Hello everybody im new to the forum
I drive a 97 LT1 with bbk headers,flowmaster 80 series muffler K&N intake system with a throttle body air foil the car has 126,233 miles on her i have been think really hard what i want to do which is either a rear mount gt35r turbo or a supercharger also to rebuild the motor from the ground up i would greatly appreciate your opinions


George.

 

Why does your motor need a rebuild? Whether you go turbo or blower is just personel preference. There are advantages and disadvantages to both systems. Normally on a mildly mod'ded engine either is worth an extra ~100hp.

 

Like Z28SORR said, thats up to you. Personally I like the rear mount turbos, I think thats going to be my next build.

 

We have a forum specifically for "Forced Induction". I'll move your post there.

 

depends. are you going to be buying an sts rear mount, or building your own?

what supercharger are you looking at?

what are your goals?

 

If you dont want to study and research to learn all the ins and outs of FI, I would recommend a supercharger or possibly a rear mount turbo kit (and even those can require quite a learning curve depending on how far you take the build). Most of the supercharger kits are pretty straightforward bolt on type kits and will make things a lot easier on you. What are you hoping to accomplish? Some more info would ve handy to help advise you better. My next build will be a turbo for sure, hopefully a turbo on a C5.

 

Need to know your goals, budget, and skill level.

Lots of money, no skill - supercharger.
No money, plenty of skill - turbo.
Beyond that the choice gets a little harder.

 

i was looking at the vortex
but im stuck on the sts rear mount

 

no money some skill lol im going to school to gain the skill

 

i want to cam the motor get everything done with a gt30r turbo i goal is to be push 600HP or more

 

thanks

 

600 flywheel or rear wheel?

 

And what trans? Manual or Auto?

 

How is it that you don't know whether you want a turbo or supercharger, but you have the turbo picked out already?

BTW, your turbo choice isn't going to cut it. I have a GT32 on my jet ski.

 

You'll probably need something bigger than a gt30r. Most of the info I looked up on them rated them as being capable of just over 500HP, and they seem to be used primarily on 4 cylinder engines with less than 3.0 liters of displacement.