Yeah. It looks really far up to me, (almost vertical) but it could be due to the angle of the photo. I was pleased to find out that it's pretty easy to adjust, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

 

this is a wise decision. I no matter what i will end up with on this car i'm sure i'll always run a haltech on it unless the car goes back to fully stock. Even a slight NA moded car is so much nicer when you can adjust and fine tune the way it drives. Also, with the simple end user software you can learn it and make small mods to it as you advance your parts or need for power.

Even though you are so far from injected you could get the haltech and either have hal do a remote tune or run it up to Forged to have it tuned. Haltech setups are going for really great prices on the forums now.

 

I think the angle makes it look worse than it is but I'm pretty sure it could still use some adjusting.

Good to know, I'll be keeping an eye out for a good deal. Might not use it right away but it'll be nice to have ready.

 

****, throw it in right away! Once you spend a few weeks learning it you'll find it's so simple to tune. You can datalog almost anything in the car so that is SUPER helpful. Also if you get the dual widebands for it everything is all in a single package (as well as a nice boost controller) so you don't need to piece together 3 difference pieces of equipment to get the job done.

 

Check my sig for best deal going on the complete package, new with warranty and custom startup map. It won't be around for much longer.

 

FFFFFFFuuuuuuu... That is quite the deal, cant float that bill right now though. In about 2 months maybe lol

 

Nice post and beautiful car! What did that Camaro SS have under the hood that had him moving so fast?

 

Hey Matt- just a reminder, Justin's got plenty experience with the Haltech if you do decide to go that route.

 

473whp/437wtq
Camaro SS Mod List:

SW 2in headers no cats
Magnaflow 3in exhaust
2 Innovate widebands
AEM cold air
VMax ported throttle body
MNM cam
Yella Terra rockers
Comp beehives
Ti retainers
Meziere EWP
TSP UD pulley
HPT dyno tuned 473rwhp/437rwtq
Eibach springs/bars
BMR trailing/toe arms
BMR subframe/diff bushings
GForce axles
3.90 RPM diff
ACT twin-disk clutch

Ah ok, I didnt know that, good stuff. Are you using a Haltech for your build?

 

i have recirculated downpipes im tryna sell if u want a pair then u can give him ur open dumps

 

^yours are for the GTM kit. His is for the greddy. they are not compatible.

 

Car sounds good, but damn you shift like you have 1 arm.

 

Yea... notice the driver mod isnt on the list yet. I'm still working on that one.

 

thats kinda funny, I was just talking to bobby a week or two ago about having him install my return fuel system and tune the car. he mentioned that he had just swapped out a greddy TT setup from on car to another. didn't know that it came off of james's car though. small world I guess.

 

driver mod? get ritalin. helped me (but then again i got mad a.d.d.). In fact airforce fighter pilots are required to take add medication before flight (either ritalin or adderol idk what). METH FTW BATCHES.

 

Stock heads are good for 700whp ish. I know that, but cams will free up power up top regardless. Imo you are better off building before cams too (what I'm doing) BUT if you don't want to build the block then just get as much power as possible with the stock block. In theory after cams you should be able to make the same power on less boost so you spool to peak boost quicker (sooner peak torque) and have a higher rpm limit. Titanium valvesprings cams meth and retune with less boost more timing and higher rpm limit sounds like a nice in between step.
And that's pretty much exactly what all the jwt 500 guys do on stock block, so it WORKS binder.

 

but when the stock blocks are failing in high 400's (some not even that high) how is that going to make an actual benefit for the cost? The cams will actually push the curve to the right (my tomei 264's did) which makes it take longer to get into power which forced us to raise the redline to 7700rpms.

When a person can easily get to 500hp on a stock block and the block limits it i don't think the 1300-1500 plus the extra 500 in labor for cams is worth the cost. If he's already at block max then he doesn't gain hp and the cams will only push the power delivery closer to the redline.

That spool theory sounds good but it doesn't work at these power levels. Even with my small cams it moved my tq about 500rpms higher, not lower due to the spool.

 

Umm Resmarted u should research before making a suggestion like install cams. Why would anyone tear down the engine just for cams on a stock block? are you aware of the labor u would? Please research before the wrong person listens to your bad advice.

 

When it is built it will be a built long block. I wish I could have done it all when the TT kit was being installed but until I have the extra money the block will remain stock.

 

ya, save up way more than you calculate for the built block so you have extra when you run into issues. it sucks having downtime.