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Originally Posted by Surfdog SS
That is definitely I great start but just be prepared to not reach your desired goals. I didn't reach those numbers. That's why I'm waiting to get back in the shop...it's still a huge upgrade compared to what it was though.
Are you planning to do the install yourself? I didn't see labor and tune in there.
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Yeah, I am not expecting anything in particular. I am just thinking around 600... ish. It's not really gonna make or break me. I'm not chasing big HP. If I was I would have went twin turbo.
I am planning to do the install myself, looking through the instruction manual, the only thing that seems daunting to me is drilling the crank pin honestly. I'll probably install everything myself and then have it towed to the tuning shop and let him figure everything out on his end. Once I have everything in hand I will call my tuner as he may have issues with me installing some of the parts before bringing it in to him. It's a big name shop so the owner doesn't like to mess around.
I remember when I finished my ls swapped Trans am. I had a cammed 5.3 iron block, tremec t56 magnum, moser 9 inch rear end, etc... When I called around to the various tuning shops, Redline Motorsports included(Who is currently my tuner)... They would not touch the car. They didn't want to be liable for any damages on the dyno. I think I remember Howard at Redline telling me he would tune it but he wanted triple the normal rate because he said that he would have to spend alot of time and energy perfecting the tune and learning the cam... So I paid some guy on Craigslist to tune it and it ran like crap. So I will talk to my tuner before I do the install to get his feedback on everything.