looking for some cheap whp
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Indy
If I had two grand laying around i would throw a cam in the beast for sure. I think i'm going to wait and just get a C7 and save my money for a down payment. I think I can get a mid to low 11 once I learn how to launch with my current setup. These cars are WAY to fun to drive and race. Corvette for the win
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Burning Brakes
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yea I'm looking at the A&A kit.... Brian told me it was like 2400 for a cam install and some valve train upgrades along with a tune.
i would throw some TSP headers, a used intake and a 25% underdrive pulley and I'm thinking 450 whp would be manageable. sounds like 3500 if I install the header, intake and pulley myself.
i would throw some TSP headers, a used intake and a 25% underdrive pulley and I'm thinking 450 whp would be manageable. sounds like 3500 if I install the header, intake and pulley myself.
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Burning Brakes
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Instructor
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do you think I will see any RWH increase by filling up with E85 and tuning with a diablosport intune and heading to the track
Sounds like filling up with E85 Ethanol would mess up a 2006 stock with only CAI
you're video is HOT!!! Con grats
Sounds like filling up with E85 Ethanol would mess up a 2006 stock with only CAI
you're video is HOT!!! Con grats
Racer
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From: Joplin MO
FWIW, if I was doing it all over again I'd just go straight to a supercharger. Per dollar it's about the cheapest horsepower available with heads/cam likely being the most expensive.
6k for 225rwhp? yes please.
That's only $~27 per horsepower. It doesn't get much cheaper than that.
6k for 225rwhp? yes please.
That's only $~27 per horsepower. It doesn't get much cheaper than that.
been worth every penny..
Instructor
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From: So. Ill. Ill
I would get a cam installed and a set of longtubes. This will put your car at the 450-480 whp level maybe more. Also while the cam is being installed have your crank pinned so that way when you get bored with that setup it is real easy to just throw a supercharger on there. Also if you have a cam and longtubes it will help the supercharger out immensely.
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Burning Brakes
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im so torn between doing a blower kit and calling it a day or a little stroker with with a nice cam/head combo for that awesome grunt... i have fun at stock levels and 150 whp would be nice but i doubt im going to even have the tire set up to hook on the street as a DD.
i was doing some high way pulls wit the wife and threw out the question.... now imagine that with 200 more horses, mind blowing.
i was doing some high way pulls wit the wife and threw out the question.... now imagine that with 200 more horses, mind blowing.
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Maryland
As Mr. Jones would say: Trust Me
The stock factory paper air filter is hard to beat (trust me ) and most likely filters out smaller particles too.
If the stock filter is beatable at all with an aftermarket replacement filter it's "very little" on a LS3.
PS: I have a aftermarket high performance stock replacement intake air filter stored in my spare/not using parts box at this very moment.
Oh, and if you are "not" going to put a blower on your car I would stick with 1&3/4" headers for more torque, that's what gets a car moving. By the time the larger headers catch you with "slightly" more top end hp, you will be lighting a cigarette up on the other side of the finish line. 
Even with a blower from what I have read here from the people who would really know; they don't even see a difference in hp between the headers until somewhere around 700+ if I remember correctly. I have a single turbo GM V6 with 1&1/2" exhaust manifolds that has run in the 9'S with the air condition off and the street car clock's in over 3600 lbs with driver.
) and most likely filters out smaller particles too.If the stock filter is beatable at all with an aftermarket replacement filter it's "very little" on a LS3.
PS: I have a aftermarket high performance stock replacement intake air filter stored in my spare/not using parts box at this very moment.
Oh, and if you are "not" going to put a blower on your car I would stick with 1&3/4" headers for more torque, that's what gets a car moving. By the time the larger headers catch you with "slightly" more top end hp, you will be lighting a cigarette up on the other side of the finish line.
Even with a blower from what I have read here from the people who would really know; they don't even see a difference in hp between the headers until somewhere around 700+ if I remember correctly. I have a single turbo GM V6 with 1&1/2" exhaust manifolds that has run in the 9'S with the air condition off
and the street car clock's in over 3600 lbs with driver.
Last edited by C7/Z06 Man; Sep 2, 2012 at 03:33 PM.
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