I have an L05 truck. Has anybody ever put a Holley Stealth Ram on an L05? I plan to put an LT1 cam in also, and do some mild porting on the heads.

Later on there may be a head swap in the works, but If I could get some gas mileage increase and somewhere north of 250hp and 330ft-lbs, with the looks of the stealth ram I'd be happy.

So would it be a total dog? Or decent?

 

What u wanna do is switch to TPI ? yeah u can use that intake with the l05 heads, with an lt1 cam i think that should put u right were you want to be in HP and torque, u should port and polish the stockers someone here got nice results from it with those heads and they are good for trucks cuz the swirl ramp generates nice low end torque wich is always cool on a street truck engine.

 

I feel sorry for your engine...you want to install an HSR for WHAT,..looks??

I'm simply speechless...

Well maybe except for the fact that you are MILES from maximizing the use of your TBI...

 

My last setup was a 87 TPI was LO5 crate engine, swirl port heads and LT1 cam. It ran great with tons of torque. I did some tuning but never really optimized the setup. I just switched to vortec heads, zz4 cam and ramjet intake. I plan to use the EBL to tune. This has yet to run.
I agree with DSGx that a TPI would be a better fit. I have some datalogs if you are interested.

 

Oh don't be so serious, it's an engine, I'm only doing anything to it at all for fun anyway. I've done the TBI thing years ago, I'm ready to move on with this project. Although in the end I might stay TBI if money demands it.

I just wanted to know if the mismatch would pose too much of a problem for it to effiicient. I plan on going with the EBL as well. Would I lose potential gas mileage with the L05 and stealth ram compared to a TPI intake?

 

It would be one mixed up turd is all I can think.

If you are doing it for fun have at it, though it doesn't smell right to me. Just make fun your only goal and you'll be successful.

 

My friend put the stealth ram on his stock L98 IROC along with headers. He saw some very good results from that. I have read that L05 heads ported are close to the flow of an L98 head so would it really be that bad?

 

Ok, lets say I clean up the L05 heads, get an edelbrock TBI intake, put in the Lt1 cam, and get an EBL. This would end up being cheaper than going MPFI even with good used parts.

Would TPI or the HSR benefit me more in this instance, than staying TBI, where torque, power, and gas mileage are concerned?

 

Addressing the cam & heads will gain you the most.
TBI mods & intake will support those gains.

The EBL is your best bet for tuning as you can have one tune for max performance & another for max economy, switching back & forth can be done on the fly.