Plain and simple, I need advice

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by HufferSS

I am not sure we have even seen an 11.....let alone a 9.

>> I << ran a 10.92 my first night out... and there is a lot more in the car, just working on the driver mod... and we made some more changes since then...

Originally Posted by Turbo99

Don't let them steer you in a direction you don't wanna go, I have YET to see a turbo car build without and issues, sure they make power but yet to see one not smoke,burn oil, blow a turbo or some issue. For what you want a PD blower will suit you fine with room to grow if you want.

This is sooo true... I'm on turbo's 5 & 6, trans # 5, clutch # 3, drive shaft # 3, diff number 2, etc... If you buy a good kit, bolt it on, tune for it and leave it alone, you will get many happy years out of it..

Chris @ HPS, Hellion TTI and others have great single and twin turbo kits... If you push the envelope though... Break out the check book and get ready to watch it dwindle... you will break stuff and either end up with a garage space occupying weight, or a money pit...

The Blowers from Maggie, Whipple etc are great bolt on tune and drive kits... you can buy them with or without a handheld tuner.. If you have a shop you trust to tune, but it without the handheld, or buy it with it and let the tuner load a custom tune in it...

We are fortunate there are soo many options out there...

[PQ]

Unless the engine get's Forged I wouldn't recommend a twins. I'm thinking the boost would KILL a stock LS3.

[HufferSS]

Originally Posted by PQ

While I agree with Huffer to maximize your system it's always better to have it dyno tuned but each will come with a tune and tuner to put in the car. They are usually tuned for an otherwise stock car. But it's enough to work for the time being.

They only come with a tuner if you order it like that. It doesn't come automatically...and the stock tunes blow chunks....so I'd forget that idea.

[HufferSS]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

>> I << ran a 10.92 my first night out... and there is a lot more in the car, just working on the driver mod... and we made some more changes since then...

Ah my mistake...we have one!!

This is sooo true... I'm on turbo's 5 & 6, trans # 5, clutch # 3, drive shaft # 3, diff number 2, etc... If you buy a good kit, bolt it on, tune for it and leave it alone, you will get many happy years out of it..

Chris @ HPS, Hellion TTI and others have great single and twin turbo kits... If you push the envelope though... Break out the check book and get ready to watch it dwindle... you will break stuff and either end up with a garage space occupying weight, or a money pit...

The Blowers from Maggie, Whipple etc are great bolt on tune and drive kits... you can buy them with or without a handheld tuner.. If you have a shop you trust to tune, but it without the handheld, or buy it with it and let the tuner load a custom tune in it...

We are fortunate there are soo many options out there...

Yes..pain and misery OR buy a Supercharger kit. Lol.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by HufferSS

They only come with a tuner if you order it like that. It doesn't come automatically...and the stock tunes blow chunks....so I'd forget that idea.

Agreed. Especially if you have other mods.

BUT they will get you by for a while til you get to a tuner.

[sam.u.el]

The Maggie seems to maybe be the one I'll go with. From what I heard the E-force is great, has a clean look, but is the quieter of the bunch. I kind of want that supercharger Whine .

All I [B]plan on doing is putting some Long Tubes, CAI, and aftermarket exhaust.
Would it be best to work my way up to the supercharger, or get the kit and install everything else afterwards?

[PQ]

Originally Posted by sam.u.el

The Maggie seems to maybe be the one I'll go with. From what I heard the E-force is great, has a clean look, but is the quieter of the bunch. I kind of want that supercharger Whine .

All I [B]plan on doing is putting some Long Tubes, CAI, and aftermarket exhaust.
Would it be best to work my way up to the supercharger, or get the kit and install everything else afterwards?

The Maggie will come with a tuner by default. And if you don't have the headers and exhaust yet then the tune it comes with will work just fine till you do the rest and dyno tune it.

Are you installing yourself?

[sam.u.el]

Originally Posted by PQ

The Maggie will come with a tuner by default. And if you don't have the headers and exhaust yet then the tune it comes with will work just fine till you do the rest and dyno tune it.

Are you installing yourself?

So as far as the CAI it doesn't matter, I can get it now or later?

Well, I'll look at the instructions, look at myself in the mirror and decide if I can install it myself with a couple of my buddies. I know a lot about engines but I'm just not very good at the hands on work

[PQ]

Originally Posted by sam.u.el

So as far as the CAI it doesn't matter, I can get it now or later?

Well, I'll look at the instructions, look at myself in the mirror and decide if I can install it myself with a couple of my buddies. I know a lot about engines but I'm just not very good at the hands on work

The Maggie wasn't that hard.

CAI will certainly change things. You will still want to get it tuned by someone but with just a CAI the stock Mangnacharger tune will be fine. Just not maximized.

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by PQ

Unless the engine get's Forged I wouldn't recommend a twins. I'm thinking the boost would KILL a stock LS3.

Close... 7 lbs of boost is seven lbs of boost...

They use smaller turbos for the twins set ups.. The advantage of this is faster spool time... A big single or smaller twins...

[Cpanthers85]

Originally Posted by sam.u.el

So as far as the CAI it doesn't matter, I can get it now or later?

Well, I'll look at the instructions, look at myself in the mirror and decide if I can install it myself with a couple of my buddies. I know a lot about engines but I'm just not very good at the hands on work

"MOST" of the CAI companies have a SC conversion Kit. CAI doesn't make one for the E-Force though... So I had to buy a new Cold air intake, even though I may try to fabricate the CAI to fit.

I went with E-Force. We are in the process of doing the install (Saturdays) right now. My Dad is a ACE Master Tech and even he looked at the directions and shook his head in disbelief that we were taking the front end off the car. We haven't gotten to the SC yet because we are doing the LS3 Conversion first. I like the look of the E-Force, but I wish I would have went with Magnacharger to take advantage of the flexibility of it because I'm already planning my next mods. lol

[Kronix]

Originally Posted by sam.u.el

The Maggie seems to maybe be the one I'll go with. From what I heard the E-force is great, has a clean look, but is the quieter of the bunch. I kind of want that supercharger Whine .

All I [B]plan on doing is putting some Long Tubes, CAI, and aftermarket exhaust.
Would it be best to work my way up to the supercharger, or get the kit and install everything else afterwards?

You won't regret the Maggie & like PQ said it comes with a SCT Tuner, and you can make some mods to it. But once you're settled in with it, then you'll go and get it dyno tuned.

[Jessika]

I am more than happy to make amazing deals with ANYONE on ANY supercharger.
Just throwing that out there.

[camslambam]

Originally Posted by HufferSS

Yeahh......might see Big Foot too.

looooooool