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If you're considering a blower you'll definitely want 1-7/8" headers, and don't waste your money on a CAI. I think you should get the headers and tune, and take it from there
I think that's what I'm gonna do. Headers, Xpipe. CAI really doesnt do much? I assumed it was crucial.
You most certainly can just throw a Procharger or A&A or ECS kit on the car with everything else being stock, that’s what they made the kits for. Now if you want to get everything out of the blower a lot of other mods are needed and certainly beneficial.
Drivability will be based on cam/clutch/flywheel/tune
How much power do you wanna make? And what’s the primary use of the car gonna be? Do you know which type of blower you’d prefer? Intended use may dictate a lot of these questions, ultimately it comes down to what everything in life already does....💰💵
Sky is the limit is the cash is available
Personally I would want my Corvette to be my daily, definitely not a modified one making decent power which I’d say is north of 600whp, but that’s just one dudes opinion. You definitely can daily a vette or one making decent power I’d just rather not. Don’t worry about drive train loss or crank HP, it’s useless information in the mod world. WHP is the only the needed.
Yeah it's not gonna be a "daily" necessarily, but when it's nice out, it will be.
I think I'm gonna do headers, Xpipe, tune (and maybe cai?) And see how it is at that point. That should be a pretty good starting point. Thx for the input...
Why not just to just sell the car and find a well taken care of ZR1. Bet in the end you would have a much better engineered car and something that would hang on most of it value.
My 2009 is putting 450 whp down with just intake, cam and headers. I am very happy with the power, and have no plans in the near future to add more power. Might change in the future, but very happy with the power. My future mods will be handling based mods. With traction control off, I can't use all the power in 1st or 2nd.
What type of cam did you get and how has it affected your MPG's?]
OP, Headers would be a good supporting mod for a blower, but not totally necessary, as far as cams go, you can get a mild cam that you hardly notice up to a full race cam that would be hard to drive on the street, so you have a wide range here. Do not buy a CAI as you will not see much improvement there
I think that's what I'm gonna do. Headers, Xpipe. CAI really doesnt do much? I assumed it was crucial.
The CAI won't work with a supercharger, and there's a lot of debate about whether they actually do anything on an LS3. The stock LS3 intake is the same as the LS7, and pretty good. I would change the air filter though. I recently put headers on my car and noticed the torque was falling off quicker than I thought it should, so I changed the air filter and picked up about 10hp, and I had similar mileage as you.
