Tex

My C7 is at Baily's Hyperformance for a Magnuson Supercharger and TSP long tube headers. Due to have the car back before Thanksgiving and can hardly wait to see how it performs. How are those with a similar set up liking the performance from their Vette? I have had several Corvettes over the years but this is the first with a supercharger so I'm not sure what to expect.

robert miller

You will have this on your face.

blue_bomber697

What he said haha. I had never owned a boosted car before now. The boost on that mighty V8 is so addicting... I get the goofiest smile every time I step on the pedal now.

officermartinez

Hey brother.. My car is at Baily's right now as well. It's the torch red stingray that had all of the guts removed. I'm shooting for 13 - 14 #'s of boost on a fully forged motor.. hoping to get about 1000 crank hp. Those guys are great. Like others have said, you will love having a boosted C7. Soooo much fun! BTW, I'm in SW Fort Worth.. Not far from Arlington.

REDBULLIT

I admire you guys, and here I am holding back on doing headers, intake, and tune lol.

Tex

That's fantastic. I didn't get into the shop area so I didn't see your car, wish I had. Mine is the Blade Silver convertible and is due to be finished Wednesday, probably ahead of yours with all the work you're having done. I'll try to check it out when I'm there next. BTW I need to update my information as I'm in the short Southside of Fort Worth.

Tex

Hey, I understand it took me a good while before I could take this step. And then you see a project like Martinez's Red C7- makes mine look awfully tame!

officermartinez

LOL.. Oh no. Don't sell yourself short! ..you'll have one bad to the bone car! I think for us, it's getting to the point that we don't even want to drive our to "high risk" areas such as parking lots, parking garages, curb side parking or basically anywhere downtown. We now cringe at valet parking and it's gotten to a point that we are considering buying a second car just to kick around in.. eeeeeeek!

Tex

It is now completed. The Magnuson supercharger and TSP headers are a super fit and finish and the sound and power are awesome!

CDH76

Grats! Baily's also did the work on my c7. They do excellent work. I installed the s/c and meth kit on mine and then brought it to them to install headers and tune it. It's fun and I already forgot what stock feels like.

VNAMVET

Have they tuned it and if so, how much of a power increase from the stock run on the dyno?

Tex

Yes, they did tune it and the dyno was 548. The tech ran a second with 547.8 and said the numbers were impressive since the back tires were slipping slightly on both runs. There was not a stock dyno run. Everyone was working late Thanksgiving eve to get my Vette finished and I didn't get my test results but I have already left a message at the shop to save them for me. The tech was also giving me some torque numbers at different RPM's but I didn't keep all that straight, I just remember he said the numbers were impressive, so I'm anxious to be able to quantify.
This was my first experience with dyno testing and I was a little overwhelmed with sensory overload. LOL!!

VNAMVET

Awesome power! Stock C7s are about 400 rwhp give or take. So a 148hp gain is a tremendous increade in power...congrats.

officermartinez

Can't wait to get our car back on the dyno. It will be interesting to see if wheel spin will be a big issue for us.

CDH76

You better bring some glue to put on those tires in this cold weather! Are they getting close to done with your car? I saw it there when I was picking up my car from there after they tuned my ecs/meth/headers.

officermartinez

I just called Texas Speed & Performance yesterday. The hold up is on our heads. They said it would be about another week before they can ship them back to Baily's. As far as I know, we got our block back from being honed and more or less, it's all ready to go aside from the heads. I'm not sure if the Borla exhaust has been bolted back in or not. I still have to replace the front splitter but that's a 30 minute fix.. It's sitting at my house.

officermartinez

Speaking of, how the heck is your car now? ..haha! What were your numbers? I bet it's very impressive!

CDH76

Nice well I would love to hear your car with that borla exhaust! Maybe I can run out of methanol just in time for you to get your car. Let me know and I'll try to make it when you pick it up. Chris now sells M1 over there. Purchased my last 5 gallon bucket from him. Went through the first one quick

I'm very happy with my results! First day I drove it home it ended up 686 whp & 601 tq. I went back about two weeks later and had them pull some timing just to be a little more on the safe side. It was about 10 degree's cooler that day and I was expecting less hp for sure. It pulled 691 LOL! That weather makes a difference!

I had them also install the gauge in my pillar. Turned out good. Here is some pics and a video I made goofing off.