I have any proof that what the magazine said isn't bs but I know for a fact that you don't have to run your engine to over 5500 rpms to be pretty quick in a quarter of a mile. Period.

You did say that my car, (unless I had a 383) with runners and base would not run 13's and I am saying that I will. That is my only argument. As far as "gearing only getting me so far", I don't even know what you are talking about. All I know is I am trying to go from the starting line to 1320' as fast as possible with stock heads and cam. I guess we will see how "far" I get.

I still stick to my thought that a LT1 intake will not help me more than a Large Tube setup, and I hope some other guys will ring in here and help me out.
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I don't guess I have any proof that what the magazine said isn't bs but I know for a fact that you don't have to run your engine to over 5500 rpms to be pretty quick in a quarter of a mile. Period.

You did say that my car, (unless I had a 383) with runners and base would not run 13's and I am saying that I will. That is my only argument. As far as "gearing only getting me so far", I don't even know what you are talking about. All I know is I am trying to go from the starting line to 1320' as fast as possible with stock heads and cam. I guess we will see how "far" I get.

I still stick to my thought that a LT1 intake will not help me more than a Large Tube setup, and I hope some other guys will ring in here and help me out.
on the contrary, most will tell you you're flat out wrong about thinking a Large Tube setup will help or that you don't need to run over 5500 rpm to be quick. It all depends on your setup, most performance motors run 5200-6500 rpm on the street, an LTR will choke out at 4800 RPM, so it's still gonna kill any motor's performance because you're giving up several 100-1000 rpms. Why do you think people with ZZ4s and TPI on them are only making like 250 HP? it's because of the TPIs restrictiveness, I guess you're not understanding this. You can go MUCH faster with a Stealth Ram or an LT1 style intake than you ever would with tube runner TPI crap, an L98 will peak power at about 5200 rpm bone stock with one of these intakes and that power will be about 300 HP. You can stick with your tube runners and you can go slower than everyone else who's gotten out of that stupid little mindset that TPI is "good enough" revving to 5500 rpm but making now power for 1000 RPM up to that because your TPI has fallen flat at 4500 rpm and you can continue to lose races because of your intake limiting you. The rest of us will realize TPI won't cut it for performance, and run seconds faster than you would with equal setups and a different intake. you WON'T run 13s with a large tube runner setup, you will still be stuck in the 14s, if you got a 3000 stall and a 3.73 rear end, you'd see 13s, only because of the gearing. Maybe if you want, you can buy an Accel Pro-ram for like $3000, it looks like TPI, but the runners are almost twice as thick, then you can have TPI look at make power to 5500. It's your car and your money, do what you like. I'm just telling you, LTRs aren't gonna do ****, and you could buy TWO LT1 intakes for the price of one LTR setup but you don't want to do that. Happy tuning, I'm done.
Old 04-06-2003 | 03:11 AM
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You continue to bring up stuff like ZZ4 cam and stuff and yet again I will tell you:
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT HEADS AND CAM MOTORS. I AM TALKING ABOUT STOCK MOTORS ONLY!!!!!!

Hopefully your ignorant statements will be seen by others and they can join in...until then I guess I am done, too. Let me know what you run and I will do the same.
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That's funny. I got into 13s w/a 305 w/SLP LTRs and edlebrock base w/stock heads and cam.
TPI is not a limiting factor per se, often it's the ability to use what you got properly is what sets you behind. A good Aftermarket TPI-style set-up is good for high 12s on the track(all things considered: like AFR heads and ZZ4 w/a Cam) and it can all be done between peak 5000-5200 rpm.
But think about how much fun a car like that can have w/LT1/LS1 cars, from light to light? Ponder on that.
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0-60V8: I ran a 13.4@ 107mph with my L98 with 52mm T/B, Accel runners, ported plenum, ported edlebrock base, ZZ4 cam, and Holley SysteMax II. It was my first time at the track EVER in my life, and I've only been driving standard for 3 years. I was running with balding BFG Radials T/As (265/50/16s in the rear). Oh, and did I mention that I'm still running with the stock 3.27 final drive?

