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[blown_volvo850r]

Me and a buddy w/ a Z28 went up to a spot tonight and there were a bunch of people there. It's on this long stretch and people were racing. He raced a xxxx (not sure what year) Monte Carlo w/ some heavy mods and had a car and a half but had to cut it off b/c some car came the other way. Anyway, everyone there wanted to see me run but I had to be home by 1:30am. I followed my buddy out and we got to where our side of the highway branches into two lanes for us, and we took off from a 50mph roll. We were dead even until he hit the middle of 3rd gear, somewhere around 80mph, jumped a car on me, then pulled about a half car by the time we hit 100mph...we cut if off b/c we had a turn coming. Anyway, got beat but hey it's an LS1 Z28...I hung in there better than I thought I would. I'm putting a $200 deposit in Monday and I should have enough for my turbo swap. 20psi will beat the Z28 from a 50 roll.

~Lee

[JHEIII874T5M]

looks good just make sure that you don't beat your stock rods on 20 PSI from a roll

[turbor850]

Me and a buddy w/ a Z28 went up to a spot tonight and there were a bunch of people there. It's on this long stretch and people were racing. He raced a xxxx (not sure what year) Monte Carlo w/ some heavy mods and had a car and a half but had to cut it off b/c some car came the other way. Anyway, everyone there wanted to see me run but I had to be home by 1:30am. I followed my buddy out and we got to where our side of the highway branches into two lanes for us, and we took off from a 50mph roll. We were dead even until he hit the middle of 3rd gear, somewhere around 80mph, jumped a car on me, then pulled about a half car by the time we hit 100mph...we cut if off b/c we had a turn coming. Anyway, got beat but hey it's an LS1 Z28...I hung in there better than I thought I would. I'm putting a $200 deposit in Monday and I should have enough for my turbo swap. 20psi will beat the Z28 from a 50 roll.

~Lee

yeah, thats where my friends corvette took off on me when we raced, right around 80 he just takes off on me, I can get him from 25 all the way to 80 . . .

[blown_volvo850r]

Yeah I took a ride in one of my other friends' cars...'99 LS1 T/A, runs dead even w/ the Z28 but maybe gets a half car in the 1/4 b/c of better hook up. Anyway, when he hits 3rd, it just PULLS. Amazing top end power. But of course...we're talking a 2.3 liter vs. a 5.7.

~Lee

[freeskier8585]

just tell them that if you doubled your displacement to your car youd fu©k um up too

[freeskier8585]

well considering perfect energy, hey if an 850 was rwd i bet it would spank some taint...

[blown_volvo850r]

It's all good...once the 20psi comes around the LS1 will see nothing but my taillights.

~Lee

[BlackT5]

Yeah, you should be ok with 20psi on a 16t and stock rods. You might want to look into aditional cooling cuz that thing's going to get hot!

[Chopper]

Yeah, you should be ok with 20psi on a 16t and stock rods. You might want to look into aditional cooling cuz that thing's going to get hot!

Watch out for that head gasket.

[freeskier8585]

case and point for a coolant flush every 20,000 the gasket shodul hold till about 24 i think.....but hey if you blow it, then you can upgrade!

[blown_volvo850r]

case and point for a coolant flush every 20,000 the gasket shodul hold till about 24 i think.....but hey if you blow it, then you can upgrade!

I know a guy that lives close and will do a strong aftermarket HG w/ copper sealing for about $300. So if I blow it...no big deal.

~Lee

[blown_volvo850r]

I dont know why you werent able to beat a Z28 only with exhaust... those cars fro what ive seen dont have top end... my friend with an S70 T5 5spd took one some time ago and we were going around 50 so he dropped it to 3rd... he actually coulda taken it to 2nd if he wanted to... but yea we def pulled away... and i heard the gurgle of his car i know he punched it...

but whatever the case may be... im sure your new turbo and 20 psi will leave many 

What year was it? I think in '97 they went to the LS1 from the LT1, and the LS1 has a lot more top end power. If memory serves the Corvette took the LS1 in '96, and a year later they begin putting that in the T/As and Camaros.

~Lee

[patrick]

F bodies took the LS1 in 98, dont forget the LT4 too, which is what the corvette had until 97 when it intro'd the LS1. LS1's are mean, really easy to get power out of, i think id prefer to build one over an LS6(Z06) you just cant beat that torque curve.

[wills]

20 psi from a 16T?. You better get a 19t to do that. My 16T has trouble holding 17 psi at higher rpms.

[blown_volvo850r]

Does urs have ported/polished housing and intake, upgraded impeller and compressor wheel, and an upgraded wastegate? Mine does...

~Lee

[turbor850]

Does urs have ported/polished housing and intake, upgraded impeller and compressor wheel, and an upgraded wastegate? Mine does...

~Lee

upgraded impeller and compressor wheel are the same thing

the only thing that helps at higher RPM is the wastegate, not port and polish


though what does interest me is that 3'' M3 MAF sensor, did Emil do that ?
does it work fine ?

oh and another thing, your "compressor wheel upgrade" which is from Turbochargers.com if they used the same wheel I have, it is bigger then the 16T and 18T, so if you do get the 16T, you will be downgrading unless you switch wheels

Edited by turbor850, 30 March 2004 - 09:37 PM.