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Old Oct 16, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by doc350
It's an easy formula to calculate blower speed.

Crank Pulley Diameter/Blower Pulley Diameter * RPM

So on a 5.3 with a stock crank pulley, with your 3.25" pulley and shifting at 6500rpm, it would look like this.

7.75"/3.25"*6500=15500rpm at the blower.
Awesome, thank you.

Using the formula above, I added the 7% OD to the 7.75" which is an increase of ~.54. 7.75 + .54 = 8.29, 8.29"/3.25" = 2.55. 2.55 x 6500 = 16575 blower rpm.
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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Razor
Awesome, thank you.

Using the formula above, I added the 7% OD to the 7.75" which is an increase of ~.54. 7.75 + .54 = 8.29, 8.29"/3.25" = 2.55. 2.55 x 6500 = 16575 blower rpm.
You are exactly right.
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 07:23 AM
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So what were the results of the LSX shootout for your shop?
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 11:14 AM
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We didn't win anything, but none of the cars we brought down broke anything either, which is another form of winning lol.
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike @ New Era
We didn't win anything, but none of the cars we brought down broke anything either, which is another form of winning lol.


happy to hear... especially since the truck was a tow vehicle
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Old Nov 4, 2013 | 11:21 PM
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Just read this whole thread in about an hour. Kick *** stuff in here. I cant believe you were making 600whp on the stock tranny. Funny part is my tuner says the same thing about 4l60s (its all in the tune). He has made many hold 350-400whp for a long time. In fact his still does with only mod being a vette servo and tuning.
Very impressive truck and look forward to seeing you put some rubber on it and rocking some low 11s. Im sure with a 3.5-4in exhaust and drag radials it would throw down some 10.8s easy. Keep up the good work. I love the whole idea of your truck. Clean simple/sleeper, eating coyotes/vettes/camaros all day. LOL
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Old Nov 8, 2013 | 02:58 PM
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So, I am possibly (not for sure) thinking about listing this truck up for sale, as much as I don't want to sell it because I know I am gonna lose a ton of money in comparison to what I have invested in it, and I absolutely love my truck. But from a business perspective, it makes more sense for me dive deep into the Gen 5 stuff on the C7 and figure everything out on the new technology, and it would be much easier to do this selling one of my toys.

I figured this was the best place to ask everyone that has followed my build here, thanks guys!
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Old Nov 8, 2013 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike @ New Era
So, I am possibly (not for sure) thinking about listing this truck up for sale, as much as I don't want to sell it because I know I am gonna lose a ton of money in comparison to what I have invested in it, and I absolutely love my truck. But from a business perspective, it makes more sense for me dive deep into the Gen 5 stuff on the C7 and figure everything out on the new technology, and it would be much easier to do this selling one of my toys.

I figured this was the best place to ask everyone that has followed my build here, thanks guys!
This post makes me sad!!

Still a lot of great info in this thread that can help a lot of people. Good luck in what ever you decide to do. The 5th gen stuff will be bad to the bone though!!
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Old Nov 8, 2013 | 03:15 PM
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Old Nov 8, 2013 | 06:18 PM
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Lol! I said I'm not sure that I am going to sell it, was just wondering what something like this truck would be worth being that I invested over $25k in upgrades.
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