General question... what is the most horse power you have seen in a F-Body? Heard of? I mean I have heard of those cars that supposedly come out of the factory with a V12 and 1000 HP, but is anything over 600 even really a possiblility for a F-Bod?

 

 

ok, where would I do a search for that? all the searches I did came up with what the stock hp would be.

 

Where the hell have you heard of cars coming out with a V12 from the factory!?!? that NEVER happened, let alone with 1000hp. Do a search in the forced induction forums, thats where you get the biggest numbers. This is kind of a silly question. There are so many variables. Almost any hp number is possible if you have the money. Doesn't mean you can daily drive the car though.

 

Actually, several cars including Jag and Ferrari came out of the factory with a V12. Jag was doing it in the 70's. The 1961 Ferrari Spyder had it. One of Packard's had it as early as 1912. Really wasn't a silly question. It was more of a question of what can you really get out of a Camaro if you have the desire and Bill Gates money. Just a curiousity.

 

those were production options. no camaro has ever rolled off the production line with a v10, v12, etc. you can put whatever you want in it

 

all I meant by the V12 thing (and there is a long list of luxury cars that have them), was to prove a point. Now take a LT1 or an LS1, now add the pure desire to go overboard (if there is such a thing) and Bill Gates' check book. What can you get when you don't have a budget? I know this will never happen to me, but I am just curious what you can do with either of those engines if you just want to make them ungodly powerful for a v8.

 

1000 rear wheel is not too terribly hard with these motors and lots of cash. Stroke it to 500 C.I. and build it like a Top Fuel dragster....8000 horsepower and it will run for all of 10 seconds before it needs a rebuild. Just long enough to burn out, stage and make a 1/4 mile pass.

 

won't that tear the poor f-body to pieces?

 

You asked a kind of open-ended question. Realistically, you could build a solid, dependable ~1000 rear wheel car that still retains decent gas mileage and can be driven daily. 370-427+ C.I. with a big old turbo or blower.

 

Of course something way over 600 is possible in an F-bod, with enough money. I have personally witnessed a really built up twin turbo LS1 F-bod with race gas and a high boost tune dyno 1032 hp to the wheels at the Car Craft Summer Nationals in the Twin Cities a year or two ago. That is really extreme, but there are plenty of cars on this site with LS1's making 600 or more at the motor.

 

One of the few V12's that I have seen that is recent production is the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, and DBS. It is Supercharged from the factory. It is only a 6.0l block, and puts out over 450hp,430tq. It's also a side product of Ford..

 

Thats not what I was saying, I KNOW cars have come out with a damn V12 from the factory, but we aren't talking about those cars, we are talking about F-bodies. NO freaking F-body came from the factory with a V12. Yes, it is kind of a silly question, as someone else stated, its very open ended. Its more of what you can get out of the engine, not the car, granted you do have to build up everything to support that kind of horsepower.

I just don't see the point of this question.

I think somewhere around 1200-1400hp is what the fastest LS1 f-body is putting out. But thats on the stock chassis. You can go tube chassis, build the motor even more, and make more power. You aren't going to be able to daily drive that though. And after a certain point the car isn't really an F-body anymore.

 

Go to the "Forced Induction" section, that's where you'll see the big numbers. Brouse around for a while, look in people's sigs, etc. There are some stickies at the top of the page in that section that have #'s and track times. Just don't ask this question there because you probably won't get any serious answers.

 

LMFAO. First off, it doesn't require "Bill Gates money" to be in a fast F-body. Put a good amount into it, engine/rear/trans/weight reduction are no more than 30k usually. Also, unless Ferrari had a Camaro that I wasn't aware of, then they didn't have V12s. Are you a moron? Yipee, a V12 is in a Jaguar in the '70s. We are talking about a GM product, not Jaguar, Ferrari, etc. Are you really this stupid? I mean, go buy a civic and put an exhaust TIP and intake on it, and go PWN up, because you really are just an idiot. Also, Civics didn't come with V12s either, so don't try and find one. And NO, there has never been one in a civic, because it wouldn't fit.

 

Whoa....give the guy a break. He asked a legitimate question. No need to jump down his throat. I think some people confused his question. He stated that some cars throughout history have used a V12 powerplant and some claimed 1000 horses. I believe he is asking what it takes to make that kind of power in an F-body. Jeez, the next thing you know, you'll get beat up for making a post. Don't worry about it lt1 hawk. Hopefully some more people will chime in with some non-douchebag answers. Can't we all just get along .

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/new-ls1-owners-newbie-tech/615409-my-camaro-ss-isnt-normal.html
I see another one of these comming

with that said, yea its possible to build these cars to extreme power levels but NOTHING came like that straight outa the factory, although there were the blackbirds and suck that had like 4-500 HP but technically didnt "roll outa the factory" like that

 

alas, I think you are the only one to get it. That is exactly what I meant. I was curious what you would have to do to get that kind of power out of an f-body. And as for the money, if ALL it takes to get a f-bod to 1000 hp (which I think is really overkill) is $30K, then I might as well have bought something with a V12 and close to that HP anyway. It was just a pondering, not a terribly serious question. I have no intention, nor would my wife let me spend the kind of money to get mine over 400 HP anytime within the next 3 years. I was just looking for some kind of story like "I saw some guy with a 96 LT1 that he hap put $40K into and the thing was able to make short flights cross country, it was amazing!" Don't take this one too seriously.

 

just curious, I know nothing about the blackbirds, not even who made them or when they made them. What do you mean they didn't technically roll outa the factory like that?

 

So why post about it? There is a TON of information on this site not to mention all over the internet that is easily found.

It sounds like you want to know about the more rare of the f-bodies that were sent to companies to have work done on them after they were built by GM. A Blackbird is such a car and the mods done to it were not by GM, but by an outside contractor. Once again, alot of info here about those vehicles as well.