[jsup]

Originally Posted by Vettezuki

True nuff.

The truth is that I think I have a fair bit of power sitting on the table as it is in the form of tune and headers. I have a very conservative tune for pump gas (something like 18 degrees total). I'm still running stock manifolds. With this I'm getting 391 WHP.

The same basic engine (exactly the same long block) was putting down 432 in a C5 vs. my C3. The difference is that he had an aggressive tune and headers. But he also had an LS1 intake, not an LS6 like I have. Bottom line, I *should* be able to hit something like 420+ with some decent headers and a better tune with everything I have right now. While this wouldn't be a mountain of extra power, a lot of it would fall under the curve and be noticeable.

I just have a soft spot for kick ass NA motors.

Don't get sucked into the "under the curve" stuff. IMO it's marketing crap.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by jsup

Don't get sucked into the "under the curve" stuff. IMO it's marketing crap.

Well, what do you mean? If the torque reaches a higher level lower in the RPM band, that means more power sooner. I would think this is desirable compared to the opposite, especially in a street driven car, and super especially if it's not at the expense of peak torque up in the rev range (i.e., peak HP).

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[Damian]

I know no one has posted in here for a month or so, but I love E85. I have one a couple blocks away from my work (Santa Monica), but none around my house. When I was running it, I was up to +44 timing advance at WOT with 12.1 a/f ratio with NO knock with 9.5-1 compression ratio. i could have easily gone more timing, but I was still testing on E85. I might go back to it, I will if I do finish my turbo build.

I wouldnt really say its fully worth the changes and tune to run E85 on a N/A engine, but FI will make you smile like no other.