Originally Posted by silver-mod-o

What you do/run isn't ideal for everybody. I've seen you post that far too many times.

Don't be afraid of 11:1 compression and pump gas. Just the right cam LQ9 combo sounds about like what you're wanting.

Originally Posted by BlackGMC

...I dunno about super tuning skills... I can cobble some **** together and yep i think if i keep it a mild build my MPG should improve...

Now what my current torque converter is going to do when i add ~80 ft/lbs tq is anyones question.... i am saving up for a Performabuilt L2 and Circle D 3c

Originally Posted by BlackGMC

it appears that i am slow man on the pole now...


mainly i am just wanting a project... Katie leaves for a month this summer so i need something to mess with...

Originally Posted by 1slow01Z71

Corey, Ive got all the kent moore tools for putting these motors together by the book if you want to use it if you end up tearing the motor all the way down to a bare shortblock. Youre more than welcome to use them. I could bring them with me when I come up to do the fans.

If your current converter stalls to 3600 with the 4.8 Id say it will be a 4200ish. For semi reference my converter I had behind my 222/224 cammed 5.3 with a 100shot would flash to 3200, with the 418 it went to 4000 or a hair over. Another cammed 5.3 that went to a stock LS2 went from 3400ish to 3800ish. Id say youre in for a 600 or so rpm change but the nice thing is, the part throttle response will stay the same just when you hammer it, it will flash higher