Opinions needed. If you have one, tell me.
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so this is for the driver? (the 94 you have now)
As much as I want to say H/C, I'd probalby stay with nitrous if it's staying as a driver...
Guess it depends.. Do you go stoplight jumpin with quite a few people? Running the car to it's limits quite often on the street... then if so, go H/C (if you're spraying that often, it's gotta get expensive)
If you're looking for a good solid car, possibly to take a few longer trips with, and then want to hit the track on the weekends... stay nitrous.Guess basically I'll say it depends on how often you want the car's full potential.
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torbs wrote:
ah, ok. didnt know thatNot to mention the engine, stock comes with 10.5:1 comp ratio AND lightweight internals built to spin fast, not hold boost.
Plus, the cheapest s/c set up imagineable would still be more expensive than a H/C set up.
Turbo set ups for LT1's are mostly custom (arm, leg, first born) and the kits out there are expensive as well because there are only one or two out there.
Oh yeah,
Brian's a pussy.
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Personally, for daily driver use, I would keep the nitrous system, since most H/C setups producing the HP you would like are probably a bit more aggressive than I would like to drive around. If it were me, I would go with forged rods and pistons first. The decision really hinges on your definition of streetable. I have to say I kind of envy you LT1 guys with nitrous, since your intake manifolds allow large wet shots without catching on fire like the LSx series occasionally do.
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bottles are for babies.
seriously though, I think its fun to sit in car that lopes back and forth at idle, sounds like it is going to fall apart just sitting there, and is so loud it feels like you have a sinus infection at wot.
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torbs wrote:
what about goin blown then?same problem...
"Plus, the cheapest s/c set up imagineable would still be more expensive than a H/C set up."
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Start pimpin' out every girl you know and buy an intercooled ATI procharger. If I had a V8, this I would have to have.
http://procharger.com/gallery/showtemp.php?market=2&idx=1223
His power level isn't "amazing" but the car is hardley touched besides the charger. Sounds like from the gallery info that his tuning might not be optimal either.
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Sweet-WRX-Lovin wrote:
Start pimpin' out every girl you know and buy an intercooled ATI procharger. If I had a V8, this I would have to have.
The only ATI that would work on my car would yeild about the same amount of HP (without a rebuild). The car actually did have an ATI on it before I bought it, but I got the price knocked off with hi selling it to someone else. I wish I could have kept it, but I couldn't afford that much at the time, I was 16, and it was plenty of car at the time.Thats the supercharger that was on my car. I beleive the kit costs $3600
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Well, you are asking the wrong person here. Butt, and yes I said butt, my old man is a machinest and race car driver for over 30 years, I personally would build a cheap as possible motor running super high compresion (cheaper over the long run vs. a supercharger) but running race gas. If you aren't willing to make this sacrifice I have no hope for you. And BS on the supercharger rebuilding at 20K miles. If you have an ass monkey tunning your car maybe. I have no idea what I'm doing compared to my old man and I could get WAY more mileage out of that.
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