He even puts "boost" on his lemonade.

@Abreezeducttesting

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@billbirmingham

4 жыл бұрын

Nitro, not boost. lol

@cazsmith3503

4 жыл бұрын

Everythings better with boost

@DeagledSmeagol

4 жыл бұрын

@@billbirmingham nitro is just boost in a bottle. 😉

@carlosvalenciah8306

4 жыл бұрын

XD

Richard is definitely the type of guy I'd like to drink and talk cars with.

@mrdrenalin69

2 жыл бұрын

I linking while I’m dristening to him talk.

@brianmelancon2635

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you wanna drink richard

@thegobblerproject2363

2 жыл бұрын

Yup just don’t think I could do the hard lemonade but that’s cool if that’s what he likes

I'm just imaging Richard's neighbors hanging out on the fence listening to story time haha

Your content has improved a lot since earlier days. You used to sound like a sales man, but now I really enjoy seeing your true personality coming out. Thanks for sharing.

@papacapra1908

4 жыл бұрын

Tiit Saul I loved this guys content back when it was just in magazines, but his early videos felt kinda “forced”. This more laid back format is cool. It’s like talking to that car guy neighbor we had growing up.

@cc23001

4 жыл бұрын

I like his new approach but the old spitfire info got the job done too. This is good for folks that need someone to talk them through the data though and he delivers! Richard is the man!!!

The key is to make the engine as efficient as possible before putting the turbo kit on.

@chriscase6341

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

For me it is important that it will last for long time. Better with 500-600hp on the street then 900 in the garage !

@ufarkingicehole

4 жыл бұрын

Heads aren't going to be the issue with reliability when speaking boost

@MALR7

4 жыл бұрын

Mr flimflam fremdippity danyet well heads allow to run lower boost so lower boost means less strain and more longevity

Speed costs money, how fast... Richard, you make it so easy for all the rest of us to make well informed decisions on how to spend our money, cost benefit, real world results... the list goes on. Easily one of the most educational and interesting engine channels on youtube. Please don't ever stop being you. Cheers!

Back in the late 80s I worked for Magnum Plus Nitrous based out of Houston. My Boss, the owner of the company said, Your motor is like your relationship if you don't have good head you will never maximize your performance" RIP John Stewart

Boils down to "how big is your wallet" most often it seems

@sepg5084

4 жыл бұрын

that's what car modding is. how fast do you wanna go vs. how much do you wanna spend. better flowong heada that allow lower boost for the same HP might result in lower IATs which means you worry less about knock, which could mean the difference between using pump gas vs e85 or having better ignition timings. also gives the motor some room to grow for bigger turbos in the future.

@jaydunbar7538

4 жыл бұрын

Cash represents time spent or risk in the past, if you spend last year's time to buy the heads or time porting it now yourself it makes no difference as both are time spent past or present. Or time spent in the future for those who put such things on a credit card.

Now we need a set of videos on how to port LS heads at home

@charlestorruella8591

3 жыл бұрын

There all over KZread and everyone almost says they are right and everyone else is wrong so I went to where all the horse power is made at a race shop down in fort Myers that let me hang out and watch this dude didn't even know his name and learned form him after trying a bunch of times ya learning by watching is the only way KZread videos well your not there and you really can't see it form all angles recommend doing it live the only way to learn

I think people underestimate how much 700hp in a street car actually is lol Most people riding in a 700hp turbo car will believe you if you told them it makes 1200.

@crw3673

4 жыл бұрын

Funny cause it's true!

@johnnymoran180

4 жыл бұрын

My C6 Z06 makes 630rwhp n/a on 93 pump gas. You can't hook it on the street whatever.

@manitoublack

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.👍 Look how fast a 300bhp rally car is. In my current build (Pulsar GTiR, turbo 2.0L, ) I don't want more than 275AWkW. Then I wont be able to drive it on the throttle in the mountains. The roads are too narrow and twisty. Needs to be progressive and responsive. Horses for courses. Some people want a traffic light hero. And that's cool to. But I don't like speeding tickets 😉

@ThePaulv12

4 жыл бұрын

Heck Ian, even a lazy 500hp from ~ 500cubes in a sub 3500lb car is enough to frighten you with under 3.5:1 gears. The gobs wheelspin from the tall gearing makes the rear end feel like it's on ice. Very disconcerting when you hoof it in a built up area, it steps out and you snap the throttle off, it bites and cavorts off in a direction you'd rather it didn't. Parked cars, poles, pedestrians, gutters etc take on a surreal aspect lol.

