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Old May 20, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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Ok guys, Ive been down the forced induction road with my 98' Trans Am. It was a ***** to tune however it still ran pretty good (STS kit). I was thinking about turbo or supercharger with my Z06. I have about 6k to play with. I have headers with x pipe and intake right now, numbers are in my sig. I definitley dont want a rear mount kit again so either a front mount turbo or a supercharger. A roots style would probably be too expensive seeing as I would need to buy a new hood and paint it. What do you guys think? The motor is not built and it has 58k on it, mostly highway and stock clutch. Really appreciate all the feedback you can give.
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Ok guys, Ive been down the forced induction road with my 98' Trans Am. It was a ***** to tune however it still ran pretty good (STS kit). I was thinking about turbo or supercharger with my Z06. I have about 6k to play with. I have headers with x pipe and intake right now, numbers are in my sig. I definitley dont want a rear mount kit again so either a front mount turbo or a supercharger. A roots style would probably be too expensive seeing as I would need to buy a new hood and paint it. What do you guys think? The motor is not built and it has 58k on it, mostly highway and stock clutch. Really appreciate all the feedback you can give.
Well being that you already have headers, full exhaust and you do not want to change the hood I would suggest a centrifugal type blower. A turbo kit will cost you almost double than the 6K you want to spend. The Procharger/Vortech kit is around that price but anyone fairly mechanically inclined could install the Procharger/Vortech kit in there driveway in regards to avoiding installaltion fees from a shop. You'll see north of 500rwhp/rwtq easy and it'll have the same driving manners as stock. With some accesories etc.. that you might want to buy that I'am not sure are included in the kit like fuel components etc... Any forced induction setup is expensive as I'am sure you know with your STS TA but with the addition of having a Z06 the Corvette tax is a killer compared to other cars.

My 2 cents for ya.

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