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A&A Corvette Supercharger install in my 04 CE is done...
My 04 Commemorative Edition Coupe is done at A&A Corvettes, I ride out on the Amtrak to go pick it up tomorrow.
In a flurry of responsible driving thoughts, it occurred to me that I will want to take a HPDE (Hi Perf Driver Education) course from one of the many schools here in So Cal. In light of the significant HP increase I'm about to have, it seemed prudent.
Anyone in So Cal have any experience with these schools out here? There seem to be a good 10-15 of them, most operating out of Willow Springs Raceway north of Bakersfield. I'm looking at driving my own car, and probably taking at least a 1 day course if not a 2 day course.
Any thoughts on which ones impressed you the most with their setup?
Pics tomorrow afternoon of the S/C install, with dyno results when I get it back.
My 04 Commemorative Edition Coupe is done at A&A Corvettes, I ride out on the Amtrak to go pick it up tomorrow.
In a flurry of responsible driving thoughts, it occurred to me that I will want to take a HPDE (Hi Perf Driver Education) course from one of the many schools here in So Cal. In light of the significant HP increase I'm about to have, it seemed prudent.
Anyone in So Cal have any experience with these schools out here? There seem to be a good 10-15 of them, most operating out of Willow Springs Raceway north of Bakersfield. I'm looking at driving my own car, and probably taking at least a 1 day course if not a 2 day course.
Any thoughts on which ones impressed you the most with their setup?
Pics tomorrow afternoon of the S/C install, with dyno results when I get it back.
Hope you all are having a good weekend!
Jim
aka ScumOne
ScumOne, good deal on doing the SC mod, hope to have that done in the future myself. As for the driving school question I found that I was pretty pleased with the instructions by the course Pro drivers there and the experience I had from running at Willow Springs/Button Willow/Streets of Willow. One of the cool things that I had happen/offered was that you can also ask the instructor/s to drive your car on track (you as passenger) to get a heads up assessment as to what would improve the handling performance on your particular car at no cost. Not a bad deal, but again this was 10 years ago. Other than going to Bob Bondurants school in AZ. who uses Corvettes as trainers I would look into Willow Springs, very fast track, there some really good people there. Try to make it to Rubys on some Friday at the Whittwood Mall and talk with me about it. Take care and good decision to take a school, it helped my skills a bunch.
Congrats, my friend Donald4972 did his at A&A and can't stop raving about the extra HP. Be careful with the extra HP.
It's Don's fault I'm doing this! We talked about it during a round of golf 15 months ago, and I too have heard him rave about the extra HP.
neutron82: It's a 2004 CE, 4 speed auto, Bossani exhaust w/X pipe, and the magnetic ride control suspension. It has some new BFG G-Force Super Sport tires on it (stock sizes to fit the CE wheels).
2FAS4UU: I'll see about the Ruby's run this Friday. What time do you usually go there?
My 04 Commemorative Edition Coupe is done at A&A Corvettes, I ride out on the Amtrak to go pick it up tomorrow.
In a flurry of responsible driving thoughts, it occurred to me that I will want to take a HPDE (Hi Perf Driver Education) course from one of the many schools here in So Cal. In light of the significant HP increase I'm about to have, it seemed prudent.
Anyone in So Cal have any experience with these schools out here? There seem to be a good 10-15 of them, most operating out of Willow Springs Raceway north of Bakersfield. I'm looking at driving my own car, and probably taking at least a 1 day course if not a 2 day course.
Any thoughts on which ones impressed you the most with their setup?
Pics tomorrow afternoon of the S/C install, with dyno results when I get it back.
Just got back from A&A with the 2004 CE. I had Josh take me for a ride when I got there (slept like crap last night, didn't feel like pushing it).
It's not quite as fast as the shuttle. But when I get some stickier tires it may be. Yes, it's very quick, even with a 4 speed auto and 3.15 gears. The acceleration does pin you back in your seat, quite solidly I might add.
I can see a second set of rear wheels and tires is my next purchase, if the billowing smoke from the rear was any indication. While the 4 speed auto doesn't transfer power quite as well as a manual, 495 RWHP is pretty...well...breathtaking.
I need a nap. Mandatory dyno sheet below.
A&A Corvette Supercharger dyno results on 2004 Le Mans Commemorative Edition Coupe. LS1, stock cam, Bossani exhaust, 4 speed automatic transmission.
