Urban Legend? LS1 Programming...
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Urban Legend? LS1 Programming...
I heard a rumour that solely through programming one can make a 200mph C5 with a stock LS1. I doubt this is true, but I honestly don't know if this is possible. Is it possible? Can anyone shed any light on this?
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (Katz)
I don't have enough specific knowledge to give you a complete answer, but I'd say that the most important factors determining top speed and therefore whether a stock LS1 C5 could hit 200 mph are: 1)engine power output; 2)gearing; 3)aerodynamics.
The way I see it, programming affects none of these, with the exception of you may be able to squeeze a bit more power out of the engine, but certainly not enough to add 25+mph to top speed.
Bottom line, :bs :seeya
The way I see it, programming affects none of these, with the exception of you may be able to squeeze a bit more power out of the engine, but certainly not enough to add 25+mph to top speed.
Bottom line, :bs :seeya
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (kewlbrz)
no way with a stock LS1.
I was told by a friend that a "friend of a friend" of his worked in GM engineering and claimed they could make a 200mph C5 by very finely tuning the fuel air mixture. It was almost believable but not quite.
[Modified by Katz, 11:12 PM 9/27/2002]
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (DsC5)
Stock LS1?
Simple reprogramming and you'll go 200
The subject line of this thread says it all.
Ok....well, maybe God can go 200 in a stock LS1 with simple reprogramming.
Simple reprogramming and you'll go 200
The subject line of this thread says it all.
Ok....well, maybe God can go 200 in a stock LS1 with simple reprogramming.
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (Katz)
Well technically you can make a 200 MPH LS1 by removing the speed limiter, that would LET it go to 200.....now getting it there is another story :lol: :smash: :cheers: :D :jester
[Modified by **** Finger, 8:06 PM 9/28/2002]
[Modified by **** Finger, 8:06 PM 9/28/2002]
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (Flintstone)
Horsepower to reach 200 mph is just north of 500 hp.
How are you getting that number?
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (**** Finger)
Well technically you can make a 200 MPH LS1 by removing the speed limiter, that would LET it go to 200.....now getting it there is another story
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (Tom Steele)
Well technically you can make a 200 MPH LS1 by removing the speed limiter, that would LET it go to 200.....now getting it there is another story
Does the LS-1 have a speed limiter in it?
Does the LS-1 have a speed limiter in it?
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (**** Finger)
Well technically you can make a 200 MPH LS1 by removing the speed limiter, that would LET it go to 200.....now getting it there is another story :lol: :smash: :cheers: :D :jester
[Modified by **** Finger, 8:06 PM 9/28/2002]
[Modified by **** Finger, 8:06 PM 9/28/2002]
There is a rev limiter.
Maybe you could raise the rev limit to 10,000 and get to 200mph.
Once.
Tom
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (tscales)
Maybe it was getting pushed by a McClaren F1 or something :smash:
or maybe they were running 42" wheels and tires or something (effectively gearing it). :lol: Imagine what that would look like! :troll
Seriously, you'd have to gear it, among probably quite a few other things.
Karl
or maybe they were running 42" wheels and tires or something (effectively gearing it). :lol: Imagine what that would look like! :troll
Seriously, you'd have to gear it, among probably quite a few other things.
Karl
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (Tom Steele)
Got that # from the Lingenfelter site, with a little interpolation:
http://www.lingenfelter.com/nov98.asp
"We also knew from previous top speed testing roughly how much horsepower it took to achieve 200 mph in a C5 Corvette. 214 mph would have required almost 500 HP at the rear wheels and we knew we were not at that level of power."
Interpolating for the 14 mph difference, I think I was being conservative.
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http://www.lingenfelter.com/nov98.asp
"We also knew from previous top speed testing roughly how much horsepower it took to achieve 200 mph in a C5 Corvette. 214 mph would have required almost 500 HP at the rear wheels and we knew we were not at that level of power."
Interpolating for the 14 mph difference, I think I was being conservative.
F
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (Flintstone)
200 mph is not possible with a stock LS1....the top speed isn't a function of the rev limiter or tire size....it just runs out of HP at 175 mph....top speed in any car is reached with the proper tire size, differential gears and a transmission gear that allows peak HP level revs. :cheers:
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Re: Urban Legend? LS1 Programming... (Flintstone)
Got that # from the Lingenfelter site, with a little interpolation:
http://www.lingenfelter.com/nov98.asp
"We also knew from previous top speed testing roughly how much horsepower it took to achieve 200 mph in a C5 Corvette. 214 mph would have required almost 500 HP at the rear wheels and we knew we were not at that level of power."
Interpolating for the 14 mph difference, I think I was being conservative.
http://www.lingenfelter.com/nov98.asp
"We also knew from previous top speed testing roughly how much horsepower it took to achieve 200 mph in a C5 Corvette. 214 mph would have required almost 500 HP at the rear wheels and we knew we were not at that level of power."
Interpolating for the 14 mph difference, I think I was being conservative.
[Modified by Tom Steele, 7:13 PM 9/30/2002]