@dazaspc

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair unless you are racing anything more than 350 hp with decent torque is all you should ever want on the street. Doing rolling burnouts when you are already doing 60 mph really is overkill

I’m the DIY middle of the road guy. Port it myself and do what I can’t within my budget.

I'm a big fan of Happy Hour & Horse Power!!

I’m on the side where I want a power level but needs to be reliable and easy on the motor for long lasting fun!!

@ufarkingicehole

4 жыл бұрын

@Why Zee Two Fiddy then Richard Holdner drops a video giving you all 3 breaking every law in physics....

@PetesGarageandperformance

4 жыл бұрын

Also the term “fast” is very subjective. What used to be considered fast is no longer fast.

I’ve been looking at the tfs genx 205’s for a couple years. Thanks for the video. This saved me $2200.

My vote always has been with "efficiency". Port your turbo heads. Cooler intake temps. Lower pressure levels. Lower backpressure. Literally zero downsides except "wallet".

@PetesGarageandperformance

4 жыл бұрын

Kincent Carter it’s like porting your wallet!

@Kincentc

4 жыл бұрын

@@PetesGarageandperformance hell yeah

Richard is the definitive guide to all things ls. Hes down to earth, will answer your questions and is probably the single most important channel for almost all things ls and testing.

@richardholdener1727

3 жыл бұрын

THNX

this explained a lot of my dilemma of upgrading heads which you already said I don't need to. with every answer I get I end up with 5 more questions lol.. thank you

"now its a mikes hard lemonade... With a purpose". I vote that Richard Holdener should replace Johnathan Goldsmith as the most interesting man in the world for 2020. Just need to get Richard to do a video in a smoking jacket. Great video as always.

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

I'm SMOKIN in any Jacket

Impressive how humble you are God has blessed you with a wonderful gift!

What i love about your and sloppy mekhanics is that you dont have to make a million buck to have fun ! thank you for everything your testing out for us !

I’m on the every thing side but my wallet is on the bone stock side IV got something in the middle. 4.8 stage two cam springs and gt45 clone tremonatorX 9.883 at 16.5 psi wC16 and 22 deg timing. 3250p s10.

@N0LIMIT.HANGMAN

4 жыл бұрын

What kind of power are you seeing out of your gt45 or trap speed. I've got a 5.3 with 706s btr ss2 turbo cam sheet metal intake and 102mm tb with a emusa gt45r (rearmounted) trying to get to around 750whp so I can dip into 9s with my fbody. So far with a stock ls1 with sheetmetal intake an tb only on 9#s I made 530whp/540tq stock 60e/10bolt. I'm thinking if I can get 18#s I should be able to get around 750whp and dip into 9s out of the gt45r. 🤞🤞

Killing it out here richard! I love dyno data but I like this more natural happy hour format and having more to the videos than dyno sheets. Keep it up! Straight to the top!

Best gear head on KZread hands down. You're awesome Rich!

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that

Thank you for all of these videos. Love them, so much information. You rock 🤘

Cant get enough of your videos. the amount of information and knowledge you share (for free) is amazing. thank you so much.

Great insight. I thought the answer would be invariably yes. Thanks for the kickass content. We love it!

Love the "Happy Hour" hang out session. Cheers! I greatly appreciate all the content and results. BTW my 6.0L LQ4 junkyard build will be somewhere in the middle. Looking forward to seeing the Sloppy vs. The World videos

Ported heads are good on N\A \ turbo \ nitrous or blown engine. No matter what setup ported or better heads are worth it. Now if its in the budget thats a different story

Who else was just waiting for him to accidently karate chop that lemonade?

Definitely love the new laid back Richard, I’ve learned so so much from your Chanel man, keep those vids coming, always great content.

