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#1241
Re: The Purple Car. Turned into a GXP and then a clean Regal
GrandPrix Junkie
02-27-2020
Sure there’s plenty of better options but then LS9 cam will be just fine. I don’t want a big choppy cam that’s not street friendly. I don’t want a cam that needs a stupid high stall. I also don’t want noisy ass valvetrain. This will be more reliable using OEM parts as far as I’m concerned. This cam was also 100 bucks new shipped. Not 400 bucks and then needing another 500+ in springs, trunions, pushrods etc
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1242
Re: The Purple Car. Turned into a GXP and then a clean Regal
02-27-2020
but chop chop is so awesome sounding lol
98 Buick Regal GS, F body brakes, Caddy STS wheels, tinted tails
L36 bottom end, lightly ported heads, 1.95 roller rockers, headers, gen 5 N* 3.0 pulley, FSIC, 42 lb injectors, a BrandonHall rebuilt trans, DHP tuned and AEM water/Meth injection https://goo.gl/gpV5kW
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#1243
Re: The Purple Car. Turned into a GXP and then a clean Regal
GrandPrix Junkie
02-27-2020
I won’t disagree. I love a big choppy cam. But I plan on driving this quite a bit so I want it to drive decent
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1244
Re: The Purple Car. Turned into a GXP and then a clean Regal
02-27-2020
my ss actually drives pretty good around town. the tc being stock really sucks tho. it just wants to push when at a stop in gear. nothing a $1300 circle d 3200-3400 stall, triple disk tc cant fix tho lol
i need to do another vid next time out with the window up. it was such a nice day out. hell cat just took off on me so i was wot through 2 gears and just let off cause this is a fuked up area, cars just pull into that lane with out looking. if there was no car id have hung it out.
98 Buick Regal GS, F body brakes, Caddy STS wheels, tinted tails
L36 bottom end, lightly ported heads, 1.95 roller rockers, headers, gen 5 N* 3.0 pulley, FSIC, 42 lb injectors, a BrandonHall rebuilt trans, DHP tuned and AEM water/Meth injection https://goo.gl/gpV5kW
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#1245
Re: The Purple Car. Turned into a GXP and then a clean Regal
Turbo is the way to go.
02-27-2020
I know the camshaft is cheap but always factor in what you are losing with that camshaft.
6.0's make torque and the LS9 camshaft is known to lose torque in the middle rpm range and only gain horsepower above 4,500-5,000rpm. The LSA camshaft is slightly less but it also shifts the power band up.
A LS6 or LS3 camshaft was likely around the same price point as those camshafts and those should be better for the torque curve while still gaining power up top. But I guess if you already have it then it doesn't matter, just know it'll probably be down on torque over the stock LS2 camshaft from 2-4k rpm.
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#1246
Re: The Purple Car. Turned into a GXP and then a clean Regal
GrandPrix Junkie
03-02-2020
Suggestions Cam? I'm not opposed to an aftermarket cam. I'd be leaning toward a Comp cam though since they're quite a bit cheaper than Texas Speed. I need it to be street friendly. I'd say a cam that could be ran in a DD car without issue. I won't DD the car of course but I want the ease of driving and reliability. I'd like to be able to drive this car long distance.
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1247
Re: The Purple Car. Turned into a GXP and then a clean Regal
GrandPrix Junkie
Last edited by PurpleGuy; 04-25-2020 at 10:37 PM.
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1248
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
Turbo is the way to go.
04-25-2020
So what camshaft did you end up running?
Did you tune it yet?
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#1249
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
04-26-2020
It has the LS9 cam in it. Hasn’t been tuned yet. My wideband showed up yesterday as well so that will be going in. I’ve been pretty nice to it for the most part since I don’t know what the tune looks like. It idles, runs and drives fine
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1250
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
04-26-2020
nice job.
98 Buick Regal GS, F body brakes, Caddy STS wheels, tinted tails
L36 bottom end, lightly ported heads, 1.95 roller rockers, headers, gen 5 N* 3.0 pulley, FSIC, 42 lb injectors, a BrandonHall rebuilt trans, DHP tuned and AEM water/Meth injection https://goo.gl/gpV5kW
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#1251
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
SE Level Member
04-26-2020
I am looking at a 2004 GTO with the 5.7L. 350HP stock. Any mod tips? Nice build btw.
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#1252
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
04-26-2020
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#1253
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
04-26-2020
Thanks guys
GXP02 just look around on the forums. There's tons of parts out there. Headers and intake is probably the best place to start to get the car breathing better. After that you're looking at heads/cam setups
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1254
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
05-15-2020
Started on tuning. Started out this thing was pig rich. I had to pull 20% fuel right off the bat. It was running .75 lambda pretty much everywhere, idle, part throttle, cruising speed, highway speed. It was stupid rich. For those that don't know .75 lambda is 25% rich. I have the normal every driving part throttle and cruising pretty much done for MAF. it's within a couple percent of stoich. Going to start getting higher in the revs and tuning that tomorrow if the rain stays away. I only pulled 10% out of the high side table to be safer.
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1255
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
05-15-2020
how much timing advance are you running?
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#1256
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
05-15-2020
I pulled timing back. I took 5 degrees out of the entire table to be safe until I get the AFR dialed in all around.
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1257
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
Turbo is the way to go.
05-15-2020
Is there known injector data to covert to the LS format on those injectors??
Don't know if I've seen people use those before.
Finish the MAF, do the VE. Get PE set and yadda yadda and it should be pretty good to go.
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#1258
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
05-16-2020
I’m not sure but I haven’t looked honestly. They were the easiest and quickest injectors I could find and they were cheap. It’s easy enough scaling back the MAF curve. The car drives better and is more responsive for sure under part throttle even missing 5 degrees.
I also got rid of a low rpm stumble. Every time I’d leave a stop sign/light the rpm’s would dip and then come back up. Apparently it was so rich it was bogging for a second
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1259
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
05-16-2020
Cam and Scotty how does a guy upload a log and tune file up on here? Got a weird issue.
Was running a log getting on the interstate and the car hiccuped and then went stupid rich. Pulled over and restarted the car and then it was fine again so thought maybe it was a one off thing. Went to try a second time and did the same thing. I saved that log. Pulled over and restarted the car and then it went into protect mode or something it said and wouldn't idle worth a ****. Checked codes and it threw a couple of MAF codes but I can't remember what they were. Cleared them and all was fine again.
Both times it did this the car goes so rich the wideband just says .68 so it's probably richer than that. It also shifts hard as hell until I restart it. Both times it did this it was running just fine and came out of nowhere. Wasn't super hard in the throttle. Maybe around half throttle slowly picking up speed trying to hit as many cells as I can. It's like it gets to a certain point on the MAF and then it gets pissed and defaults stupid rich.
Also to add both times it did this it was running about 10-12% rich. It wasn't lean and I don't see any knock on the log so I don't think it's anything like that.
Any ideas?
2001 Regal GS, PLOG, 3" DP, 1.9's/L76 springs. 21* of timing on a 3.4"
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#1260
Re: Purpleguy's GP is gone and replaced by a Regal and GTO
GrandPrix Junkie
05-16-2020
if you have a facebook account you can get help on there, and it is super easy to give scan's to people on there through messanger, and I think it's possible on the actual pages.