I sure hope you're done... cause you aren't doing anyone any favors with your "advice"
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on the contrary, most will tell you you're flat out wrong about thinking a Large Tube setup will help or that you don't need to run over 5500 rpm to be quick. It all depends on your setup, most performance motors run 5200-6500 rpm on the street, an LTR will choke out at 4800 RPM, so it's still gonna kill any motor's performance because you're giving up several 100-1000 rpms. Why do you think people with ZZ4s and TPI on them are only making like 250 HP? it's because of the TPIs restrictiveness, I guess you're not understanding this. You can go MUCH faster with a Stealth Ram or an LT1 style intake than you ever would with tube runner TPI crap, an L98 will peak power at about 5200 rpm bone stock with one of these intakes and that power will be about 300 HP. You can stick with your tube runners and you can go slower than everyone else who's gotten out of that stupid little mindset that TPI is "good enough" revving to 5500 rpm but making now power for 1000 RPM up to that because your TPI has fallen flat at 4500 rpm and you can continue to lose races because of your intake limiting you. The rest of us will realize TPI won't cut it for performance, and run seconds faster than you would with equal setups and a different intake. you WON'T run 13s with a large tube runner setup, you will still be stuck in the 14s, if you got a 3000 stall and a 3.73 rear end, you'd see 13s, only because of the gearing. Maybe if you want, you can buy an Accel Pro-ram for like $3000, it looks like TPI, but the runners are almost twice as thick, then you can have TPI look at make power to 5500. It's your car and your money, do what you like. I'm just telling you, LTRs aren't gonna do ****, and you could buy TWO LT1 intakes for the price of one LTR setup but you don't want to do that. Happy tuning, I'm done.
have you ever been to the track? i have run mid 13's with stock intake, heads, cam, injectors, gears, tranny. The l98 has a little problem with torque it has more than most people can handle with street tires. If you hook up you will run good. JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU WILL WIN MANY FREINDS HERE TRASHING THEIR CARS AND THEIR INDUCTION SYSTEMS. OH AND WE LIKE BEING CALLED NAMES TOO.
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Thanks Pontimaniac, age, and Greg for helping me out on this subject. Does anyone on here agree with 0-60V8????

Does anyone think that I would be better off with a LT1 style intake with stock heads and cam? I have never heard this and actually I have heard the exact opposite. Can someone clear this up for me, please?

Thanks.
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im sick and tired of people saying the LTR setup will not make any power. there are plenty of Vette guys in the mid - low 12s with aftermarket TPI setups (no minirams/steathrams/superrams) and thats on the stock heads and cam! my own 89' Vette runs high 12s with all the stock TPI stuff. i have some basic exhaust mods, drag radials, and a 2500 stall converter. people who cant run 13s or better on a LTR setup either dont know how to match parts correctly, or cant tune a car
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0-60,
ENJOY...hopefully you'll see the light

http://www.smokemup.com/images/accel_flow_numbers.gif

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...iamese+runners

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hlight=siamese


Nobody is arguing against a "STOCK" TPI runner, plenum, intake setup helping power past 4500rpm. A modified, or aftermarket modified system can, though. A lot of it depends on the purpose of your car, and how you want it to be set up. A TPI system CAN get great qtr times. It's been done time and again.


Just another example...documented
CHP Oct. 2001 edition shows a 350 powered Camaro to 12.384secs @ 111.06 mph:
L98 Aluminum heads 2.00/1.56 1.6 rr
ZZ9 cam 212/226 @.050 .515/.555 w/ rr
TPIS Big Mouth intake, LTRs, ported plenum, AFPR, 52mm TB
24#/hr injectors, custom chip
Edelbrock headers, through RT Cat. 3" exhaust
TCI 700R4
3.42 gears
ET streets
torque arm and LCAs and relocation kit by RT.

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you know what, guys? I think we're wasting our time replying to 0-60V8. He obviously doesn't know anything, and from reading his posts, I wouldn't be surprised if he's a magazine mechanic. Oh well, at least I'll know never to bother with any posts coming from this person. More time saved on my hands.
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There's a guy here who was running a 383 with TPI, AFR heads, and a cam and other goodies, could only pull of a 12.7, you know why? TPI
thats right 12.70 @ 109. stock 3.27 gears, stock stall, a cam designed for now put on accell superram, and stock 1.5 rocker arm (now 1.6 s.s. comp cams) did i mention the car was also built for no2 and spraying the top of second and all of 3rd runs a 122 trap speed thru the peice of cr@p tpi. It blows cold a/c and I havent removed a thing for weight savings. smog pump working. funney thing is that the first time out the car ran 12.8 @106 with a 3.70 rear end, shreaded the ring gear running 1.795 60 foot, put the stock gear back in and it ran the 12.70 @ 109, 1.825 sixty foot.

thing you have to understand is that most people work with what they have. How does the holley intake do with a stock cam and stock gears, hard to believe that it does not kill the 60 ft. seems like to truely get the benefits of the holley intake a cam, stall, and rear end change would be needed. i think the holley would be a great buy if you have already done the heads , cam, trans and rear end.
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zerotosixtyV8 : are you just estimating this from 1/8 mile times??? you can't do this, it's not even remotely accurate. What do you have done to your motor? AFR heads? you can run 13s with AFRs, but you could run 12s if you ditched TPI. 12s with TPI on a stock motor isn't possible, maybe with a 383 stroker L98 you could, but you'd run 11s without it. TPI isn't good for high power. I've read it and heard it time and again, there are plenty of people who agree and have ditched their TPI for better units. I am going to as well because I'm sick of dealing with not being able to pull top end. Maybe 12s is possible with some outrageous tuning and a stealth ram on a stock block....