If you’re gonna gap the rings, you might as well do heads n cam

I hate I'm watching this on KZread instead of sitting at the table with you. Lol my brother from another mother

Great video really happy with what I have learned from your channel

Richard, you are a Mad Scientist & I love you for it !!!! Thank you for all you do !

Richard knows so much.very knowledgeable.

Loving the content! Keep it up! You're a wealth of knowledge and one of the industry greats! Great resource you're creating here!

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Im defenitly in the middle! Doing myself everything you teach us and that i can do in my house. Thank you Richard

Really enjoying the videos. I’m on the “if I’m gonna do it I want it all “ side

Thanks for the info I have ben kinda lost in what LS to put in my 1981 c10 Daly driver keep up the good videos

6.0 with some cleaned up 706's. Super punchy turbo down low. Basically a single turbo LS "EcoBoost" combo that pulls to 6k. 500 tire on low boost with 91 octane. The Unicorn.

@michaelangelo8001

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds good.

Dude I never even thought of mixing vodka with Mike's and I work at a beer store. Gonna start cutting wine coolers with vodka now. You are just full of wisdom my friend. Love it!

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

or shine-that's full boost

@dustinjackson8646

4 жыл бұрын

@@richardholdener1727 I'd hate to see that big bang 🤣

I am willing to put an ls on my 72 satellite and this is by far the channel that I enjoy the most. The guy is genuine and true to himself. This is the kind of knowledge I like to listen to. Thanks for making awesome videos :)

Love the "Happy Hour and Horsepower" premise! I'm an in the middle leaning a little more towards spending the money kind of guy. My build is a L76 stroker 403 with an LSA blower. I spent the money on the crank, pistons, rods, cam and ported blower. However, I ported my own heads. These are LS3 heads and are darn good stock. So I knew I didn't need that much more out of them to get to my HP goal of 8xxHP. I also enjoyed the research and work to do the porting. There is something soothing about doing that kind of work to me. Love your videos, you are by far the best source for this information and I just enjoy drinking and watching with you!

Loving the videos man. Keep it up 🤘

If you are racing and the limiting factor is power adder sizing then you will need everything. Stage 99 head hogging, big solid roller cam, lightweight rotating assembly (relatively, but designed for power adder) Ported everything and big intake and exhaust piping.

That was very informative, thanks!

You must now teach us the porting mystic arts. Big Bang motors brought us LS boost goodness, now happy hour and horsepower will bring home brew head porting! Give me 90% performance for 10% dollars any day. Double wishbone alley cat tiger toe spider 2Y banana here we come!

Your videos are becoming a daily routine for me mate, would love to have a pint with you one day cheers 🍻

Loving your philosophy on the grayer subjects. More of this ; it's good stuff. A rod stroke ratio video would be awesome.

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

nothing there

Seems like this was a no brainer but the way you explain it really helps prove it! Thanks Richard

Awesome info and it was nice to enjoy a frost beverage with ya after a long day in the clinics! Can’t wait to get my car running this weekend!!! You have been an inspiration! Thank you!

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

get going

PLUS 10 Points for the Oran Juice Jones line: “alley-cat-coat-wearing Hush-Puppy-shoe-wearing crumbcake” You sir earned my subscription!😆

@richardholdener1727

2 жыл бұрын

OG

wish i herd this type of reasoning 10 years ago. Took a lot of time an money to figure out what richard just said. Great vids man keep them going.

Great video ,so helpful as usual

Over a 2 year period of time I helped a friend tune his 1080cc (Kaw. ZRX1100) from 120Hp NA up to 500Hp with Turbo. One of the "several" build combinations/upgrades was head work. Long story short, we jumped from 220Hp to 260Hp with the head work (same cams, cam timing and boost) 👍 Mods were over size valves (with proper un-shrouding in combustion chamber), porting (which included epoxy for calculated critical choke area in intake ports). He did raise the compression from 8:1 to 8.4 so not all of the 40Hp gained was from the head work but most of it was...

Like and comment for the algorithm. Keep up the good work Richard!

Thanks Richard. Enlightening as always. I get it when using the same boost psi. I might try 2x psi on moderate heads. I have to factor what I can plant to the ground.

