LS2 Help

[Trevor @ Texas Speed]

I would personally take Andrew's advice. I have both DBC and DBW LS setups in various old cars, and I'll take the DBW setup any day over the cable. As mentioned, the LS6 intake will bring a lot of money! In my opinion, your goal should be to have the setup as close to what was offered in a production vehicle as possible. You can mix and match stuff easily and have a harness built 100 different ways, but they won't always drive quite right when you start changing a lot. I definitely wouldn't try to convert to DBC. It'll cost more to do it, and it's a step backwards IMO. DBW is cleaner under the hood, and I personally like the way it drives vs. DBC...probably because that's what I'm used to now. Trimming down harnesses and modifying them are time consuming, which is why most don't do it anymore. You'll typically still have a cleaner look under the hood with an aftermarket harness because it'll only have what you need.

Trevor
Texas Speed & Performance

[tgrace85]

I have a '70 Camaro with a T-blazer LS2, and like davidomilligan did with his, I went with the Holley system for a couple reasons. 1) The tune-ability of the thing is awesome. 2) It's very comprehensive. Kind of expensive, but the capabilities it has to "run" your car are huge. 3) I wanted to do away with the dbw system and use a standard throttle cable. The Holley system did everything perfectly, the car makes great power, runs well, and there's plenty left in the table if I decide to go more in-depth down the road.

However, I've got to say, I've gotten over the cable thing and if I was to do it again, I'd stick with the dbw. It made me feel good to see the cable, but really, that's like the only advantage. I don't know. I mean, I guess it's a simpler set-up, but that's after you go through the trouble of converting it. And - if you don't need all that tune-ability, and all you're really going to do is just drive it, it's overkill. GM designed these things as a complete system. If you leave it together and then just give the computer a nice tune, you're sweet. Anyways, that's my .02. The Holley system will do everything you're talking about, and really well. But if you think you may not really need it, I'd just stick with the stock stuff.