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08-06-2015, 03:05 PM

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DrLoch

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Originally Posted by Gary Perkinson

In my case, I'm actually running the original LE5 head (from the stock 2.4 block) on a 2.0 LDK block, so I'm still port-injected rather than direct...

Interesting.... then the your tune would be nothing close to an LNF tune... it would be closer to an LS with a turbo. Tell me you changed the pistons though....

08-08-2015, 10:07 AM

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Gary Perkinson

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Well that's pretty cool! Do you have the forged internal goodies? I'm going to need them in the future if I push over 400hp.

No, but the plan is probably to swap in a forged short block this winter...

08-08-2015, 10:18 AM

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Interesting.... then the your tune would be nothing close to an LNF tune... it would be closer to an LS with a turbo. Tell me you changed the pistons though....

Still cast (with fingers crossed at 360 hp) but planning to go with all forged internals this winter. Should have just done that originally, I know, but since there was so much being done to the car in a short period of time (engine swap, automatic to six-speed swap, plus full cage, fire suppression, chute and other safety stuff), a little bit of sticker-shock set in and I sort of tempered my power goals

Now, of course, I want to go faster. But at least the car is built, teched and running, so I can focus pretty solely on engine upgrades in the coming years...