I have a 6.0 I’m working on boosting, since I paid 1500 bucks for it i am going take Richards advise and do the things needed to be done to keep it together, if I had the 500 dollar version LS I would just send it for sure then go buy another as soon as it expired.

Had me on the edge thinking you were going to knock over that drink. That's some experienced hand gesturing right there.

I’m so excited to see your video of how to port heads at home, if Brian tooley was leaning over your shoulder.. Take all the time you like, excruciating detail is welcome!

Just an awsome and informative video, even with the Mikes hard hic ups lol. Keep the good stuff coming . Im in the middle just want lots of power that won't leave me stranded.

"With a purpose" My man...

@michaelangelo8001

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know, but I've heard that drinking Mike's will make your hair fall out...

@kevindamvorisbacon424

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelangelo8001 🤣

That pour was perfection!

Lmao, never knew Rich was a drunk, I like him even more now!! 🤣🤣🤣

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

There may or may not have been pre purpose

Day 13 down to Mike's and old dyno footage, must survive... Richard thanks man for the content!!

Richard I'm glad you mentioned valve de-shrouding. IMHO this is where most gains are and it's pretty easy.

@needadate

4 жыл бұрын

Bowl work is definitely the most power per hour of labor. I have yet to see a decently modern engine which benefits more than marginally from deshrouding - unless you add a significant change in bore diameter.

@indyrock8148

4 жыл бұрын

@@needadate do both with a parallel valve v8

Mikes hard lemonade with a purpose - I can respect that. Thanks for the data points

Happy Hour & Horsepower should be the name of your new business 😉

You’re a legend Richard!

I'm the guy that took rec port BBC head got the machine shop top cut them for 2.25/1.88 valves and the port work myself. I'd like to do the same in my to be turbo'd 6.0L LQ4. Look forward to seeing your porting video

Definitely in the middle....dnt have a huge budget but added cam and head work sure makes it easier to grow in power dwn the road

Anything that makes it good, adding boost makes it More GOODER!

I did my best on my first port job .. turned out pretty good

Great content ! Would love to see a DIY 4.8 build in the garage with all you can do by yourself and a cheap turbo vs everything you bolt on a 4.8 . Goal for both 900 hp :)

Let the turbo do the work. If it isn't going to break don't fix it

Thank you. Great video. Love the t-shirt :)

When I first found your videos years ago, not gonna lie, I got the wrong impression.. that being said, I just want to thank you for all your hard work, if it was easy everyone would do it. If I found all these LS comparison videos 2 years ago, I guaranteed this would have saved me money on my swap. I landed with an LY6, maybe i'll spend my 1200 on a new VS 78/75 gen 2 - mess around and make 800HP (lol), have something to show for it in the end ;P Thanks again Richard

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

good combo

Thanks for the videos very informative a1racingparts

Great info. 👍

Porting if done right will always help, on boosted motors you would skew things to the exhaust side,

I agree, it depends on the budget and power goal. It's not definitely always this or that. It's simply not always necessary for a head and cam package. If you have the cash though. It's always the smart thing to do. For all the obvious reasons you listed. More power at lower boost, more power all around, etc. The right combination regardless which why you go is key. If you want to maximize said combination. That's the biggest mistake most people make. To many try and force a square block in a round hole. Doesn't matter how hard you try. It's not going to work until you have the piece that actually work together.

How does Richard only have 38k followers? The info he provides alone is invaluable.

I built a 377 which is an ls3 with a stock crank. I put my stock ls1 top end on it from my 2004 GTO. Untouched 241 heads, ls6 intake, and stock throttle body. Custom cam and btr .660 lift springs. D1x with 15 psi on E85. I tuned it on the street and it's a lot of fun. Hope to get it to a dyno when things get back to normal to see what the curves look like and how much power it's making. I hope to do heads and a completely different top end next year. I did this simply for budget reasons, but it seems to work a lot better than most would think.

"Mike's with a purpose" 🤣🤣 i enjoy the videos. I consider myself one that's middle of the road, that takes a little from column A and a little from column B.

These videos are incredible! I would love to see a VVT cam vs non VVT with the same cam specs on both! L94 L99

@Dubst3pT3ch

4 жыл бұрын

Won't really make more power just the torque curve will be wider.

