Going to the LS side...for a bit...
Going to the LS side...for a bit... Well, the waiting and saving for my, hopefully next car, a 2009 Mercedes C63 AMG, is agonizing. So I've been borrowing my dad's 2003 LPE 383 Corvette. Very nice, indeed. But it definitely could use a bit more ***. It went 11.50s at 120 a few years ago on streets while we were chasing a huge miss above 5800 rpm. Lingenfelter has since corrected the problem, which was a pinched wire in the harness that occurred during the motor install, but we haven't been back to the track. The car feels good and handles incredibly, but needs more cam and converter. LPE's package is 50 state emission legal and as such runs a weenie 207/220 .578" cam in their 383 package. That and a very street friendly Yank 2800 converter leaves a lot on the table. Anyway, I'm trying to talk pops into the LPE 215/230 GT-11 cam and a Vig 4400...Wish me luck...My heart still lies in this LT1 forum, but it'll be neat to see if I can get this 'vette to fly with nice street manners...I'll be back...
--Alan
--Alan
Well, its still the old man's car...the GT-11 215/231 .631/.644" aint too shabby...Its got huge area under the curve for power and has a nice idle. I can probably get him to bite on it...GMHTP did a big comparison with LS cams last year and it was right up there with the "big" ones, but still had good street manners...The other one I like is the GT1-1 which is 229/242 .631/.631" with a tighter lsa...Its got a nice choppy idle...but still aint too bad for a 75 year old to live with. Either way we installed a dual spring kit last year which will handle any cam we throw at it to .660" lift...
--Alan
--Alan
I did it also, here's mine. I am going road racing, Did my first HPDE in the car about a month ago....cant describe how much fun.
Black car will be put up for sale soon.....any way here is the LS hooptie
Pics of the Vette????????
Black car will be put up for sale soon.....any way here is the LS hooptie
Pics of the Vette????????
--Alan
C63 is a great car and I beat the crap out of that car A LOT at work...lol
ONE of my favorite cars. It drives awesome at all speeds, handles like a **** and will destroy are f bods all day on the street! But then again, my f body will kill it on the strip
ONE of my favorite cars. It drives awesome at all speeds, handles like a **** and will destroy are f bods all day on the street! But then again, my f body will kill it on the strip
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C63= extra long lunch break test drive whatever you want to call it... I get paid to drive it.lol
I ran a simular cam to the gt-11 cam in my old vette with a 4400 and i loved it, but the pocket did not since i was always WOT and got shitty gas milage but it was fun and blew everything away
I ran a simular cam to the gt-11 cam in my old vette with a 4400 and i loved it, but the pocket did not since i was always WOT and got shitty gas milage but it was fun and blew everything away
