Looking to make 700rwhp on my 96 lt1. What company should i go through.

 

Procharger F1

 

Procharger seems to be the hot ticket right now.

 

>don't listen to him, what does he know he's just a professional engine builder and makes a living off people winning races because of his knowlege .
But seriously I like the Vortech YSi-trim (even tho I have a T-trim) because its all I know, but hear a lot of complaints about Prochargers belt tensioner.
But the Procharger has a better intercooler than Vortech does.

 

Onces again victory, you never sease to impress me.lol

 

SD concepts has a good tensioner setup for the Prochargers (even if they are charging an arm and a leg and then a friggin head for $500 )

My vote is for ATI, but Vortec will do the same.

 

id get a ysi vortech, im making damn good power with my t-trim considering my mods

 

Yes, you are and after this winter you should be making even more power.

 

That is really what it comes down to. At the level he wants to be at he is going to need the better intercooler. I like the Vortech kits, and with the T-trim on cjmatts car we made good power, but jmh96z28 has 700rwhp set in stone, so we have our work cut our for us.

 

I'd buy an FMIC and ditch either of the Vortech and procharger intercoolers. You will need to make custom cold side piping, but thats easy.

 

Toss up as far as the compressors themselves. Both have crappy inlet ducting and tensioners. The different types of intercoolers vs. water injection vs. both is an involved topic. Any of them can be made to work. The tougher aspects of making 700rwhp involve the fuel system and the rest of the supporting cast (drivetrain, suspension, brakes, etc.) I have seen a lot of LT1 cars on the dyno and not many were making 700rwhp, inspite of what you hear on the 'net or read in the mags. A lot of attention needs to be paid to the heads, valvetrain, and exhaust. How you get the blower CFM is not the hard part.

Rich

 

Well im up for the challenge. And I think I'm going to go with ATI.

 

What heads do you plan to use? The only pump gas LT1's I have seen with that kind of rwhp use AFR's or have been converted to a gen I.

Rich

 

Actually I was looking at LE3, but havn't seen any hp numbers in 650+. I havn't looked at AFR's yet. Do they come ported for my application or do i have to spend a arm and a leg for them and get them ported my self.

 

Yeah, figure on having a good $3500 bucks tied up in the heads and intake.