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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
That is an A&A Supercharger. The base kit (what I have) costs $5300 shipped. You do not need a cam, internals, gears, etc etc; I just took my VaraRam out, bolted that kit up to my completely stock car with headers and an exhaust and made 597RWHP / 518RWTQ on pump gas; I've been daily driving it like that for about 10K miles on a completely stock driveline and my clutch (44K miles as of today) hasn't even slipped yet.
Your initial stab of the throttle is a little spin each time but you cant tell. After the clutch the stab will be much sharper and felt in the neck.
Regardless of what makes the power, the gears are very important for low end on both set-ups, NA and FI.
I have H/C, gears, nitrous, and an ECS kit at 12psi. With my mickey thompsons, this car's 0-60 is insane. I run them 24/7 as my tire on the street.
Gears are easy to measure. Whats faster, starting in second gear or first gear? Regardless of your power, gears make it all get going that much faster. Plan on them for any power level, NA or FI.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Greater Detroit Metro MI, when I'm not travelling.
It is slipping but you cant measure it because its not a track car. If you head to the track and do a bunch or runs and then swap the clutch out for a grabby one you will see a massive drop in 60's.
Your initial stab of the throttle is a little spin each time but you cant tell. After the clutch the stab will be much sharper and felt in the neck.
Regardless of what makes the power, the gears are very important for low end on both set-ups, NA and FI.
I have H/C, gears, nitrous, and an ECS kit at 12psi. With my mickey thompsons, this car's 0-60 is insane. I run them 24/7 as my tire on the street.
Gears are easy to measure. Whats faster, starting in second gear or first gear? Regardless of your power, gears make it all get going that much faster. Plan on them for any power level, NA or FI.
Your initial stab of the throttle is a little spin each time but you cant tell. After the clutch the stab will be much sharper and felt in the neck.
Regardless of what makes the power, the gears are very important for low end on both set-ups, NA and FI.
I have H/C, gears, nitrous, and an ECS kit at 12psi. With my mickey thompsons, this car's 0-60 is insane. I run them 24/7 as my tire on the street.
Gears are easy to measure. Whats faster, starting in second gear or first gear? Regardless of your power, gears make it all get going that much faster. Plan on them for any power level, NA or FI.
I should have been more specific:
It has NEVER slipped on the dyno. My car has been dynoed over 10 times now. Its lit the tires up on the dyno twice, but the clutch never slipped
I agree it will slip if I launch the car with sticky tires, but on the street tires, its the tires that go first...
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From: Greater Detroit Metro MI, when I'm not travelling.
My particular setup (since you asked specifically about it) is as follows:
2006 Z-51 MN6
Bone Stock LS2 engine
It made 395whp / 387wtq with a VaraRam, Kooks 1 3/4" Headers, GHL Exhaust and a tune.
I took the VaraRam out and installed an A&A Supercharger kit with the Vortech V2 Si-Trim Head Unit and a 3.8" pulley. This is their standard kit with the larger, lower boost pulley.
I also removed the GHL Exhaust and put C6 Z06 exhaust instead (inconsequential, but I did that because the GHL droned), and I had my intake manifold and throttle body ported (not much of a difference).
The Supercharger + Header combo running on pump gas was good for 597RWHP / 518RWTQ. I installed it with 36000 miles on the engine (the DAY my warranty expired
), and I'm at 45000 now. ZERO issues, no other mods except for non factory tires and stainless steel brake lines on my car.It is not the best, the baddest or the fastest on the forum. But I paid exactly $5300 shipped for the blower, and I make about 30horsepower more at the wheels than the new ZR-1, on a car I can still drive back and forth to work every day... It makes me happy. Hell I still laugh out loud after a good wide open throttle pull
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From: Lewisville TX
No PM needed, although you are welcome to PM me if you have any specific questions.
My particular setup (since you asked specifically about it) is as follows:
2006 Z-51 MN6
Bone Stock LS2 engine
It made 395whp / 387wtq with a VaraRam, Kooks 1 3/4" Headers, GHL Exhaust and a tune.
I took the VaraRam out and installed an A&A Supercharger kit with the Vortech V2 Si-Trim Head Unit and a 3.8" pulley. This is their standard kit with the larger, lower boost pulley.
I also removed the GHL Exhaust and put C6 Z06 exhaust instead (inconsequential, but I did that because the GHL droned), and I had my intake manifold and throttle body ported (not much of a difference).
The Supercharger + Header combo running on pump gas was good for 597RWHP / 518RWTQ. I installed it with 36000 miles on the engine (the DAY my warranty expired), and I'm at 45000 now. ZERO issues, no other mods except for non factory tires and stainless steel brake lines on my car.
It is not the best, the baddest or the fastest on the forum. But I paid exactly $5300 shipped for the blower, and I make about 30horsepower more at the wheels than the new ZR-1, on a car I can still drive back and forth to work every day... It makes me happy. Hell I still laugh out loud after a good wide open throttle pull
My particular setup (since you asked specifically about it) is as follows:
2006 Z-51 MN6
Bone Stock LS2 engine
It made 395whp / 387wtq with a VaraRam, Kooks 1 3/4" Headers, GHL Exhaust and a tune.
I took the VaraRam out and installed an A&A Supercharger kit with the Vortech V2 Si-Trim Head Unit and a 3.8" pulley. This is their standard kit with the larger, lower boost pulley.
I also removed the GHL Exhaust and put C6 Z06 exhaust instead (inconsequential, but I did that because the GHL droned), and I had my intake manifold and throttle body ported (not much of a difference).
The Supercharger + Header combo running on pump gas was good for 597RWHP / 518RWTQ. I installed it with 36000 miles on the engine (the DAY my warranty expired
), and I'm at 45000 now. ZERO issues, no other mods except for non factory tires and stainless steel brake lines on my car.It is not the best, the baddest or the fastest on the forum. But I paid exactly $5300 shipped for the blower, and I make about 30horsepower more at the wheels than the new ZR-1, on a car I can still drive back and forth to work every day... It makes me happy. Hell I still laugh out loud after a good wide open throttle pull
thanks for the detailed response.. congrats on your numbers and I will be doing the same thing then.. thanks
