[COTW 8/2/10]: My 700+hp Addiction - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

paul2010 · 07-25-2010, 12:56 PM

Featured COTW on CAMARO5 HOMEPAGE.

My Addiction and her name is Black Lightning

I first ordered Black Lightning in April of 2009 soon after in August of 2009 she arrived at the dealership. She was sure everything I expected and more. It wasn’t long before I started thinking about what I could do to make her go faster. Low and behold I found Camaro5. That’s when I started reading about all of the crazy high performance modifications available. Well guess what soon after I was addicted.

The first thing I did was ordered a cold air intake. I bought a Roto-Fab CAI and thought wow this is incredible the sound and increased power was awesome. While I was at Roto-Fab having Mike and his crew install the CAI I saw the cool looking coil covers they make and had to have a set. These looked sweet and almost gave me a feeling that my car was even faster. Excellent products that Mike and the guys are making!

Next I was reading the Lingenfelter Performance thread on the Camaro5 forum. Well needless to say I signed up for the 550 Supercharger Package. Some of the guys were getting the 570 and 650 packages and I was really impressed with how they were turning out. I made a bet one day on the Colts that if they won that game I was upgrading to the 650 package. Well they won and even if they didn’t I was upgrading anyway. I asked Tim Dyer my sales rep what rwhp I could get if I upgraded to the 650 package and found out that my L99 would not make as much as the LS3s were making. I told him I wanted to make mine an LS3 and get an equal amount of power as the LS3. No problem for the guys at Lingenfelter they converted it to an LS3. We added a few other options to the package to make it even more power than the standard 650. This was really incredible she ended up making over 600 rwhp! I was thrilled this thing was super fast. Tim, Graham and all the crew are the best!

Next up was getting the power to the ground. Headed out for a set of Pedders Coilovers at Raymonds Alignment Center where Bruce was hosting his very first Pedders Day. Well Peter Bacsia the owner of Pedders USA was there advising and helping with the install. This went well and was a good time as there was also a car show going on at the facility for Pedders Day. The coilovers are awesome and Pete, Bruce and the guys were great.

Well before Camaro Fest there was a company called ACS that was looking for a supercharged camaro to show off their new SS9 hoods with the clear window. Wow what a great idea to show off a polished supercharger. I signed up and had one installed on my camaro this was really an excellent idea and looked way too cool. Now it was time for the new T3 front facia made by ACS. Ordered one from Joseph at ACS had it painted and installed what a great addition. This addiction was growing. Joseph and his company ACS made the appearance of my car awesome!

Now for the grand finally! Graham at Lingenfelter had a great Idea to try a set of LS9 heads and a larger camshaft on my forged LS3. I thought wow oh yeah count me in for sure. Well when the motor was out awaiting the heads to be prepped I started thinking about a bigger and better bottom end. I asked Tim how about using an LS7 7.0 liter with the LS9 heads and the wicked GT-9 camshaft. He said yeah we could do that! I said hell yes let’s do! So they ordered me an LS7 block and all the goodies to go with it. The parts all went to the assembly department to be put together. A few days later everything was installed and running. WOW was this more than I thought it would be! The power that is generated by this combination is unreal! We made over 700 rwhp on the chassis dyno and that was the Mustang Dyno to boot which is historically lower then a dynojet. Graham, Tim and all the rest of the guy’s at Lingenfelter are truly awesome!!

My very first time at the track with this set up was at the Lingenfelter Track Day event. This was only my first time trying this set up out and second time ever at a dragstrip. With the old motor I was able to run 11.58 and with the new motor I was able to run a best time of 10.52. This was without any testing and very little practice. Very soon we will be back and shooting for very low 10s or better and when I do I will let you know.

I owe a special thanks to the following: General Motors, Barry Bunker Chevrolet, Camaro5, Roto-Fab, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, Raymonds Alignment, Pedders USA, Advanced Composite Specialists and Nathan the Painter!!!!

Here is a dyno run and other videos:
http://www.lingenfelter.com/LPEforum...=1327#post1327
http://www.hotrod.com/eventcoverage/.../photo_03.html
http://www.lingenfelter.com/LPEforum...read.php?t=642

305pride · 07-25-2010, 12:58 PM

nice, 700+ hp

Thrillz · 07-25-2010, 01:07 PM

Sick ride man.

huggercamaro21 · 07-25-2010, 01:11 PM

My God.