I'm not estimating anything or using "test equipment" such as a G-tech. The times listed are from E.T. slips from Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds, GA.
As far as what I have done to my engine - if you mean to the long block - nothing but drive it hard and change the oil, filter, plugs, and wires a couple of times in it's 157,000 mile life so far. Never had a valve cover, plenum, runner, TB, etc off the car. I'm betting the timing chain will go before too much longer. I haven't even put the 1.6 rockers on that I've had for months now yet. The only mods to the car are in my signature below. Best time so far is 13.80 with a 2.03 sixty foot and a 3 ton floor jack and spare battery in the trunk for ballast.
Old 09-10-2003 | 11:03 AM
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My car runs 13.7s@99.9 mph with stock plenum, runners and cam....stock gears, full weight and street tires. I ran 1.92-1.98 60ft times and beleive that SLP runners and a ported plenum will put me at the 101-102 MPH and then with some 1.6 rrs I plan on seing mid to low 13s with 103-104 mph....

Another thing my 1/8 mile was 8.77 so he is running 13s with a 8.76 1/8
Old 09-10-2003 | 11:16 AM
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My car originally ran EASY mid 13's at almost 102mph with stock heads, stock cam, and a stock torque converter. This was back when I was running a fully upgraded LTR setup with stock heads and cam.

... a STOCK L98 motor with stock heads and cam can go low 13's on sticky tires naturally aspirated with a higher stall torque converter and a good PROM tuner.

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Old 09-10-2003 | 11:53 AM
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i'm not sure about high 12's

a friend of mine has a 91 rs camero, he put a 98 vortec engine in there 350 , changed the cam , put that special rpm intake with an edelbrock 650 2 carb , with headers ,and 3.73 gears , he also has the t5 5 speed ,with all kinds of suspension work , car only goes 13.9 102 mph , his car moves
Old 09-10-2003 | 12:53 PM
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How does the holley intake do with a stock cam and stock gears, hard to believe that it does not kill the 60 ft. seems like to truely get the benefits of the holley intake a cam, stall, and rear end change would be needed
I can tell you the intake does just fine with the stock cam. You dont need to change the cam, stall and gears to see a gain, I gained 3-4mph (in 90 degree heat and humidity) with just the HSR and 3.45s. Basically, it all comes down to preference, and how much you want to spend. If you like the low-end and stoplight racing, TPI is your best bet, but if you are planning a head/cam swap and are willing to do some drivetrain work, why sacrifice power for the sake of keeping TPI? Personally, I wouldnt dream of using TPI with my soon-to-go on ProToplines, it wouldnt make sense to give up power when there is so much more potential in the engine. The TPI is a good intake for what it was designed for (of course), but there is a reason GM quit using it and there are other options out there.
Old 09-10-2003 | 06:21 PM
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low 12's to high 11's is VERY possible with a naturally aspirated long-tube runner TPI setup. Trust me!
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Old 09-10-2003 | 11:13 PM
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what the hell is going on!

Just reading this me wish i jumped in earlier, but it looks like 0-60 was proved wrong. TPI is a great intake and can be improved upon, but there are alternative means. Same with every other intake for every other car, carb or efi. What would really wipe out every one is if somene made a LS1 style intake for gen 1 and 2 small blocks. I think it would be a tad easier for gen 2's since they dont have a dist or tstat housing.
Well, i hope that kinda took away from all the heat. Yes, HSR, mini ram, and all the others are good, but tpi can be made to breath pretty well, and to keep that stock appearance... i think its pretty dam cool. And for places that need to keep up with emissions, EGR is a must. That takes out the HSR and mini ram. TPI works well for what most of us need it for.
Old 09-11-2003 | 01:43 AM
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i think all 0-60 was trying to say was that while you may have good 1/4 mile times with TPI, they can be much better with another induction setup like the HSR or whatever. and its true.

and without getting even MORE technical than entry level physics, which im not even good at (search around im an idiot when it comes to physics) i can tell you some simple things I've learned from this board and try to help understanding.

everyone should know by now torque X rpm / (33,000 / 2*3.14) = horsepower. if you dont then search on it... i have a whole post dedicated to it making me look like another idiot.

so there are really only 2 important factors with making good horsepower. one is torque, which is (force X length) or CYLINDER PRESSURE... the other is RPM.. which everyone knows WTF that is.

