has anybody put a paxton on their lt1?

 

I personally ran a Vortech S-Trim for about a year and was very happy with it. Only bad thing about it was the lack of an air-to-air intercooler.

A guy that went to my school had a Paxton on a stock internal LT1 and drove it every day with just a full exhaust and fuel mods on a stock tune. I'm not sure of how much boost he was running through it, though. Probably 6psi, give or take. Are you looking at building the motor or no?

 

no i think its gonna stay stock for awhile. and about the paxton, im lookin to buy a novi1000, but im going to need an elbow going to the throttle body, and a mounting bracket. however because this isnt for lt1s i dont know where i can find the bracket and elbow that i need. so if anybody knows where i can find these that would be awesome.

 

I'm sure you've heard it before, but I'll feel guilty if I don't mention it- I'd very much urge you not to go blown until after you've built the motor. Especially if the motor is staying stock for a while. The high compression of the LT1 just doesn't allow the motor to hold up under boost for very long.

If you're looking at attaining a certain power level on a street driven car, there are much more streetable ways to attain upwards of 400 rwhp. Heads/cam packages are getting pretty cheap as far as LT1s are concerned and will leave with a setup that has MUCH more longevity than a boosted one.

At the very least, wait for a while and make sure you finish up your bolt-ons. If you're planning on modifying your heads and valvetrain also, do that first as well. If you're really dead-set on having a blown setup, research your *** off and make sure that your cam and heads are well suited to boost from a belt driven blower.

There, I said it. Just wanna let you know what you're getting into.

 

im only planin on runnin 6#. that and i baby my car like non other, so i can guarentee that it'll never even see 6#. so i should be fine shouldnt i.

 

All it really takes is one instance of detonation under boost to kill the motor. There is always a risk with forced induction. Make no mistake, it's not like the motor will last two months and die. It could last well up to 30k miles or so. I just wouldn't do it on the stock motor.