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From: Almost Heaven
From what the men here already told me, it won't be worth it. The Inline six doesn't do well with "preformance chips". You would do much better with a K&N cold air intake and some headers.
Just my two cents!
Edit; You should probably know I've already looked DEEP into preformance chips for my engine, in hopes of getting a relativel cheap way of boosting Hp and Trq. After talking to other guys (including those on this forum) I've decided it was a waste of money, and a very smart friend of mine also said they wouldn't work for my 4.9. So for once, I know what I'm talking about. But don't take my word for it, other men here will know more.
Just my two cents!
Edit; You should probably know I've already looked DEEP into preformance chips for my engine, in hopes of getting a relativel cheap way of boosting Hp and Trq. After talking to other guys (including those on this forum) I've decided it was a waste of money, and a very smart friend of mine also said they wouldn't work for my 4.9. So for once, I know what I'm talking about. But don't take my word for it, other men here will know more.
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From: torrington,ct
i cant see what they would increse on these engines. your timing can be changed by hand, you can get bigger injectors from a 302, or atleast that use to be the big thing to do, i been awayt from a 300 for so long that i'm not positive whats best but i just cant see a chip making a bog difference on these. there more ment for the newer stuff that timing and stuff cant be adjusted quit as easily.
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From: Lathrop, MO
Originally Posted by phatpharm85
i cant see what they would increse on these engines your timing can be changed by hand,.
you can get bigger injectors from a 302, or atleast that use to be the big thing to do, i been awayt from a 300 for so long that i'm not positive whats best but i just cant see a chip making a bog difference on these. there more ment for the newer stuff that timing and stuff cant be adjusted quit as easily.
If you have/can crack the tables addresses that your program is using a lot of things can be changed to support performance. The main problem is that those that have the skills have not done this in support of the I6/300.
the "off the shelf" chips mostly just change timing advance maps which is why the "require" higher octane fuel. Cookie cutter chips are usually a bad idea.
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For power I have found Clifford Performance to be the best way to go, along with a Weber Redline system. www.CliffordPerformance.net
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From: Lathrop, MO
zbollman,
What "performance" parts aren't you finding? A lot of the parts intended for carb apps can work quite well with EFI.
you do realize that the Redline's are ment for carb heads and not EFI?
What "performance" parts aren't you finding? A lot of the parts intended for carb apps can work quite well with EFI.
you do realize that the Redline's are ment for carb heads and not EFI?
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From: Lathrop, MO
All valve train and rotating assembly are physically interchangible. Headers are readily available from most of the manufactures.
The limiting factor in an EFI performance build is not the physical parts, it's the computer. See my comments above on the subject as well as being extensively covered in several other topics.
Not trying to talk you out of anything, just addressing the comment about not finding performance parts.
Again, what have been looking for and not finding? What's your performance goal?
The limiting factor in an EFI performance build is not the physical parts, it's the computer. See my comments above on the subject as well as being extensively covered in several other topics.
Not trying to talk you out of anything, just addressing the comment about not finding performance parts.
Again, what have been looking for and not finding? What's your performance goal?
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From: Broken Arrow, OK
The valvetrain parts are not interchangeable between the EFI and carb engines. The carbs use a traditional stud mounted rocker, but some of the later ones might have used the EFI style pedestals. You can convert the EFI to carb style, but th original configurations are not interchangeable.