So lets use <b>3504mula's </b> statement:
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but I know for a fact that you don't have to run your engine to over 5500 rpms to be pretty quick in a quarter of a mile. Period. </b>

lets consider an engine spinning 5500 rpms... and its N/A with no nitrous or forced induction.
lets also consider a motor with TPI. the wicked "harmonic resonance" of the TPI intake is best around what... 4400 RPMS? thats about where your peak torque is going to be. lets assume you have matching heads and cam for the TPI as well. whats your peak torque look like? Well it certainly wont be more than 400 Ft. Lbs... thats about as good as it gets for 95%VE in any chevrolet 350 motor. and thats alot of torque too! and it doesnt matter if were talking about a LTR setup, or a TPI setup... a small block chevy pulling about 95%VE will see approx. 399 Ft/Lbs of torque (de crossfireTA). even if you have a mini ram or STealthram your still limited to the 400~range. I have yet to see a N/A 350 in the 480+ Ft.Lbs range.

so thats settled. now that we all agree on 400~Ft/Lbs lets do some math.

whats 400 X 4400 / 5252?
335 Horsepower! theres your peak torque VS horsepower number. Now as the TPI or LTR TPI runs out of breath (as dictated by LENGTH not SIZE) the torque drops... but not RPM!
RPM still climbs... and by the time you reach 5500 RPMS... your TPI is still "pulling" but its past its wall and still falling.. the torque is dropping like a rock, and so is your horsepower. your peak horsepower occurs shortly after your peak torque on a TPI motor simply because the torque drops off so rapidly... and your left in the 340-360 Horsepower range. Not to shabby eh?

take the same motor, throw a Stealthram on it. what happens? well for one, our peak torque moves up a LITTLE... but not much because we havnt changed heads or cam. but somthing else happens... a miracle if you will... instead of the torque dropping like a lead weight after 4500~rpms... it drops slowly.. like a dual plane setup would with a carb. so even though the cam restricts it and forces it down, it doesnt look like the side of a mountain on a chart. so by 5500 RPMS, our torque isnt in the 300~range, its in the 350 range. and by 6500 RPMS? its down to maybe 260 Ft.Lbs.

now some more math. whats 260 X 6500 / 5252?
321 Horsepower! At 6500 RPMS!
now do a cam / head swap to match the stealthram.
whats 380 X 6500 / 5252?
470 Horsepower!
but what happens if we only spun it to... 5500...
380 X 5500 / 5252
400 horsepower! so we are losing 70 horsepower simply because of the RPM limiting factor if you choose to do so.

and on top of all that, even if you PEAKED your torque at 5500 rpms (all but impossible for any TPI) you would still only be in the 400~ horsepower range... but since that will never happen to any TPI why even bother thinking about it.

WHat the heck did i just say? ok short version if you cant read the whole thing.

TPI = BAD for horsepower. I didnt say BAD for performance, I didnt say bad for fuel economy or torque or any of the other words. just BAD for horsepower. if you cant spin past 6000 RPMS in a N/A 350.. your seriouselly limited no matter what mods you have. anyone making over 400 horsepower in a N/A TPI i will pay for your plane ticket to come to my house and beat me up. and horsepower = 1/4 mile times. same page? yeah its true. horsepower wins races, horsepower makes the 1/4 mile time. which is torque and rpm. decent torque at high rpm, actually, according to physics. somthing tpi just cant cope with.
I have TPI. i get 27 mpg highway, But i hate the gaskets and the hard to get to bolts. im going stealthram, nitrous, procharger. easy horsepower... 600-800 to say the least.

sorry for the long post.
Old 09-11-2003 | 09:33 AM
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I guess I will respond now, even though this is a 4 month old post. I have had nothing but problems with my car, so I haven't had a chance to run it, yet, at a decent track.

To summarize all I have said before, this was not a Stealth Ram etc. vs. TPI. My only point was that I don't NEED a different intake set up to run 13's even if it is 13.999999. His proof that TPI sux was that a "guy" that he knew had a heads/cam L98 that couldn't run 13's (I think he said he was stuck at a 14.1) b/c of the LTR design. There were obviously other issues with that car. That was my only problem with what he said.

Jonathan
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