buy one of the used magnachargers 112's in the parts for sale. There is one for $2200.

 

oh my bad. they are the same company and spring now anyways(so I hear)

 

Hey thanks for the Info!, Yeah i have been mulling over that Radix 112, I basically want to spend 2500-3000$ and be Done for quite a while, I do a LOT of Freeway Driving so i want to keep the 3.42's for now, I know that Kills ET big time but its fun to do 90mph in second gear LOL, The motor runs Beutifull so far and so i don't think i will do a 408 yet, The supercharger will eat my budget fairly quickly and i'm sure i will need $ for tuning,headers,cat back,K&N ect, So for i have to be Smart with the mods I do for sure, I think i will keep it NA and try to do as many mods on the list as possible,
Here is what i'm coming up with
I'm going to upgrade my stock heads with new or slightly used castings fully rebuilt with comp 2618's,retainers,locators,2.00in 1.55ex valves, Hand Ported mostly bowl and guide work and Flow tested, milled .035 to 53cc with .041 head gaskets get comp up to 10.5-10.7:1
TS 220-220 cam 112lsa .581lift Hardened Push rods, stock rockers
Billit 9-key t-set if available?
Ported Truck intake, stock MAF and TB
Long tube Ceramic coated headers, No cat Y, Magnaflow Muffler
I'll get the recomended cold air kit with K&N filter
Yank or Cirlcle D 3000 stall
Full custom tune by my Guy Wong's Performance,
Trans Mods if affordable at this moment,
Ok now hows this sound?
On Headers i just found on Ebay Motors Stainless steel headers with 3'' outlet and Y-pipe for buy it now of 320$ by speed daddy, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-07...item2a0160aa9c

 

Billy, I think he's sayin MAS as in Mass Airflow Sensor. MAF works better as an acronym. Rockers are prolly 1.85 not 1.82.
60E can fail to somethin weaker than a 408, but I have a line on a partially paid Level 7, which includes a CircleD. My buddy is gonna let me pay balance off & it's all mine.

OP, if buyin a used Radix, it'll prolly come w/. a K&N drop-in filter.

 

http://www.compperformancegroupstore...de=GEN3Rockers these are the Comp Gold 1.82's, I was going to use the Stainless 1.85's i just got the two mixed up, My reasoning behind the cam,heads,rocker ratio was this, In my experience Good Flowing Heads with Good Flow to CC ratio with Good Low-Mid range Numbers Combined With Short Duration/Aggressive High lift Lobes/and or High Ratio Rockers makes the Big Power Gains in a Usable "Truck Like" RPM Range, Its not Great for Hi RPM without Killer Valvetrain Parts but i never Personally was shooting for a 5000rpm torque peak, That was My thought behind that, I build Hi Performance Pontiac and Ford FE Engines for a Living and was Incorporating what ive learned in other areas to the LS style engine fwiw I'm here to Learn Though and want all the input i can get!

 

Keep your mitts off of my trans, don't make me come out to Michigan and kick your butt Tom

Derek, you've mentioned porting the stock intake...I haven't really heard of that being done, I don't believe that there's a whole lot of room to hog it out, or at least maybe it doesn't provide any gains. I can't think of anyone who's ported one. Also, since you're on a relatively tight budget, I'd pass on the rockers and put the cash towards something else. The stockers have proven to be reliable and many have revved to the moon with them

Sounds like you're getting on the right track

 

I would gladly help with the *** kicking Billy. This guy(fastnblu) is a dick bag .. Hell for a couple of beers I would do it for ya

 

Looks like I'm going to be owing you some beers then

 

Derek, it looks as if you are refining your plan and it looks good. I seen as part of your original plan, you were wanting to install a billet timing chain. There are a few reasons to omit that part of your build, but in general they are more trouble than what they are worth in the LS style motors. A good chain that will probably be more chain than you need is one that is available through Lingenfelter. Info taken from Lingenfelter: The IWIS heavy duty timing chain for LS1, LS6 or LS2, Gen III and Gen IV GM engines. This chain is more durable than the factory and most after market chains. Part # SD3SR602 is for the chain only.

I'm sure a lot of folks have their own particular stance on this subject and that's fine. A quite a few I'm sure feel that if they are building a motor, they might as well put in the best parts they can while they are building it. You can't argue with that sentiment, but while timing chains can break, it's pretty seldom they do in automatic equipped vehicles as long as they are good chains and not stretched to death. On the other hand a stick car can have issues, especially when getting on and off the throttle making gear changes. You will find this happening fairly often on road courses. A part that has helped quite a bit in this department is the spring loaded chain tensioner, to keep the chain from slapping around and stretching further. Most if not all truck blocks are not drilled and tapped for the tensioner though and would have to be to use it.

Good luck in your quest for a fun, good running truck!

 

Thanks 1Bear, Only reason i was hinting at a 9-key timing set is the Adjustability so i can Degree the Cam easier, i have seldom seen a Cam come in on spec or a Timing set for that matter, its important but i'll see how close the cam is to where i want it and go from there and Thanks for the info from LPE, Anyone else banned from posting a WTB add in the For Sale Section? is it because i'm new?