Will the current 2.9 whipples fit on the ZL1's LSA

[tandtperformance]

we are working on a 2.9 whipple on are zl1 right now
we are a few weeks out

[PhxTriode]

Originally Posted by 2011RS/SS

my buddy collaborated with whipple on making a 2.9 whipple for the ctsv. It is crazy fast.

He is pushing around 850rwhp with a built stock cubed engine. His partner has a V with head/cam with stock internals and he is pushing around 750rwhp. The LSA engine can take the power but for how long remains the question

The second guy would be me. 09' CTS-V 2.9l whipple 21psi on stock internals 66k miles and counting in the Phoenix heat.

750whp was with 18psi :-)

[Truck Norris]

Any updates?

[evilsrt8]

I have a CTS-V and I can assure you that the D3 Maggie kit will fit under the stock hood, the Whipple will fit under a modified hood "no modifications requiried, straight swap", and the KB will fit with a raised hood.

[joes407]

Originally Posted by 2011RS/SS

my buddy collaborated with whipple on making a 2.9 whipple for the ctsv. It is crazy fast.

He is pushing around 850rwhp with a built stock cubed engine. His partner has a V with head/cam with stock internals and he is pushing around 750rwhp. The LSA engine can take the power but for how long remains the question

who did the car in your sig pic? there is a guy local to me with that same exact paint scheme on a 2010 SS and he said he has round 700 h.p

[mmarx82]

Originally Posted by joes407

who did the car in your sig pic? there is a guy local to me with that same exact paint scheme on a 2010 SS and he said he has round 700 h.p

That's the Dale Earnhardt Jr. Camaro concept car that was shown at SEMA in 2008, if your referring to his avatar pic cuz I'm not seeing a sig pic. Which BTW, is also the same year they showed a Camaro Concept car that had an LS7 engine in it and happens to be the engine they are putting into the Z/28.

[Dplenzig]

Has anybody completed swapping a whipple 2.9 on their ZL1?

[mlee]

...I'd also like to see a Magnuson Heartbeat on an LSA

[jessrayo]

I have swapped blowers on my car but I went with the LS9 2.3. I can tell you that when GM put out the press bragging about how efficient the 1.9 blower is on the stock LSA they were not kidding. It takes a lot more power to spin the bigger blowers, you can get more air into the engine but it is costing you more horsepower to spin those larger heavier parts. I personally would not outright swap a blower on a stock bottom because you already have the most efficient blower out there stock on the car. You can get about 750whp out of the stock blower by doing other mods to the engine. By the time you max out the capabilities of that stock blower you begin to flirt with the limitations of the stock block and heads.

You could put the whipple 2.9 on the ZL1 but I think your money would be much better spent on headers and fuel pump upgrades and injectors and cams and bigger intercoolers and pulleys. You could probably put in forged pistons and rods for what the whipple would cost you.

The Whipple 2.9 is one step above what I have but comparatively speaking, it is a baby step. People are getting mid 800's in the horsepower range when they push the whipple 2.9 to its limits. If you build the block and heads to take some serious power you need something that will give you more boost than the 2.9. Right now the choices are the 4.0 Whipple, the big Kenne belle, the big centrifical's or turbos.

To me the whipple 2.9 is not a sensible swap onto a ZL1.

[Dplenzig]

I didn't know the 4.0 bolted on, I would love to do one.

[jessrayo]

Originally Posted by Dplenzig

I didn't know the 4.0 bolted on, I would love to do one.

It has been done but I would not call it a bolt-on job by any stretch. There are issues with the hood cowl with the Whipple 4.0 intake routing currently available. There will be some custom fabrication to make it work.

[BaylorCamaro]

Lingenfelter has a conversion so you can fit the ZR1's 2300 on the LSA without having to change accessory drives.

http://www.lingenfelter.com/mm5/merc...2#.UtBY7_RDuu-

[jessrayo]

Originally Posted by BaylorCamaro

Lingenfelter has a conversion so you can fit the ZR1's 2900 on the LSA without having to change accessory drives.

http://www.lingenfelter.com/mm5/merc...2#.UtBY7_RDuu-

The ZR1 blower is a 2300, that is the set-up I am using right now. My car is awesome but I'm one of those guys that is always looking for a little more.

[10aSSee D]

ADM would be the shop to talk to about this as they have done numerous builds of this sort. From what I have seen on his work the 1900 from the factory is pretty dang impressive!!!