Help with Build. Details below.
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Help with Build. Details below.
I have a 2009 C6 Z51 with a Vortech V3 T trim and cam with Full exhaust. I am putting down 620HP to the wheel with only 6 pounds of boost.
I want to get the most for my money and I know i need a clutch and forged motor. along with a Dewitts radiator.
I have 15K cash to spend please post your thoughts and help me out here. If you are a shop please PM me with details. Guys what kind of HP can i get with the budget I have set?
I want to get the most for my money and I know i need a clutch and forged motor. along with a Dewitts radiator.
I have 15K cash to spend please post your thoughts and help me out here. If you are a shop please PM me with details. Guys what kind of HP can i get with the budget I have set?
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HOB Fuel System - $2,300 or go with a Z06 fuel pump _ BAP and be limited to 750rwhp $1,000
LSX376 GM Crate Engine Built by GM for FI applications - $5,600
Dewitts - $700
Fuel Injectors - $450
RPM Differential - $3,000
RPM Tranny - $4,500
Selling LS3 Short Block -$2,500
Total $14,000 + install
LSX376 GM Crate Engine Built by GM for FI applications - $5,600
Dewitts - $700
Fuel Injectors - $450
RPM Differential - $3,000
RPM Tranny - $4,500
Selling LS3 Short Block -$2,500
Total $14,000 + install
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I have a 2009 C6 Z51 with a Vortech V3 T trim and cam with Full exhaust. I am putting down 620HP to the wheel with only 6 pounds of boost.
I want to get the most for my money and I know i need a clutch and forged motor. along with a Dewitts radiator.
I have 15K cash to spend please post your thoughts and help me out here. If you are a shop please PM me with details. Guys what kind of HP can i get with the budget I have set?
I want to get the most for my money and I know i need a clutch and forged motor. along with a Dewitts radiator.
I have 15K cash to spend please post your thoughts and help me out here. If you are a shop please PM me with details. Guys what kind of HP can i get with the budget I have set?
Ask yourself the honest question: "what do I need more power for". The answer to that question will determine what you need to do. Are you trying to drag race competitively? Then you need to spend your money on a cage and your driveline. Tracking the car? Brakes, suspension and cooling before you even think about more power. Texas mile? Forged motor, bigger blower, meth injection. Is this a street car? You may be wasting money modding it much further then; any clutch you stick in there, save perhaps for a ZR1 clutch, is going to drive worse than stock, and the forged motor is going to cost a lot of money to make power most never use on the street.
Just my 2 cents worth. I did the whole forged engine / camshaft / more boost / race clutch / methanol etc ordeal and ended up with a car that is, granted, faster than it was before, but really not necessarily more fun to drive most of the time(no quicker to 70mph than before since it is traction limited in 1st and 2nd, RPS twin disk clutch makes noise on takeoff, forged motor burns oil, etc). You want the most for your money? Enjoy what you have and save up for when your engine blows up. I'm happy with what I have but if I was to do it all over again I would have kept it cheap and simple: no methanol injection to keep worrying about, no noisy twin disc clutch, no forged motor; just a blower, headers and a sensible amount of boost. I drove it till it blew up with 30K miles; I should have stuck another stock engine in there and driven that another 30K miles. At that rate I could drive the car about 120thousand miles before the cost of my upgrades made sense, and that is assuming that my forged engine never blows up.
Last edited by PowerLabs; Jan 9, 2011 at 06:56 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '06
My thoughts:
Ask yourself the honest question: "what do I need more power for". The answer to that question will determine what you need to do. Are you trying to drag race competitively? Then you need to spend your money on a cage and your driveline. Tracking the car? Brakes, suspension and cooling before you even think about more power. Texas mile? Forged motor, bigger blower, meth injection. Is this a street car? You may be wasting money modding it much further then; any clutch you stick in there, save perhaps for a ZR1 clutch, is going to drive worse than stock, and the forged motor is going to cost a lot of money to make power most never use on the street.
Just my 2 cents worth. I did the whole forged engine / camshaft / more boost / race clutch / methanol etc ordeal and ended up with a car that is, granted, faster than it was before, but really not necessarily more fun to drive most of the time(no quicker to 70mph than before since it is traction limited in 1st and 2nd, RPS twin disk clutch makes noise on takeoff, forged motor burns oil, etc). You want the most for your money? Enjoy what you have and save up for when your engine blows up. I'm happy with what I have but if I was to do it all over again I would have kept it cheap and simple: no methanol injection to keep worrying about, no noisy twin disc clutch, no forged motor; just a blower, headers and a sensible amount of boost. I drove it till it blew up with 30K miles; I should have stuck another stock engine in there and driven that another 30K miles. At that rate I could drive the car about 120thousand miles before the cost of my upgrades made sense, and that is assuming that my forged engine never blows up.
Ask yourself the honest question: "what do I need more power for". The answer to that question will determine what you need to do. Are you trying to drag race competitively? Then you need to spend your money on a cage and your driveline. Tracking the car? Brakes, suspension and cooling before you even think about more power. Texas mile? Forged motor, bigger blower, meth injection. Is this a street car? You may be wasting money modding it much further then; any clutch you stick in there, save perhaps for a ZR1 clutch, is going to drive worse than stock, and the forged motor is going to cost a lot of money to make power most never use on the street.
Just my 2 cents worth. I did the whole forged engine / camshaft / more boost / race clutch / methanol etc ordeal and ended up with a car that is, granted, faster than it was before, but really not necessarily more fun to drive most of the time(no quicker to 70mph than before since it is traction limited in 1st and 2nd, RPS twin disk clutch makes noise on takeoff, forged motor burns oil, etc). You want the most for your money? Enjoy what you have and save up for when your engine blows up. I'm happy with what I have but if I was to do it all over again I would have kept it cheap and simple: no methanol injection to keep worrying about, no noisy twin disc clutch, no forged motor; just a blower, headers and a sensible amount of boost. I drove it till it blew up with 30K miles; I should have stuck another stock engine in there and driven that another 30K miles. At that rate I could drive the car about 120thousand miles before the cost of my upgrades made sense, and that is assuming that my forged engine never blows up.
Safety Car
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From: Dallas/Valley Ranch TEXAS!!!
If it were me, I'd take the car to Dallas Performance tell Taylor what I wanted and say "make it happen", considering what you already have, you have a great starting point...
