xrambbc

Holy hell, wtf happened on here?

i have been away for 2 days and this is what i come back to, LS vs LT again??

if your an ls person and dont care for LT's then fine by me, GTFO.

this is to see if there is a decent demand for a nice simple street turbo system, i never once asked if it was going to make money like ls kits now did i?

i finally got a donor car to start mocking these things up. to those who are still interested hang tight and ill start getting some stuff posted, pics, info, ect.
im moving shops in a month so if there seems to be a delay around that time, that would be me busy moving.

TManZ28

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I would be interested in one of these. My 96 WS6 has H/C/I with full exhaust and is getting a performance rebuild by Vince for the 4L60E. Is there a thread I can reference to see your build xrambbc? I would like to get an idea of what was done for the turbo kit. I am between a stroker kit and nitrous or a refresh with forged internals and a .030 over bore (355ci) for a turbo build but would like to get the research part done soon and as thorough as possible before I make up my mind. Either way I need to find a 9" Ford rear end to make sure the rest of the drivetrain can handle what I want to do with it. Thanks for trying to give us some more options with our LTx powered cars!

bufmatmuslepants

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I wouldnt quit my day job for this project. If your taking in orders, going out to the garage and building it in 2 days, then shipping it out, then sure, go for it. But like was said, pretty much those who have LT1s are because they cant afford LS1s. If you dont have the extra $4000 to buy an LS1, why would they have $4000 for a turbo kit?

And you gotta realize you are competing with the 4.8/5.3 popularity. Denmah ran into the 9s on a bone stock 5.3 with a chinese turbo and a megasquirt system in a 4 door 79 fairmont....and he did the whole thing, engine, turbo kit, tranny, car, wiring, computer, rear end, suspension and all for $4000. Most of those on here who would want to go turbo who have an LT1, if they had $4000, would swap to a 5.3/4.8 and do a truck manfold kit. I know thats my plan.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...l80e-sold.html

englundjd

some day i will look into forced induction ... be it a supercharger or a turbo, options are a good thing!

fex77k

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This thread delivers.

xrambbc

lol i ran into the 9's at 7000 feet with a stock long block, off the shelf cc305 and an ebay single plane, ebay turbo, ebay gate, ebay everything, total cost for my build was 5000.00$ and its on its 33rd pass next weekend and no issues, so far it has 4000 miles of street driving and countless highway pulls, in a full interior 3800 pound camaro that i drive every other day . . . . also i dont have a stand alone, stock obdI pcm, SD open loop tune. my car screams budget like no other, GTO spares up front, junk yard 9'', v6 shocks and springs in the back and stock suspension everywhere else.

whats your point? once again, if you want to go LS by all means go for it no one is stopping you.

ill stick with my crap *** LT1

ascastil

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Amen Brother.

transbird95

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Guy wants to step up and help make our cars faster and he gets **** on.... tyical around here. I am happy you are doing this good luck sir!

bufmatmuslepants

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I'm not discouraging him from doing it, I'm sure hell sell a few kits, but it won't be as popular as a 4.8/5.3 kit. How many guys on this forum with lt1s are FI vs ls guys? Maybe 30 lt and 500 ls?

I've heard of 88-98 Chevy truck shorties fit backwards on our cars so if you could utilize that instead of fabbing the headers that could cut cost down. If you could make a truck shorty merge pipe and include the eBay hot side and a Chinese turbo it could be a bit cheaper, and sell more kits.

Shownomercy

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Hardly, I merely pointed out that there was already a well setup company that makes LT1 hotside and turbo kits, and the amount of turbo LT1s are very slim. Since the OP is quoting about the same price range, it stands to reason that he will suffer the same low business.

As usual there are a ton of tire kickers and starry eyed LT1 owners, but when it comes to put money where the talk is, its only crickets. Can't really argue with the past history here...

Another example would be a bolt in LT1 camaro HID setup, tons of interest and when the final product is released... crickets.

So yea. By all means, I wish the OP the best, just interjecting some realistic thinking here.

fex77k

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Can't argue this, even man-crush is right.

badfbodyz

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I would much rather buy this turbo setup over the lt1boost kit. The OP has proven high 9's on a stock long block/cam/intake car that weighs 3800 lbs. I haven't seen any times from the other kit. I hope to see some kits being built. And who said he was trying to sell as many kits that are sold for LS motors? If he has the equipment and a car to build it on, then why not make a couple different setups? Its not like they will be built the same as lt1boost kits

Shownomercy

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You aren't that bright are you.

94FBIRD

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Dude, you're ******* retarded if you think people are running 8s on pump gas, without meth injection or race gas on stock 5.3s. ******* retarded. ****, I hate the internet.

94FBIRD

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Largest assumption ever! Some of us have plenty of money to buy an LS1(I even own an LS1 f-body), but, we know we don't need to to achieve our goals. 10.0 at 8,000 feet density altitude is mine, because I don't want to fully cage the car. Easy, with an LT1. BTW, NOT POOR!

94FBIRD

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Something else...I see countless threads where people gripe that the aftermarket has abandoned the LT1 F-body and a guy comes on to support it and the whole idea is attacked. You guys suck on many different levels...

94FBIRD

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I think he is pretty bright...run 9s a mile in the sky on a stock short block, how other people have done the same? You're ******* retared!

badfbodyz

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dont pay attention to man-crush guys...he's only trying to ruin a good thread.

94FBIRD

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Oops, the wife just told me, that calling someone retarded is now taboo. So...I'll just just say you're stupid. No, offense,

merim123

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this has nothing to do with comprehension or intelligence in my mind, simply a matter of economics 101. No matter what we/you/all feel about the lt1, the economics say it's not worthy of big investment. the cars and chassis that had that platform, have the ls1 platform in later incarnations that all around provided a better car. The market dictates this not opinion.

With a love of the lt1, I tell you to do it. With a market/business hat on, walk away, you'll never get 100 kits sold, ever. It will be 3-5 to people that have invested far too much already.