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[Brian@LGMAC]

I spent $2k and went 11.60s, with $40k im sure I could go faster then 9s

[Ace1USMC]

Originally Posted by wontsellit

I believe some have over 40k invested and they are no where near 9 seconds.Heck Garth has that much in tires and chrome!

Then their goal wasn't to get into the 9's. Period. There's no way you could sink 40 large into just the engine/tranny/drivetrain on a Camaro and NOT see 9's. Chrome don't make it go faster.

Sam

[wontsellit]

Originally Posted by Brian@LGMAC

I spent $2k and went 11.60s, with $40k im sure I could go faster then 9s

And that is why.......no bs here......if I had the cash you would be the man I would bring my car to.

[wontsellit]

Originally Posted by Ace1USMC

Then their goal wasn't to get into the 9's. Period. There's no way you could sink 40 large into just the engine/tranny/drivetrain on a Camaro and NOT see 9's. Chrome don't make it go faster.

Sam

The chrome comment is just a rub to Garth............he called me the anti-christ:(

[walhan_qtr]

Originally Posted by Brian@LGMAC

I spent $2k and went 11.60s, with $40k im sure I could go faster then 9s

this is really not very accurate. you need to mention that you did the install yourself. even with that you will still need to spend a little more.

nitrous kit.....~$800 for a simple kit
Tires............~$800
Cam kit........~$800
Gears...........~$800
Headers.......~$1000-1500 depends on what you get
install of all that and tune at least $1000

so you will at least spend $5500

and dont forget a good driver... thats worth a lot of $$$$$ HAHA

:P

I agree with you, you will probably be able to build a camaro for 40k and go faster than 9s but it will be hard to make it reliable unless you do it right. 15k drivetrain (trans/diff/clutch/etc), 5k susp mods, 10+k engine, 10k blower and all accessories (Turbo will cost more!), 2k wheels and tires. you will need another 3+k for install/tuning/etc another 2-3k for a cage. thats about ~45k. you can make it cheaper with nitrous but I doubt you will run faster than 9s... and you will need a BIG shot haha...

will you be able to run 9s with 40k YES. but 8s??? its goin to be hard but possible.

[Clint@A.I.R.]

I got a 2000 Camaro Ls1 Automatic car, nearly into the 11's

$1,000 Spent

Stock Ls1 Motor
Harris Speed N20 Wet Kit 125 to 150 shot
4.10 gears
catback exhaust delete
v6 rear springs
20$ home depot ram air kit
275/40/17 Used Drag Radials

(no headers, no stall, no cam, nothing special)

Ran 12.01 @ 115mph.
Dynoed 447 rwhp & 505 rwtq on the 125 shot.

This was June 2010... This all came about on a bet, people said you cant get a camaro into the 12's for 1000 bucks I said I would try, and took the challange ! It was a pretty big deal, here is the link leading up to it, makes for good reading.. WAS FUN !


http://www.gmvsworld.com/index.php?topic=1452.0

And I even put a little labor money in my pocket with that pricing...

If you think it through, you can go fast on a budget.

What follows is a AIR Adversisement add...
"come one, come all to AIR... where you can go fast no matter what price you would like to pay"


Clint

[Commit and Conquer]

Originally Posted by Clint@A.I.R.

I got a 2000 Camaro Ls1 Automatic car, nearly into the 11's

$1,000 Spent

Stock Ls1 Motor
Harris Speed N20 Wet Kit 125 to 150 shot
4.10 gears
catback exhaust delete
v6 rear springs
20$ home depot ram air kit
275/40/17 Used Drag Radials

(no headers, no stall, no cam, nothing special)

Ran 12.01 @ 115mph.
Dynoed 447 rwhp & 505 rwtq on the 125 shot.

This was June 2010... This all came about on a bet, people said you cant get a camaro into the 12's for 1000 bucks I said I would try, and took the challange ! It was a pretty big deal, here is the link leading up to it, makes for good reading.. WAS FUN !


http://www.gmvsworld.com/index.php?topic=1452.0

And I even put a little labor money in my pocket with that pricing...

If you think it through, you can go fast on a budget.

What follows is a AIR Adversisement add...
"come one, come all to AIR... where you can go fast no matter what price you would like to pay"


Clint

Now you tell me

The questions is do you have the will power to stop at $1k...Obvious answer for me is NO!!

