New Trans Am lover.
Originally Posted by TransAmGrl21
Well guys, when he talks with his friends i feel totality lost. I don't want to feel lost anymore. I want to be one of those cool car girls. I just talked to my bf and he said that his car as long tube something off road something else, gears, lid, throttle body, and a ls6 something. Help me guys!!!
1. Offroad Long Tube Headers are used for the exhaust and offroad means no catalytic converters. Which can be restrictive.
2. Gears are installed in the rear end (which is located underneath the car- the big round thing in the middle) to make the car launch faster, but also can be bad because you have to go through the shifting quicker. The most common gearing (stock) is 3.23 in an automatic and 3.42 in standard. An automatic is usually upgraded to 3.73 and a standard is upgraded to 4.10. This gearing can be thought of as gearing on a ten speed bike, the ratio's make the difference.
3. The lid, throttle body, and the "ls6 something" which is an ls6 intake are all a part of the intake system. The lid flows better than stock and makes more horsepower. The throttle body if ported and polished and/ or larger diameter will increase the flow and also help the air intake. The ls6 intake was an upgrade over ls1 intakes, it has larger "runners" and increases air intake, therefore making more horsepower also.
Hope that helps a little. My wife takes interest in what I do, and thats cool as hell.
Joe
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Originally Posted by fastflames
First off when he talks cars, listen. If you dont know what he is talking about just ask. Since it sounds like he loves it, i'm sure he won't mind telling what it is.
1. Offroad Long Tube Headers are used for the exhaust and offroad means no catalytic converters. Which can be restrictive.
2. Gears are installed in the rear end (which is located underneath the car- the big round thing in the middle) to make the car launch faster, but also can be bad because you have to go through the shifting quicker. The most common gearing (stock) is 3.23 in an automatic and 3.42 in standard. An automatic is usually upgraded to 3.73 and a standard is upgraded to 4.10. This gearing can be thought of as gearing on a ten speed bike, the ratio's make the difference.
3. The lid, throttle body, and the "ls6 something" which is an ls6 intake are all a part of the intake system. The lid flows better than stock and makes more horsepower. The throttle body if ported and polished and/ or larger diameter will increase the flow and also help the air intake. The ls6 intake was an upgrade over ls1 intakes, it has larger "runners" and increases air intake, therefore making more horsepower also.
Hope that helps a little. My wife takes interest in what I do, and thats cool as hell.
Joe
1. Offroad Long Tube Headers are used for the exhaust and offroad means no catalytic converters. Which can be restrictive.
2. Gears are installed in the rear end (which is located underneath the car- the big round thing in the middle) to make the car launch faster, but also can be bad because you have to go through the shifting quicker. The most common gearing (stock) is 3.23 in an automatic and 3.42 in standard. An automatic is usually upgraded to 3.73 and a standard is upgraded to 4.10. This gearing can be thought of as gearing on a ten speed bike, the ratio's make the difference.
3. The lid, throttle body, and the "ls6 something" which is an ls6 intake are all a part of the intake system. The lid flows better than stock and makes more horsepower. The throttle body if ported and polished and/ or larger diameter will increase the flow and also help the air intake. The ls6 intake was an upgrade over ls1 intakes, it has larger "runners" and increases air intake, therefore making more horsepower also.
Hope that helps a little. My wife takes interest in what I do, and thats cool as hell.
Joe
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That helps a whole lot. Now i can actually know what he is talking about. His car is a 6 speed and his best friend has an automatic z28 with some sort of converter. Ill talk to you since you seem really smart about these types of cars. What is the difference between horsepower and torque? And which one is better to have? That way when i talk to my BF i can tell him and he will be super shocked. Thanx again
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Originally Posted by Inspector12
I give personal one on one lessons LOL! Horsepower and Torque are just different ways of measuring power. Torque is best described as the force you feel when you first take off from a dead stop and HP would be how hard it continues to pull one you are moving. That is a general description for the average person not 100% accurate but close enough. Whitch is better depends on what you are trying to do best would be to have both LOL!
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Originally Posted by KingCrapBox
If you learn nothing else from this site, learn this:
It's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car.
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It's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car.
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