The car is running (not well) after a total rebuild and better components. She's an LS and I've bumped the compression to about 10:1. She has much improved intake, exhaust, and high performance cams etc. There is nothing left untouched. Should I have the cams still set at ZERO or should bump those a bit? Any recommended fuel pressure settings? Let me know what other info I can give you to help you. Thanks......

-Steak

 

i recommend strappin that bad boy on the dyno to tune it... someone with the same exact setup could require different cam timing settings to maximize hp.

 

I beleive I'll be doing that in the future but I'd like to get it running as well as I can before I do.

 

well then i would leave the cams at zero and leave the fuel pressure stock. Run it on the dyno bump the intake cam advance a degree and re dyno it. Then try another degree and check your results.

 

I just said I won't be doing the dyno for quite some time. The car really can't get out of it's own way at this point.

 

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Well "high performance" isn't a very good way to describe cams, there's a lot of those out there. In order to further help you we need a little more info. What are the specs on the cams? Lift, duration, manufacturer? Are you sure about that compression, about 10:1 is not the same as 10:1.

And not to be an ***, but if I were budgeting a total rebuild, I would def. make sure dyno time is a part of the project. What is the sense of rebuilding everything and not having it work harmoniously together?

 

OK. To clear the record, I plan on dyno time. I just want to do as much as I can before I do it. I want to learn more about tuning on my own. I've gotten this far and I'm not about to hand it over cause I'm too scared to tune it. That being said..........

The cams are Crower Stage II (for N/A), I have an Edelbrock intake manifold, Edelbrock throttle body, DC Header, AEM short ram intake, Eagle forged rods, 9.5:1 forged pistons, Type R oil pump, RC Engineering 310 injectors, AEM F.P.R., AEM fule rail....and maybe some other stuff. As far as the compression goes, ontop of the pistons I had the head decked about .012-.014 and the deck was planed about .003-.005. From what I've heard, I should be about 10:1.