L.A.P.D. hooked me up!
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From: Canyon Country Ca.
L.A.P.D. hooked me up!
Forum vendors here L.A.P.D. installed Kooks headers & a Vararam intake spacer on my C6 Z51 6sp. yesterday. The car already has K&N air filters & the poormans magnaflow muffler mod. This car ROCKS now! Before pull was Max power = 340.12 Max Tourque = 334.63 After was Max power = 379.32 & Max Tourque = 381.32 ! 
Im sooooo... happy, this is with no ECM tuning yet! 
Bob Scheer
Im sooooo... happy, this is with no ECM tuning yet! Bob Scheer
Last edited by canyon vette; Sep 21, 2005 at 06:41 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06
canyon vette,
Thanks for the kind words. We were very happy with the power you got and we are glad that you are happy with the way the car runs. We will post the dyno sheet up for all to see the before and after results.
All this WITHOUT tuning. Not bad at all. We will be able to get you even better numbers once HP Tuner is released for the C6.
Again, thank you for the kind words.
Shawn
Thanks for the kind words. We were very happy with the power you got and we are glad that you are happy with the way the car runs. We will post the dyno sheet up for all to see the before and after results.
All this WITHOUT tuning. Not bad at all. We will be able to get you even better numbers once HP Tuner is released for the C6.
Again, thank you for the kind words.
Shawn
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Something doesnt seem right to me.You gained 40rwhp from headers and a spacer???? The most ive seen from headers is about 25rwhp,hard to believe a spacer could add much of anything,let alone 15rwhp.Im not trying to flame,just havent seen anyone get anywhere near those numbers for what you did.Im sure temps and variables are partially at hand.
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Originally Posted by billywallstreet73
Something doesnt seem right to me.You gained 40rwhp from headers and a spacer???? The most ive seen from headers is about 25rwhp,hard to believe a spacer could add much of anything,let alone 15rwhp.Im not trying to flame,just havent seen anyone get anywhere near those numbers for what you did.Im sure temps and variables are partially at hand.
379 with no tune? I'm 371 w/tune/headers/ghl/stinger...
Hmmmmm....
Rick
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Originally Posted by canyon vette
Forum vendors here L.A.P.D. installed Kooks headers & a Vararam intake spacer on my C6 Z51 6sp. yesterday. The car already has K&N air filters & the poormans magnaflow muffler mod. This car ROCKS now! Before pull was Max power = 340.12 Max Tourque = 334.63 After was Max power = 379.32 & Max Tourque = 381.32 ! Im sooooo... happy, this is with no ECM tuning yet! Bob Scheer
Im sooooo... happy, this is with no ECM tuning yet! Bob Scheer They've installed several mods on my car and their workmanship has been outstanding!!!BTW Shawn: Optima battery is working great, and expect me to stop by tomorrow for the Vararam spacer.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06
Guys,
This C6 is exceptionally strong. We have seen a vast range of dyno numbers on many C6s with various mods. This is the highest C6 we have seen on the dyno with these mods. These numbers are real. I witnessed the dyno numbers in person myself and all I can say is they are for real. NO TRICKS AND NO BS!!! Trust me on this. I guess the worksmanship does make a difference.
I am sure canyon vette can feel the SOTP difference and can verify that the numbers are accurate.
AND NO, OUR DYNO DOES NOT READ HIGH! We verified with dynojet that our dyno is dead on the money.
Brabus2,
See ya tomorrow.
The spacer does work on the C6. Every C6 owner we have installed one for has said that they do feel the difference.
Shawn
This C6 is exceptionally strong. We have seen a vast range of dyno numbers on many C6s with various mods. This is the highest C6 we have seen on the dyno with these mods. These numbers are real. I witnessed the dyno numbers in person myself and all I can say is they are for real. NO TRICKS AND NO BS!!! Trust me on this. I guess the worksmanship does make a difference.
I am sure canyon vette can feel the SOTP difference and can verify that the numbers are accurate.
AND NO, OUR DYNO DOES NOT READ HIGH! We verified with dynojet that our dyno is dead on the money.
Brabus2,
See ya tomorrow.
The spacer does work on the C6. Every C6 owner we have installed one for has said that they do feel the difference.
Shawn
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I read on some post about the spacer supposedly giving 5 or so hp ,but that was on one car.Reality is 5 hp cannot be felt at all in my experience of modding over 10 cars.It takes at least 10rwhp to actually feel a true difference.Im still scratching my head wondering how anyone could really gain 40 rwhp from headers and a spacer.Something just doesnt add up.Ive never seen any car of any type gain that much from that mod.I hope you guys understand why we are finding it hard to believe.I have a tune ,bullets and stinger and have 357rwhp with my 6 spd.If I could add headers and a spacer and be around 400wrhp that would be the best xmas present ever,but that wont be happening.I see many guys on here with headers,tune and cam in the low 400s.
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From: Canyon Country Ca.
Originally Posted by AintQik
How bout some dyno pulls with and without spacer? Should be easy to do. No other mods. Not trying to flame either... you may make a believer, and customer, outta me.
