Getting to 500 hp?
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Getting to 500 hp?
Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum, been looking around the last couple of days. Great info and many thanks. My car is at Specter Werks in MI getting all the body mods done. When I get it back I would like to do some engine mods. I was wondering what would be the best and safest way to get to around 500 hp? Can't do the Magna Charger because I all ready bought the Motor City Mold hood. I could do the stage II cam and heads, but I would like a little more hp. Any ideas and or advise would be much appreciated.
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (2002corconv)
Is your "500 HP" at the flywheel or driving wheels? If it's the former, any of the sponsoring tuners on this forum can get you there with heads, cam and bolt-ons. If it's the latter, forget about it without more displacement or a power adder (nitrous, blower)
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (2002corconv)
I was hoping for FWHP. Cam, heads, bolt ons, and nitrous would be good. What should i expect to spend? What N20 kit should I use? Who should I go to for the head and cam? I don't want to get ripped off. I live in Niagara Falls Ontario.
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (2002corconv)
What's ATI?
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (2002corconv)
ATI is the manufacturer of the Procharger, one of the options for centrifugal supercharging. Since you've clarified your goal (500 HP at the flywheel) for $6-7k you can have heads, cam, exhaust, and cold air intake, a magnacharger, or the aforementioned centrifugal blower. Or save a bunch of money and live dangerously by adding a 150 HP nitrous system.
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (2002corconv)
Hi Steve,
You can do it with a Donalson Blackwing, Vortech supercharger, ported GM LQ9 6.0L heads, upgraded forged internals, and a better cam optimized for the supercharger. We're working on such a combination right now with a modest target of 500 rwhp with lots of room for increased power in the future.
:cheers:
You can do it with a Donalson Blackwing, Vortech supercharger, ported GM LQ9 6.0L heads, upgraded forged internals, and a better cam optimized for the supercharger. We're working on such a combination right now with a modest target of 500 rwhp with lots of room for increased power in the future.
:cheers:
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (2002corconv)
500hp with heads/cam is pretty easy. Figure that's about 425rwhp. Don't need a blower for that. A blower will push you well over 500rwhp, which is more like 600hp.
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (Dope)
Hate to break in to ya, but a magna charger won't fit under a motor city mold hood...
The easiest way to get to 500 hp is a ATI procharger or a Vortech...
If you want a package that will get you into the tens and have around 25 MPG, go w/ Cartek Stage 2X revision Heads, Cartek X cam, with 4:10s a vararam, and good set of tires, thats a streetable 10 sec. Vette w/ Kickbutt fuel economy...
Also a bunch of of new products are coming out, but I would wait a little to see track results... AFR heads, Fast LSx intake manifold, 90 mm throttle bodies...
Any tuner on the left side of the screen will give you great service and #'s... Occasionally there are a few problems w/ tuners but they almost always get worked out some how. :cheers:
A few favorite tuners are resonable... and there specialties
Cartek (N.A. Engines... Quickest NA Corvettes in the country)
East Coast Supercharging (Supercharging... I have never heard a negative comment about them)
A&A Corvettes (Supercharging)
The Vette Doctors (Strokers)
M.T.I. (Strokers)
LG Motorsports (N.A. Applications)
A.R.E. (Strokers)
:cheers:
The easiest way to get to 500 hp is a ATI procharger or a Vortech...
If you want a package that will get you into the tens and have around 25 MPG, go w/ Cartek Stage 2X revision Heads, Cartek X cam, with 4:10s a vararam, and good set of tires, thats a streetable 10 sec. Vette w/ Kickbutt fuel economy...
Also a bunch of of new products are coming out, but I would wait a little to see track results... AFR heads, Fast LSx intake manifold, 90 mm throttle bodies...
Any tuner on the left side of the screen will give you great service and #'s... Occasionally there are a few problems w/ tuners but they almost always get worked out some how. :cheers:
A few favorite tuners are resonable... and there specialties
Cartek (N.A. Engines... Quickest NA Corvettes in the country)
East Coast Supercharging (Supercharging... I have never heard a negative comment about them)
A&A Corvettes (Supercharging)
The Vette Doctors (Strokers)
M.T.I. (Strokers)
LG Motorsports (N.A. Applications)
A.R.E. (Strokers)
:cheers:
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (marco383)
ATI is the manufacturer of the Procharger, one of the options for centrifugal supercharging. Since you've clarified your goal (500 HP at the flywheel) for $6-7k you can have heads, cam, exhaust, and cold air intake, a magnacharger, or the aforementioned centrifugal blower. Or save a bunch of money and live dangerously by adding a 150 HP nitrous system.
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (NJ99FRC)
What would be better ATI or Vortech? If I go with a supercharger do you have to do the heads and cam?
Thanks for all your help. I have alot if info now to start with.
Thanks for all your help. I have alot if info now to start with.
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (2002corconv)
For your needs, we recommend the Vortech supercharger kit.
It's been designed, built, and tested as a complete system to be used with your stock heads, cam, and internals and includes tuning by Vortech.
It utilizes the V-2 SQ Series SC-Trim supercharger and the air-water type aftercooler system. This kit is designed for 7lbs of boost. In addition to the air-water aftercooler, we feel that another nice differentiator between the Vortech centrifugal supercharger and the ATI unit is the fact that the Vortech unit taps into your engine's oil system. This maintenance-free lubrication system uses engine oil that is pre-filtered and injected directly onto the drive gears. Engine oil allows quicker warm-up, excellent reliability and superior cooling. Plus, it's continuously filtered and routinely changed (as part of your normal engine oil maintenance).
This kit will bring a stock 2002 LS1-powered Corvette up to approx. 499 net hp.
Let me know if you'd like more information about the Vortech system.
Thanks.
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It's been designed, built, and tested as a complete system to be used with your stock heads, cam, and internals and includes tuning by Vortech.
It utilizes the V-2 SQ Series SC-Trim supercharger and the air-water type aftercooler system. This kit is designed for 7lbs of boost. In addition to the air-water aftercooler, we feel that another nice differentiator between the Vortech centrifugal supercharger and the ATI unit is the fact that the Vortech unit taps into your engine's oil system. This maintenance-free lubrication system uses engine oil that is pre-filtered and injected directly onto the drive gears. Engine oil allows quicker warm-up, excellent reliability and superior cooling. Plus, it's continuously filtered and routinely changed (as part of your normal engine oil maintenance).
This kit will bring a stock 2002 LS1-powered Corvette up to approx. 499 net hp.
Let me know if you'd like more information about the Vortech system.
Thanks.
:cool:
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Re: Getting to 500 hp? (diynoob)
I'm not sure that you could get all those parts for $6K to $7K unless you're talking used.
