More power needed. Pls advise

[dr_blackman]

My 1998 n/a has a passanger airbag mate

 

So some jspec's do

[Soop Dogg]

Nice to hear you got a C5 Vette Brian, my uncles been through a few of them thanks to working for GM and he really enjoyed them.

 

Cheers - good to know someone "in the know" enjoyed them too.

 

To answer Alex's question about how does the Corvette feel against the Supra. Because it doesn't have the huge kick at 4k that my Supra gives on hybrids, it doesn't feel as fast. But then I experienced a similar thing when driving a TVR. It's faster to 60, but I reckon the Supra is quicker above that. But then My supra isn't a stock car, so I'm not really comparing like with like.

 

To be honest, because it's fast to 60, (about 4.5 secs) and quick enough to 120, this is enough - I think I've got away with far too much for far too long in the Supe!

 

Any car with a stock output of over 300hp has got to be a good starting point if you want to modify. And the 'vette engine is so under stressed that if it was have LS2 heads, a cam and a throttle body, then a bit of dyno work as the ECU can be tuned, I reckon it'd be blisteringly fast for a road car.

 

Me? I just love the noise and with the top down in the summer it'll be a hoot!

[Gazboy]

I had a quick blat when I was stock with a C5 LS1- wasn't even in the game, he pulled lengths on me like I was Sylvia Saint at a Bukkake party.

[carl0s]

I think we should ditch these drivetrain loss percentages and go for either a fixed figure, or a variable percentage. Say 20% at

 

If you're stating a 25% drivetrain loss then you're saying the autobox saps 125hp on a 500hp motor, and that's frankly ridiculous, isn't it?

 

I find it hard to beleive that this 5spd manual gearbox was really 'wasting' 102hp (102hp worth of heat?)