C8 Corvette NA vs forced induction
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Dig
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C8 Corvette NA vs forced induction
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with tuning available how many are going to go NA ? Bolt ons, heads/cam, stroker motors ….
with tuning available how many are going to go NA ? Bolt ons, heads/cam, stroker motors ….
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Staying with bolt-ons. I believe the goal for most c8 owners is to go consistent 10 second 1/4 mile at the drag strip. NA C8s have proven that. Just a few more tenths if that for between 25k and up is not worth it. NA bolt-ons are holding it's own. I have already seen supercharger C8s at our track even with drag radials or drag packs struggle even with a good 60ft. Are the supercharger C8s faster?...of course.
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I'm going n/a at this point.
I put a tvs1900 on an LS3 and it ended up being a pita to get lap after lap of power. I think I had 8 grand into it and that was with awesome afco gigantic a2w heat exchanger and a huge reservoir, injectors, etc. I spared no expense.
No way in heck I'd buy a FI kit for 30k to 40k dollars and find out it reverts to stock power levels after 2 laps.
People are getting 40 to 50hp out of headers, catback, manifold and throttle body with a splash of e85. They're trapping in the 125 to 128 range depending on da.
I'm sure a good cam and head package will come out that will pickup another 50hp on top of that putting people in the 129 to 132 range in normal air and no hero stuff.
That's fine with me if it's consistent.
I put a tvs1900 on an LS3 and it ended up being a pita to get lap after lap of power. I think I had 8 grand into it and that was with awesome afco gigantic a2w heat exchanger and a huge reservoir, injectors, etc. I spared no expense.
No way in heck I'd buy a FI kit for 30k to 40k dollars and find out it reverts to stock power levels after 2 laps.
People are getting 40 to 50hp out of headers, catback, manifold and throttle body with a splash of e85. They're trapping in the 125 to 128 range depending on da.
I'm sure a good cam and head package will come out that will pickup another 50hp on top of that putting people in the 129 to 132 range in normal air and no hero stuff.
That's fine with me if it's consistent.
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I too have noticed that even with the impressive HP increase of an add-on supercharger package, the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times and speeds for add on FI packages aren't that much different.
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