Botch

I have trapped as high as 105 with my ported stock heads and siamesed stock TPI with headers and gears.

breakthelawinaz

i perfer a turbo over S/C but thats just me... either way you cant go wrong with boost... once you drive a trubo car you will fall in love and there will be no changing your mind... either way have fun and dont over do it, it kills me to see third gens in junk yards (especially the ones you cant recognize...)

*eric*

aklim

No but www.rosslertrans.com can beef it up. they ahve been doing it for LPE for a long time so they must know something about holding up for power.

87slyroc

thanks for all the help fella's. defenitly going for boost for sure. i tried to find a good priced sc setup but no one wants to give me a price short of ordering a magazine.... on the internet anyway. if you guys know where i can get the best deal on a nw sc or no someone that has one for sale used, let me know....

97WS6SCharged

Vortech lists all their prices on their website.

http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com

JAY'S 91Z

ok, here is my 2 cents. I am making alot of boost which in turn makes alot of hp and torque (see sig). The trick for me is to stay on top of the tune - DO NOT let it go lean. I also don't go from light to light making max boost and my engine doesn't burn or leak any oil or anti freeze. It's a p600b - innercooled and has been this way for 3 1/2 yrs. Now it will blow up for having bragged on it . Got to get this thing to hook up, but it still will run 110-112mph depending on conditions - not bad for a 305 tpi.
Good luck with your decision

87slyroc

thanks for the help. you know, i would totally be screwed if i had to go at this alone. this web site is a blessing and i am glad to be part of something so real!

i am in UTI in chicago right now, and it is a great school to get the basics on everything, but my love is camaro's and to know there are so many people out there just like me is awesome..... keep up the good work fella's.....

87slyroc

P.S. Jay's 91z, i am looking to achieve your numbers in my 87. if you have an L98, let me know exactly what you did to achieve your greatness........

JAY'S 91Z

Sorry it took so long to respond, but I had to chase the sasser worm out. Micrsoft & Norton's said it wasn't here, but the folder was here, it just couldn't run properly on my operating system (ME edition), so no one has a tool to remove it from this system. Anyway I have a 305TPI 9.3:1, I do not beat the hell out of it. Been waiting for it to blow for some time now and she still runs good (compression is good, leakdown is good, not using oil and not losing coolant). I have had this setup about 10k miles. Stock bottom end, stock cam, crane cams 1.6 rockers and springs, 24# injectors, headers w/ flowmaster, and I messed around porting the runners a little for better flow. I still maintain don't run lean and don't run it up sustained at 10 or 12 pounds and they will run ok for a while. I don't know about anyone else, but I can run 120mph on highway without boost, it's getting there when I use the boost if you get my meaning, I just don't do it at every light.

camarokid04

call me crazy but i think a good set of headers and a 3" exhaust will really help you, especially if your going to blow this thing. i have seen claim of 40 hp over at TGO with headers and exhaust and thats at the wheels. so if it where me i would get a full exhaust before i go with the supercharger b/c your going to be choking the **** out of that thing if you dont. and you might also want to think about a set of SLP runners or other runners and Port and Polish the rest of the intake unless your going to change it, just to get things flowing. good luck and keep us updated.

JAY'S 91Z

Just keep one thing in mind. When you help your engine breathe ie headers and porting the intake, the less boost will be made. For example if you make 10 pounds today and then open it up with an exhaust you may only make 8 pounds tomorrow. Superchargers work well on stock set-ups in this regard. To offset this you have to pulley the charger up - make the pulley on the charger a little smaller (ie 2.75" to 2.55") to get the boost back to where it was.

87slyroc

well i alredy have shorty's with full exhaust(to the cut-out, haha) so we exhale pretty damn good. and i am with jay on this one. thinking of leaving the stock intake and runners and just beefing the hell out of the valve train. a good sc cam, rr's, new valves slightly larger than stock, and opening the heads a little. tell me what you think of that set up... i hear these engines make respectable torque but just need the horses to back them up. so i figure if i narrow the passage of air into the heads, then let the combustion chamber suck down what's been feed to it, it should make good horse power at less strain to the sc. you know, the whole volumetric efficiency crap. not to menchin, the new valve train sould let me rap it up a little higher....
just a thought.....

any ideas appreciated though...