[LesBaer]

Originally Posted by Atomic Ed

Thanks for your feedback Speedy!

I will chime in here and say that during my dyno run, the tuner took a peek at the Edelbrock tune that came with the E-Force and stated that while he could do a little better, it wouldn't be worth it. (maybe another 5hp?) This is a tune shop that does lots of Corvettes; three there in the shop while the dyno run was being done.

He suggested that I come back after adding long tubes, CAI and reduced pulley for a tune. He estimated that should add another 50-75rwhp total. I specifically asked about fuel and his thoughts were that for this mild upgrade to the E-Force setup, there should be enough fuel flow to cover it. He said he has done enough S/C LT1 engines to be comfortable with this upgrade. However, a fuel system upgrade could be needed since he's never worked with a '16 Camaro. I'm the kind of guy that wants a little headroom on fuel flow and don't like to see a system at 90% flow at WOT. Battery degradation, worn out pump, increased electrical resistance all can cause an issue later. I try to leave my builds with about a 20% excess capacity.

I'm still debating long tubes or not; you two both make valid points. In the past, a V8 always meant headers to me. But today's exhaust are so efficient, it's hard to justify the cost for the return in investment. I'm not into the bravado of the sound, so for a 30-35rwhp improvement, I'm not sure I like that return on investment. One thing that long tubes will do for you is the reduced back pressure. I suspect the installation of long tubes will result in a reduction of boost psi, which is a good thing.

On the other hand almost every Procharger install the local tuner does, they recommend a custom tune. They had a procharger install on a Corvette ready to go and they started it up for me. My first thought was somebody needs to tighten the belt! Too loud for me.

As for the warranty comment by LesBaer, I tend to agree with him overall. But to me the warranty was somewhat important in that as far as I know, I'm the first Gen6 with the E-Force kit on the road. Not having available any user feedback, I like having something to fall back on if Edelbrock had a major flaw in this new setup. I'll give a few thousand miles, but at this time, it's running like a Swiss watch. Otherwise, any further modding will be done with confidence in the base setup and no concern for the warranty.

That's really good to hear Ed. I think you'll be fine as long as you have a nice O2 line. I think I was the first guy with Heartbeat and wanted that fuel buffer as well as a precaution. Same for the headers (other benefits were more of a bonus). Everyone's goals and desires will differ slightly.

The more I learn about the car, the more I'm starting to feel like adding a SC is the only mod really worth it with this engine. I did order a new drop in K&N today to help it breathe better and allow me to clean & re-use vs. buying paper filters over and over again, but this may be it for me. Wheels will be here soon and I've got tires already. There's a G35 cam out there, but the car is plenty fast as is without over doing it. There's just no way in hell I was going to go with a Pro Charger though.