If you don't anticipate the race getting up to 160mph, why have gears that'll take you up that high?
what mods make for a good "sleeper" motor
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St. Jude Donor '08
what mods make for a good "sleeper" motor
Assuming you wanted your car to sound like a stock LS1/LS6 (no whistling, whining or excessive rumbline) and have minimal vibration/lope, what would be the best way to get into say the 500 rwhp range?
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easy to hide a bottle on these car, go with a 150 shot stock ported manifold and throttle body
with a zo6 cam
full exhaust but get the t.i. catback so its quiet
thats as sleeper as youre gona get, with the bottle you should be close
with a zo6 cam
full exhaust but get the t.i. catback so its quiet
thats as sleeper as youre gona get, with the bottle you should be close
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Some kind of "cheater" cam w/ no lope, full bolt-ons and Z06 Ti mufflers. But I've never understood the point in wanting to make a flashy sportscar into a "sleeper".
I can udnerstand taking an old beatup SVO Mustang and making it fly or some crazy off-the-wall car nobody would expect to be fast... that'd be fun. But John Q Public expects a Corvete to be a fast car.
I can udnerstand taking an old beatup SVO Mustang and making it fly or some crazy off-the-wall car nobody would expect to be fast... that'd be fun. But John Q Public expects a Corvete to be a fast car.
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Some kind of "cheater" cam w/ no lope, full bolt-ons and Z06 Ti mufflers. But I've never understood the point in wanting to make a flashy sportscar into a "sleeper".
I can udnerstand taking an old beatup SVO Mustang and making it fly or some crazy off-the-wall car nobody would expect to be fast... that'd be fun. But John Q Public expects a Corvete to be a fast car.
I can udnerstand taking an old beatup SVO Mustang and making it fly or some crazy off-the-wall car nobody would expect to be fast... that'd be fun. But John Q Public expects a Corvete to be a fast car.
When someone approaches you for a race (for $) thinking your car is already fast, they've obviously done something to their car to make it faster. They may not want to bother racing a vette if they see a super charger or a turbo, but a stock one should be an easy win. So now you're all geared up to screw over someone who scams people claiming oh yeah my mustang/civic/whatever is stock but I'm a good driver or whatever bs line they feed you.
It's like a gear head's game of chess.
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^ No I get it... if you want to F with people for money at the dragstrip then just take a stock C5 on wagon wheels and put a stall/gears/juice 
Make sure you hide the juice setup well 
Make sure you hide the juice setup well
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St. Jude Donor '08
Some kind of "cheater" cam w/ no lope, full bolt-ons and Z06 Ti mufflers. But I've never understood the point in wanting to make a flashy sportscar into a "sleeper".
I can udnerstand taking an old beatup SVO Mustang and making it fly or some crazy off-the-wall car nobody would expect to be fast... that'd be fun. But John Q Public expects a Corvete to be a fast car.
I can udnerstand taking an old beatup SVO Mustang and making it fly or some crazy off-the-wall car nobody would expect to be fast... that'd be fun. But John Q Public expects a Corvete to be a fast car.
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Gears and a high stall will be quicker off the line all the way to the top end.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Twin turbo set-up (TTiX). Won't see or hear it until you put your foot into it.
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I agree, i have the tti x kit and you cant hear a thing at idle. at full boost with the blow off is another story. Even a quick glance under the hood and most wont even see anything that hints turbos. You can safely make 525 at the wheels on a stock ls1. I love messing with imports when my blow off is louder then theirs when i blow by them.
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