More power needed
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From: Was TX, now in Portland, OR
With the 4 grand you put in a supercharger, that surely would offset the cost of a few hundred more $$ of insurance per year.
That is pretty funng you saying an extra $60 a month is going to "kill" you, but you might be willing to fork out $4000 to make the car run 13s, when you could buy a stock LT1 to run 13s, put a cam and headers and run 12s. LT1 cars aren't that expensive anymore, find a used one and mod it slightly, or......If you're really THAT worried about the insurance, I would swap to the LT1. That would run you about as much as a supercharged system probably would, and make more power. Be sure while the engine is out to put a cam and some Long tube headers on there. With just the LT4 hot cam you're looking at 320 rwhp and 330 rwtq or more. Even a supercharged V6 won't make near that much hp. You'd have to upgrade to a T56 (darn) to handle the V8s tq. LT4 hot cam fbodies are running 12s all day. Yiou'd probably also need mostly new accessories and PCM, etc etc...so.....
My recommendation would be just get an LT1 Z28 or Trans Am, much less hassle, unless you love to work on cars.
OR, if you just want to beat Hondas...just put an intake, headers, and exhaust on your car, and maybe even a mild cam.
That is pretty funng you saying an extra $60 a month is going to "kill" you, but you might be willing to fork out $4000 to make the car run 13s, when you could buy a stock LT1 to run 13s, put a cam and headers and run 12s. LT1 cars aren't that expensive anymore, find a used one and mod it slightly, or......If you're really THAT worried about the insurance, I would swap to the LT1. That would run you about as much as a supercharged system probably would, and make more power. Be sure while the engine is out to put a cam and some Long tube headers on there. With just the LT4 hot cam you're looking at 320 rwhp and 330 rwtq or more. Even a supercharged V6 won't make near that much hp. You'd have to upgrade to a T56 (darn) to handle the V8s tq. LT4 hot cam fbodies are running 12s all day. Yiou'd probably also need mostly new accessories and PCM, etc etc...so.....
My recommendation would be just get an LT1 Z28 or Trans Am, much less hassle, unless you love to work on cars.
OR, if you just want to beat Hondas...just put an intake, headers, and exhaust on your car, and maybe even a mild cam.
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From: Seattle, Washington
Originally posted by OneSickSix
Neither do I - infact, I have no tickets and have never been pulled over - ever.. BUT I'm 18 and insurance on a Z28 would rape ME personally -- I'm only paying $63/month full coverage on my 6-cylinder...
Neither do I - infact, I have no tickets and have never been pulled over - ever.. BUT I'm 18 and insurance on a Z28 would rape ME personally -- I'm only paying $63/month full coverage on my 6-cylinder...
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From: Richmond, VA
Re: More power needed
Originally Posted by 95camT
damn you guys are lucky on insurance, i live in NJ so insurance is through the roof PLUS im only 17, i could probably afford a Z, but the insurance would probably be around 1500 a year. If i went to ajunk yard and found a good z28 or ss motor or something.. would the be worth buying and dropping in? or would it be more cost effective to do something else to the car?
.. don't even come close to bothering. you said you didn't want a z b/c of the v8 insurance... if you drop in a 8 in your car, then sure .. you COULD get away with paying v6 insurance. but let's say that by some off chance you get in an accident of ANY kind. You're screwed. It's called insurance fraud when your company finds out. They won't pay **** for your accident and you could possibly get sued. not worth it
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