2013 gt500 650hp running 15psi???

[DARKANGELCAMARO]

Originally Posted by PQ

My wife has the Vette and I have the Camaro.

The trolls are usually weeded out. The guys you see in this thread are here to be members genuinely interested in American performance.


And for the obligatory joke:

They must have the GodFather motto, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer".

LOL. Well they are both ours. But she leaves the Z06 driving to me.

And I can agree with you on the second... GO AMERICA!!:flag2:

[DARKANGELCAMARO]

And also in a semi-related topic... This was an interesting article.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...2_laguna_seca/

Some gas for the fire... LOL

[8cd03gro]

Originally Posted by TEXAS2011SS

Chevrolet ZL1 warranty 100000 miles
Corvette ZR-1 warranty 100000 miles
Dodge Challenger warranty 100000 miles
Ford GT500 warranty 60000 miles

Hmmm. I guess you can put in more horsepower in a vehicle if your warranty is almost half of the competitors. Way to show confidence in your products build quality. So turn the boost up and let the consumer deal with the problems.

Originally Posted by TEXAS2011SS

Substantiated by Metallurgical data, empirical data?

LOL

The Camaro does quite a few things better than the Mustang, but LSA or LS3 vs 5.4/5.8 is a losing battle. You've got to pick your battles and picking one with the modular 5.4 or 5.8 is a bad idea.

[Speed74SS]

Originally Posted by calbert1999

The Ford is a smaller displacement engine, so they throw more boost at it to make the numbers. A larger displacement engine won't need the same amount of boost. Besides, if you throw 15psi. at an LSA it'll fall apart, that's the reason why the SS guys stroke / forge the bottom end with the best parts available on the aftermarket.

I beg to differ on the LSA falling apart at 15psi. It's all in the tune. But then again everyone said there is no way a Camaro SS would last very long with a blower strapped to it but I ran mine for 2 yrs & 16K miles with no problems. I am betting I will be able to run close to 15psi with my CTS-V for quite a long time at 650 to the wheels also.

[lil_red_v6]

Originally Posted by DARKANGELCAMARO

And I thought this was CAMARO5 forum. Whats with all the stang lovers on here? Never owned one, but don't they have some forums of their own?

Im on here because I used to own 2 camaros but now own a mustang. But Im still a dedicated car nut. Wheather its a ford Chevy or Dodge. So just because we do not own a Camaro does not mean we can't be on here.

[Grabber]

My buddies 03 cobra had a whipple and made 650 rwhp and 600 rwtq, made over 250 track passes and put over 100,000 miles on it over 5 years and never had an issue. That was though a stock 4.6 03 cobra motor.

The new gt500 motors are made Ben better so I'd say they will handle high hp numbers for a long time.




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[mgoodbar]

Originally Posted by BigDan

Quite a few cars/ trucks are pushing around 15psi right off the show room floor and some of them like the 14 psi WRX's dont even have forged internals. The GT500 has a hand built forged 5.8L with a larger 2.3L TVS supercharger and the older 5.4 stock bottom ends can easily be taken to 21psi+ 1,000hp and 8 second 1/4's where as the LSA is stuck at low boost due to its fragile design and hypereutectic pistons. They are 2 completely different types of engines especially when you consider the 5.8L's ability to make 650hp at 6,250rpm and 670hp at 7,000rpm, its gonna pull like an exotic on the top end. The LS9 is a better comparison because its hand built and forged high revving engine can handle the addition boost and abuse a larger twin screw blower like a 3.4L Whipple or 3.6L Kenne Bell. If they would of put the LS9 in the ZL1 and the 2013 GT500 never was released I would seriously be looking to find a dealer to take my 2011 GT500 on trade.

I'm now just thinking about waiting to see what the new gen 2015 GT500 will be, hopefully with IRS, Ti-VCT, DI, e85 before I get a archaic 13-14.

yep your right and then this happened ...

my buddy had to back his cobra boost off. he was at 18 psi. nothing but top end heat soak.. he backed it down to 15-16.. the 18 psi had a great bottom end.. that was is. it actuall made the car slower.

so comming out with 15 psi who cares.. 6.2 liter at 15 psi vs 5.8 leter at 15 psi = 5.8 fail.... I am sure that the ZL1 can be boosted at least 4 more PSI.. 1 PSI equates to about 20 whp..
I'm now just thinking about waiting to see what the new gen 2015 GT500 will be, hopefully with IRS, Ti-VCT, DI, e85 before I get a archaic 13-14.[/QUOTE]

[mgoodbar]

Originally Posted by camslambam

This has to be the gayest thread ever.

Like i've said time and time again, HP don't mean shit if you can't put the power down (case in point being me -- look at my track times).

A 550hp GT500, a 650hp GT500, a 800hp GT500 all have one thing in common: running pro 13s.

:l aughabove: :laughab ove: i heard that

[FINALLYSATISFIED]

Originally Posted by BigDan

If "competition is good for us" theory was true then GM would of been making year to year improvements to the SS instead of leaving it basically the same since its concept 7 years ago. GM still hasn't improved the SS' performance since its release 3 years ago but it competitor has had two significant waves of improvement the past 3 years.

Lol. And whose been winning in sales the past 2-3 years? Camaro over the Mustang.

[mgoodbar]

Originally Posted by ffrcobra_65

as much as it can take and the 5.4 (5.8) from Ford can take way more than the LS3.

Sure you can juice any stock engine up to make 1000hp but how many runs before it breaks? What people are saying is, on stock internals, bump both engine up to 700rwhp, Ford's can "safely and reliably" handle the power much better than the LS3.

ooops GT-500 blowes up on dyno..

[mgoodbar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qhnItz8iUI&feature=related

ooops again

[mgoodbar]

dam... bet it cost a lot to fix that..

[2K11SS]

Originally Posted by 8cd03gro

LOL

The Camaro does quite a few things better than the Mustang, but LSA or LS3 vs 5.4/5.8 is a losing battle. You've got to pick your battles and picking one with the modular 5.4 or 5.8 is a bad idea.

What a compelling argument. Excellent how you based your point on nothing.

[evolve]

Originally Posted by mgoodbar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qhnItz8iUI&feature=related

ooops again

GT...