how should i go??
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how should i go?? Ive got a 99 Z28, you can tell mainly with my signature how I went thus far. PLEASE keep this in mind (for some reason this always slips by the eyes of people and I get a wrong answer) I DONT race my car at the track, ever! I dont ever plan on racing my car at the track!! But I really want to get about 75-100 more rwhp. Cash really isn't much of a issue, I dont want nitrous at all. I want HP that I can use on a street car to be faster then the average Z28 with tons of bolt ons. I want to keep it streetable, and smooth. Can a supercharger do the trick for me? Do I need to upgrade the rearend of my B4C for one?? Any help would be appreciated!!!!! Ive read tons of threads but really couldnt find much help.
From the looks of it you have a auto tranny. If you do adn you make like 450 horse you should be ok with the stock rear. Street tires dont provide enough traction to break teh stock rear with out alot of abuse. If you get a mild supercharger you could make around 450 at 6-7 psi and only have to get injectors adn a fuel pump. The engine would be fine. Havin a lowered car eliminates ALOT of turbo kits as they have pipes that go under k members or in spots that arent designed to have pipes goin and they will hit the ground very easily. GL man
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Originally Posted by 99SS-T
From the looks of it you have a auto tranny. If you do adn you make like 450 horse you should be ok with the stock rear. Street tires dont provide enough traction to break teh stock rear with out alot of abuse. If you get a mild supercharger you could make around 450 at 6-7 psi and only have to get injectors adn a fuel pump. The engine would be fine. Havin a lowered car eliminates ALOT of turbo kits as they have pipes that go under k members or in spots that arent designed to have pipes goin and they will hit the ground very easily. GL man
John
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The car is only lowered about 1 1/2" (springs were professionally cut for a better stance). Someone told me its best to go with a supercharger with headers?? What kind of cash is it to go with a turbo or supercharger?? 450 rwhp is right up my alley, Im not going to to the drag strip, but I want a LS1 meaner then alot of hopped up LS1s out there. Is this a $2000,$3000, $4000 or more job installed typically?? Sounds as if the supercharger maybe the better way to go with my current mods huh??
For your mild build, I would go sts turbo. For about the same price as a supercharger, you get the same power, but without the expense of buying headers and a cold air intake. I put one on my gto because of a lack of other available turbos at the time, but I have way more power than my supercharged silverado, with less expense. This is not the ideal kit for a full race build, but it sounds perfect for your requirements. Your price expectations may be a little low, however, because even a cheap supercharger kit will run over 4k. BTW, when I refer to a mild setup, I have over 530 foot/lbs of torque on an otherwise stock block, heads, cam,pistons,etc, at 10#'s of boost with the sts.
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Ill check into the turbo as well. I really haven't a clue about pricing. I expected $2-$4,000 but if its more thats ok. I'll check out the turbos. I think I have a mild car. I've built it a little different then many said I should go. I never care about ETAs and Im only wanting a fast street car. Thus far I have that, I just want one finishing touch. I want to mash the gas and be faster if need be then a normal bolt on LS1 car. I want to take it from, average modified to above avg.
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Verdad Gallardo Well the thing is that just being above average wil cost 5-6k installed. Weither it is a supercharger or a sts kit. A regularr frontmounted turbo kit woudl be more. Once you have done that you are only limited by the engine. You coudl leavce the engine stock adn do 450-500 rwhp for a long time. But if ya can scrounge up 3k more ya could get connecting rods, pistons installed and be able to push a **** load more power. Granted then ya have to worry about alot of the driveline BUT it is only time before it break neway. The only reason i mention this is cause ya are gonna spend quite a few bucks either way and when you are done it is kinda annoyign that you jsut spent 5-6k and are "above average". That to me is annoying. Also you could easily with head cam adn other bolt ons easily get 420-450 rwhp and since it is not FI you will be able to kep the fuelsystem stock with no worries of it not being up to the task. Not having to do the fuel system will save ya around 600$. Hope this helps man!
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