! Bob
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From: Ft. Liquordale Florida
Originally Posted by canyon vette
Shawn, Your welcome to post my dyno #s for these Vette Brothers! Ask Allen,your dyno guy for the before spacer pull. As I recall I think w/out spacer was about 371.?? max h.p. . No ! Bob
! BobNo offense to you & Shawn - this is just not the average for the dozens of mod'd C6's where dyno #'s have been posted.
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Originally Posted by billywallstreet73
Something doesnt seem right to me.You gained 40rwhp from headers and a spacer???? The most ive seen from headers is about 25rwhp,hard to believe a spacer could add much of anything,let alone 15rwhp.Im not trying to flame,just havent seen anyone get anywhere near those numbers for what you did.Im sure temps and variables are partially at hand.
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I was under the impression that he only added the headers and spacer to gain the 40 rwhp.I guess if he added the cold air induction also that it could be more believable to me.The original post looked to me like he said the spacer and not the whole cai with the spacer.Figure 20 to 25 for the headers,10 to 15 for the cai and maybe 5 for the spacer.You definitely have a very strong car from the ordinary.Im betting that your cars A/f is pretty good right out of the box compared to most of us.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06
Guys,
The dyno numbers BEFORE the spacer were 371 rwhp. We installed the spacer right on the dyno and ran it again and it put down an impressive almost 380 rwhp.
When we tested out JUST the spacer on our C6, we only got 6 rwhp and 9 rwtq increase on the dyno. canyon vette achieved more power on his C6 than we did. canyon vette's list of mods are as follows:
K&N panel replacement filters, Vararam throttle body spacer, Kooks headers with high flow cats and Magnaflow mufflers.
After installing the spacer on our C6, I felt that the car felt like it picked up some torque and the engine idle smoothed out getting rid of the slight flutter it had from the factory. Our C6 was never tuned.
Our C6 bone stock with less than 100 miles on it put down 350 rwhp on the dyno and once we had about 1100 miles on our C6 it put down 356 rwhp BONE STOCK!!!! There are some out there! The rest of the C6s we have seen have ranged from 320-345 rwhp bone stock.
Shawn
The dyno numbers BEFORE the spacer were 371 rwhp. We installed the spacer right on the dyno and ran it again and it put down an impressive almost 380 rwhp.
When we tested out JUST the spacer on our C6, we only got 6 rwhp and 9 rwtq increase on the dyno. canyon vette achieved more power on his C6 than we did. canyon vette's list of mods are as follows:
K&N panel replacement filters, Vararam throttle body spacer, Kooks headers with high flow cats and Magnaflow mufflers.
After installing the spacer on our C6, I felt that the car felt like it picked up some torque and the engine idle smoothed out getting rid of the slight flutter it had from the factory. Our C6 was never tuned.
Our C6 bone stock with less than 100 miles on it put down 350 rwhp on the dyno and once we had about 1100 miles on our C6 it put down 356 rwhp BONE STOCK!!!! There are some out there! The rest of the C6s we have seen have ranged from 320-345 rwhp bone stock.
Shawn
Last edited by L.A.P.D.; Sep 22, 2005 at 11:47 AM.
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Originally Posted by L.A.P.D.
Guys,
The dyno numbers BEFORE the spacer were 371 rwhp. We installed the spacer right on the dyno and ran it again and it put down an impressive almost 380 rwhp.
When we tested out JUST the spacer on our C6, we only got 6 rwhp and 9 rwtq increase on the dyno. canyon vette achieved more power on his C6 than we did. canyon vette's list of mods are as follows:
K&N panel replacement filters, Vararam throttle body spacer, Kooks headers with high flow cats and Magnaflow mufflers.
After installing the spacer on our C6, I felt that the car felt like it picked up some torque and the engine idle smoothed out getting rid of the slight flutter it had from the factory. Our C6 was never tuned.
Our C6 bone stock with less than 100 miles on it put down 350 rwhp on the dyno and once we had about 1100 miles on our C6 it put down 356 rwhp BONE STOCK!!!! There are some out there! The rest of the C6s we have seen have ranged from 320-345 rwhp bone stock.
Shawn
The dyno numbers BEFORE the spacer were 371 rwhp. We installed the spacer right on the dyno and ran it again and it put down an impressive almost 380 rwhp.
When we tested out JUST the spacer on our C6, we only got 6 rwhp and 9 rwtq increase on the dyno. canyon vette achieved more power on his C6 than we did. canyon vette's list of mods are as follows:
K&N panel replacement filters, Vararam throttle body spacer, Kooks headers with high flow cats and Magnaflow mufflers.
After installing the spacer on our C6, I felt that the car felt like it picked up some torque and the engine idle smoothed out getting rid of the slight flutter it had from the factory. Our C6 was never tuned.
Our C6 bone stock with less than 100 miles on it put down 350 rwhp on the dyno and once we had about 1100 miles on our C6 it put down 356 rwhp BONE STOCK!!!! There are some out there! The rest of the C6s we have seen have ranged from 320-345 rwhp bone stock.
Shawn
It's absolutely CRIMINAL that there is such a HP variation on bone-stock C6's. 5-10HP is to be expected, 20-30 means someone isn't doing their job right.
Didn't mean anything disparaging Shawn. For the record, Shawn went above & beyond the call in my wheel purchase (which I'll take photo's of, when a nice day & a clean car coincide...).
Rick