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[Clint@A.I.R.]

Originally Posted by Brian@LGMAC

Mike Wendlings at RMCR, congradulations on the cover of GM high-tech, by far the best lt1 around, great job

I have yet to see the magazine, but that's great !

Congrads mike, Gotta love LT power !

[steelrfan]

Originally Posted by SynergyMike

Hey fellow Coloradans! I am new to this site, but have been following you all for the past couple years as I have been waiting to get my own Camaro. I finally have placed my order for a AGM 2SS with Synergy and am hoping to have it in the next 2 weeks.

I look forward to meeting up with some of you at some events this Summer. I am so ready for this off and on again snow to be done! I'll need to catch up on the history of this particular thread, but are there any weekly or monthly meet-ups with those in this group?

Thanks!

Hello and Welcome! Congrats on the new ride! I bet the next 2 weeks will be the longest 2 weeks of your life! But it will be so worth it! Events will probably start picking up here in the Spring. I believe there is a Denver Cars and Coffee group that meet every Saturday as long as the weather is nice off of Arapahoe but I've never attended this event. We don't really have any regularly scheduled weekly/monthly meet-ups......good idea though! CCOTR has a Facebook page that is pretty active and events are posted there typically. There is going to be a big Camaro event in Sturgis the end of June that should be a good one to attend! Hope to see you around!

[Hulk]

Congratulations on the car order. I hope your 2 weeks are SHORT and you get good weather to take it home!

[Ace1USMC]

Originally Posted by SynergyMike

Hey fellow Coloradans! I am new to this site, but have been following you all for the past couple years as I have been waiting to get my own Camaro. I finally have placed my order for a AGM 2SS with Synergy and am hoping to have it in the next 2 weeks.

I look forward to meeting up with some of you at some events this Summer. I am so ready for this off and on again snow to be done! I'll need to catch up on the history of this particular thread, but are there any weekly or monthly meet-ups with those in this group?

Thanks!

Howdy Mike! Looking forward to meeting you this summer!

Sam

[Commit and Conquer]

Originally Posted by Blue70SS

If I remember the details correctlly, my "origional" LPE still running engine package ended up being about the same as 2 other members blown up rebuilt strokers - plus down time. Most strokers were done after an "oops". Not a slam, Just sayin....

As the saying goes....." Gotta pay to Play", then pay with time$ or money. Still trying to figure out how to work and find an eighth day to rest

That kinda stings Garth...:(

[Blue70SS]

Originally Posted by Commit and Conquer

That kinda stings Garth...:(

Sorry, not pointed at you or anyone in particulair (even though in hind site it kinda sounds that way). You've got quite the build - that Whipple is just plain sexy People pay more for a name all the time. Heck, look at the ZL1 and a dozen other special builds - but they will recoupe some costs on resale value too. Clint in particulair saved my butt when he worked with Lingenfelter when my Kennebell Boost-a-Pump took a dump. He told me I was lucky the internals were forged or I could have blown. AIR is very conveniently located considering my travel time restraints. Now using RMCR since I purchased the full EFI Live tuning tool with licenses, which LPE supports and tunes can be emailed to/from Mark. Downside is actual dyno tunes require more travel time - but I like having my fingers in things and being able to monitor & data log to protect my investment. Then Larry saved my A@$ by figuring out the LPE twin fuel pumps were a must for the higher HP builds. Now he's got me thinking about bigger injectors - wish I would have gotten even larger ones to start with.

The point is, build for what you (any Camaro owner) can afford, but don't overbuild past your weakest links unless you're okay with what could happen. There's a virtual library of information on do's and don'ts now on Camaro5, versus the first year when everyone was testing the limits. High HP builds can obviously be done cheaper, but the question is how long they last and what it cost's when they break versus doing it right the 1st time. I like to replace things before they break since time is money for me. (not that it always has worked)

I'm rambling, but the point I'm getting to is in general you get what you pay for. Lots of homework and sweat equity in research makes it cheaper. I just don't think its right for the group to talk about how cheap a big HP build can be, and not address all the obvious new weak links that we didn't know about before. We're lucky so many have pushed the limits for us to learn from. Hope I didn't just jinx myself for future mods

[Blue70SS]

Originally Posted by Brian@LGMAC

Mike Wendlings at RMCR, congradulations on the cover of GM high-tech, by far the best lt1 around, great job

Congrats!

... just searching, is it this February ? https://www.circsource.com/images/ma...20200_400h.jpg

[Blue70SS]

Originally Posted by 2010 SS RS

Ok then you will be able to communicate with Tom then.. He too speaks Jerseyian. This should more fun than a barrel of monkeys.!

Hey Larry, when's the '69 Camaro coming

I know your foot's gotta be twitching!

