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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Is the only way to make your 2V fast enough to keep up with Mach 1's, Corvettes, Camaros and the like to supercharge it?
 
Old Jan 1, 2007 | 09:04 PM
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gears and suspension.
 
Old Jan 1, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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a picture from "Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster"

Its a website dedicated to a bunch of stupid idiots. its quite funny actually...
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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Worth while bolt ons... Mac LT's and midpipe, cheap used Dragon plenum, 70mm Aviator t/b, gears, suspension, cams, remove silencer, k&n filter, weight reduction, and a badass tune. Thats about it.
 
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nitrous lol
 
Old Jan 1, 2007 | 11:01 PM
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From a dig: all the bolt ons, heads and cams, tires, and a good driver.

From a roll: nitrous, blower, other driver missing a gear, a miracle, etc.
 
Old Jan 1, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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vette is a different class car. other than that.. bolt ons and cams should put you into competitive range of stock camaros. modded camaros can be pretty stout though.
 
Old Jan 2, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by 02LaserRedGT
From a dig: all the bolt ons, heads and cams, tires, and a good driver.

From a roll: nitrous, blower, other driver missing a gear, a miracle, etc.
Nitrous isnt good from a dig?
 
Old Jan 2, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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Blower. Only worthwhile bolt on for these cars.
 
Old Jan 2, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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Even with a blower, a Zo6 handed me my ***. I will get another crack at him this summer. I dont know if my trans. is going to hold up this year.
 
Old Jan 2, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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5.4L swap with nitrous?
 
Old Jan 2, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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w00t! right here baby. BUILT 5.4 + 2 stages of nitrous. Should be over 600lbs tq and 500hp on a full 150 shot from the motor I'm building. Remember... vette is in a totally different class and benefits from other than brick-like aerodynamics.
 
Old Jan 2, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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at the track I've beat built LT1's, stock/lightly modded LS1's, and 5.7L GTO's.. haven't raced any vettes though. This is with me pulling 2.2 60fts, not sure what they were running.
 
Old Jan 2, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 03gtmustang
Nitrous isnt good from a dig?
Just saying what it usually takes to beat an LS1 Vette, Camaro, etc.
 
Old Jan 3, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by foncarelli
Even with a blower, a Zo6 handed me my ***. I will get another crack at him this summer. I dont know if my trans. is going to hold up this year.
 
Old Jan 3, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by red281gt
Yep, smaller pulley, BAP, rear seat delete, and a new tune for the LTs, 75mmBBK TB and Plenum.

And this time i am not racing with stereo equipment, spare tire and a passenger.
 
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