Most Effective Upgrades

[oleshifty]

take off the brakes first...every 8 lbs of rotating mass = .1 in the 1/4

normal weight takes almost 100lbs to do the same thing!

[11 6.2]

take off the brakes first...every 8 lbs of rotating mass = .1 in the 1/4

Is this for just the drive wheels or the front also?

[oleshifty]

I'm actually not 100% sure. I would assume the drive wheels, but fronts probably have a ratio closer to 8lbs--> .1 then 100lbs-->.1 (only say this b/c drag cars still put super light skinnys in front).

Back when I was all about the fwd v6 racing, alot of guys with grand prixs were swapping REAR brakes with grand ams (alot lighter) and shedding .1-.2 off the 1/4.

[ninjawhiteboy12]

can't forget a turbo
really pricy though

[Gladiator 6.0]

stage 1

1. knn 2. corvette servo 3. power fans 4. weight reduction 5. live tune, with this you should have better performance and better fuel economy.

stage 2
1.cam 2. pi triple disk 3. 410 gears and locker 4. power pully 5.nos 6. built trany


stage 3
1. lq 6.0, 2. 42 lbs injectors,3. 90mm throtle body, 4. intech upgraded. edelbrock or fast, 5. walboro fuel pump

stage 4
ls7 stroked out to a 441, cal tracks or 4 link suspencion and ajustable shocks

[zeake]

i ment performance upgrades, by bad

Well I was gonna say a really hot blond.

[molitor]

longtubes-i paid 400 for em and gained 22hp and 15rwtq

cai-not sure i gained much till i got the longtubes

e-fans - i built my own setup ringing in a grand total of about 100 dollars

after those three anything else just build horsepower phenominally



three important things! more air in, more air out, less rotating mass (i.e. clutch fan vs e-fans)

those three things can make huge differences once oyu get those out of the way, you can move on to making real power, because without those three, your mods wont make their potential power

[ninjawhiteboy12]

nice 22 hp is pretty good, also what do you guys think about ebay turbos? They are most likely junk but i had to ask, can you get a turbo kit with all the fittings and everything short of the turbo and buy a nice turbo instead?

[SLO TRUCK]

yeah you can, doubt that ebay has a many truck fitting turbo kits (i.e. log manifolds) on there. If you are going turbo better have a nice budget. IF you want a kit go with allen's new front mount. 4800 that includes tune, fuel pump, injectors. That's the only total kit i know of. I also know that i have more than than in my set up.

[1slo4.8]

cheap and fairly cheap upgrades....

Intake
exhaust
LT headers
Tune
Gears

then:
Cam and springs
stall
Throttle body

more:
spray some sqeeze
turbo or magna

put that all on a 6.0 and then your talkin!