another new guy from fort worth

[bsj04]

Welcome to another Fort Worth guy! Benbrook isn;t that far from most of us--I drive through there once a week or so--I have a couple builders who live off 1187 in Whiskey Flats... Naw man, not need for key cycles or VIn stuff with tuning on our trucks... Having the PCM tuned is quite an easy process--but to eliminate the hassle of having to do security relearns and messing with VATS, you can either have a live tune done by a tuner or you can ship your trucks PCM to a tuner and have him send it back--that way you retain your truck's original PCM with all of the stored codes and stuff. If you want to not void you warranty, GM will install and warranty a S/C on your truck. And as for a cam, you don't wanna go too crazy with FI--they don't like wide LSA's...

alright i caught all of that except the FI (fuel injection?) and the LSA's part? lost me there. as for the supercharger is it the magnacharger and do only a few dealerships do it or can any of them do it? i bet they charge an arm and a leg for it. got any idea on cost? anyone know someone that has done it and where they got it done? it only has 2000 miles so that why i care about the warranty for now

[txarkitekt]

Scott-
FI=Forced Induction, as in SuperCharger or Turbo.
LSA=Lobe Separation Angle, as in how wide of and angle between the exhaust valve and intake valves open in relation to the rotation of the crankshaft. A wide LSA (110, 112) is what gives you that nasty lope at idle. A tight LSA (117-118) is better suited for the FI.

There are certain Authorized Magnacharger Dealers out there. And yes, they will charge a $hit load for the install. But you WILL retain the warranty for the vehicle.

I would think a 112HH with install costs at a dealer would push close to $6.5k-$7k for everything, but you are warrantied by it all.

I know a lot of people who have done Maggies and had great results and not had any reliability issues. I am sure that they would put a 3.2 pulley on it that you only run about 6 psi of boost. But you could easily throw on a 2.85 pulley on it that would shove it about 9 psi of boost--and bigger smiles on your face!

alright i caught all of that except the FI (fuel injection?) and the LSA's part? lost me there. as for the supercharger is it the magnacharger and do only a few dealerships do it or can any of them do it? i bet they charge an arm and a leg for it. got any idea on cost? anyone know someone that has done it and where they got it done? it only has 2000 miles so that why i care about the warranty for now