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Christian Steffen reacted to 454cid's post in the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread with
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Wow, and I thought my 20 was good! I've never put a mechanical guage on it, I'm just looking at the dash gauge. -
Christian Steffen replied to the thread L31/6L80e.This is definitely true, they're finicky to tune. 4l80 is king
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Last gen 4l60 as in the 2009ish era? The ones ive messed with didnt slip the converter. Some love the 6L cause it has more gears yada...
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Christian Steffen replied to the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread.I have not, but I'm going to have to look for it! Any idea what it made for torque? I'm going to guess it was way up there considering...
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Christian Steffen reacted to L31MaxExpress's post in the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread with Like.
Have you ever seen the L19 454 TBI short block, ebay aluminum head twin turbo blow through carb setup Car Craft did. They gave up when...
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Christian Steffen reacted to Supercharged111's post in the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread with Like.
Whipples are expensive and don't make much bewst. Dually came with it and I nabbed the 1500 blower for $1000. Barring that I'd just do...
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Christian Steffen replied to the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread.What weight oil are you running? 35 hot idle is good imo. And I can't blame you for not wanting to get away from 285s, next set of tires...
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Christian Steffen reacted to BNielsen's post in the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread with Like.
I hadn't seen what LT did, guess I need to watch If I could find a Whipple I would absolutely throw it on my current motor, intercooled...
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Christian Steffen reacted to BNielsen's post in the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread with Like.
Hot idle is just under 35 pounds, verified with a mechanical gauge. Still decent but here recently I've noticed a little bit of cold...
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Christian Steffen replied to the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread.As long as tuning is good they'll handle some pretty good power! Richard Holdener needs to finish his big bang tests for the the l29...
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Christian Steffen reacted to Supercharged111's post in the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread with Like.
You see what this guy did with his much more meager powerplants? Both have blowers! Time to nut up BNielsen! And the 454 is hilariously...
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Christian Steffen replied to the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread.OR Your ring gap is probably nicely worn in for boost. Turbo her and leave it stock. Lol You guys see what Lawrence Tolman did with...
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Christian Steffen replied to the thread L31/6L80e.Yeah I've heard of a lot of failures from them as well. Sucks because it's giving the 6l80e a bad rap.
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Thats why the crappy things barely make it 100,000 miles. Plus the converter is stamped steel so the clutch and front cover aren't even...
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Christian Steffen replied to the thread The Official Vortec 454 Info thread.What does your oil pressure look like at hot idle? I'm sure a regear will help a ton too. I really don't understand why gm had the...
