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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
boost of course!!!! turbos make people jealous 
actually i agree with the others fo rthe most part. look into a bit better cam adn soem ported LT1 heads. if you are set on going to boost at some point factor that into your cam selection adn stick to something with a 114 or wider lobe center.
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boost is great in any instance and a great way to make power...but people advertize the #'s too much and i think in confuses alot of newbies to the game including myself...boost is all great but its never just slap on a blower or turbo or whatever and go....theres so much more that goes into it...i know with my blower kit that i bought for my s-10 i needed to make a bonnet hold down because the intake bonnet kept popping off of the throttle body...later down the line powerdyne starting including a blow off valve which im sure pretty much solved that problem...but in my case since i was one of the earlier owner i was stuck with that or buy a blow off valve...then their was fueling...ask anyone thats had a blower and I'll bet you theyve had fueling issues at one time or another...there were no tuning sources for me and my s-10 so to bump my rev limiter up i had to use hpp which if you bumped the rev limiter it automatically added timing so even with the provided fmu it knocked...so i added an msd box with a timing retard...thats all fine and good but a bad fix to a fueling/timing issue basically...so what was i to do? I bought an upgraded fmu but fmu's suck period...the new fmu i got raised my wot fuel pressure to like 90-100psi and for the weird injector setup that was fine but who knows what kinda a/f ratio i was running at the time...im sure lt1 kits are gonna have issues of their own and its a good amount of work to put on a blower especially in an fbody...and if you dont plan on installing it yourself look for at least $1000 for installation...not to mention tuning...so your talking what $5000 for the procharger kit, $1000 install, $500 for tuning, thats not to say you'll be able to hook at the track so you'll probably run low 13's@120mph lol and depending on what time of the year it was tuned you better put in some race gas at the track...figure $5 a gallon X a few gallons each time at the track to avoid possible detonation...it adds up. The only reason i mentioned cam only is because cams are pretty inexpensive($200-300) for an lt1 cam and the install isnt horrible...its a good amount of work but can be caulked up to a learning experience also...id recommend getting tuning software for yourself and selflearn how to tune...its really not hard and i can help you if you need some. And in the meantime take that extra 5 grand you saved and get every suspension part known to man and some decent tires and maybe even get yourself a 12 bolt with some 4.10's in it and you'll be running low 12's before you know it