Interesting info 799 vs 243/706 discussion
02-11-2020, 05:43 PM
#13
Love it man. All of it.
Miss my 04 ecsb all the time. It was a spring special and had a couple of cool things about it that were different than most. Only came in indigo blue, 2wd with torsion bars, dual piston rears, every option you could get. Was a cool truck, but slow. It had the "high performance suspension" lol (apparently that's what they called that suspension that came on those, the VHO and the SS) aka 2wd with torsion bars. Also came with 20" stock
Miss my 04 ecsb all the time. It was a spring special and had a couple of cool things about it that were different than most. Only came in indigo blue, 2wd with torsion bars, dual piston rears, every option you could get. Was a cool truck, but slow. It had the "high performance suspension" lol (apparently that's what they called that suspension that came on those, the VHO and the SS) aka 2wd with torsion bars. Also came with 20" stock
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02-11-2020, 07:37 PM
#17
It did good for what it was, would pull equally modded single cabs by a little.
But good god it fell on it's face shifting to second so bad. Hit 2nd right at 50, didn't pull for **** in second till up in the 60's. So many deadzones
I do not miss 4 speed autos
But good god it fell on it's face shifting to second so bad. Hit 2nd right at 50, didn't pull for **** in second till up in the 60's. So many deadzones
I do not miss 4 speed autos
02-12-2020, 10:32 AM
#19
in the corvette forum i remember a post that said the heads was the same just the way they was cast was different and the 799's was not as smooth so airflow was a little less, 799 ported though flowed as good as 243's ported (or it was really close)
the main reason the 243 was the hot ticket when they hit the street (before used on trucks) was they had light weight hollow stem valve to help with valve train control in the upper rpms on the ls6 engines (zo6 only 01-04)
@madmann26 looks good have not seen those rims before
the main reason the 243 was the hot ticket when they hit the street (before used on trucks) was they had light weight hollow stem valve to help with valve train control in the upper rpms on the ls6 engines (zo6 only 01-04)
@madmann26 looks good have not seen those rims before
02-12-2020, 11:13 AM
#20
in the corvette forum i remember a post that said the heads was the same just the way they was cast was different and the 799's was not as smooth so airflow was a little less, 799 ported though flowed as good as 243's ported (or it was really close)
the main reason the 243 was the hot ticket when they hit the street (before used on trucks) was they had light weight hollow stem valve to help with valve train control in the upper rpms on the ls6 engines (zo6 only 01-04)
@madmann26 looks good have not seen those rims before
the main reason the 243 was the hot ticket when they hit the street (before used on trucks) was they had light weight hollow stem valve to help with valve train control in the upper rpms on the ls6 engines (zo6 only 01-04)
@madmann26 looks good have not seen those rims before
And yes they are cast different. In ported form all this jazz goes out the window. Essentially the 243 is more finished than the 799 is stock form. And it looks like the 706 is along the lines of the 243
I really wish someone had a ton of detailed pictures of ports and chambers of all 3 heads so I can look at all the port shapes and chambers. I'm having a hard time finding a good source of OE pics. Ported pics are all over the place.
I know most wont understand, but most also dont understand a lot of the power comes from the valve job, not the port work on the port itself.