Harry's Trans Am WS6

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Spotted a nice Termi today :D

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Still waiting on interior parts. After that a new clutch, full exhaust, cam heads...etc

Starting to question my all motor route. If I go with a turbo I can make 600+rwhp easily and still be streetable....
 
Johnny1996
Personal opinion here, but I'd supercharge it. I don't like turbo on a muscle car too much.
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I'm on the fence too. On a street car superchargers are much more of a hassle. Changing boost means changing belts, mpg will be in the low teens, constant boost will be harder on the motor...

Instant torque is great but I plan on DD'ing this as far as I can :lol:
 
Harry6784
I'm on the fence too. On a street car superchargers are much more of a hassle. Changing boost means changing belts, mpg will be in the low teens, constant boost will be harder on the motor...

Instant torque is great but I plan on DD'ing this as far as I can :lol:
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If you want to dd this the only real option is to turbo it imo. Sticking n/a would mean lots of cubes a radical cam, and expensive heads, a procharger is it's own hassle like you just said. With a turbo you can dial it down for the street and set it to kill when you want too. Oh and your looking at way more than 600 whp with room to grow.
 
lol @Slash

We'll see. If I do, this will be a couple year's down the road. Tacking a $10,000+ turbo build might not be the smartest move as a starving college kid :lol:

For now I plan on focusing on suspension and getting the power to the pavement. I can still break em loose in 2nd at nearly stock power levels...
 
Harry6784
For now I plan on focusing on suspension and getting the power to the pavement. I can still break em loose in 2nd at nearly stock power levels...
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Traction bars.


$50 and they will help immensely just make sure you have enough ground clearance. At least this way it's aa cheap upgrade until you can afford a nice package.
 
@Harry6784 are you doing all the mods yourself? If so and you have the means to do the turbo build yourself just order a turbo manifold kit and then buy the turbo's. You get a lot bigger selection for turbo's and you can save a lot of money that way.

By the way Garret turbos have LS1/LT1 turbos that can make 600WHP with bigger injectors and throttle body.
 
Good Lol

The T76 is a Garret Turbo. Any Garret Turbo is good. I've heard about them on LS1tech. Don't be afraid to do research and buy everything seperete can save a lot of money that way.

Anyways kind of off topic what school are you attending and major (Just curious, is it for automotive...?)?
 
Harry6784
lol

Bellevue College atm, hoping to transfer to UW. Major in Electrical Engineering, so it may be somewhat automotive?? :P
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Ok just seeing if your school had an automotive program or CNC. And back on topic all you need is this:

http://www.cxracing.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=HD-LS1-SET&Category_Code=HDMF
(Really big in Import scene make really good high quality parts. Trusted Big company.)

And then you could pick whatever turbo (Compatible with garret turbos), and piece it together. And then boost controller set up and an IC setup and you would be set. More labor intensive but you would save about 3k.

And this for complete kit for a lot cheaper than the one you posted with the same turbo.

http://www.cxracing.com/mm5/merchan...de=TRB-KIT-CAMARO-LS1-IC&Category_Code=Camaro
 
Have fun putting a cam in without tearing the front end apart or pulling the motor.
 
Slash
Have fun putting a cam in without tearing the front end apart or pulling the motor.
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Under the airbox there is more room than you think. If you knew what you were doing, you could get it down. Just take the air box and intake off and you are fine.
 
Does it reach though? The LT1 cars I have worked on didn't seem to have much room down in front because of the core support that runs the width of the car. You have to easily double the length of the entire engine to get it in there. And there's degreeing it, breaking it in, setting tolerances and clearances etc.
 
Slash
Does it reach though? The LT1 cars I have worked on didn't seem to have much room down in front because of the core support that runs the width of the car.
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Its an LS1, LT1 were cast iron blocks (A lot heavier and less power), and LT1's were put in trucks and used in early 90's. But basically some motor setup. Its not easy doing it would be a lot easier to pull the motor but you can still do it.
 
I know what they are. Both engines are about the same size and installed the same so it doesn't much matter what's in it.

Might as well drop the motor out the bottom because pulling it from the top will be a nightmare...and while you got it out you might as well go to town on it.
 
Slash
I know what they are. Both engines are about the same size and installed the same so it doesn't much matter what's in it.

Might as well drop the motor out the bottom because pulling it from the top will be a nightmare...and while you got it out you might as well go to town on it.
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To pull it from the bottom a lift is needed. Not many people have lifts for personnel use. And its not that hard to pull out LS1's.
 
To pull it from the top is going to require removing damn near the entire front clip :lol:
 
Interior parts were supposed to arrive on Tuesday, it's now Friday evening and nothing. Damn government controlled USPS...
 

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