SQUALO · 07-25-2010, 01:12 PM

Sweet ride.

2010 SSRS · 07-25-2010, 01:18 PM

awesome, another Bad Azz Camaro out to kick some Azz.

Chris-10 · 07-25-2010, 06:13 PM

wow, thats impressive. very nice

PB3 · 07-25-2010, 09:11 PM

Mmmmmm

FreddyG · 07-25-2010, 09:55 PM

That is one BEAUTIFUL Camaro!

PHEOX · 07-25-2010, 10:03 PM

I'll trade you my Jeep!

Michael#1 · 07-25-2010, 10:18 PM

dude we need to hang out where do you live in indiana

stand-al0ne · 08-02-2010, 08:05 AM

congrats on COTW - for the supercharger install, it looks like they had to flip your throttle body sensor upside down?

GEEo · 08-02-2010, 08:34 AM

sick!

paul2010 · 08-02-2010, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stand-al0ne

congrats on COTW - for the supercharger install, it looks like they had to flip your throttle body sensor upside down?

Thanks! The throttle body is a 102mm Scoggin Dickey and I don't think the sensor is upside down. They might have installed a new plug though.

CarbonSS · 08-02-2010, 02:00 PM

Very Sweet Ride!!! Upload more pics of your front facia! Ahhhh, to have money to do the things that you have, one can only dream, LOL!

BWProductions · 08-02-2010, 02:15 PM

Hey Paul2010 congrats on a great ride. Would you mind posting some pictures of your T3 front fascia? thanks

TXGooch21 · 08-02-2010, 03:42 PM

700 HP! Very nice!

Camaro21 · 08-02-2010, 04:14 PM

Beautiful Car !! Congrats on the COTW !!!

BigBlock427 · 08-02-2010, 04:38 PM

very nice and good luck in the future

Duper · 08-02-2010, 06:42 PM

tgdtown · 08-02-2010, 08:10 PM

niceeeee!

greg_74 · 08-02-2010, 08:14 PM

Awesome car man. Where you from in Indiana?

Bushidopupil · 08-02-2010, 08:15 PM

I want....I want....I NEED!!! Congrats bro. Sick Ride..

Revo1 · 08-02-2010, 08:24 PM

Drop dead gorgeous... I'm really starting to like the GFX these days

And that Maggie is sex on a stick

2010 BADSS · 08-02-2010, 08:25 PM

Congrats on Car of the Week Paul!

Black Lightening truly is an amazing machine!!!!

I just hope if/when Darren and I make it back to Decatur, maybe you'll remember your old friends and give us a ride in this BEAST!

07-25-2010, 12:58 PM	#2
305pride Drives: 3.4l 1995 camaro Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: miami, fl Posts: 2,209	nice, 700+ hp __________________ just call me alex. they make anti-me PSA's cos im dope lmao

07-25-2010, 01:07 PM	#3
Thrillz Drives: 2012 Dodge Ram Sport Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ontario Posts: 2,169	Sick ride man. __________________ Quote of the year, from 6.1hemi: "I just wanted to type some junk cause I am having some beers and I really like cars."

07-25-2010, 01:12 PM	#5
SQUALO SS D.O.B: June 5, 2009 Drives: 2010 1SS IOM/WHITE RALLYS. Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: York Region, Ontario, CANADA. Posts: 3,328 View My Garage	Sweet ride. __________________ THE PUMPKIN PATCH!

07-25-2010, 01:18 PM	#6
2010 SSRS R.I.P. jesserayjames Drives: 2010 IOM 2SSRS Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warwick,RI Posts: 111,715 View My Garage	awesome, another Bad Azz Camaro out to kick some Azz. __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

07-25-2010, 06:13 PM	#7
Chris-10 Tri-County Camaro Tampa Drives: 2ss/rs vr 6m Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Port Richey,fl Posts: 2,139	wow, thats impressive. very nice __________________ My build thread.click the pic. COTW 10/24/11

