Modding 54k mile vette
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St. Jude Donor '08
Modding 54k mile vette
A couple of ???
What are some bolt on mods that would be ok for an engine with 54k on it? Driven by me and lots of smiles
Do I stay away from say a Procharger or a Maggie.
Is a cam-mild one ok?
You guys get the idea.
< $7000 cost
TIA
David
What are some bolt on mods that would be ok for an engine with 54k on it? Driven by me and lots of smiles
Do I stay away from say a Procharger or a Maggie.
Is a cam-mild one ok?
You guys get the idea.
< $7000 cost
TIA
David
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Not a problem, I have done cam and head packages, Twin Turbos, Blowers on cars from 750 miles up to 100k+. As long as the car has been cared for it is not an issue. I always worry a bit when the come in with high milage on them and ask for a supercharger or a turbo kit. The highest milage car I installed a STS rear mount turbo system was a 01 C5 with 100k+ on the engine, the guy still owns it and still flogs it on a regular schedule without any issues.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Well I know you are well respected here on CF and I had the same in mind .I have a 6speed mn6. I would like to get Headers, pulley, fast, ported, and a tune and a cam. What rwhp is the range for this setup? What about cost range ,not holding you to it.
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i have an 05 mn6..and i went 11.60 @ 121.6 with my bolt ons minus the spinfast92 and ported TB..I hope to pick up another 2-3tenths now..FYI..i jus tipped 50K miles myself..other than my tranny roll pin snapping i havent had any bad luck..knock on wood..
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I have those mods on my 05 LS2 m6 with 64,000 miles. I still have stock heads and my rwhp is 462 thru 4.10 gears. The hp is a little higher than average for those mods.
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I would likely stay away from the Maggie but the ProCharger system is top notch.
And yes, you can compliment the supercharger with a blower cam or even keep the stock cam and still make decent power.
Clearly the best in the Northeast (entire U.S.?). 
Here's a little eye candy to show just a sampling of what they can do.
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Burning Brakes
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these LS motors are good for 100k+ miles if you take care of them. I put heads/cam/headers on a 98 TA with 120,000 miles and had no problems. at the same time I put similar heads/cam/headers on my 2001 TA with 30K miles and put a hole in the number 7 piston because of a bad tune. If I had 7K to spend I would get a nice 224/228 or a little larger cam if you still want drivablility, a set of long tubes, pullies and a nice set of heads. Not sure if you can stay under 7k with corvette tax but I know on a TA you can get a good set of heads for 2-2.5k, 500-600 for a set of long tubes, cam and valve train for around 1-1.5k and then install and tune.
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St. Jude Donor '08
I do like the road course more then 1/4 mile. So a procherger is ok or not. I like the idea of headers,cai, fast, ported tb and pulley and cam.
Rough idea of cost and rwhp. Someone give me a guess.
Rough idea of cost and rwhp. Someone give me a guess.
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I would love a procharger but would think it would be more suited for top speed/1/4 mile that a maggie. just my guess since I do not know other than what I read, the maggie would give better lower rpm response than the procharger and my guess is a maggie might be better at a road course. but you would have to control all that low end torque. again no actual experience with either just guesses.
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The guy who built my engine was a young kid that every one in our local F-Body club went to for tunning/builds. He was "learning" LS1 Edit and I found out later that he ONLY knew how to tune for Wide Open Throttle He did not tune for the rest of the RPM range. Over time I was getting a lot of detonation and by the time I took it back to him he put it on a dyno and my car was down 50+rwhp. Only reason I knew there was something wrong was that the car ran almost .8 seconds slower in the 1/4. Took it to one last race after he was trying to retune it and blew the motor. all of his tunes are done on a dyno. The dyno is just another tool to validate a tune. you can have a really good tuner who can tune without a Dyno.
The loss of 50+rwhp did not register on my BUTT dyno but showed in my time slips. thats why I crack up when people install a cold air intake and picks up 4-5 rwhp and their butt dyno can "FEEL" it. I guess their butts are beter calibrated than mine.
The loss of 50+rwhp did not register on my BUTT dyno but showed in my time slips. thats why I crack up when people install a cold air intake and picks up 4-5 rwhp and their butt dyno can "FEEL" it. I guess their butts are beter calibrated than mine.