Here we go......

Nope, not getting into with him brother. If the OP wants to give me me a shout, all good....

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Good call buddy.

Paul lacks the character to do any more than make snide comments on a forum regarding a company's work he detests, not based on experience, but rather "us vs them" mentality.

Sorry Matt, I can't wait to hear this new setup, and hear your feedback on how it performs. Nothing else matters, because its your car and you put your trust in multiple companies to make your ride what it is. Id say you got the best you could, from where you could. No one else here can say that.

Sorry to crap your thread Matt ...

Ben if you feel that's all people are doing towards you or even to Mike, be the professional and bigger man and ignore the comments... if Matt felt Paul had a valid point he would ask or comment... it's not your place to drop to the level which you have been lately in numerous threads with the emoticons of all.choice to make a point... to me who has no affliction to either company, it just lowers my impression of your company and as a sponsor to this site makes it look bad as well.. which as a supporter of this site angers me, i cant imagine what the owners think...

Again, Matt i apologize for crapping your thread, I'm just sick of this senseless BS

Guess ill have to ask once again for our section and banner to be removed. Tried in March and the owners didn't seem to care much.

No worries everyone. I'm not trying to and nor do I have any interest in starting a vendor war. This is a tiny niche market anyway; we need all the support we can get.
I've tried to be very meticulous in choosing parts for this build, and from what little I know, it's one of the more ambitious NA projects. Hopefully, everything works together the way I expect it to.
I'll be having the car dyno'd before and after the swap to see what effects everything had. I'll post a complete build sheet at that time also.
I'm hoping that it proves to be reliable, durable, and......oh yes, make lots of POWER!!!!!!!

Yeah Elk Grove Village, IL that's my hometown and where I grew up lol. Anyway it looks like the car is coming along very nicely. I can't wait to see the finished product. Man I remember when I first saw your car back at A.S.S. in 2010. Its come a long way since then and I have to say you've done a great job. To see the car progress over the year's and to know all that hard work, time, effort, and money has paid off. The car looks amazing Matt and props to all you have done to your Alero. You've earned it man.

You done a 1/4 with your current setup matt?

Nope.

To bad tracks are closed now :-(

I had intended to go around Thanksgiving but got too busy.

Too bad that would have been a neat baseline.... how are your thoughts about the clutch holding up. You got the dual mass as well didn't you?

Yes he has the dual mass. I'm sure it will hold up fine.

This clutch/flywheel/pressure plate combo holds up fine in a 650hp supercharged LS7 Fiero, so I think I'll be fine.

:)

This thing is going to make a crapload of torque if I can get it tuned correctly...



Honestly, the method of adding 15 degrees to the IVC measurement is a bit inaccurate, since it assumes older, slower ramped cam lobes.
My cam has very fast ramp rates (Comp XFI lobes) so I need to fudge that # a bit. My IVC point is closer to 63 degrees, which would yield a DCR of 8.467:1. Still quite healthy, but probably about as high as I can go on 93 octane pump gas.

For those who are curious, here is how to calculate the intake valve closing (IVC) point:
1. Divide the intake duration by 2 (use advertised duration - @ .006)
2. Add the results to the lobe separation angle (LSA)
3. Subtract any ground-in advance
4. Subtract 180

And are you going to tune it or have it done when dyno'ed ?

Will likely be tuned on the dyno after a proper break-in.