I see tubo kits available for LT1 but havn't seen any for LS1.
Any recomendations?

 

the only twin kit i know off is the Charged Air Systems kit.........but the company is pretty shady to deal with, so id avoid it.

 

I looked at that kit yesterday......... even if they were good to deal with, that kit is NOT inclusive. Thanks for the warning though!

 

What is so shady with CAS? I've dealt with Tony a few tines and have nothing but good things to say about him.

 

i read long threads from many people in the turbo buick commmunity having problems with cas...........then also a reputable 3SI tuner that i know had problems with cas not delivering parts after payment etc

ive also talked to a few people who had good experiences..........theres a guy on LS1.com that has the twin kit and is very happy with it.

read this thread, looks like pro stock john is helping to straighten out the issues
thread on turbobuicks.com

 

bah! who needs twin turbos?

 

Incon was the first company that offered a twin turbo solution for LS1 camaros/firebirds.

There are still a few partially delivered kits floating around, so if you can hunt one down then I would go that route if you are really set on a twin kit. Depending on how much was included in the partial kit you will probably need to buy the CHRAs and have a compressor cover custom made.

I have the Incon twin kit on my car (currently apart for a trans swap/head refresh/new cam/larger turbos) and made a best pass of 11.1 @ 126 at a 2640' track here in Cali. This pass was made with a badly twisted output shaft on the trans, with a pretty crappy 1.68 60' time, so there was plenty left in it when she came apart...so the twin kits do make some nice power

The more simple solution is probably the QMP single kit...if they work out a few of the problems that they are having in future releases.

Scott

 

With an M6 that is a crappy 60'

I broke the $hit out of mine with slicks and still only neted a 1.87 short time. How are you launching to get those times? I launched at 5000 rpm WOT on a 2 step seeing 5 psi. Twisted output shaft, slip yoke, and damaged 5th/6th gear assembly.

 

I though that is was a pretty crappy 60'...there was another 6 speed car at the track that was setup pretty similarly suspension wise that was pulling a 1.5 on the bottle...

I usually leave with the car around 4500-5000 and just drop the clutch...I have a 2 step on my car but never got it to work right with the 6 speed. It should be much easier to play with when I hook it to the trans brake

Scott

 

Scott,

What parts are you running for the suspension? I made up an L bracket and mounted a Microswitch to it that would only make when the clutch was pushed all the way down. Worked pretty good, but I agree it will work better on the transbrake (winter project)

Bill

 

Bill,

I am running the following for suspension:

-PA K-Member
-PA A-Arms
-Spohn Adjustable TA (-2 preload)
-KBDD Subframes
-Ford 9" w/spool
-Global West LCAs
-Global West Adjustable Panhard
-HAL Shocks (front and rear)
-Eibach Drag Launch Kit (Airbag in RR)
-8pt Moly cage

The car would always spin a bit off the line no matter what, but I was working on tuning more then suspension...so I never played too much with the settings at the track. I plan on doing quite a bit of playing when I get the new combination dialed in though.

Scott

 

Couldn't Lingenfelter Performance Engineering rig up their TT system inside an f body? It wouldn't be cheap, but it sure would run!

 

Incon designed the Lingenfelter kits, so the kits that they made for the f-body are very similar to the kits that Lingenfelter uses component wise.

It would be a challenge to use the corvette kit on an f-body though...too many different variances. Plus, I shudder to think what they would want for one of their kits, actually I would be suprised if they would even sell the kit by itself.

Scott