Had some fun with an SVT Cobra
04-10-2006, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by JayplaySS2
Blowing any engine has more to do with the tune than the engine, and thats if it has the right ammount of boost for the bottom end. Ill be throwing on a new Whipple but I will not run it over 19-21 psi due to not wanting to see the inside of my motor. Any moron can order a KB. 
. Thanks forspelling it out.
I love how people bitch when a stock motor lets go at 650rwhp.
WTF did you expect?
04-10-2006, 11:50 AM
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sometimes i really do forget that this is LS1TECH.....No one was even doubting your cobra's...I'm going to start going to some mustang sites. and calling bs on everything they say. back to topic...damn nice kill man, you out drove a much more powerfull car..and that in my books is badass great job
04-10-2006, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by formulajunky98
sometimes i really do forget that this is LS1TECH.....No one was even doubting your cobra's...I'm going to start going to some mustang sites. and calling bs on everything they say. back to topic...damn nice kill man, you out drove a much more powerfull car..and that in my books is badass great job
04-10-2006, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Sparetire
A local DSMer blew up his motor on 20psi from a mid-range turbo running only 20 PSi when the internals were good for about double the power he was putting down. Why did it blow? He was a moron racing the car without bothering to look at detonation, AF ratio or EGT. Put the number 2 piston right through the intake mani side of the block.
You can blow any motor anytime at virtually any power with forced induction if you are running way to lean or have detonation issues etc.
The new Mod motors are probably some of the best FI lumps ever put on the road for public use.
You can blow any motor anytime at virtually any power with forced induction if you are running way to lean or have detonation issues etc.
The new Mod motors are probably some of the best FI lumps ever put on the road for public use.
Yea, what he said.
04-10-2006, 01:58 PM
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Your stock motor supposedly has forged internals. There's LS1 out there pushing over 600rwhp on a stock bottom end. Some blow up some dont with that much power. It's a gamble for sure, but you dont see many strokers blow up with 650 to the rear running FI.
Stock means nothing. Just "parts that came from the factory." I dont think a motor with forged internals should blow up with 650hp, no. Is there something wrong with thinking that?
Could be in the tune, but i've heard of more then just 2, thats only local here in CA.
Stock means nothing. Just "parts that came from the factory." I dont think a motor with forged internals should blow up with 650hp, no. Is there something wrong with thinking that?
Could be in the tune, but i've heard of more then just 2, thats only local here in CA.
Originally Posted by unit213
I was too lazy to actually post so I just hit him with a . Thanks for
spelling it out.
I love how people bitch when a stock motor lets go at 650rwhp.
WTF did you expect?
. Thanks forspelling it out.
I love how people bitch when a stock motor lets go at 650rwhp.
WTF did you expect?
04-10-2006, 03:43 PM
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One of my customers blew thier LS1...A4! Pulley and a lid.....B L E W it up. Nothing to do with the driver, internal failure. It can happen to anyone, but you put 600+ horses to the ground, you are on barrowed time. You realize a stock 180hp LG4 is only going to live so long.
04-10-2006, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jermzz
Your stock motor supposedly has forged internals. There's LS1 out there pushing over 600rwhp on a stock bottom end. Some blow up some dont with that much power. It's a gamble for sure, but you dont see many strokers blow up with 650 to the rear running FI.
Stock means nothing. Just "parts that came from the factory." I dont think a motor with forged internals should blow up with 650hp, no. Is there something wrong with thinking that?
Could be in the tune, but i've heard of more then just 2, thats only local here in CA.
Stock means nothing. Just "parts that came from the factory." I dont think a motor with forged internals should blow up with 650hp, no. Is there something wrong with thinking that?
Could be in the tune, but i've heard of more then just 2, thats only local here in CA.
04-10-2006, 04:53 PM
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Dangit! I wasn't gonna get involved here but I am. The stock Cobra motors have hypertueretic pistons with too close of clearance and too short of skirts. They also have a cooling flaw unless ya get the heads released in Jan '05. Do the cooling mod and change slugs and it's usually all good with a proper tune to VERY high boost. Could that LT-1 beat the Snake? I've seen stranger things happen. Don't forget that the Cobra probably weighed over 4100#'s with the wife in the car against whatever the LT-1 car weighed. Later guys...
04-10-2006, 11:15 PM
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'03/'04 Cobras have forged pistons, not hypereutectics.
And the revision is for cars that have the tick and is related to the valve guide casting, not the cooling passages. The numerous head cooling fixes out there are a bandaid for the relatively low percentage of cars with "the tick".
S.
And the revision is for cars that have the tick and is related to the valve guide casting, not the cooling passages. The numerous head cooling fixes out there are a bandaid for the relatively low percentage of cars with "the tick".
S.
04-10-2006, 11:23 PM
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Dont worry, your car is faster then mine, and it's not blown up!
Originally Posted by unit213
No point in me wasting my time. Think what you like. It means nothing to me.
04-11-2006, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by unit213
I was too lazy to actually post so I just hit him with a . Thanks for
spelling it out.
I love how people bitch when a stock motor lets go at 650rwhp.
WTF did you expect?
. Thanks forspelling it out.
I love how people bitch when a stock motor lets go at 650rwhp.
WTF did you expect?
I thought 5 second cars had cylinders so big I could put my head in them. Didn't know a LT1 can handle 6,000+ Horsepower either...
04-11-2006, 09:40 PM
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[QUOTE=93transam] nice kill ya but you can't say Found On Road Dead (f.o.r.d.) about a Benz lol
Originally Posted by Quick LT1
We pulled over down the road and he noticed he sprung a radiator leak.LMAO damn ford.
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Even a Benz can spring a leak man.
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Even a Benz can spring a leak man.
04-11-2006, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by unit213
He should've been making about 460rwhp which is enough to easily run 11.50's
at 120-123mph...plenty to dominate a LT1 with your mods.
at 120-123mph...plenty to dominate a LT1 with your mods.
ummm its not necessarily plenty to dominate his lt1. i dont think you noticed the HEADS/CAM on the lt1. with good heads and a big cam its not too hard to beat a cobra like that. also when you go from a roll you have to really really suck at shifting for someone to out drive you. i mean come on, all you do is put it in gear and go. not that hard.
04-12-2006, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bowtieforpower
ummm its not necessarily plenty to dominate his lt1. i dont think you noticed the HEADS/CAM on the lt1. with good heads and a big cam its not too hard to beat a cobra like that. also when you go from a roll you have to really really suck at shifting for someone to out drive you. i mean come on, all you do is put it in gear and go. not that hard.
go bottom 11's and trap in the mid 120's.
04-14-2006, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by unit213
Yes, it is plenty to dominate him. A H/C LT1 isn't making enough power to
go bottom 11's and trap in the mid 120's.
go bottom 11's and trap in the mid 120's.
04-14-2006, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Speedy
Didn't he say the Cobra had exhaust and a pulley? Does that equate to a low 11 sec. car? I'd say a heads and cam LT1 is going to be a serious handful for a pullied Cobra. I'm not surpised he won at a all.
Im not going to start a bit$h fest here, but an LT1 h/c would have a tough time trapping 118. Id say closer to 110-115. Though the latest Hotrod mag has a red LT1 Z28...N / A.....running 9.90's @135. Wow. Weighs 2900lbs. My .02.
04-14-2006, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Speedy
Didn't he say the Cobra had exhaust and a pulley? Does that equate to a low 11 sec. car?
