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Just got back in town from trip to DC and first thing I did was have the wife drop me off to pick up my Stingray from Joe @ Stenod Performance. Couldn't wait to get behind the wheel, the car was already fun! Now it's blast to drive only had about 10 mins behind the wheel before I was home and now about to get rest after long day of driving on road. I want to say thanks again to Joe for the install and Dr. Phil for his tuning! Also thanks to Andy and Josh for advice on picking my kit! My final numbers were 531 rwhp / 481 rwtq @ 6.25 lbs of boost w/ run conditions 95.36 F, 29.52 in-Hg. Humidity: 30% SAE: 1.03 (not sure what any of this means!) My car has no other mods besides A&A kit, it is a non-NPP and non-Z51 A6.
Still can't decide on next mods I was leaning meth install and pulley swap. But I'm also thinking CAM, headers and pulley swap and no meth. I have been reading these forum pages constantly looking for various people's opinion and looking at the routes they went. Still debating the meth because wife wants to road trip in car and also debating headers still.
Congrats! Gotta love that seat-of-the-pants feel. A&A makes such a nice kit. Any pics?
Originally Posted by Dash4237
Still debating the meth because wife wants to road trip in car
What do you mean here? In a meth car, the meth is only spraying under high boost applications, so it's not like you're going to run out of meth while cruising down the highway. And even if you do end up running low on meth while driving, its easy enough to stay out of boost until you get a chance to refill it.
As for headers, the wife may not be as pleased with those - they add quite a bit of sound. However, if you have NPP exhaust, it does a very good job of quieting things down.
Consider it. My A&A kit with meth and headers makes 670rwhp. Of course, I'm finding that this still isn't enough power to satisfy my hunger, but it'll do for now.
Even if your car ran out of meth you could still drive it cross country. Just don't floor it and it's fine. The meth also takes a long time to run out.
Thanks everyone for the advice, that was a misunderstanding on the meth! I will definitely be adding meth and swapping pulley hopefully in the spring. It was late and after 8 hrs + on road I didn't feel up to adding more pics. Here they are.
OK, been looking at those couldn't decide best brand. I had one for my head/cam srt8. Is there a particular one anyone suggest. Will definitely have when I put back on road spring. Might try to find one on Christmas special! Or do I need to get one asap, your thoughts?
Originally Posted by VAVetteC7
Sweet your going to love the additional horse power. I would look into a catch can real soon, not to warm a fuzzy about your current PCV setup.
Congrats. I'm sure you'll love it.
Sure is a nice looking kit!
I'm glad to see that you included a couple of pics with the radiator scoop installed. A lot of people assume that it won't fit with our system installed. It definitely does but looks much better in pictures without it.
These cars are very Octane limited. I built the kit with engine longevity in mind. Add some Octane (Torco or race gas) or Meth injection and the power potential goes WAY up even without changing the pulley size.
While a catch can is not a bad idea, you have to understand that I have to build these kits with CARB and EPA standards in mind. Other manufactures don't seem to bother with things like that. We use a 5/8" CARB approved vent line that recirculates back into the intake. The 5/8" diameter flows a lot of air and really helps with crankcase evacuation.
I did notice that your hose is a little different than the one we supply but would not affect air flow.
Since we went to the 5/8" line we haven't had any issues sucking oil. We've never see the need to install a catch can on a stock C7.
We did do a couple of LMR setups on fully built engines with big boost. That's the nicest setup I've seen
The main culprit for oil consumption is the dry sump tank. Oil is drawn off the top of the tank and back into the intake. We bypass this line to avoid this.
I'd definitely spend the money on a Meth kit before a catch can.
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Yes I'm loving this blower, it sounds and feels awesome!!! Yes sir, the radiator scoop bolts right on. I wasn't sure if I needed it or not, I didn't know if it was a bad idea to let water flow down into engine bay if driving in rain or hand washing? The engine bay does look better with the piping shining in the sunlight! I didn't notice that a hose that came with kit was not installed, is that an issue? Thanks for the information concerning the catch can, I definitely plain on a meth install at the bare minimum!
After a small discussion with the wife last evening might be pushing any other mods off for a year or two. Plan is to move from Michigan in under 4 years and head to Arizona or Texas, need to start placing funds in order for a new house she wants built! If you had asked me a year ago if I could see myself driving a Corvette (always wanted one), I would have said yeah right! Wife came through and also let me supercharge it too! I have to keep in mind a happy wife equals a happy life!
When the mods continue, I know one of them will have to be a roll bar, because I have to get to the track a couple times to see the quarter mile potential!
Originally Posted by Andy@A&ACorvette
Congrats. I'm sure you'll love it.
