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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 02White6.0
Im thinking this N/A 5.3L title will be gone pretty soon, I run 13.43 @ 100mph N/A and my buddies N/A 99 ECSB 5.3L walked me by about 4-5 cars and kept pulling. This truck is cam and bolt-on only too
damn...get him on here! do you happen to know what size cam?
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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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damn...get him on here! do you happen to know what size cam?

He is on here, just doesnt really post very much. Symantec01 or something like that. Anyway, its just a 226/226 .575/.575 114lsa (Futral F4) with a TCI3000 verter and a few bolt-ons.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 01:28 AM
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sounds like this guy has a pretty sweet set up, i too am interested on his low 13 n/a
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by L33Z71
I have always heard that the pullies add about 10-12 HP gain.
I think it's more like 5-7hp on our NBS trucks from what I've heard on here. If you have efans, you're just slowing down the PS and alt. pulley and then you might have issues with the alt. not charging well at idle. So you can change the alt pulley to compensate but then you're not really gaining much from the swap. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me. That's why I thought full roller rockers sounded a little more interesting. I've heard claims of 10-15hp, but I have no idea how accurate that is.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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stewart, what about a crank pulley and an electric water pump? how much do you think you would gain from that?
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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bang for buck sounds crappy...now im afraid of voltage problems. today i turned on the e-fans and turned up the system and my voltage dropped WAY down... i mean WAAAAY DOWN. will a 145 amp alt help with that?
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 01:55 AM
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im tryin to shoot for the fastest 02 ecsb z71 on a stock cam...specs are in sig
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Faze2183
im tryin to shoot for the fastest 02 ecsb z71 on a stock cam...specs are in sig
any clue what times that would be? i see a cam in your sig though. better hury and get that title before the cam swap
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 02:11 AM
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You could have Allen raise your idle a tad. Though going too high wouldn't be good. The 145 amp alt will help some. The bigger alt pulley may still be needed. The bang for the buck just went south now though.
I think your truck is now needing some bolt-offs instead of bolt-ons (your running out of those). I'd say remove your rear and passneger seat before you leave home. Take the center console out as well. Of course remove whatever else is not needed when you get to the track. Get those slicks put back on as well. Pump up the air pressure in the front tires to the max psi.
Don't eat for a few days either.
Buy a few extra bags of ice as well. I think we need to ice down your intake manifold while you wait in line and right before you stage. Just need to make sure you remove your plastic engine cover. We may even need to keep a bag of ice on top of your UPD intake box lid. Is there anyway to buy a short belt to just run the water pump and bypass everything else? Probably not, but would definately help lower your ET if it could be done.
You could even loose a bit of nose weight if you could rig up a way to use an ATV type 12v battery temporarily.
I'd bet you would be able to shave a few more tenths with these cheap tricks.

Jim
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 02:13 AM
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Stewart, get a UD crank pulley, yes a 145 amp ALT will help, but Im still running my 105, and have been for over a year, get an Optima batt too, it seemed to help a bit.
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