Originally Posted by oufan2929

Vince, I agree w/you 110%. And I talked to you several times here and at LS1tech. Your car is seriously one of my favorites on the forums. My only thing is that I don't like to use more than a 200 shot of nitrous. But that's just me. I'm somewhat affraid of it I guess you could say. I've seen some crazy stuff happen w/it, as I'm sure some of you have as well. One day I'll wish I had built an 11:1+ CR 408 w/a DP n20 setup, the very next day I'm glad I did the FI motor because a blower car seems so much "cooler". It's really a toss up that ends up in the favor of nitrous because of the cost effectiveness. And w/the fact that you can only utilize so much power on the street, then a 500+rwhp w/a shot of N20 is nearly the perfect street car. But I will say, w/FI the sky is the limit. Granted I'd probably never use up everything an F1R has to offer. You could probably get 1200rwhp out of one on race gas, then add N20 to that. You'd have to add a 700 shot of nitrous to get there w/an na motor . But now I'm just getting into something that pretty much no one here will ever do. Bottom line, either way you can't lose! And Vince, I've seen that you've been eyeing down FI lately , but if I were you, I'd stick w/what you got until it breaks(which I'm sure that's your plan)! Your car's bad

Originally Posted by Vince99FRC

The 700rwhp limit on a big motor and spray is not true. If your setup is built correctly and you set your nitrous up correctly you can make 1000rwhp. My buddy Dan has already put down 870rwhp on his 408ci and he is going to change his second stage to a progressive shot and shoot for 950rwhp. I stopped at 760rwhp because I saw no need to spray more. When I am out on the prowl on the streets I spray between 650 and 680rwhp and I blow away 800 plus rwhp Supras from a 40 to 155mph sprint.

Some of you guys seem to forget we are lighter than 75 to 90 percent of our competition. Not to mention above 100mph we have the aerodynamics advantage over our competition. Two or three stages of nitrous setup properly would give you an awesome avg tq and with that you could easily compete with a turbo Vette in a sprint from zero to 150mph depending on your gears. Above that you run the risk of spraying in 5th gear with 3.42's(Not really a good idea w/out proper tune/gas), but 3.73's to 4.10's would be ok in 5th. The horsepower I have NA will pretty much beat 95 percent of Exotics all the way to 200mph. It takes a modified Exotic to beat a well built NA C5 to 200mph. Our biggest problem is greed. Some of us need to realize we have a good base and over doing it is really a waste of money unless you plan to make that money back somehow. Also, I always hear I dont like filling up the bottle or I dont want to run race gas. If you want to go fast those are the things you have to do. Some act like you have to fill the bottle daily. Do you race everytime you get in your car? When I hear people complain about me having nitrous I laugh. That is their built in excuse and if they want to use nitrous they could. Also, I have no problem running off the bottle. My car is still capable of 128 to 132mph traps NA depending on the temps outside. The Vette is a awesome starting point. Just look at the C6. How much better is a stock C6 compared to a stock C5? I think that would depend on the driver and options on the car.


This is JMO..

Originally Posted by korvetkeith

Dam vince, we need some vid.