My future Mods, Your current opinions.
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Heel & Toe
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My future Mods, Your current opinions.
I have been reading and pondering mods ever since I bought my 07 almost 3 years ago. I have researched a ton. This is my plan.
Corvettes of Houston
1.Vararam (I know the good and the bad)
2.Full exhaust, headers to tips (Borla the loud ones)
3.Port N Polish Heads
4.CAM
5.Titanium valves rods N springs (Kinda Prep for supercharging)
6.Tune
Cost 10k$
Exterior Bought online at West Coast Corvettes N GM parts house
1. Zo6 Wide Body kit for rear.
2. Zo6 Brake up grade kit
3. Rims N Tires (so I can fit 20 355 on the rears)
4. Spoiler (dont worry its not ricey)
Cost apx 7500 with installation
LPE
366 CID LS2 600 HP
14K$
Now I think with the mod I am going to do before I get to LPE I may get more HP?
This is not going to happen all at once but it is going to happen over the next year. So let me hear it.
Corvettes of Houston
1.Vararam (I know the good and the bad)
2.Full exhaust, headers to tips (Borla the loud ones)
3.Port N Polish Heads
4.CAM
5.Titanium valves rods N springs (Kinda Prep for supercharging)
6.Tune
Cost 10k$
Exterior Bought online at West Coast Corvettes N GM parts house
1. Zo6 Wide Body kit for rear.
2. Zo6 Brake up grade kit
3. Rims N Tires (so I can fit 20 355 on the rears)
4. Spoiler (dont worry its not ricey)
Cost apx 7500 with installation
LPE
366 CID LS2 600 HP
14K$
Now I think with the mod I am going to do before I get to LPE I may get more HP?
This is not going to happen all at once but it is going to happen over the next year. So let me hear it.
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From: Valencia '32 Ford 3 window with 615 HP!!!!
St. Jude Donor '06-'09
I would do everything but leave out the LPE 366 and just add a suoercharger to the mix!!
You'll have more than enough RWHP,,,,,,,,and lose the 20" wheels,,,I had them,,and with all the HP You want,,,there are no good 20" tires that'll hold all that juice!!!
ps,,,,I've done most all those mods{more,,or less} to My Vette as well!
You'll have more than enough RWHP,,,,,,,,and lose the 20" wheels,,,I had them,,and with all the HP You want,,,there are no good 20" tires that'll hold all that juice!!!
ps,,,,I've done most all those mods{more,,or less} to My Vette as well!
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From: round rock tx
Complete widebody. Ditch the cam and only do longtubes. Skip the vararam as well since it will just be deleted with FI an NA cam doesn't jive with FI like an FI cam will.
Last edited by gatti-man; Sep 15, 2009 at 03:21 AM.
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Since you are interested in S/C, for power, just do a blower and exhaust. You're spending a lot of money that won't produce the gains a blower will. The blower will get you to 600 rwhp. If you want more than that, you will want to consider a forged motor. At that time you can invest in a cam and headwork to match your boost and power goals if 600 rwhp isn't enough.
20" rims will look nice, but I doubt that they will be ideal for hooking the level of power you are building to.
Good luck with the project.
20" rims will look nice, but I doubt that they will be ideal for hooking the level of power you are building to.
Good luck with the project.
Last edited by Ragtop 99; Sep 15, 2009 at 10:30 AM.
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Thanks guys for the information. 
I am still digesting the info and doing more pondering but the money is in the bank for the first set of mods, but what I am seeing for the most part is loose the 20's. I still would like be able to put the 355's on the rear. Why would you go for the full Zo6 conversion? Is the wider tires in the front that needed? Or is it for astesic reasons?
I am still digesting the info and doing more pondering but the money is in the bank for the first set of mods, but what I am seeing for the most part is loose the 20's. I still would like be able to put the 355's on the rear. Why would you go for the full Zo6 conversion? Is the wider tires in the front that needed? Or is it for astesic reasons?
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Thanks guys for the information. I am still digesting the info and doing more pondering but the money is in the bank for the first set of mods, but what I am seeing for the most part is loose the 20's. I still would like be able to put the 355's on the rear. Why would you go for the full Zo6 conversion? Is the wider tires in the front that needed? Or is it for astesic reasons?
I am still digesting the info and doing more pondering but the money is in the bank for the first set of mods, but what I am seeing for the most part is loose the 20's. I still would like be able to put the 355's on the rear. Why would you go for the full Zo6 conversion? Is the wider tires in the front that needed? Or is it for astesic reasons?
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Does it have trouble putting down all that power?
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Heel & Toe
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I have pondered the same exact question. The reason for this is when I bought the car I had personal obligations to meet and did not have a lot of extra money. Now that I am in the middle of my 5 year plan I have free cash but do not feel like trading it in and hitting the reset button for another five year plan. Besides, I will mod this one make it look like I want and by the time I am done with payments and mods, the C7 will be out and I can add to my collection.
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Thanks guys for the information. I am still digesting the info and doing more pondering but the money is in the bank for the first set of mods, but what I am seeing for the most part is loose the 20's. I still would like be able to put the 355's on the rear. Why would you go for the full Zo6 conversion? Is the wider tires in the front that needed? Or is it for astesic reasons?
I am still digesting the info and doing more pondering but the money is in the bank for the first set of mods, but what I am seeing for the most part is loose the 20's. I still would like be able to put the 355's on the rear. Why would you go for the full Zo6 conversion? Is the wider tires in the front that needed? Or is it for astesic reasons?Stock front tires will be fine with MT in the rear. You wont win any handling contests. If you want to have handling too you will have to give up a lot of the forward traction. A hoosier road race tire is an option. They come in 19" sizes up to 345's too. Great handling and good traction. You can have grooves cut for some wet performance.
forget the exhast after the headers or you will go crazy with the noise. It gets old fast. If you need it loud sometimes get the NPP GM exhaust with controlable flaps to make it quiet when you need to think. I would do a blower cam and not heads. Lastly get a cam only install with a blower cam.
No headers are needed with a twin turbo set-up which is the same net cost as a supercharger with headers.
Last edited by SpinMonster; Sep 16, 2009 at 09:46 PM.
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For the OP here's the route I went. Pre-existing mods were Borla Stingers and a Hurricane CAI. I kept the Stingers but the Hurricane does not work with a S/C.
Supercharger kit complete plus tune = $5200
LG Pro long tubes = $1700
Rear widebody with paint = $1800
New wheels (18x10 front with C6 offset/19x12 rear with Z06 offset) = $3000
New tires in Z06 sizes = $1600
My $12K+ netted 501rwhp/451ft lbs torque (dyno may have had some error and it was 95* in the shop). It's an easy maintenance daily driver with a new look now.
Last edited by Tally Ho; Sep 16, 2009 at 10:45 PM.
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