I finally got around to installing my hooker shorties this past weekend and it definitely woke the car up. They were a pain to install, took about 6 1/2 hours to put on, but was well worth it. No check engine lights yet! I would've gotten long tubes but I got a deal on the shorties that I couldn't pass up. I blocked off the emissions, only because the egr was bad and I had it programmed out, and air because the fittings on the headers were the wrong size and I already had the plugs for it. So far I've got a spintech exhaust, air foil, tb bypass, Madz28 tune, cold air intake with scoop on the bottom of the airbox, and a 1le elbow. With the headers I put a dynomax bullet muffler in place of the cat. I also dremeled out the collectors.

I know this question gets beat into the ground, but I was curious and kinda bored, so I'll apologize in advance. My question is how much rwhp did I add because it sure feels like more than the 10-15 I thought I would add. My thought is that I wasn't taking full advantage of the cold air since I couldn't get the exhaust out quick enough and maybe some came from that. Also, out of curiosity, what kind of rwhp am I looking at all together? I'm thinking around 280, how far am I off base? The car has 94k, M6, all synthetic fluids, new opti and wires about 10k ago, and new NGK tr55s with the header install. Thanks!

 

That may be about right. I put down 282/325 with long tubes and a cold air. But thats an old tired beat up motor. Until we get head work or everything works perfectly together (never) lt1s don't make massive horsepower. You are probably feeling some extra tq.

Now go get a bottle or something

 

wait....cc306, 4.10s......on the 10bolt?? 4.10s/4.11s will probably be the next thing I do. I don't think I'll go the bottle route, when I get my truck paid off next year I'm looking at going 383...but that probably won't happen unless I really don't like the new camaros that are "supposedly" not coming out....

 

I can only dream of nice clutches and 12 bolts
I actually will be getting a 3rd hand specII soon. But I sprayed a TON on stock clutch and 10 bolt with 4.10s. Never on a sticky tire, and never on the launch. Still a hell of alot of fun. I know it will break soon. I was hooking hard at the track the other night.

As far as the new camaros. After seeing the gto/charger remakes, I am a little scared.