cmorris24

So long winded question. 2000 trans am a4 2.73 car. just a muffler went 9.3 with a 2.3 60 ft and 2600 da so ya terrible. Anyhow don't have good benchmarks for my car and can't tell if it runs healthy or not the track says no and I say ehh (my old one had 3.23 and felt way faster with a lid and slp catback). Butttt I have some buddies with cobalts, the sc cobalt has a 2.8 pulley, 3 inch intake, header zzp catback, zzp tune, bigger heat exchanger, plan b etc pretty well done up for an m62 car. I on average put about 2 cars from 40-120. Other guy has a stock lnf ss and I beat him about the same maybe a lil worse than the m62 car. Now the other cobalt is also an lnf and has charge pipes, down pipe/exhaust, intercooler, and max effort tune. He gets me by a car/car and a half at best from 40-135. This makes me feel like it runs strong so any other input would be great. Have a stock s550 I'm gonna run to get an idea how badly I get capped. Fyi I've seen the bolt on cobalt take on some good cars and win or be very close so I don't think it runs bad by any means but I could be wrong

cmorris24

And just so it's known the car has almost 256,000 miles on it, pretty fresh trans but the motor is all original eats oil like crazy(needs valve seals shes a smoker) and could use an oil pump but doesn't skip a beat. So this is also something to think about

RedFuryZ28

2.73 gears bring all the butthurt. Ask me how i know. Keep those giant top end monsters in there. Your car might need a little maintenance with a quarter million miles on it, but seems to run good on the street. There are infinite variables at the track. The street is where you see the car's true performance.

cmorris24

thank you i agree I actually like the 2.73 gears for all around driving and I don't want to lose my top end when I go turbo si they'll probably stay I'll get a stall to fix that. Just wanted opinions on if the car seemed healthy

Bspeck82

A mild aftermarket converter and some tires would really help. And your friends won't even notice. Circle D has a 278 mm converter that flashes to 3200 and improves the shift extensions from stock. It's only like five hundred bucks and he allowed me to send it back and gave me $200 credit towards a more serious converter when I decided to step up my game. Then you can pretend that there is something wrong with your friend's car and watch them panic. What you figure out which direction you want to go with your build then step up to whatever converter you need.

Blown383LS1

iTrader: (23)

I'd spend my money on a rebuild before doing anything else. Makes no sense to be buying speed parts for a car that burns oil like that.

cmorris24

rebuild is coming waiting till I can afford another motor if some of the bearings are to worn to mess with in this one I won't bother I'll swap it. Car is a toy doesn't bother me I just keep it full!

codyvette

iTrader: (24)

The street has no variables, or at least none that can't be distorted to the point you can't use it as a excuse to get the **** drug out of you by a two valve.

Cole Curtis

And there aren't infinite variables on the street?? Come on man consistency is literally what a track is made for. Bench racing your cars speed vs how other cars are "supposed" to run is so much more accurate...

hugger1975

iTrader: (3)

If you lived local id show you what a downpipe / tune can do on an LNF

big hammer

RedFuryZ28

The street is where you see what a car can really do. Every racer knows this, buckwheat. Pay attention, for Christ's sake.

Nick.H

RedFuryZ28

How did i beat a lbo 2013 5.br0 on film then? With a lid only a4 ls1 I own you, bitch.

Cole Curtis

Post Vid up? I'm pretty sure I haven't seen it, been wondering if there was a video of you beating someone.

Also do you ever get bored of copy and pasting the same stuff? Like your pretty entertaining sometimes but I think you need some new material at this point

Chris25

iTrader: (1)

There are no vids of said races owns a 9 sec race car and cannot afford a GOPRO pretty confusing...............

Nick.H

RedFuryZ28

The video got deleted after awhile but there's a thread on here that proves that a bunch of members on here saw it. I'll go find it.

Also the owner of that 5.0 frequents this forum and will confirm it.

EDIT: That didn't take long. Here it is.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/street-ra...013-5-0-a.html

Guess who made that thread!!

RedFuryZ28

Wasn't tuned. Lids don't require a tune, Frodo Baggins.

RedFuryZ28

Here's a video of me assraping a bolt on LT1 in my first GTP. The guy videoing wasn't a douche bag, so the evidence didn't get suppressed. Ive beaten lots of cars in the past on video but they get deleted immediately, because i won, and would have more **** to talk. I get under lots of skins! The owner of that LT1 still gets pissed when he sees this video.