ScreaminRedZ vs NXPRSS...nitrous vs blower
08-09-2010, 07:59 PM
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3.42's don't kill you with a centrifugal blower setup. Maybe if you only make 5-6lbs of boost. But not 13lbs.
I don't know if you looked at my sig or not, but you're not talking to a noob. I've also owned a cammed LS1 w/ 4.10's and a 200 shot. I know all about gearing and how it affects different cars. Engines that make big power, don't need a steep gear. Ask me how I know. I'm not trying to be a smartass, just letting you know i'm not ignorant to the gearing aspect.
Your Mach1 doesn't have the cubes that a LS1 has so it won't make the power/torque that a LS1 will with the same amount of boost from the same blower.
I guess the T/A is a good bit heavier than the Z. Or the T/A just isn't making what my car made on 12lbs.
I don't know if you looked at my sig or not, but you're not talking to a noob. I've also owned a cammed LS1 w/ 4.10's and a 200 shot. I know all about gearing and how it affects different cars. Engines that make big power, don't need a steep gear. Ask me how I know. I'm not trying to be a smartass, just letting you know i'm not ignorant to the gearing aspect.
Your Mach1 doesn't have the cubes that a LS1 has so it won't make the power/torque that a LS1 will with the same amount of boost from the same blower.
I guess the T/A is a good bit heavier than the Z. Or the T/A just isn't making what my car made on 12lbs.
I have owned 3 mustangs from n/a, to nitrous, to blown, and trust me gears do make a big difference. Im not saying your wrong ( and I agree at a certain power level the role they play gets smaller and smaller ) but try lining up a 450whp-550whp centrifugal blown ls1 or mustang with 3.27s or 4.10s and see who comes out ahead. No its not gonna change the race by 5 cars but it helps, Im also speaking from experience.
More cubes is always going to make more power/trq but theres a ton of other factors that go into it, heads/cams etc. My Mach 1 was making over 600rtrq on 12 psi before I started cranking the boost up and thats on a 302.
08-09-2010, 08:01 PM
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Nice kills, your car is pretty sick. Im kinda surprised you pulled him too.
- Anyone got any vids of a procharged LS1 just cruisin? Im interested to see how it would to drive in traffic and just around town. A guy I used to go to school with had a procharged 03 GT, and he said if he was in any kind of traffic for too long his car would over heat cause the blower? I dont know why the blower would make it over heat but whatever lol...Anyone ever heard of that?
- Anyone got any vids of a procharged LS1 just cruisin? Im interested to see how it would to drive in traffic and just around town. A guy I used to go to school with had a procharged 03 GT, and he said if he was in any kind of traffic for too long his car would over heat cause the blower? I dont know why the blower would make it over heat but whatever lol...Anyone ever heard of that?
08-09-2010, 08:08 PM
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Nice kills, your car is pretty sick. Im kinda surprised you pulled him too.
- Anyone got any vids of a procharged LS1 just cruisin? Im interested to see how it would to drive in traffic and just around town. A guy I used to go to school with had a procharged 03 GT, and he said if he was in any kind of traffic for too long his car would over heat cause the blower? I dont know why the blower would make it over heat but whatever lol...Anyone ever heard of that?
- Anyone got any vids of a procharged LS1 just cruisin? Im interested to see how it would to drive in traffic and just around town. A guy I used to go to school with had a procharged 03 GT, and he said if he was in any kind of traffic for too long his car would over heat cause the blower? I dont know why the blower would make it over heat but whatever lol...Anyone ever heard of that?
08-09-2010, 08:43 PM
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From what I've seen of his car, is has perfect driveability. The first time I ever road in a procharged LS car I wanted to sell my nitrous kit, throw a smaller cam in it, and slap a blower on it. Nothing beats such smooth driveability along with the feeling of that power ramping up to the moon when you mat the gas
08-09-2010, 09:50 PM
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I know its not a LS1 or has to do with it. But when my Cobra had the P1SC on it I was taking it to the track weekly almost and the car kept running 113-116mph trap speeds and I just didn't feel like this was right. I talked with other Mustang guys and they said I needed to step up the gears from the 3.73s to 4.30s. I did nothing but the gear swap and went back the next week and was busting off 120-122mph trap speeds. Oh and there was no spinning, I was on a set of ET Drags and my 60' went down when I went to 4.30s. If anyone wonders.
08-10-2010, 07:42 AM
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I must have not stayed at the power level some of y'all were at for long enough. My car pulls like a raped ape with 3.42's. If you're making a lot of power, you don't want to be shifting every couple seconds because you're out of gear as soon as you got in it. You want a little time to pull in each gear. I'm not saying that 3.42's are the best, and i'm also on a 26" tall tire right now so my gears feel a tad steeper than they are.
08-10-2010, 07:47 AM
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PSM and I were actually just talking about this. I agree that sometimes a steeper gear doesn't feel best, especially with a flatter power curve. I've been thinking about dropping to a 3.73 as I think it would be better from a rolling start and will probably gain me a couple rwhp. It might hurt my 1/4 time a bit on motor, but I bet the nitrous won't mind it at all.
08-10-2010, 07:56 AM
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I'd be willing to bet you don't lose but maybe 1mph in the 1/4. In my old nitrous TA I went from 3.73 to 4.10 and the car never felt any faster. It made 550/620.