It's Don's fault I'm doing this! We talked about it during a round of golf 15 months ago, and I too have heard him rave about the extra HP.
neutron82: It's a 2004 CE, 4 speed auto, Bossani exhaust w/X pipe, and the magnetic ride control suspension. It has some new BFG G-Force Super Sport tires on it (stock sizes to fit the CE wheels).
2FAS4UU: I'll see about the Ruby's run this Friday. What time do you usually go there?
ScumOne; It usually starts up with people showing up around 4:30 and runs till 8-8:30, depends on the crowd that night. It's primarily muscle cars, roadsters, a few assorted race cars, but I go just because I love cars and have a few friends that go periodically. Let me know approximately what time you might make it there !! Would like to see your install.
I'd probably wait till my wife gets home from work (I work from home, she's a VP in a downtown office in LA), then come over. That would put it around 6:30-7pm we'd get there if traffic is it's usual speed on Friday night.
The install looks very neat and tidy. But you can see it for yourself on Friday, OK?
Man reading this makes me want to pull the trigger that much more!
There was a gent that showed up with his 2015 C7 while I was there. He'd gotten a supercharger system from another company. Apparently after 6-8 months it still had issues they couldn't resolve. This man drove 175 miles from Morro Bay down to drop his car off and get the A&A SC systems instead.
He was not happy with the other system, to say the least. He wanted to get my impressions of my car after Josh took me for a test drive.He was asking me all kinds of questions about mine, and I told him "I just got here today to pick it up, haven't even gone for the test drive yet. Let me have Josh take me for a spin, and I'll be happy to answer whatever I can, OK?"
When we came back, I told him "Pete, it's better if you just go for a ride with Josh and tell him to let her rip."
I never saw a 70 + year old man park his 2nd car fast enough, kiss his wife on the cheek and sprint over to another man's Vette that fast in my life.
Three minutes later he came back, big smile on his face, shook my hand, hugged me around the shoulders and said "Jim, thanks for letting me do that, that was awesome."
Not going to tell you what to do. I'm just relating the experience while it's fresh in my mind (5 hours ago now).
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (performance mods)
C5 of Year Winner (performance mods) 2019
would you care to share who the "other" company was that the guy was dissatisfied with?... I had a similar experience with some guys in new jersey but after dealing with a&a all of my problems are gone and my confidence has been restored in my car as well as with some vendors in general
Thanks, I plan to jptgs1. I've got some stomach issues from meds I take that sometimes make me nauseated. With the acceleration the car has now, I can see that happening more often if I'm not careful (at least until the surgery is done later this year).
So after I get the class/course done to better know the car, I can have some fun...or save my *** from the millions of other drivers on the So Cal freeway and road system.
would you care to share who the "other" company was that the guy was dissatisfied with?... I had a similar experience with some guys in new jersey but after dealing with a&a all of my problems are gone and my confidence has been restored in my car as well as with some vendors in general
I don't know which company installed the SC in Pete's C7, but it was a ProCharger system. In fact when I was there dropping off the car for the install two weeks ago, another client had walked in to complain of his PC setup to Andy, and Josh was handling another "I'd like to get your SC instead of this Pro Chrarger I've got, cuz it whines, and idles badly."
So this made 3 different PC systems clients that weren't happy just while I was in their offices for a total of 30 minutes in two visits.
It sure makes me feel like I made the right decision.
05-31-2015, 03:13 PM
A&A Corvette Supercharger install in my 04 CE is done...
ScumOne, good deal on doing the SC mod, hope to have that done in the future myself. As for the driving school question I found that I was pretty pleased with the instructions by the course Pro drivers there and the experience I had from running at Willow Springs/Button Willow/Streets of Willow. One of the cool things that I had happen/offered was that you can also ask the instructor/s to drive your car on track (you as passenger) to get a heads up assessment as to what would improve the handling performance on your particular car at no cost. Not a bad deal, but again this was 10 years ago. Other than going to Bob Bondurants school in AZ. who uses Corvettes as trainers I would look into Willow Springs, very fast track, there some really good people there. Try to make it to Rubys on some Friday at the Whittwood Mall and talk with me about it. Take care and good decision to take a school, it helped my skills a bunch. 