@sandasturner9529

3 жыл бұрын

Now we are Talkin 😃!

Trevor your absolutely right how deep is your pocket determines how much power you make !!! But i see alot of this turbo cam intalls because of it being forced induction but i willing to bet that any stage n/a cam will make more power than its equal stage turbo cam, this is something id like to see in comparison with reasonable hp levels, hook it up Richard !!! Your vids are awesome !!!

It depends on if you want a car you can drive daily or a drag car. The thing you have to look at is the amount of heat that you'll generate as you increase horsepower. You can't change the laws of physics. A motor that makes 1000 horsepower is like having a furnace at your feet at WOT. If I were to build a boosted LS, I would add a cam, make sure I had enough ring end gap, and call it a day. The car would have plenty of power when I wanted it and I could go cruising with it. I'd like to drive my car more than 1/4 mile at a time.

my first turbo build i was very budget minded, now as im building my second setup im slowly starting to come into the "grey" area... first setup was just a junkyard engine GT45 and a sloppy stage 2. Now im using a actual turbo camshaft, better heads that are home ported a borg s475 and a few more performance odds and ends plus some visual features too... it was fun to see how cheap and easy it was to do on a budget, now its nice to throw a couple mindful bucks here and there on the setup to see what gains ill have over my first build.

Excellent as always. I like that middle ground, modify your own head choice. Can we have more information about that please?

LS firing order 🤓 Love the shirt man! 🍻

@richardholdener1727

Жыл бұрын

THNX

Did you just quote “Oran Juice Jones”...😂😂

@richardholdener1727

4 жыл бұрын

Most people don't remember

Same cloth. Thank you.

LS, cam, springs, turbo. It's too easy and too awesome.

I'm definitely somewhere in the middle. Building a bored and stroked 5.3L out to 6.3 liters. I have nice Cam Motion positive supercharger cam, Eagle forged rotating assembly, stock 862 heads which I'm mildly porting along with buffing the chambers and 2"/1.575" valves. On top will be a 2.9L whipple P.D.S.

just the video I needed

I'm a street guy that likes to have a good reliable car or truck. I like to unleash the power of the stock engine with a cam and intake, carb combo. the reason is I'm not a professional racer and I can't justify going all out race gear to cruise the street where I'll never use the maximum amount of of power a race engine can make. I don't need race heads that flow a ton at.700 or. 800 inch of lift to only have a. 500 to .600 lift cam when factory heads flow almost as as good in that range. just like it's useless to put in a big solid roller cam in an engine that won't be revved above 6000 rpm. I learned along time ago to research first ask lots of questions and match the carb to the intake to the heads and cam to displacement and you'll make good usable power for the least amount of money. case in point. my brother has nova it had a 283. he drove it all the time had lots of fun. replaced the 283 with a mild 350 still drove it all the time had more power and more fun. he replaced the 350 with a badly miss matched 400 with 11.1 compression. it's fast and has to run race gas but now it mostly sits in the garage and isn't having fun anymore. he got disgusted with it because now he can't drive it and cruise like he used to. I've tried giving him some ideas to fix it but he isn't too hip to my advice. he was to young to remember my mustang. I blew up 3 transmission and sold the motor

Beautiful video. ... I'm quite new to all I'd this engine tuning, modification and design stuff; but for someone like me with significant budget constraints I'd try to improve the engine with slow upgrades and leave the turbo for the end, like a nice cherry on top of your fave choice of desert.

I have a 6.0 na that I put ported 243 heads on with ported tbss intake and cam. For a street driven truck it’s a lot to handle. I have thought of adding a turbo but I think 500whp is a lot for the street. Maybe I’m just old school, I remember when you had to really build an engine to make 500 at the flywheel now a stock 6.0 with a cam swap will do it. For a street driven car that I wanted to be quick I would go with the stock 6.0 or 6.2, change the cam then a small turbo with about 7lbs of boost. I think that would make the best all around fun car. I go ported heads on an na engine though.

Great job Richard!!! I’d rather go better heads and less boost. And nice shirt by the way!!!!