I do have the regular cab. I was being deliberately conservative on my estimate and
you're right 380-400 horsepower is definately within reach. I don't want to totally
kill my low end torque though as I may need the truck to pull someday. My biggest
concern is the durability of the NV3500 trans and 8 1/4 rear at these higher
horsepower levels. Good to hear from you.
Andre
Jon Steiger wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Andre Mauboussin wrote:
>
> > I'd be glad to help you any way I can. I don't know what year your truck is, but
> > I think I can point you in the right direction. Here's a list of what I did with
> > the resulting performance gains:
> >
> [...]
> >
> > I'm about to get inside the engine to make some big gains. I want to change the
> > cam, port the heads, do intake mods and top it off with a little better flowing
> > throttle body. This will cost $$$, but I should be putting out 350hp+ when I'm
> > done. Good luck.
> >
>
> Andre,
>
> Your mod list and gains are very similar to my own experiences. (Except I
> don't have the pullies... yet.) I compute my horsepower from time to time
> based on ETs and trap speeds... I take the numbers with a grain of salt
> since they're only calculations and not actual measurements, but they
> seem to be fairly accurate so far. When I ran my bone stock Dakota, the numbers
> came out to be about 220HP (give or take 2-3hp), which is right where its
> supposed to be. Since your mods are similar to mine and we're running about
> the same, I would estimate that you're turning about 300hp right now. (Maybe a
> bit less if you've got a regular cab.) Anyway, I've heard that heads, intake
> and exhaust can be good for 70hp or so. I believe there are heads for mustangs
> that will give 100hp gains all by themselves, so once you do all that I wouldn't
> be surprised if you're reaching for 400 horsies. I'm planning to do the intake,
> heads, and cam eventually too. (Along with a new valvetrain.) As you mentioned
> above though, the big holdback is money. :-)
> Eventually, I hope to be churning out 500-600hp when the juice is
> flowing. A daily driver club cab that can turn 11's would be pretty cool. :-)
>
> -Jon-
>
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