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BIGBADJOHN
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Hi all,
Well, I am in the thick of my chase for a 1992-1996 corvette, but since it is Easter and since it is raining cats and dogs, I have yet been able to put the laptop down to go out in search for my vette to be. I have a lead on a few (all 6 speed), including a 1996 CE with the LT4 engine and 50k miles, a 96 black coupe with the LT4 option, a red 93 coupe with 48k miles, and a dark red 92 with 50k miles. All are less than 20k, with the 92 being all the way down at $16900. I am stoked!
Anyway, on to my questions. I have been poking around on some corvette forums and chevy related performance parts houses, and have gotten a general idea of bolt ons available for the LT1 and LT4. My mod budget will be VERY small when I get the corvette, but that's ok because I want the car to remain as stock as possible for resale anyway. Nevertheless, small mods like the TB airfoil, vortex intake or cut stock airbox with K&N filter, MSD 6AL ignition with coil and wires, hypertech programmer/powerstat, and possibly headers or even headers and catback exhaust could qualify as mods that won't break the bank and can be easily removed should I want to take the car back to stock. Here are some questions I have for you all regarding the more common bolt ons that I have mentioned above:
1. Does anyone have any before and after dyno data or track test data for any of the mods I have mentioned above? I am VERY interested in seeing any of this, as it could potentially save me lots of research and disappointment when I get ready to mod my corvette...its out there somewhere calling me now.
2. How well do the more common bolt ons work together? Could you recommend a "suite" of minor bolt ons (short of major work like heads and cam or supercharger) that work well together to wake up the LT1 or LT4 corvette and shave, say, half a second on the e/t?
3. Coming from a background from ford products (namely the SVT contour and Mustang) I know that some great bang for the buck mods include a bigger MAF/throttle body, aftermarket gears (3.55 for a street stang to 4.10 for a mod motored cobra bracket racer) and even a small single stage dry nitrous kit (adding a 100-150 shot can have a great impact on E/T). Are these also mods that are relatively inexpensive for the corvette?
4. Perhaps the ultimate easily removed bolt on modification is a dry nitrous system from NOS, nitrous express, edelbrock, etc etc. Does anyone have any experience with adding conservative amounts of nitrous to a stock or near stock LT1/LT4 corvette? Not that I would do such a thing, but it would be a cheap (although relatively volatile) way to see 12 second e/ts.
Thanks in advance for your input as it will help me get a feel for gains I can expect, how far I should go, what I should budget for in the future, and feasibility for mods to work together without adversely affecting the car's longevity or driveability. Thanks.
Well, I am in the thick of my chase for a 1992-1996 corvette, but since it is Easter and since it is raining cats and dogs, I have yet been able to put the laptop down to go out in search for my vette to be. I have a lead on a few (all 6 speed), including a 1996 CE with the LT4 engine and 50k miles, a 96 black coupe with the LT4 option, a red 93 coupe with 48k miles, and a dark red 92 with 50k miles. All are less than 20k, with the 92 being all the way down at $16900. I am stoked!
Anyway, on to my questions. I have been poking around on some corvette forums and chevy related performance parts houses, and have gotten a general idea of bolt ons available for the LT1 and LT4. My mod budget will be VERY small when I get the corvette, but that's ok because I want the car to remain as stock as possible for resale anyway. Nevertheless, small mods like the TB airfoil, vortex intake or cut stock airbox with K&N filter, MSD 6AL ignition with coil and wires, hypertech programmer/powerstat, and possibly headers or even headers and catback exhaust could qualify as mods that won't break the bank and can be easily removed should I want to take the car back to stock. Here are some questions I have for you all regarding the more common bolt ons that I have mentioned above:
1. Does anyone have any before and after dyno data or track test data for any of the mods I have mentioned above? I am VERY interested in seeing any of this, as it could potentially save me lots of research and disappointment when I get ready to mod my corvette...its out there somewhere calling me now.
2. How well do the more common bolt ons work together? Could you recommend a "suite" of minor bolt ons (short of major work like heads and cam or supercharger) that work well together to wake up the LT1 or LT4 corvette and shave, say, half a second on the e/t?
3. Coming from a background from ford products (namely the SVT contour and Mustang) I know that some great bang for the buck mods include a bigger MAF/throttle body, aftermarket gears (3.55 for a street stang to 4.10 for a mod motored cobra bracket racer) and even a small single stage dry nitrous kit (adding a 100-150 shot can have a great impact on E/T). Are these also mods that are relatively inexpensive for the corvette?
4. Perhaps the ultimate easily removed bolt on modification is a dry nitrous system from NOS, nitrous express, edelbrock, etc etc. Does anyone have any experience with adding conservative amounts of nitrous to a stock or near stock LT1/LT4 corvette? Not that I would do such a thing, but it would be a cheap (although relatively volatile) way to see 12 second e/ts.
Thanks in advance for your input as it will help me get a feel for gains I can expect, how far I should go, what I should budget for in the future, and feasibility for mods to work together without adversely affecting the car's longevity or driveability. Thanks.