Everyones boosted!
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From: Richmond
Re: Everyones boosted!
The "cheap to make fast" thing is an illusion. Nothing is cheap to make fast. Any car is a money pit if you try to make power and go fast. I can make fun of Hondas for being twice as expensive as DSMs to get into the 12s all I want.. but the fact is when you start to get closer to 10s it all starts to even out, along with a lot of other cars (though streetability could be argued... that's a whole other issue.. just talking straight track time ability here). If you want to go fast you're gonna have to dump loads of money into a car no matter what it is. The appearance of a cheap upgrade path is just a mind trick, especially with imports. The only car that i'd say is TRULY cheap to make fast is a 5.0 mustang. Everything else is just a moneypit.
A friend of mine (WantedZ if ya know RPM) wanted to get back into a last gen f-bod and we picked up a used Highway Patrol B4C (unmarked Z28) for a lil over 4K... The ONLY mods are a $600ish dollar (used) set of headers and true-duals, and an $80 air lid. The car is an automatic. I did a lot of tuning on the street (and will hit the rollers at PAS tomorrow) and with JUST those mods the car went 12.55 @ 110.89 MPH. STOCK STALL STOCK EVERYTHING ELSE.... and this car will keep it's cruise, A/C, OD, etc...
AND we just pieced together a bastard wet nitrous setup that is kicking a #63 N20 jet (175FWHP) for WELL UNDER a grand including the Walbro pump... This should be enough to put the car in the LOW 11s, and he can launch it on the street almost just like he can on the track.
Oh yeah, I gave him lower control arms and reloc brackets for Christmas but they weren't on the car when it ran the 12.55. I know this a little faster than the norm, but I can get his ET ticket if there is disbelief.
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From: Fburg
Re: Everyones boosted!
Nah that's not true...
A friend of mine (WantedZ if ya know RPM) wanted to get back into a last gen f-bod and we picked up a used Highway Patrol B4C (unmarked Z28) for a lil over 4K... The ONLY mods are a $600ish dollar (used) set of headers and true-duals, and an $80 air lid. The car is an automatic. I did a lot of tuning on the street (and will hit the rollers at PAS tomorrow) and with JUST those mods the car went 12.55 @ 110.89 MPH. STOCK STALL STOCK EVERYTHING ELSE.... and this car will keep it's cruise, A/C, OD, etc...
AND we just pieced together a bastard wet nitrous setup that is kicking a #63 N20 jet (175FWHP) for WELL UNDER a grand including the Walbro pump... This should be enough to put the car in the LOW 11s, and he can launch it on the street almost just like he can on the track.
Oh yeah, I gave him lower control arms and reloc brackets for Christmas but they weren't on the car when it ran the 12.55. I know this a little faster than the norm, but I can get his ET ticket if there is disbelief.
A friend of mine (WantedZ if ya know RPM) wanted to get back into a last gen f-bod and we picked up a used Highway Patrol B4C (unmarked Z28) for a lil over 4K... The ONLY mods are a $600ish dollar (used) set of headers and true-duals, and an $80 air lid. The car is an automatic. I did a lot of tuning on the street (and will hit the rollers at PAS tomorrow) and with JUST those mods the car went 12.55 @ 110.89 MPH. STOCK STALL STOCK EVERYTHING ELSE.... and this car will keep it's cruise, A/C, OD, etc...
AND we just pieced together a bastard wet nitrous setup that is kicking a #63 N20 jet (175FWHP) for WELL UNDER a grand including the Walbro pump... This should be enough to put the car in the LOW 11s, and he can launch it on the street almost just like he can on the track.
Oh yeah, I gave him lower control arms and reloc brackets for Christmas but they weren't on the car when it ran the 12.55. I know this a little faster than the norm, but I can get his ET ticket if there is disbelief.
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From: Fredericksburg
Re: Everyones boosted!
Nah that's not true...
A friend of mine (WantedZ if ya know RPM) wanted to get back into a last gen f-bod and we picked up a used Highway Patrol B4C (unmarked Z28) for a lil over 4K... The ONLY mods are a $600ish dollar (used) set of headers and true-duals, and an $80 air lid. The car is an automatic. I did a lot of tuning on the street (and will hit the rollers at PAS tomorrow) and with JUST those mods the car went 12.55 @ 110.89 MPH. STOCK STALL STOCK EVERYTHING ELSE.... and this car will keep it's cruise, A/C, OD, etc...
AND we just pieced together a bastard wet nitrous setup that is kicking a #63 N20 jet (175FWHP) for WELL UNDER a grand including the Walbro pump... This should be enough to put the car in the LOW 11s, and he can launch it on the street almost just like he can on the track.
Oh yeah, I gave him lower control arms and reloc brackets for Christmas but they weren't on the car when it ran the 12.55. I know this a little faster than the norm, but I can get his ET ticket if there is disbelief.
A friend of mine (WantedZ if ya know RPM) wanted to get back into a last gen f-bod and we picked up a used Highway Patrol B4C (unmarked Z28) for a lil over 4K... The ONLY mods are a $600ish dollar (used) set of headers and true-duals, and an $80 air lid. The car is an automatic. I did a lot of tuning on the street (and will hit the rollers at PAS tomorrow) and with JUST those mods the car went 12.55 @ 110.89 MPH. STOCK STALL STOCK EVERYTHING ELSE.... and this car will keep it's cruise, A/C, OD, etc...
AND we just pieced together a bastard wet nitrous setup that is kicking a #63 N20 jet (175FWHP) for WELL UNDER a grand including the Walbro pump... This should be enough to put the car in the LOW 11s, and he can launch it on the street almost just like he can on the track.
Oh yeah, I gave him lower control arms and reloc brackets for Christmas but they weren't on the car when it ran the 12.55. I know this a little faster than the norm, but I can get his ET ticket if there is disbelief.
