Thinking about supercharging.
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From: Leominster MA
Thinking about supercharging.
I'm thinking about getting the magnuson from LPE. I have a 2002 Z06 and the only mod is a vararam intake. What kind of 1/4 times would i be looking at roughly. time slips would be really cool. thanks.
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Re: Thinking about supercharging. (BLOWN IN NC)
I had LPE do the Magnuson on my 01 Z06 and I'm thrilled with the performance. :thumbs: I haven't taken it to the drag strip yet. You might give Ed Potter or Tim Dyer at LPE a call for details.
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Re: Thinking about supercharging. (B's Z06)
I rode in an '01 Z06 with the Magnacharger. The owner road races it and reportedly he breezes by Porsche turbos (assuming those road course racers do at least a few tweaks themselves). Remember the straight-line thrill is just a component to the overall appeal of it. You can leave in 4th gear from 20-70+ mph and squirt in and out of traffic. It looks really cool and some import fanatics tend to be really intimidated; I heard of one 300ZX TT owner who was really pressing to race this C5 owner I know and once he saw the blower he said "Never mind." :lolg: The wicked sound of it when gunning it will be really neat and literally scare people in front of you to the point they immediately change lanes; I'm sure a few have tried it in tunnels. And if done by LPE (or qualified tuner on a low mileage/new vehicle), you have the rare reassurance of a limited engine warranty matching the factory powertrain warranty (this much power and and a guarantee on your stock engine!). Lots of thrills in different driving situations not limited to drag racing. :chevy
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Re: Thinking about supercharging. (B's Z06)
With proper traction and launch technique, low-to-mid 11's is VERY doable.
Read this: http://www.caranddriver.com/xp/Caran...ngenfelter.xml
Read this: http://www.caranddriver.com/xp/Caran...ngenfelter.xml
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Re: Thinking about supercharging. (B's Z06)
I say do it. :reddevil :reddevil
Actually, in answer to your question, so far, there really haven't been a lot of posts here with 1/4 mile times. Also, the cars on the Forum with the Magna range in level of mods and it seems there are more LS1s than LS6s. If, and that's a big if, you can find a way to get good traction, I would think low 11s are doable in a Z06, but of course that depends on driver and tires. There already have been posts that guys in stock or near-stock Z06s can out of the box get low 12s or high 11s, so it seems just to make sense to me that if you add a ton of torque and 100 horsepower to that car, it's just going to be that much faster, assuming traction is improved.
In my LS1, my 3.73s and tires make traction laughable in 1st gear, so track times might not be so good. But, for pure downshifting fun and driving from point A to point B, which is common for me as it is my daily driver, it is great fun and fits the bill quite nicely. It also has been alleged (:D) that my car ran even on the highway with a lightly modded Viper: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=508398. For what it's worth, I later learned that the Viper in the story puts down about 450 rwhp.
Toss that on an LS6, and I'm thinking it's a pretty stout package. :smash: :smash:
Actually, in answer to your question, so far, there really haven't been a lot of posts here with 1/4 mile times. Also, the cars on the Forum with the Magna range in level of mods and it seems there are more LS1s than LS6s. If, and that's a big if, you can find a way to get good traction, I would think low 11s are doable in a Z06, but of course that depends on driver and tires. There already have been posts that guys in stock or near-stock Z06s can out of the box get low 12s or high 11s, so it seems just to make sense to me that if you add a ton of torque and 100 horsepower to that car, it's just going to be that much faster, assuming traction is improved.
In my LS1, my 3.73s and tires make traction laughable in 1st gear, so track times might not be so good. But, for pure downshifting fun and driving from point A to point B, which is common for me as it is my daily driver, it is great fun and fits the bill quite nicely. It also has been alleged (:D) that my car ran even on the highway with a lightly modded Viper: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=508398. For what it's worth, I later learned that the Viper in the story puts down about 450 rwhp.
Toss that on an LS6, and I'm thinking it's a pretty stout package. :smash: :smash:
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Re: Thinking about supercharging. (SteveL2)
I say do it. :reddevil :reddevil
Actually, in answer to your question, so far, there really haven't been a lot of posts here with 1/4 mile times. Also, the cars on the Forum with the Magna range in level of mods and it seems there are more LS1s than LS6s. If, and that's a big if, you can find a way to get good traction, I would think low 11s are doable in a Z06, but of course that depends on driver and tires. There already have been posts that guys in stock or near-stock Z06s can out of the box get low 12s or high 11s, so it seems just to make sense to me that if you add a ton of torque and 100 horsepower to that car, it's just going to be that much faster, assuming traction is improved.
In my LS1, my 3.73s and tires make traction laughable in 1st gear, so track times might not be so good. But, for pure downshifting fun and driving from point A to point B, which is common for me as it is my daily driver, it is great fun and fits the bill quite nicely. It also has been alleged (:D) that my car ran even on the highway with a lightly modded Viper: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=508398. For what it's worth, I later learned that the Viper in the story puts down about 450 rwhp.
Toss that on an LS6, and I'm thinking it's a pretty stout package. :smash: :smash:
Actually, in answer to your question, so far, there really haven't been a lot of posts here with 1/4 mile times. Also, the cars on the Forum with the Magna range in level of mods and it seems there are more LS1s than LS6s. If, and that's a big if, you can find a way to get good traction, I would think low 11s are doable in a Z06, but of course that depends on driver and tires. There already have been posts that guys in stock or near-stock Z06s can out of the box get low 12s or high 11s, so it seems just to make sense to me that if you add a ton of torque and 100 horsepower to that car, it's just going to be that much faster, assuming traction is improved.
In my LS1, my 3.73s and tires make traction laughable in 1st gear, so track times might not be so good. But, for pure downshifting fun and driving from point A to point B, which is common for me as it is my daily driver, it is great fun and fits the bill quite nicely. It also has been alleged (:D) that my car ran even on the highway with a lightly modded Viper: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=508398. For what it's worth, I later learned that the Viper in the story puts down about 450 rwhp.
Toss that on an LS6, and I'm thinking it's a pretty stout package. :smash: :smash:
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Re: Thinking about supercharging. (jersey jay)
Don't know about the mags but steve keen has an ati and only cranked to about 500rwhp and runs 10.6 consistently, cartek guys with h/c are rolling in the high 10's so 11's and 12's are not that impressive with a blower and a lot more can be obtained with experience and tires.
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