Help, information overload!
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
Help, information overload!
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some help here. I live in vegas and we have no tuner/shops here for vettes, the best I have is a guy at the dealership I bought my car. He has good references but cannot tune vehicles, just installation.
My question is this, what is the most cost effective/reliable way to get to 500 rwhp and 500tq (roughly 15hp above/below is ok) I'm torn between the cam route or the supercharger route but it appears the supercharger would be quite a bit more expensive. I really want to get long tube headers for the sound if nothing else but I really need someone to give basicly a "shopping list" of proven parts so I can avoid errors on my part.
This car is a true daily driver so being reliable is important but I'm not to worried about gas mileage.
Also, I have no access to a tuner so it must be viable for me to drive on this package without a tune till I can make it to california to goto A&A or LAPD (would just call them and have them do it but no time to go there and have them install it, just barely enough time to run down, get a tune and run back)
Any and all help/suggestions would be very appriciated
My question is this, what is the most cost effective/reliable way to get to 500 rwhp and 500tq (roughly 15hp above/below is ok) I'm torn between the cam route or the supercharger route but it appears the supercharger would be quite a bit more expensive. I really want to get long tube headers for the sound if nothing else but I really need someone to give basicly a "shopping list" of proven parts so I can avoid errors on my part.
This car is a true daily driver so being reliable is important but I'm not to worried about gas mileage.
Also, I have no access to a tuner so it must be viable for me to drive on this package without a tune till I can make it to california to goto A&A or LAPD (would just call them and have them do it but no time to go there and have them install it, just barely enough time to run down, get a tune and run back)
Any and all help/suggestions would be very appriciated
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Loganville GA
having added FI to a car before (350z), I think you would be much happier, reliability wise, going with bolt ons, although you might only be in the 450is range ( I think) I know jster had cams, headers, exhaust adn a couple other things done by LouG and wound up with the exact same dyno as a Z06. Once you go FI, you are asking for problems. They may be small ones, but they creep up.
Originally Posted by Abomination
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some help here. I live in vegas and we have no tuner/shops here for vettes, the best I have is a guy at the dealership I bought my car. He has good references but cannot tune vehicles, just installation.
My question is this, what is the most cost effective/reliable way to get to 500 rwhp and 500tq (roughly 15hp above/below is ok) I'm torn between the cam route or the supercharger route but it appears the supercharger would be quite a bit more expensive. I really want to get long tube headers for the sound if nothing else but I really need someone to give basicly a "shopping list" of proven parts so I can avoid errors on my part.
This car is a true daily driver so being reliable is important but I'm not to worried about gas mileage.
Also, I have no access to a tuner so it must be viable for me to drive on this package without a tune till I can make it to california to goto A&A or LAPD (would just call them and have them do it but no time to go there and have them install it, just barely enough time to run down, get a tune and run back)
Any and all help/suggestions would be very appriciated
My question is this, what is the most cost effective/reliable way to get to 500 rwhp and 500tq (roughly 15hp above/below is ok) I'm torn between the cam route or the supercharger route but it appears the supercharger would be quite a bit more expensive. I really want to get long tube headers for the sound if nothing else but I really need someone to give basicly a "shopping list" of proven parts so I can avoid errors on my part.
This car is a true daily driver so being reliable is important but I'm not to worried about gas mileage.
Also, I have no access to a tuner so it must be viable for me to drive on this package without a tune till I can make it to california to goto A&A or LAPD (would just call them and have them do it but no time to go there and have them install it, just barely enough time to run down, get a tune and run back)
Any and all help/suggestions would be very appriciated
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Rancho Cucamonga CA
I am going with procharger and kooks, along with my Corsa. That is it. Mine will be a daily driver so to speak, I will got with the lowest boost and I am hoping for at least 100k miles before any major problems. Course if I make it to 50k, I am sure the pleasure I will experience up to that will be all fun. I will keep everybody updated, plus track times compared to stock. Sorry I can't help, but I will be able to in the future.
Pro
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Fishers Indiana
Originally Posted by crabman
To be honest if I lived where you did I would have A&A do the works when time allowed. Its worth the extra hassle to get your car to a top notch shop that will do the job right.
The car is too valuable, your time is too valuable! Do it, but have it done right the first time by a reputable shop. There's nothing more frustrating than dealing with constant little car hassles.