[Brian@LGMAC]

Originally Posted by walhan_qtr

this is really not very accurate. you need to mention that you did the install yourself. even with that you will still need to spend a little more.

nitrous kit.....~$800 for a simple kit
Tires............~$800
Cam kit........~$800
Gears...........~$800
Headers.......~$1000-1500 depends on what you get
install of all that and tune at least $1000

so you will at least spend $5500

and dont forget a good driver... thats worth a lot of $$$$$ HAHA

:P

I agree with you, you will probably be able to build a camaro for 40k and go faster than 9s but it will be hard to make it reliable unless you do it right. 15k drivetrain (trans/diff/clutch/etc), 5k susp mods, 10+k engine, 10k blower and all accessories (Turbo will cost more!), 2k wheels and tires. you will need another 3+k for install/tuning/etc another 2-3k for a cage. thats about ~45k. you can make it cheaper with nitrous but I doubt you will run faster than 9s... and you will need a BIG shot haha...

will you be able to run 9s with 40k YES. but 8s??? its goin to be hard but possible.

You are correct, I was lucky enough to have sponsers at the time, mainly because of armdroplive and pinks, I had less then 2k into it, just wait until you guys see the shit box ill be racing this year......
Dont get me wrong I would take garths, teds, larrys, or any of the cars on here in a heart beat, we are planning on getting a zl1 this summer but we shall see

[Blue70SS]

Originally Posted by wontsellit

The chrome comment is just a rub to Garth............he called me the anti-christ:(

Walk into the Chrome light Tom.....

[Blue70SS]

Originally Posted by Brian@LGMAC

You are correct, I was lucky enough to have sponsers at the time, mainly because of armdroplive and pinks, I had less then 2k into it, just wait until you guys see the shit box ill be racing this year......
Dont get me wrong I would take garths, teds, larrys, or any of the cars on here in a heart beat, we are planning on getting a zl1 this summer but we shall see

ZL1 would be cool...... whatever it is, it'll be sniffing nitrous

[AquaRSSS]

Originally Posted by walhan_qtr

this is really not very accurate. you need to mention that you did the install yourself. even with that you will still need to spend a little more.

nitrous kit.....~$800 for a simple kit
Tires............~$800
Cam kit........~$800
Gears...........~$800
Headers.......~$1000-1500 depends on what you get
install of all that and tune at least $1000

so you will at least spend $5500

and dont forget a good driver... thats worth a lot of $$$$$ HAHA

:P

I agree with you, you will probably be able to build a camaro for 40k and go faster than 9s but it will be hard to make it reliable unless you do it right. 15k drivetrain (trans/diff/clutch/etc), 5k susp mods, 10+k engine, 10k blower and all accessories (Turbo will cost more!), 2k wheels and tires. you will need another 3+k for install/tuning/etc another 2-3k for a cage. thats about ~45k. you can make it cheaper with nitrous but I doubt you will run faster than 9s... and you will need a BIG shot haha...

will you be able to run 9s with 40k YES. but 8s??? its goin to be hard but possible.

The Lingenfelter car is right at 8.99's and that's an all-out drag car that makes over 1250 hp, so I'm thinking anything in the mid 9's is MAYBE attainable..maybe. Every second you try to gain, gets exponentially more expensive. And noone's driving that Lingenfelter car to a cruise, and those guys have DEEP pockets. Guarantee you they have well over the 6 figure mark in that car, and they get to write it all off, do their own labor and have their own machine shop. That's just not reality. Each of us have to pay for their R&D costs when buying from them...especially Garth. ( couldn't resist that one, since he's our resident Lingenfelter "representative")
Speaking of which, I just checked their website. Their 800hp TT package is $67,000 if I include the clutch. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that I can personally assemble and build an 800 hp Camaro for half that, and I will put in the 9" rear end with that, which is NOT included in their 67K price...and you'd be pretty stupid to run that combo without a rear-end. I wouldn't warranty it for 3 years, but I'd get it to "run the number". And again, that would be me doing it and FOR me, so no labor costs, just time and wrench throwing! lol
Did Dirty Harry ever get a run in??? Just curious,since that was a big build.

Pretty sure I don't want to spend that kind of money on my car though. If I keep my car, I will add some more power, but I'm not chasing a number.
Wow...$67,000!! That's my GTR right there...'nuf said!

[walhan_qtr]

I totally agree. But I still think you can run 9s with only 40-45k. 8s, I don't think so. Still possible I think but again the question is will it be relaible?

100+k for 1250hp? I don't know. I'm pretty sure I can do it with MUCH less money and I will be paying someone to do it. 67k for 800hp!!! No thanks haha.

Remember you are buying the name too! 40k out of that 67k is just for the name LOL j/k but you get the idea haha....

[wontsellit]

Dirty Harry did run a good # when it was in the Monster stage,but I'll leave telling what it was up to Larry.I don't know if he ever got a good # when he calmed it down a bit.
When it's all said and done it's that persons $$$ and he can chose to spend it anyway he wants.Right now I'm going to invest my money in a Cheeseburger

[Clint@A.I.R.]

Larry ran a 11.7 I believe in the old setup and tune.

Clint