Blower, blower, blower, did I say blower and then when you blow up your 90,000 mile motor no matter what you do a forged short block will be the ticket and then the blower

 

The most cost effective thing would be to sell your car and get a Z06. I wish I was joking. For the same amount of money that you would have to spend you could sell yours (+the difference), get a Z06, and throw a small nitrous unit on it...viola. Plus your car will be worth that much more. That is the smartest way to do it. The Z06 will already have all the supporting go fast goodies as well. That's my advice to you. As soon as I no longer need an automatic that's what I'm going to do.

 

If you do it to your Vette it will cost a lot. I was thinking the same thing. The way I went cost me some tax dollars and time.

I sold this,



And got this...






Paul G.

 

ok so if I want to go with the blower setup, but don’t have 10$ at the moment but still will like to slowly start upgrading the car what would be some modifications that I can start doing now.

 

Check this out by ECS
http://www.ecsracing.com/ecsracing/showthread.php?t=27

 

cheap, reliable?

 

supercharger is the way to go

 

Texas speed stage 2.5 heads with MS3 Cam 1659$

http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...d=203&catid=47

SSAC headers/xpipe 400$

Used LS6 Intake 300$

Used Z06TI Catback 400$

Nitro Daves Corvette wet kit 689$

http://www.nitrousoutlet.com/catalog...roduct_id=1133

These mods with my 6 speed put me in the 450-460 range on motor which would be well over 500 on a 100 shot for only 3500$ in parts, now if you can install it all yourself you will save a TON of money

 

This is November, not April 1 isn't it?

500 RWHP on a '97, A4, with 90k miles plus 'cheap' and reliable doesn't go together.

Speed (read RWHP and torque) cost .

Reliability and 'cheap' are oxymoron.

This is a great April Fools topic post, but in the real world NOT.

 

read my post above you, its not as hard as youd think IF you can do the work yourself...

 

I Agree! But a lot of years on those seals, a lot of miles on that bottom end, but on the bright side, there shouldn't be any tight spots in the motor, and as they say (They Run Fastest Right Before They Blow). I'm still not sure who (They) is?

 

Regardless of mileage, (and 90k isnt that high for LS1's) if the motor is in good shape with good oil pressure i woudnt hesistate to spray it, tuned right its very safe we installed a wet kit 150 shot on a younger guys 2k vette with 140,000 miles and he sprays the **** out of it, and its at 165,000 miles now

 

go large cubes, your engine is already at its half life at 90K miles. You'll referesh the engine at the same time.

blower is probably cheapest, but also adds weight to your car.

.02

 

Headers/exhaust, stall/shift kit, TNT F1 wet-kit with 150 jets. Car will be an absolute beast on sticky tires...

 

What did you run with that package at the track the other day?

 

woops nevermind my post.

Have you upgraded any of your transmission components?

 

Personal Experience.

Since you have an a4, You WILL NEED a built transmission, and possible rear.

My tranny went out after a few months of easy driving on run flats, with the stock converter and a nice tranny cooler. Rear end was leaking and showing wear. Upgraded to an RPM A4, 3.42 Rear w/ hardened shaft, VIG converter.

So the estimate of $10k for a blown setup is low, unless you can do ALL the work. $6k Blower, $500 gauges, $500 tune, $4,000 driveline, ??? $$$ for installation if you can't install everything...

If you don't care how you get 500 rwhp, and just want to save as much $$$ as possible, the follow Eurospec's reasoning. But you will need a built auto.

It is much less costly to mod an m6 to 500rwhp. Paying for a great clutch is way less expensive than paying for a built transmission and a converter, and the m6 cars already have 3.42 rears and not pathetic 2.73 gears.

I payed around $3500 in parts for my built transmission, built 3.42 rear, and converter. If I was an m6 the my parts bill would have been $300 for a hardened shaft for the stock 3.42 rear, and ~ $1000 for a top notch clutch, more than $2000 less than needs to be spent for a reliable, well performing a4 drive-line. And that's because I like to play it safe. Some people don't even change the stock clutch at 500rwhp.

 

Like everyone has said... cheap, fast, reliable.... choose 2... remember that.

I'd spend the money on a nice wet sump LS7 w/ a moderate cam making 550 rwhp, but that's me.

 

Especially if you put it in yourself. But then you need to budget for all the tires you will burn through... and possibly when your diff shaft breaks.

A blower is cheaper to put in when in comparison to a 427 swap. But neither are "cheap".

The cheapest way to make any car super fast is to push it off a really high cliff.

EDIT: I read you had an A4... a blown LS1 with an A4 will work for a while... until it breaks. You'll need a built one.

 

I am guessing that since the OP is asking this question to begin with he probably can't do the work himself...