BTW, what brand of injectors did you use? I've seen alot of talk about the Injector Dynamics ID850's and the Red Dot Bosch EV14

[SynergyMike]

Originally Posted by steelrfan

Hello and Welcome! Congrats on the new ride! I bet the next 2 weeks will be the longest 2 weeks of your life! But it will be so worth it! Events will probably start picking up here in the Spring. I believe there is a Denver Cars and Coffee group that meet every Saturday as long as the weather is nice off of Arapahoe but I've never attended this event. We don't really have any regularly scheduled weekly/monthly meet-ups......good idea though! CCOTR has a Facebook page that is pretty active and events are posted there typically. There is going to be a big Camaro event in Sturgis the end of June that should be a good one to attend! Hope to see you around!

Thanks, the wait is killing me, but even more than that I am just worried that something unlikely will happen and I get a call from my dealer saying "sorry, GM has lost your car and we cannot find it anywhere..sorry, but you are going to have to start the process all over again" or something like that. I know I am probably just worrying too much.

It would be great to get a recurring meetup organized whether it's for coffee or beers..

Originally Posted by hulk

Congratulations on the car order. I hope your 2 weeks are SHORT and you get good weather to take it home!

Thanks! Yes, my luck is that it will finally come in and we will be having record snow fall. In that case, I will ask my dealer to hold it for me until roads are clean

Originally Posted by Ace1USMC

Howdy Mike! Looking forward to meeting you this summer!

Sam

Same here Sam! What part of town are you from?

[AntzV]

Anybody interested in 18" heritage rims?

[Brian@LGMAC]

Originally Posted by Blue70SS

Sorry, not pointed at you or anyone in particulair (even though in hind site it kinda sounds that way). You've got quite the build - that Whipple is just plain sexy People pay more for a name all the time. Heck, look at the ZL1 and a dozen other special builds - but they will recoupe some costs on resale value too. Clint in particulair saved my butt when he worked with Lingenfelter when my Kennebell Boost-a-Pump took a dump. He told me I was lucky the internals were forged or I could have blown. AIR is very conveniently located considering my travel time restraints. Now using RMCR since I purchased the full EFI Live tuning tool with licenses, which LPE supports and tunes can be emailed to/from Mark. Downside is actual dyno tunes require more travel time - but I like having my fingers in things and being able to monitor & data log to protect my investment. Then Larry saved my A@$ by figuring out the LPE twin fuel pumps were a must for the higher HP builds. Now he's got me thinking about bigger injectors - wish I would have gotten even larger ones to start with.

The point is, build for what you (any Camaro owner) can afford, but don't overbuild past your weakest links unless you're okay with what could happen. There's a virtual library of information on do's and don'ts now on Camaro5, versus the first year when everyone was testing the limits. High HP builds can obviously be done cheaper, but the question is how long they last and what it cost's when they break versus doing it right the 1st time. I like to replace things before they break since time is money for me. (not that it always has worked)

I'm rambling, but the point I'm getting to is in general you get what you pay for. Lots of homework and sweat equity in research makes it cheaper. I just don't think its right for the group to talk about how cheap a big HP build can be, and not address all the obvious new weak links that we didn't know about before. We're lucky so many have pushed the limits for us to learn from. Hope I didn't just jinx myself for future mods

Great post Garth, as my old man always told me it takes money to go fast, how fast do you want to go........

[Blue70SS]

Looky what Brian found

http://www.rsgear.com/products/trans...using-kit.aspx

Who's got a clutch out that wants to go 1st

[Ace1USMC]

Originally Posted by Blue70SS

Looky what Brian found

http://www.rsgear.com/products/trans...using-kit.aspx

Who's got a clutch out that wants to go 1st

That's a nice piece - but MAN!!! That price hurts! $2044 is steep man! I guess compared to the alternative of being called "Gimpy" for the rest of your life, it's nothing...but still...that's a big chunk 'o change!

Sam

[Clint@A.I.R.]

Garth.. Good post. Yea I was glad we fixed that Boost a pump when we did. I gotta say Lingenfelter did well in lowering the compression as they did, they were always great to work with as well. :-) LPE on your setup leaves a pretty good margin of room for possible error, (say if you run lean, or plan on running your motor real hard, also requiring 15w50 oil in there at all times during the summer, or you void your warranty, another important step!).

The 2.75" pulley your running is maxing out the blower isn’t it? We were able to hit same numbers on Ahmeds Blue Camaro with the TVS2300 blower, stock ls3 w/cam only and 8psi, that always did supprise me, he was running the 3.4" pulley on that system. At your 650 rwhp, I wish they perhaps would have left a little more room for growth on their kits without a major upgrade like another blower or diving into the motor. Course all depends on what you would like.