I posted on another forum to a guy named Rob Raymer ( who is non-supporting vendor, so I can't say the company name), and he's in the process of putting together an LS1 single turbo kit for the f-bodies. He said that when he finished with the f-bodies, he was going to put one together for the C5, and here is a quote from the post:

"It's true, we will be building a C5/Z06 Single Turbo Kit as soon as the F-Body kits are complete. However, I can't give many details yet. I would look for an early Spring '03 release, 500+ rear wheel Hp, and pricing under $10K complete."

His credentials speak for themselves, as his Camaro goes 9.94, which is very respectable for a single hair dryer LS1.


This is great news for the guys interested in a turbo system, because it may drive prices down,because of the competition.

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That price sounds about right. LPE's kit is $8400 installed and it is 490BHP. Don't forget the additional $200 for the 3 yr, 36,000 mile warranty.

 

LPE doesn't do a Single for a C5. You are thinking of his SC (The Magnacharger) and is quite a bit different from a Single or Twin Turbo.

LPE does do a TT for the C5 - it only costs $20K for an MN6 and $23K for an A4.

 

C5/Z06? Does that mean another exclusive LS6 application? Or does he mean LS1/LS6?

 

Comparing LPE's SC which is maxed out to a single turbo who's only limitation if your engine budget and fuel system doesn't work.

I think Rob's base kit will come with a Q trim 64, and you can go up from there, 200-400 dollars to get the big 1200 hp unit.

His 500rwhp number is based on a bolt on kit, stock engine, stock injectors.

Injectors are your limiting factor, for the years with 28lb injectors your pushing things at 500rwhp, 450 for the years with the 26's.

Upgrade the injectors, and his kit will come with an intank Racetronix dual fuel pump system so your OK there and you can run the boost up and make as much power as you want until you blow the pistons out of a stock motor :)

I really trust Rob's kit, it has been 'around' for the longest time except for LPE's TT kit. It started out as another companies kit that he put on the car. They found major problems with the kit(a story unto itself) and Rob spent the past 2 years re-doing all that was wrong.

What is left is his own kit, modeled after whats on his car. Just about everything from the original kit has changed, IC, turbo location, cross over pipe, downpipes, etc...

So as far as R&D he's got alot of it, fixing all the little things as they came about.

The kit will run on either car, there are no dimensional differences in the oil pan or anything on an LS6 are there? Jim had mentioned something being different dimensionally in another post, that would be the only thing.

I hound him about the kit everytime I talk to him, the market is there. Look at how many jump on the LPE SC setup for 8K, here your getting more torque with an intercooler for the money and an open ended solution.

LPE's setup is good for those wanting more power on a budget for the name, but I still think a non-intercooled solution on the motor is a bad idea, its skimping, look at the posts about people saying how their engines lose power with SC's in the heat. Now compound that to those who are non-intercooled, it will be even worse.

For track repeatability there is none for a non-intercooled car, bring bags of ice because that unit will be smoking after some track time, back to back I bet you'd be down 50rwhp on a hot day once the unit warms up.


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I thought things like rods and heavier injectors were automatically part of any any TT package for a C5/LS1. I know for sure that ARE included it in his price when he first made the announcement

As far as differences, I do remember Jim Hall saying that LS1's prior to 2000 involves removing the engine because of the oil-pan situation but it does raise the question whether this would be necessary for a Single Turbo.

 

The injectors very may well be included in alot of kits. The original LPE TT kit the Stage I did not come with injectors, however at the time all c5's came with 28lb units, not the 26's that started later on.

Rods? Pushrods? Connecting rods, which rods are you talking about, got me confused :)

The cross over pipe is the thing that would most likely be in the way if there was a pan difference.