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02-03-2005, 02:28 PM #81Originally Posted by Juggernaut
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02-03-2005, 02:30 PM #82
note to thieves, leave the cd player please! take everything else
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02-03-2005, 02:35 PM #83Senior Member
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9000rpm, you gotta remember too that the LS1 engine in the SS wasnt designed to be at the peak of its performance coming out of the factory like the S2K motor was. YOu yourself said they were some of the best flowing heads ever made.
The LS1, and any v8 for that matter, is way detuned for insurance, emissions, etc. If GM wanted, and they have actually, they could throw a few camaros out of the factory that have 700+ hp n/a. Its been done, but in limited numbers, and they sell for a ****load of money.
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02-03-2005, 02:41 PM #84Originally Posted by Hed
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02-03-2005, 02:48 PM #85Originally Posted by 9000rpm
Mine is not that tight but she holds her own.....he beat me by three cars last time we raced....****er.
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02-03-2005, 03:11 PM #86Originally Posted by Hed
The F20C is almost at it's peak from the factory. That highest NA S2000 I've heard of is around 250hp at the wheels. Now the supercharged S2000's put down 300 to 310hp to the wheels with no other mods but the blower. I know of about 4 or 5 supercharged S2000's with around 400 to 425hp after more head work and other mods such as a piggy back ecu, exhaust, etc.
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02-03-2005, 03:13 PM #87Originally Posted by needmorestrength
And I have driven Cameros before. It's not far from driving a truck around corners. They have tons of body roll.
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02-03-2005, 03:36 PM #88Originally Posted by 9000rpm
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02-03-2005, 03:44 PM #89Originally Posted by needmorestrength
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02-03-2005, 03:53 PM #90
I dont what to get into a arguement with you but the s2000 is $33000 with 162 Pounds of torque, the mustang gt is $24500 with 320 pounds of torque. Also at what RPM do you have to rev your motor to get that 205 hp in your car almost 6000rpm. Meanwhile the mustang reaches its power at 3400 rpm. On top of that you have a additional $9000 dollars to play with the car. You can get a supercharger, suspension, brakes, skirts etc with that much upgrade. I know you like your car and when someone affends its you jump up to defend it but everyone likes differnet things. Just remeber this, horsepower is what sells the car but torque is what wins the race.
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02-03-2005, 03:54 PM #91Originally Posted by 9000rpm
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02-03-2005, 03:56 PM #92Originally Posted by Sta11ion
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02-03-2005, 06:42 PM #93Originally Posted by Sta11ion
The S2000 is pricy, but your are buying a track ready race car out of the box. The Mustang GT is ready to drive fast in a straight line out of the box. The mustang can be modified to handle very well, but it will never be on par with the S2000 in handling unless you completely rebuild the chasis. By then it is pretty much a custom built car and not a Mustang anymore.
Now the new mustang I think will handle very well. It's chasis is based upon the same as the Lincoln LS. And the LS is a great handling car for its size. It even handles better than the BMW 5 series cars.
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02-03-2005, 06:43 PM #94Originally Posted by needmorestrength
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02-03-2005, 10:10 PM #95Senior Member
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My 4th gen fbody handles absolutely amazing. The S2000 does handle slightly better, but my car does handle like an absolute champion. After seeing all the **** suspension under the car, i know why......
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02-04-2005, 01:05 AM #96Junior Member
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Originally Posted by 9000rpm
Curb weight is 3433 by the way. No need to google, here ya go: http://www.intellichoice.com/reports...pecs/type/used
2002 Camaro SS slalom speed: 63.9 mph
2003 S2000: 65.0 mph
Now you tell me, what's more impressive? A fat american running 63.9 or a high powered piece of rice running a 65.0. That s2000 slalom speed is nowhere near impressive. But I guess I look real dumb trying to prove this right?
Saying that a Camaro SS will whip you in a straight line, but you'll keep up with a z28 or Firebird (you'll do fine against a GT), just goes to show how little you know. The SS and WS6's are nothing more than appearance packages. The hood scoops are hardly functional on an SS, a little more so on the WS6. The motors in the z28/Firebird are IDENTICAL to those found in the SS/WS6 variants.
But as stated earlier, to each his own. I would personally never buy a foreign car and you would probably never buy a "modern" American muscle car. In the end, it all boils down to the simple fact that we love our cars, and there is never anything better out there. I give you props for knowing so much about your own car, and it is nice. My blood just boils when I here statements like "American cars suck", etc, etc. Didn't mean to offend anybody with the rice comments BTW.
Have you ever seen that red S2000 that's been in a lot of the import tuner mags as of late? The name of the guy that owns it is Bashar? He comes to my pizzaria all the time. Great guy that has a beautiful car. Before he went SC I coulda prolly spanked him, but he's got a lot done now and I give him mucho props for the outstanding job he did with that car. I'll try to find a link to it in case you're interested.
Here ya go: http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/521634/4Last edited by DanDoola; 02-04-2005 at 01:26 AM.
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02-04-2005, 07:26 AM #97Originally Posted by DanDoola
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02-04-2005, 12:14 PM #98Junior Member
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I can't help but to stick up for American V8's (err, make that Mexican and Canadian V8's ), it's in my blood. My dad retired from GM after 30 years. IMO, there's no replacement for displacement.
Believe it or not, my Camaro gets better gas mileage than my '04 Impala. I average 25 highway, 19 city. That's not too bad.
Hey hung-solo, have you decided on what you're going to do? There seem to be a lot of car guys on this board, but you might want to check out some automotive forums for a better response. Good luck.Last edited by DanDoola; 02-04-2005 at 12:20 PM.
