Suspension question!
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Suspension question!
On the c6 if you were to be adding weight to the front end aka heavier motor and stuff (gonna leave it at that) I'm assuming you'd want to upgrade suspension components. Let's say you added xxx amount of weight what parts would you most likely need to keep the drive nice. Daily driver with some track days road course mostly. And no I'm not talking like 50lbs more talking upwards of a couple hundred more than the stock motor. Please don't worry about why I'd do this lol
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I wanna put a duramax in a c6 😂😂😂💪👌 that would be so cool and unique. I was just curious i know the motor wouldn't probably fit in the engine bay but if you were able to that be badass.
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On the c6 if you were to be adding weight to the front end aka heavier motor and stuff (gonna leave it at that) I'm assuming you'd want to upgrade suspension components. Let's say you added xxx amount of weight what parts would you most likely need to keep the drive nice. Daily driver with some track days road course mostly. And no I'm not talking like 50lbs more talking upwards of a couple hundred more than the stock motor. Please don't worry about why I'd do this lol
Going heaver, then you need to upgrade the front trans spring to a heaver tension spring instead to re-balance the front to the back.
Since the trans spring only comes in a few different tensions, then may luck out with one of the stock one's working, or may have to go to coil overs to get the suspension spring tension correct front to back instead.
As for adding more weight, already a move in the wrong direction for a road course car from the start.
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Nothing wrong with a diesel race motor, and in fact if you pick the right motor, as light as a LS motor as well. So once you have the right motor, next on the list will be lowering the trans/diff gearing since the motor is going to work at a lower RPM range.
The only problem will be getting the motor through a smog test isntead; if this is going into a road car.
The only problem will be getting the motor through a smog test isntead; if this is going into a road car.
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A ZR1 had a heavier motor with the blower so I would think you could check that out for parts. The LSX iron block will bolt right up and you can punch it out to 454 cu in.