thegame

That is an awesome idea.

officermartinez

OK.. it's official. Baily's Hyperformance Factory took possession of our C7 yesterday evening. After speaking with Chris @ Baily's and Julio from Alky Control, I stepped up to a dual nozzle meth setup. I also spoke with the awesome guys at ECS when I purchased my extra pulley's. Shooting for 13-14 pounds of boost and my latest RWHP estimates should land me solidly in the 800+ RWHP arena. Yay, forged internals.. We're pretty excited.

C7&7

Awesome. Keep us posted on the build. What's the time estimate?

officermartinez

About three weeks, give or take. SEMA threw us a small curve ball but I think all of the logistics have been worked out.

Another side note.. the day before we dropped off our C7 at Baily's, I scratched up the front Z06 stage 1 splitter on our car while parking . It can be repaired (it's painted carbon flash metallic) but for me, the cost would be the same if I just went ahead and purchased a new one. So, I purchased two more brand new replacement Z06 stage 1 splitters and they are currently being painted at Bruce Lowrie Chevrolet in Fort Worth. One will go on the car and the other will be kept as a spare (because I am sure it will happen again). I will probably just give the damaged one away and let someone who can do paint and body work, work their magic on it.

StingerBG

I did the repair on mine and it only cost about $12! But I did already have the 501Q Carbon Flash paint from the first time I painted it.

officermartinez

C7 LT1 Motor Limit?

I'm hoping some of the big hitters who own C7 LT1's can chime in with their thoughts.. I know fuel will be one issue on the stock pump (even with a 33% increased fuel lobe on the cam + dual nozzle 100% methanol alky control). Any other issues with 800+ rwhp LT1 Stingrays? Transmission? Axles? Output shaft?

I've upgraded the torque converter (Circle D Pro III 3200). For the M7's owners, any suggestions?

FYREANT

So far fuel and pistons seem to be the big issues. No issues from the M7 that I have seen.

connyv

nice....that is my goal for next year for a C7 2014....now I just need to find a shop around Gilbert AZ to do that for me!

officermartinez

My wife and I wanted to say thanks to everyone for the excellent push of information here on the forums. Today, we took the first step to make it official. Months ago, Theta touched on the subject early on for us when it comes to forged internals for our car. Happy to report that we're taking the next step. In roughly 3 weeks, I will have secured my funding for our car to be stripped down in October. I've already got the parts listed above installed on our C7. Here is a brief summary of the new items to be installed:

TS&P VVT-1 Camshaft (with larger 33% fuel lobe)
TS&P Hardened Chromoly Pushrods
DOD Delete Kit (DOD hole plug, head gaskets, ARP head stud kit, lifter tray and lifters)
Comp Cam Phaser Block
PRC .650" Dual valve springs (including titanium retainers, hardened spring set and new valve seals)
CNC machine port our heads and hone the block
Custom Tune
Circle D PRO III 3200 rpm Torque Converter
Forged Wiseco Pistons and new rings (compression lowered to approximately 9.5 - 10:1)
ECS pulley (bought two different sized ECS pulley's to play with)

Just purchased the Borla ATAK exhaust system a few minutes ago. I spoke with Steve at Borla for a full 30 minutes on the BEST system for my particular setup. He recommended this system for my build. That officially means that no part of my exhaust will be factory..

ilivas

I think Vengeance just did a car making 850whp on stock shortblock/heads with cam, ecs 1500 @14 psi, and dual nozzle meth.

You can get away with a lot more power if the fuel is up to snuff. Meth helps a lot.

NinjamanZ51

Nice build, man! Keep up the good work. If you still have the dinged up stage 1 splitter, let me know! I might be able to work my magic if you're willing to give it away.

Thanks!

officermartinez

@ ilivas... That's wonderful news. Hopefully, I will be able to safely push our LT1 to the same levels (or more). We have an ECS 1500 and we have 3 different pulleys in front of us (13-14 pounds of boost).. We've also got a TS&P cam, TS&P head work, forged Wisco pistons w/ lowered compression, American Racing Headers w/ X pipe, Borla exhaust, dual nozzle Alky Meth control, Circle D aftermarket Pro III 3200 RPM converter.. Hoping for 800+ rwhp. Time will tell. If everything goes right, we hope to get our car back before Thanksgiving.

@ Ninjaman51 ...if you want the splitter, we will part with it at no cost.. All we ask is you pay for the shipping. Just warning ya, it can be a bit expensive.

NinjamanZ51

Pm me some pics if you don't mind and we can go from there. Thanks for your time!

officermartinez

I'll shoot you some pictures in a couple of minutes..


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officermartinez

Just a small update. Hopefully, we will get our car back in the next 10 days or so. Baily's Hyperformance dropped all of the suspension, exhaust system, trans, torque tube and engine. The only thing left was the "shell" of the car. The Circle D 3000-3200 stall was installed and I believe our Borla Atak exhaust was being prepped for install as well. As far as I know, everything was reinstalled minus the engine / front suspension.

We were waiting on the heads to be finished. It's getting close to getting our car back up and going. We bought the Borla Atak cat-back Z06 exhaust (P/N - 11869) and took it locally to Specialized Performance Coatings to be professionally ceramic coated BLACK. We haven't forgotten the wheels and tires. We purchased the non-run flat Michelin PSS's (255 35 19's up front and 295 30 20's in the rear). Those will be mounted on a brand new set of Vertini RF1.1's (19x9.5's fronts, 20x11's rears). It's almost like an early Christmas present.. LOL!

blue_bomber697

Just out of curiosity, why did you get like the smallest tires that fit your new, wider wheels? You could've easily gone to 275 fronts and 305 rears with those wheels still in the MPSS tire. Or gone with sticker tires because I know you have a pretty strong build. I just feel like you still won't be able to get much traction with that set up. (You are supercharged if I remember correctly?)

officermartinez

Very good question! A few reasons. We are supercharged / forged / etc..

#1 - Price to performance ratio. What % of "improvement" will I gain going from a 255 to a 275 & going from a 295 to a 305? Not much at all (if any in real world numbers). But financially, the cost of making that jump would not be worth it to us.

#2 - Form and function. We don't plan on drag racing our car at the local 1/8 or 1/4 mile track each week. Will we dabble from time to time? Probably just a bit. But at the end of the day, it's just a good ole fashioned American sports car. Our focus is to keep it as such. We could have gone with stickier rubber and wider tires (again, the cost to maintain that setup would be much higher). At roughly 800 - 850 rwhp, there isn't really too many tires out there that I know of that would make a good all around tire (all weather tire / street tire / 15,000 - 20,000 mile tire).

#3 - This is probably THE most important of all. Being happy. We are happy with the way our car is. One day, maybe we will get tired of having "295's" in the rear and just go full on crazy by removing the rear ducts and throwing on some "375's" ..But, at the moment, it's not our focus. We are content with a modest looking Stingray, a few aftermarket exterior styling parts, a nice set of wheels, a sexy exhaust note and a tiny 900-1000 crank hp engine. Hehehehe.

blue_bomber697

Hah... Modest looking stingray... Your car is beautiful and is a huge inspiration. And that engine... Mmm. Thanks for the very appropriate and thought out answer! Definitely makes sense from that point of view.

officermartinez

Thanks for the compliment! I'm heading down to Baily's today. I'm told that my block should be delivered back to them either today or tomorrow. The build is wrapping up and we should get our car back sometime soon. While the car is still on the lift, I am going to swap out my slightly scratched front OEM stage 1 splitter with a new freshly painted front OEM splitter.

5LEEPER

what do 700whp C7 vettes run in the 1/4 or 1/2 mile?