Doing a ZL1 TT and keeping the factory blower in place. Should be fun.

 

Way to go ! Are you keeping the stock 1.9 TVS or stepping up to the 2.3 ? Doing the dual Lingenfelter IC ? LS7 T body ? Lingenfelter inlet ? Or just the turbos with all other parts stock ? Sounds awesome.

 

All stock just feeding the blower with twins. At least that is the plan for now. Guy just wants ~700rwhp, nothing crazy. Add up all the parts (headers, pulley, he, etc etc etc) and it was about the same as doing the turbo kit so he is will to try it out.

 

I know this is a Corvette Forum and all, but I'd really like to see the results when it's done. Can you post them here or provide a link to somewhere to see them ? Thanks !

 

Will do. Owner suppose to drop it off next week at my friend's shop. They already have a Camaro TT kit so they are just modding it to fit the zl1 for people who want a bolt on zl1 compound setup.

They are trying to get someone to do a whipple or Maggie compound too.

 

What would be different except the T body location which would change the intake piping ? All 3 ( Maggie, Whipple, TVS) are pretty similar I would think. (except the tune would probably be different too)

 

Interesting projects. Is it really simpler and more cost effective to install a twin turbo kit on a camaro vs doing the headers, pulley, and heat exchanger with the target being 700 rwhp?

 

Twin turbos + Nitrous = no lag and the worlds best intercooler.

 

We will find out. It is kind of a test and see. Typically to hit 700rwhp you are looking at a cam/etc. Add it all up and you aren't far off. Turbo shop is giving the guy a break to use his car to do the piping and any mods needed so in his case yes, it will be a much better deal. Now if you could bolt on a $6k TT kit that would make 700-800rwhp that wouldn't be a bad deal for zl1/ctsv people.

 

Just remember it's pressure ratio * pressure ratio, not boost + boost. Get really low waste gate springs to start.

 

It is a turbo shop, they have everything from 3 to 20lb springs on the shelf. They know what they are doing. Owner may do a whipple 2.9 + twin 61s on LME 416 just to be different and because the parts are just laying there.

 

I've seen it done on GM 3800 V6 motors as well as the Cobalt SS. A local company to me is the worlds largest 3800 and LSJ/LNF (Cobalt SS) parts company and has made some fast as hell cars. I've actually driven one of the Twin charged cobalts that made high 400's at the tires. its stupid for FWD. I've never seen or heard of it done on LSx motors though.

 

Many thanks to those of you who have contributed valuable info to this thread...keep it coming.

 

I know at one point in time there was cobras twin charging with whipples and they were blowing seals out of the supercharger due to increased inlet pressure, but they have probably fixed this issue by now.

 

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-f...te-me-now.html

yeah, there are quite a few people here who add their 2¢ for the sole purpose of making you feel this way.

yeah, thanks.

 

The people who have added their two cents have said facts. That or they have asked for real world results. Just because it wasn't what the OP wanted to hear and made him defensive and butthurt, doesn't mean it wasn't factual information.

I guess you are still upset also huh?

 

I'm not buthurt Y2K, you're just an *******. I don't have any 'Vette facts to offer you, but I gave facts non the less, and you just want to **** all over everything that isn't YOUR way...whatever. Don't come into this thread if it's not something you're interested in, just let your fingers walk right on by...won't bother me at all.

 

when did i ever say they didn't bring facts?
what i said is that they brought what they did with a condescending attitude like we're 'tards for wanting to try because they don't believe it will work.

my point was that it's been moderately successful in a handful of V8 applications, so why not try to make it work in a corvette... since nobody else has before.

 

Cool beans zebra

 

You don't have any real world track/street racing results from the two cars that you brought up. That and...from this post, it's obvious you are very butthurt.

By saying that someone is throwing their two cents around, that is an implication that someone is just talking out of their a$$. You might want to go re-read your thread. It started out fine...then you got pissy because it wasn't information you wanted to hear, so you took that and are trying to say that people have attitudes in their responses.

The only car that comes to mind that has actually had real world results on the street/track is the Ford GT...and that is mostly due to how that car is built from the factory. Even then, only a select very few Ford GT's are setup like that and, I'm not even sure if the s/c plays a major role.

No one cares about doing it to a Vette. From a performance standpoint, the technology available on an s/c or turbo car would make it silly to even try and do a compound setup.

I get it that the names Mr. Butthurt mentioned know their stuff. But to just say they know more than anyone, and to say that it worked on a Camry and some random Mustang that no one has ever heard of, doesn't qualify someone to be the end all be all of forced induction. Especially since the cars have no results besides a dyno queen. Could I be wrong? Of course! But, show me...don't get angry and dismissive.

There is a reason all the top builders in this country don't run a compound forced induction. Think about it!