Highest HP/TQ Bolt on C5Z? 442/395.5
05-28-2017, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 98_WS6_M6
Sounds like good mods to decrease rotational mass even further. I know quite a few guys who daily strange brakes.
05-28-2017, 07:19 AM
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+1.....if you're to the point you need a driveshaft and have the extra $ then go carbon or find a used one. Carbon ones don't have to have a loop either. To me that was worth it.
05-28-2017, 08:01 AM
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I don't have any experience with a carbon driveshaft. There is only a few lbs difference between it and aluminum but a big price difference. I'd say the money could be spent better elsewhere.
I do have experience with strange drag brakes and have already smoked a pair of front rotors at the DRAG strip. My car is pretty light also. I would not recommend them for daily driving at all. Occasional driving you might be ok but personally if my car was more street id switch back to atleast the stock front brakes. Fwiw
I do have experience with strange drag brakes and have already smoked a pair of front rotors at the DRAG strip. My car is pretty light also. I would not recommend them for daily driving at all. Occasional driving you might be ok but personally if my car was more street id switch back to atleast the stock front brakes. Fwiw
05-28-2017, 09:08 AM
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Race brakes on the street for a daily spends on the souation. If you're in a lot of high speed stop and go then maybe not. If it's more of just an A to B drive to work then I wouldn't worry about it at all
05-28-2017, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by big hammer
Race brakes on the street for a daily spends on the souation. If you're in a lot of high speed stop and go then maybe not. If it's more of just an A to B drive to work then I wouldn't worry about it at all
05-28-2017, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by HioSSilver
+1.....if you're to the point you need a driveshaft and have the extra $ then go carbon or find a used one. Carbon ones don't have to have a loop either. To me that was worth it.
05-28-2017, 10:30 AM
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I am a nvh ****. My car literally rides and drives very near to stock other than louder exhaust. I hate **** rattling and not working right.
I could see the racebrakes havjng a better feel and firmer pedal than stock. Althoough I would doubt they would out perform a properly working oe system on a hard stop. Not like it matters running a drag pak tho. You're at the mercy of the skinnies then. Repeated hard stops is mostly where they would start to show inadequatecy.
I could see the racebrakes havjng a better feel and firmer pedal than stock. Althoough I would doubt they would out perform a properly working oe system on a hard stop. Not like it matters running a drag pak tho. You're at the mercy of the skinnies then. Repeated hard stops is mostly where they would start to show inadequatecy.
05-29-2017, 10:09 AM
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Stock F bomb made 285 rwhp. LS6 likely 330-350
05-29-2017, 11:49 AM
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I've seen up to 320 for old fbombs with 300~ likely being a norm for one in good running condition. I would think almost anything below 350 for a c5z would be low. Ls6 basically can/should make 50-60hp more than a ls1
05-29-2017, 11:53 AM
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I'd buy that. Mine was on the low end stock. I've seen posts similar where people baselined as high as 320 - LS6 is really like a LS1 done right.
05-29-2017, 12:46 PM
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Just to point out something, I've seen a couple of Z06s run bone stock with DRs 118-119 in the quarter. So it's not that much of a freak. I would expect it to trap around 128 now if that power is real (and it isn't).
DynoDynamics are goofy *** dynos. They are good for tuning, but their numbers can be super inflated - they are not heartbreakers. Hinson had a 416 with TFS 235 heads and a 244 cam with 11.5:1 made 597/565 on theirs. On a dynojet, it was like 550/490. Good numbers, but not the LS7 crushing numbers they tried to sell.
Otherwise, throw a set of TFS 215 heads on there and a G5X3. 50rwhp + 70rwhp pretty standard for those mods on an LS6. Would put you at 560rwhp. Which it probably would do on a DD dyno.
And then it'd show 510 on a dynojet. Which is okay. It'll still trap 130-131.
Or hell, do like Jacob and do LLSR and MMS220s. He hit 520. You might hit 600 on that dyno.
DynoDynamics are goofy *** dynos. They are good for tuning, but their numbers can be super inflated - they are not heartbreakers. Hinson had a 416 with TFS 235 heads and a 244 cam with 11.5:1 made 597/565 on theirs. On a dynojet, it was like 550/490. Good numbers, but not the LS7 crushing numbers they tried to sell.
Otherwise, throw a set of TFS 215 heads on there and a G5X3. 50rwhp + 70rwhp pretty standard for those mods on an LS6. Would put you at 560rwhp. Which it probably would do on a DD dyno.
And then it'd show 510 on a dynojet. Which is okay. It'll still trap 130-131.
Or hell, do like Jacob and do LLSR and MMS220s. He hit 520. You might hit 600 on that dyno.