07-25-2010, 12:56 PM	#1
paul2010 Drives: 2012 ZL1 #1278 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,218 View My Garage	[COTW 8/2/10]: My 700+hp Addiction Featured COTW on CAMARO5 HOMEPAGE. My Addiction and her name is Black Lightning I first ordered Black Lightning in April of 2009 soon after in August of 2009 she arrived at the dealership. She was sure everything I expected and more. It wasn’t long before I started thinking about what I could do to make her go faster. Low and behold I found Camaro5. That’s when I started reading about all of the crazy high performance modifications available. Well guess what soon after I was addicted. The first thing I did was ordered a cold air intake. I bought a Roto-Fab CAI and thought wow this is incredible the sound and increased power was awesome. While I was at Roto-Fab having Mike and his crew install the CAI I saw the cool looking coil covers they make and had to have a set. These looked sweet and almost gave me a feeling that my car was even faster. Excellent products that Mike and the guys are making! Next I was reading the Lingenfelter Performance thread on the Camaro5 forum. Well needless to say I signed up for the 550 Supercharger Package. Some of the guys were getting the 570 and 650 packages and I was really impressed with how they were turning out. I made a bet one day on the Colts that if they won that game I was upgrading to the 650 package. Well they won and even if they didn’t I was upgrading anyway. I asked Tim Dyer my sales rep what rwhp I could get if I upgraded to the 650 package and found out that my L99 would not make as much as the LS3s were making. I told him I wanted to make mine an LS3 and get an equal amount of power as the LS3. No problem for the guys at Lingenfelter they converted it to an LS3. We added a few other options to the package to make it even more power than the standard 650. This was really incredible she ended up making over 600 rwhp! I was thrilled this thing was super fast. Tim, Graham and all the crew are the best! Next up was getting the power to the ground. Headed out for a set of Pedders Coilovers at Raymonds Alignment Center where Bruce was hosting his very first Pedders Day. Well Peter Bacsia the owner of Pedders USA was there advising and helping with the install. This went well and was a good time as there was also a car show going on at the facility for Pedders Day. The coilovers are awesome and Pete, Bruce and the guys were great. Well before Camaro Fest there was a company called ACS that was looking for a supercharged camaro to show off their new SS9 hoods with the clear window. Wow what a great idea to show off a polished supercharger. I signed up and had one installed on my camaro this was really an excellent idea and looked way too cool. Now it was time for the new T3 front facia made by ACS. Ordered one from Joseph at ACS had it painted and installed what a great addition. This addiction was growing. Joseph and his company ACS made the appearance of my car awesome! Now for the grand finally! Graham at Lingenfelter had a great Idea to try a set of LS9 heads and a larger camshaft on my forged LS3. I thought wow oh yeah count me in for sure. Well when the motor was out awaiting the heads to be prepped I started thinking about a bigger and better bottom end. I asked Tim how about using an LS7 7.0 liter with the LS9 heads and the wicked GT-9 camshaft. He said yeah we could do that! I said hell yes let’s do! So they ordered me an LS7 block and all the goodies to go with it. The parts all went to the assembly department to be put together. A few days later everything was installed and running. WOW was this more than I thought it would be! The power that is generated by this combination is unreal! We made over 700 rwhp on the chassis dyno and that was the Mustang Dyno to boot which is historically lower then a dynojet. Graham, Tim and all the rest of the guy’s at Lingenfelter are truly awesome!! My very first time at the track with this set up was at the Lingenfelter Track Day event. This was only my first time trying this set up out and second time ever at a dragstrip. With the old motor I was able to run 11.58 and with the new motor I was able to run a best time of 10.52. This was without any testing and very little practice. Very soon we will be back and shooting for very low 10s or better and when I do I will let you know. I owe a special thanks to the following: General Motors, Barry Bunker Chevrolet, Camaro5, Roto-Fab, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, Raymonds Alignment, Pedders USA, Advanced Composite Specialists and Nathan the Painter!!!! Here is a dyno run and other videos: http://www.lingenfelter.com/LPEforum...=1327#post1327 http://www.hotrod.com/eventcoverage/.../photo_03.html http://www.lingenfelter.com/LPEforum...read.php?t=642 Attached Images __________________ 2012 ZL1 #1278 2010 2nd Place Fastest 4 5th Gen LSX Shootout 2011 2nd Place Fastest 4 5th Gen LSX Shootout

07-25-2010, 01:11 PM	#4
huggercamaro21 Drives: 08CTS, 12Volt, 08Wrangler, 10Camaro Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Iberia,Mo Posts: 233	My God.

07-25-2010, 09:11 PM	#8
PB3 Drives: 2010 CGM 2LT/RS/GFX/M6 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,689	Mmmmmm __________________ "Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol" -W.C.Feilds

07-25-2010, 09:55 PM	#9
FreddyG Drives: C5 Corvette Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: State of Confusion Posts: 146	That is one BEAUTIFUL Camaro!