Sure is a nice looking kit!
I'm glad to see that you included a couple of pics with the radiator scoop installed. A lot of people assume that it won't fit with our system installed. It definitely does but looks much better in pictures without it.
These cars are very Octane limited. I built the kit with engine longevity in mind. Add some Octane (Torco or race gas) or Meth injection and the power potential goes WAY up even without changing the pulley size.
While a catch can is not a bad idea, you have to understand that I have to build these kits with CARB and EPA standards in mind. Other manufactures don't seem to bother with things like that. We use a 5/8" CARB approved vent line that recirculates back into the intake. The 5/8" diameter flows a lot of air and really helps with crankcase evacuation.
I did notice that your hose is a little different than the one we supply but would not affect air flow.
Since we went to the 5/8" line we haven't had any issues sucking oil. We've never see the need to install a catch can on a stock C7.
We did do a couple of LMR setups on fully built engines with big boost. That's the nicest setup I've seen
The main culprit for oil consumption is the dry sump tank. Oil is drawn off the top of the tank and back into the intake. We bypass this line to avoid this.
I'd definitely spend the money on a Meth kit before a catch can.
Last edited by Dash4237; 08-09-2016 at 12:12 AM.
Reason: duplicated word
OK, been looking at those couldn't decide best brand. I had one for my head/cam srt8. Is there a particular one anyone suggest. Will definitely have when I put back on road spring. Might try to find one on Christmas special! Or do I need to get one asap, your thoughts?
Read the below thread and you decide for yourself whether you need a catch can or not, personally I wouldn't run with out one. I'm running the Elite Engineering X2. If you do decide to run one and hook it up as designed, PM me and I'll fill you in on a few items you need to know before proceeding with the install.
there is sucking oil on the vacuum side during normal pcv operation, and then as power goes up you can also begin to get oil blowing out the clean side.
take care of both of these at once with my PCV can
lt1 install almost identical to the below at 1khp capacity
Did you want it tuned to a specific power level, wondering why the torque seems a bit low.
Where you are moving meth will be more important, heat and the fact you can hardly get anything except 91 West of Denver although I hear you can in Vegas.
On my car I picked up about 90rwhp and 35ft lbs. of torque with meth compared to the baseline.
Where you are moving meth will be more important, heat and the fact you can hardly get anything except 91 West of Denver although I hear you can in Vegas.
On my car I picked up about 90rwhp and 35ft lbs. of torque with meth compared to the baseline.
Only 91 octane here in sin city.
90rwhp??? I had thought meth was good for half that. Typical alky system?
I was wondering the same thing when I first got numbers! I was assured by Joe that Dr. Phil got it to where he thought it should be... I thought I would have had more torque as well as hp, but without have a before mod dyno I'm not sure what power I actually picked up from baseline. I'm also not sure if it was tuned for 93 which I assumed it was since other cars I have had done Michigan were. Before doing a deeper search of forums thought I would have picked up 8 lbs of boost in the beginning. I'm only at 6.25 lbs not sure if that's anything to do with numbers, I'm an auto as well. Josh @ A&A said that is right in line with what they see no other mods and base 4.0 pulley which is 6-7 lbs. I guess better safe then sorry. I probably would have asked for a 3.8 pulley if i had known this ahead of time. Like living life on the edge!! Meth will definitely be a must for me in the future to get to the power I want to the ground of 650 rwhp or so! I definitely realize it was that difficult to find anything higher than 91 out west, heck I remember running Suncos 94 grade few years back only place I would get gas! I picked up a nice amount of horsepower and torque, was that with the plate removed? How many pounds of boost? I'm hearing different things still up in air if I just add meth and tune or add meth, pulley and tune!?!
The car is extremely fast now compared to stock. Feels like its more then just a little boost added! Scared myself a couple times I can only imagine when I add meth like you!
Originally Posted by NoOne
Did you want it tuned to a specific power level, wondering why the torque seems a bit low.
Where you are moving meth will be more important, heat and the fact you can hardly get anything except 91 West of Denver although I hear you can in Vegas.
On my car I picked up about 90rwhp and 35ft lbs. of torque with meth compared to the baseline.
08-07-2016, 11:03 PM
A&A Supercharger installed and tuned!!
Yes sir, the radiator scoop bolts right on. I wasn't sure if I needed it or not, I didn't know if it was a bad idea to let water flow down into engine bay if driving in rain or hand washing? The engine bay does look better with the piping shining in the sunlight! I didn't notice that a hose that came with kit was not installed, is that an issue? Thanks for the information concerning the catch can, I definitely plain on a meth install at the bare minimum! 