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02-05-2005, 01:43 PM #99Originally Posted by DanDoola
I do admit that American V8's can be made extremely powerfull with little more tham $5000. But the price of the car doesn't come into comparison. I paid $21,000 for my S2000 in 2003 and it had 26,000 miles on it. I got a great deal.
But this arguement really has no end. I think guys might fight over their cars before they would fight over their girls. Maybe not all guys, but maybe guys like us.
I also didn't mean to offend anyone about the american V8's suck either. I think I was just kinda in a bad mood that day. As for the ricers, I agree. I hate people that get civics and try to make them fast and put so many led lights on them that they look like a god**** rolling christmas tree. It makes those of us that don't do all that disstastefull crap to our cars look bad too. Now I have seen a few civic hatch backs that have over 500hp. But they are far and few between.
Anyway, if I had a garage full of cars like Leno, I'd probably have a blown SS or a Cobra in there.
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02-05-2005, 01:44 PM #100
BTW, that new Z06 that will be out soon is going to be crazy! 500hp and 500ftlb torque NA!!!!!!!! That thing will be beating up on Vipers.
I will own one some day.
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02-05-2005, 02:44 PM #101Originally Posted by gsxxr
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02-05-2005, 05:08 PM #102Junior Member
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Originally Posted by gsxxr
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02-05-2005, 08:34 PM #103Senior Member
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gsxxr, im callin BS on this one. if you can give me a pic of this new C6 ZO6 with a sign that says like "ar" in the picture or something like that, ill believe you........and then probably find where you live, and pray in your direction every night, like mecca.
that handbuilt 427 is something that is in my dreams at night. i cant even wait to hear one with exhaust........
but i want a pic, just one, or some kind of proof.
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Bro I wish I could do that. The only time we can do pics are after the car is released to the public. Trust me when the car is done and you see a 750hp monster you will sh-it. Let’s put it this way we are the ones that helped Callaway build his twin turbo and also the ones that supercharged his c12 along with Rick Moroso personnel vette.
start to do you searching
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This is a dyno sheet of an ls1 with a stock motor that I built. And rember this is rear wheel hp with pumped gas...
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Originally Posted by Hed
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02-05-2005, 11:18 PM #107Originally Posted by gsxxr
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We are specializing in supercharging and turbo charging systems. We also manufacture supplemental fuel and water injection systems. Along with that we build high performance engines and custom suspensions. We do majority domestic cars and trucks but have done quit a bit of imports. My personnel hobby is sport bikes.
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02-06-2005, 12:45 PM #109Senior Member
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huge HP jump....
gsxxr, ever hear of the guy who has the 9 second daily driven turbo LS1 trans am?
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the only ta i know if that runs in the 9s is some guy with a twin turbo making like 1000hp
but it does not run on pumped gas.
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02-06-2005, 02:02 PM #111Originally Posted by gsxxr
I won't all out call BS on you about the new Z06, but I do have my doubts. I'm sure you can understand.
But let me ask you this. Why the hell does GM continue to insist on using leaf springs in the rear of the vette? That just seems old and ghetto to me. Now they are at least some sort of composite, but come on. This is 2005, why would they not go with coils all the way around like other high performance cars?
But I do have to admit, the car still handles like a Ferrari on a track.
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Originally Posted by 9000rpm
on the cars we do motor work i make over 675hp at the wheel
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The leaf springs cheep and light. If you adjust the leaf it can work real nice for on the street. If you are running the car on a track its batter to have coil over shock and springs. You have to remember most of the cars that roll off the show room floor are not race.
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02-08-2005, 10:56 AM #114Originally Posted by gsxxr
It is definetely a shame for such a great car to go to waste.
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02-08-2005, 10:59 AM #115Originally Posted by jc3
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02-08-2005, 11:02 AM #116Originally Posted by gsxxr
Here is they guy that I was talking about that has gotten the highest hp yet that I know of. This is his dyno of his car making 559rwhp at 19 or 20psi. And he's also over 300ftlb's of torque.
http://chrisdrivesafastcar.com/gallery-view.php?ID=128
He is supposedly building a new turbo system for his car and he's aiming for 700+rwhp.
Now keep in mind this is a 2.0 liter 4 banger.
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02-08-2005, 11:34 AM #117Originally Posted by co2boi
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02-08-2005, 11:39 AM #118
I have done studies at work and Reseached the Oils and Mobile-1 is the best.
That is all I will run im my cars after I got done finishing the tests.
Amsoil is also good but not as good as Mobile-1
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I have built a lot of performance motors making 500hp and more. In my cars I take out the motors and refresh them every 2 years. I have run Mobil 1, red line; Amsoil, Royal Purple and Agip oil’s all were full synthetic oils. After looking at the cylinder walls cams and bearing along with the valve stems and seals the Agip oil’s worked the best by far. You can see that the bearing have less wear and scoring and spotting. The cylinder walls still have hatch marks for honing and the seals were not weeping at all. I feel this is the best info on this subject that you are going to get. I also forgot the mention that the superchargers are feed by the engine oils as well. When you take a blower apart that has been spinning at 60,000 rpm for 2 years and see no wear on the gears and carbon seals that is impressive. You also have to take into consideration how the oils will vaporize. You need to look in the intake manifolds and check the pcv valve. This is a big part of making power. If you have to much oil vapors going in the pcv valve due to blow by you will loose a lot of power. Also you will start to see the oil on your spark plugs.
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02-15-2005, 01:40 PM #120Originally Posted by 9000rpm
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