07-25-2010, 10:03 PM	#10
PHEOX Drives: '06 Jeep Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 623 View My Garage	I'll trade you my Jeep! __________________ Just Empties Every Pocket

07-25-2010, 10:18 PM	#11
Michael#1 Drives: Black 2010 SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana Posts: 100	dude we need to hang out where do you live in indiana

08-02-2010, 08:05 AM	#12
stand-al0ne 14.095 @ 102.847mph Drives: 2010 White Camaro/ 2010 Ford Escape Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jamlando, FL Posts: 1,021 View My Garage	congrats on COTW - for the supercharger install, it looks like they had to flip your throttle body sensor upside down? __________________ BMR \| Rx \| Vararam\| MRT \| MGW \| XXR \| Nitto \| IPF \| Iggee \|ZL-1 Sways \| PHASE 2 Coming soon! Past: Srt-4\| 6.0L GTO- RIP \| '98 Integra

08-02-2010, 08:34 AM	#13
GEEo OKCamaros Drives: '13 WRX STi Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Muskogee, OK Posts: 4,623	sick!

08-02-2010, 02:00 PM	#15
CarbonSS Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Astoria, NY Posts: 166 View My Garage	Very Sweet Ride!!! Upload more pics of your front facia! Ahhhh, to have money to do the things that you have, one can only dream, LOL!

08-02-2010, 02:15 PM	#16
BWProductions StormTrooper Drives: SW 2SS/RS Vert with Beige top soon Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Downriver, Mi Posts: 1,956	Hey Paul2010 congrats on a great ride. Would you mind posting some pictures of your T3 front fascia? thanks

08-02-2010, 03:42 PM	#17
TXGooch21 Drives: CGM 2SS/RS Join Date: May 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 518	700 HP! Very nice! __________________ CGM 2SS/RS, LS3, R2C CAI, Magnaflow exhaust, Black Chrome powdercoated wheels

08-02-2010, 04:14 PM	#18
Camaro21 Drives: 2010 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 4,940 View My Garage	Beautiful Car !! Congrats on the COTW !!! __________________

08-02-2010, 04:38 PM	#19
BigBlock427 ConceptZer0 Drives: 68 427 Camaro, 11 Camaro TPW 10/18 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: nj Posts: 921	very nice and good luck in the future

08-02-2010, 06:42 PM	#20
Duper Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS / RS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 299

08-02-2010, 08:10 PM	#21
tgdtown Drives: Cyber Gray 2SS -RS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dallas Posts: 176	niceeeee!

08-02-2010, 08:14 PM	#22
greg_74 Drives: 2002 Camaro SS Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 169 View My Garage	Awesome car man. Where you from in Indiana? __________________ 2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS #7590 345 HP Package, LPP Headers and ORY, GMMG, SLP CAI and Smooth Bellows, PHB, Chrome TTM's

08-02-2010, 08:15 PM	#23
Bushidopupil Drives: 2011 CTS-V Coupe Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Panama City FL Posts: 66	Love it!! I want....I want....I NEED!!! Congrats bro. Sick Ride..

08-02-2010, 08:24 PM	#24
Revo1 Camaronogamous Drives: 2010/2002 Camaro SS! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 14,688 View My Garage	Drop dead gorgeous... I'm really starting to like the GFX these days And that Maggie is sex on a stick __________________ "Tops off, tach up baby- loud and proud!" A Camaro lover from day one- 1996 3.8 V6 Camaro, to 1996 5.7 LT1 Camaro Z28, to the sold 2002 5.7 LS1 Camaro SS, and NOW, a [I]6.2 L99 VR 2SS/RS: XS Power stainless full exhaust, Airaid CAI, BMR drop springs and sways, custom tune by Cal Speed- 411rwhp

08-02-2010, 08:25 PM	#25
2010 BADSS Drives: 2010 2SS/RS IOM Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,210	Congrats on Car of the Week Paul! Black Lightening truly is an amazing machine!!!! I just hope if/when Darren and I make it back to Decatur, maybe you'll remember your old friends and give us a ride in this BEAST! __________________ LPE 650 BHP package Dual disc clutch set Borla catback exhaust-S type DSS 9" rear with 3.90 gear Pfadt suspension/Hotchkiss chassis brace Forgeline Wheels VR3S/Nitto tires Beware of the LPE Sisterhood