Here's the car...

2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 capable of 900HP! Racing Solutions Inc. (RSI - based in Houston, Texas...car is in Oregon now)

OVER $45K SPENT IN AFTERMARKET UPGRADES ($37K spent at RSI alone)

This car has about 31,000 miles, the engine and transmission were modified about 4,000 miles ago. The nitrous system on this car is incredibly unique and well designed. This setup was designed to be used with a 300 shot of nitrous, but has a 200 shot currently has been tuned for that. The custom ground camshaft, pistons, rods and cylinder head setup were all designed with Nitrous in mind. Currently with the 200 shot of nitrous I am putting over 620rwhp. There is a separate fuel tank/cell located in the front of the car by the air intake where you can put in high octane fuel. The reason for this is so that when the nitrous system is armed the regular pump gas from the cars factory fuel tank is shut off and fuel from the separate fuel tank is then pumping to the engine through separate lines along with the nitrous gas from the nitrous tank located in the rear of the car creating even more power. This system is NOT a direct port system. RSI felt this would be best in preserving the longevity of the engine.

The Z regularly was professionally detailed by a mobile auto-detail group in Houston that is known for working on the ultra-exotics of Houston. It is garaged kept, hardly driven, and always self-parked. The following is a list of parts and modification that Racing Solutions has done to the car. When you are looking at this list keep note of the kind of pistons, rods and other parts that take a beating in most cars. Nothing but the best parts in this Z06.
- Built in Radar Detection System with Laser Diffuser
- Sparco Tourino Black/Black racing seats (more comfortable than stock) These recline and slide on rails.
- 5 point IMPACT Camlock Harness
- Window tinting – Limo
- Custom RSI floor mats
- Crossbar with camcorder/camera mount
- KDW2’s 275/18’s and 295/19’s on C6 Z06 black with machined face wheels (I love these and all are brand new with maybe 100 miles)
- Window tinting – Limo
- Frame savers
- Chrome Corsa TigerShark exhaust
- RSI decals denoting 900 HP (can come off easily)
- Lowered all around
- Stage III racing clutch
- Ported and Polished Cylinder Heads with very high CFM
- Lifters, Rocker arms
- Corvette Crane 1.7 Gold Rocker Arms
- Custom Ferrea Valves, Cam bearings, clevite main, and rod
- Line Hone block
- Custom Pistons with Spiro Locks, straight Wall Pin, Ring set, pin fit and double pin oilers and much much more done to engine and forged parts used
- Roll master Double Roller Timing Chain
- Vararam Air Induction system (carbon fiber)
- T-56 Transmission rebuilt and strengthened to handle the 900hp
- Shocks ; QA1 fully adjustable shocks on all 4 wheels (very expensive and a great shocks for all round driving or racing)
- 2 1/16 Dual Pillar gauges
- LSX Manifold (FAST) for 90 MM throttle body
- 90 MM NICK WILLIAMS throttle body for FAST intake
- Custom Camshaft on XER Lobe Seperation 232/236 @ 112 LSA
- Competition Porting/LS6 Race Port Conversion
- Off road X-Pipe
- Headers; Kooks 1 7/8 Race Headers
- 42 lb. Injectors
- Nitrous system up to 300 shot safely
- B&M Short throw ripper shifter
- Eradispeed rotors (drilled and slotted)
- Racing brake pads Hawk

This motor is built for NOS so don't be afraid of it! The Nitrous has only been used for Tuning so maybe 10 times total. To be honest I have never sprayed the NOS on this car (Heck I've only looked at the buttons a couple of times 

The question I have is after speaking to a tuner he told me that if I run this 200 shot system, I will burn the first two pistons out unless I convert it to a direct port system.

I like the fact that this car has a separate 2 gal fuel tank for 116 octane and would like to keep it. Is there a way to modify the NX direct port fuel rail to have the stock fuel pumped into one end and the 116 octane in the other?

 

Which "tuner" did you speak to? I know exactly which car you are referring to because I almost bought it but he didn't budge on the price....now he is budging...a lot.

Your tuner sounds like a nimrod. The nitrous system that is on that car is a tried and true twin nozzle setup from TNT. It will eat up a 200 shot easy as well as up to a 300 shot (highly recommend staging it at that point). Buy with confidence, it's a gorgeous car!

 

Thanks for the encouragement!!! He basically and abruptly told me (as the expert), that "you'll burn up your engine with a system like that". After asking a few more questions...he told me; "I had another customer that wouldn't listen to me and had a throttle body system on his LS1 and he burned up his first two pistons since most of the nitrous ends up in the front of the engine...now this guy is into a bunch of money and he says he wished he listened to me in the first place."

http://www.forcefedperformance.com/S...DynoTuning.asp

With all that and his being the tuning expert, I began thinking that direct port must be the way to go since as he stated that it gives a much evener charge. I started doing a little research and was planning on getting a NX system that has the new fuel rails and the new injector boses for the fuel and nitrous...

Still learning about this stuff!

 

he (your tuner) is out of his mind... a lot of people run normal systems (nozzle in front of the TB) with that large of a shot..

but... direct port will always be the best either way. But don't be afraid to spray if the nitrous is setup correct.

 

I push a 200 shot through a nozzle setup. I hope my engine doesn't blow up LOL

 

Hell i was pushing upto 285rwhp shot on the stock LS6 on my Z06. Don't worry, I agree tuner's a nimnoodle.
Robert

 

Thanks for the re-affirm!!!

O.K. what's the secret formula...this cars motor has been built to run nitrous, but I am not sure why the owner didn't opt to build it into a stroker when he repalced all the internals with forged bottom end parts???

Anyways, with a dedicated and separate fuel tank with race gas in it, what is needed to make sure I can run the nitrous safely.

Do I need to have it tuned with the nitrous on? I have heard the spark advance needs to be retarded with the nitrous...is ther a controller that automatically does this?

I feel that an RPM activated switch is a good addition???

Thanks!

Clueless on NOS

 

some people just want the smaller cube motor, maybe when he built the motor he was on a budget. just a couple reasons. when i get around to doing nitrous on my car i will have a window switch. just an extra safety precaution

 

He's got a Mustang on his home page. That should tell you all you need to know!

99 FRC

 

Just a word of advice you should really have the car looked over before any money actually changes hands. I had a freind of mine by a car all built like this one and after the owner had put all this money into it he all the sudden dropped the price and sold it. He thought he got a great deal until he got it home the motor was shot in the car and it was suppost to only have 5,000 miles on it. Someone had broke a ringland with it. Goodluck with the car though. Just make sure you know what your getting