Anyone Watch Horse power tv ?
11-19-2006, 01:17 PM
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Anyone Watch Horse power tv ? Today they put a procharger on an 98 ls1 i think it was a re-run pretty cool car they had it up 600 hp or somthing like that they swaped out the hole tranny because the could not shift from second to 3rd under high rmp semms like to me if they would have did there homework all they needed would be the drill mod any one else watch this show ?
11-19-2006, 01:24 PM
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HPTV is for the novice car guy, anyone who knows their **** will see alot of little mistakes and dumb moves.
I loved the one where the put an N20 kit on a stang, they used a 75 shot and gained like 70rwhp (no problem there), then they steped up to a 150 shot and gained like 78rwhp... Somebody needs a tuning leason.
I loved the one where the put an N20 kit on a stang, they used a 75 shot and gained like 70rwhp (no problem there), then they steped up to a 150 shot and gained like 78rwhp... Somebody needs a tuning leason.
11-19-2006, 04:07 PM
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that show is ok. its a 98 camaro SS. they call it "project lsGun". they did a lot of work on that car. rebuild motor, new trans, new rear end, air ride suspension. i think before they put the procharger on it they said it ran low 11's with a 125 shot and MT streets.
the show is ok. but they skip so much on there its rediculous. how could you show the right steps of a 4-6 hour procharger install in a 30 minutes show with tons of f-ing commercials. they get product sponsership so they always use certain companies(every car on that show gets a flow-bastard exhaust). and they love those small hand held tunners.
not a bad show, but by no means the holy grail for cars.
the show is ok. but they skip so much on there its rediculous. how could you show the right steps of a 4-6 hour procharger install in a 30 minutes show with tons of f-ing commercials. they get product sponsership so they always use certain companies(every car on that show gets a flow-bastard exhaust). and they love those small hand held tunners.
not a bad show, but by no means the holy grail for cars.
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11-19-2006, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteKnightZ28
HPTV is for the novice car guy, anyone who knows their **** will see alot of little mistakes and dumb moves.
I loved the one where the put an N20 kit on a stang, they used a 75 shot and gained like 70rwhp (no problem there), then they steped up to a 150 shot and gained like 78rwhp... Somebody needs a tuning leason.
I loved the one where the put an N20 kit on a stang, they used a 75 shot and gained like 70rwhp (no problem there), then they steped up to a 150 shot and gained like 78rwhp... Somebody needs a tuning leason.
11-19-2006, 07:03 PM
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not really impressed by that, they had a built low compression motor(with different heads and a cam), and could only pull out 550 or so hp. That is retarded compared to what guys with built motors are doing. If it was stock block, it would be different. They got the same power out of a tt sts ls2 vette.
11-19-2006, 07:06 PM
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they tried saying you need a hotter spark for nitrous today. i was like WHAT?
but the procharger was sweet. so much is going on with that car in just a 15 min clip. added 1 degree of timing and went from 491rwhp to 541 rwhp.
but the procharger was sweet. so much is going on with that car in just a 15 min clip. added 1 degree of timing and went from 491rwhp to 541 rwhp.
11-19-2006, 07:49 PM
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i got to see a little bit of it today, i agree - it is cool seeing LSX stuff on TV just because i can relate to it, the Z they were usin looked pretty nice too, but yes there was a ton of stuff cut out. what do you expect when u do a huge install and chop it down to about 25 min (with commercials) worth of highlights
11-20-2006, 10:24 AM
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Yea then they said they were gonna take it to the dragstrip but never did, or maybe i just missed it.
Uh, ok. Never mind the fact that they hadn't touched the stock tq arm, control arms and hadn't run anything stickier than a bfg drag radial. Apparently we need to back-half the car to get it to hook now.
I'm sure there's a few folks on here that lift the front tires a couple feet off the ground on stock style suspension that would respectfully disagree. 
11-20-2006, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by jmm98LS1
I'm surprised nobody caught this....I watched that episode again this weekend and caught what they said at the end about taking it to the track. It went something like "We'd love to take it to the track to show you some awesome results, but without a 4-link and tubs to hold big enough slicks it would be a waste of time."
Uh, ok. Never mind the fact that they hadn't touched the stock tq arm, control arms and hadn't run anything stickier than a bfg drag radial. Apparently we need to back-half the car to get it to hook now. I'm sure there's a few folks on here that lift the front tires a couple feet off the ground on stock style suspension that would respectfully disagree.
Uh, ok. Never mind the fact that they hadn't touched the stock tq arm, control arms and hadn't run anything stickier than a bfg drag radial. Apparently we need to back-half the car to get it to hook now.
I'm sure there's a few folks on here that lift the front tires a couple feet off the ground on stock style suspension that would respectfully disagree. i think they mean with their shitty *** driving that they wouldn't be able to do much with it. They'd probably end up running 12s.
11-20-2006, 01:17 PM
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Apparently we need to back-half the car to get it to hook now. I'm sure there's a few folks on here that lift the front tires a couple feet off the ground on stock style suspension that would respectfully disagree.
I'm sure there's a few folks on here that lift the front tires a couple feet off the ground on stock style suspension that would respectfully disagree. i love how they tried to act like rebels w/ their one staff guys beater camaro... the whole "he has no say in it, were putting in the 300hp jets"
11-20-2006, 02:23 PM
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haha. one of my buddies called me at 10 30 in the am and goes "i know your sleeping, but you are going to want to wake up for this.. put it on spike tv.. they are doing a procharger install on a red ss" so i watched it... with bitter envy.
11-20-2006, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by HotRodKid
lol ... i heard them say that and first thing i thought was that they need to go check the ls1tech boosted list
i love how they tried to act like rebels w/ their one staff guys beater camaro... the whole "he has no say in it, were putting in the 300hp jets"
i love how they tried to act like rebels w/ their one staff guys beater camaro... the whole "he has no say in it, were putting in the 300hp jets"
(I have that episode on my ipod)I've also seen the 98 SS they procharged. I was happy to see an fbody on tv.
Its a decent show.
