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[JohnC]

On 2/16/2017 at 7:13 PM, peejman said:

Cool car, what mods did he make? Mostly I'm curious if he upgraded the differential. 

In my automotive days, I worked on development of the CTS-V. I got to go for a ride in a prototype "super CTS-V" that had the blown LS from the Z06 the they said they'd boosted up near 600 hp. Problem was, they couldnt get the diff to live very long and the bosses wouldn't buy off on a caddy with more power than the vette, so it never saw the light of day.  It was a fun ride though.  

 

I'll just quote his mods:

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No, that is complete exhaust.  1 7/8" headers,  3" x-pipe with gutted cats and stock mufflers.  It's louder in the video than in person.  It's still really quiet in the car with the windows up.

Also, in the video it was idling at about 650 rpm.  It probably won't be that low after tuning.  With it that low, the vacuum brakes were affected a little.  But even at 1000rpm it's still very noticeable.  I like it.

It made 12 lbs. as is with the cold weather yesterday.  It made 9-10 stock.  I should be able to beat on it hard without having to worry about heat.  That's one of the benefits of the ported heads.

GMPP CNC LS3 heads (because he tried to port the stockers and cut in to the ports)

GM head bolts

LS9 MLS gaskets

New lifters

New coils, plugs and LS9 plug wires.

160 thermostat

airaid with green filter
Weld big and little's with drag radials
c&r heat exchanger
varimax intercooler pump

LT1Z 2.5 cam kit with BTR springs, C5R Timing chain, new oil pump etc.
Lingenfelter 2.5 upper pulley

ATI balancer with 8.6 Lower 
ID850 injectors
ARH 1 7/8" headers with catted x-pipe

Throttle body (no size or brand listed)

All royal purple fluids

Weld RXT big and little's with drag radials

Dyno tuned

 

 

[JohnC]

On 2/16/2017 at 4:13 PM, 2.ooohhh said:

@Capbyrd 

You just let me know exactly how fast your wallet wants to go and I can get you all set up. 

Untitled by Erik, on Flickr

 

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Untitled by Erik, on Flickr

When I hit the lotto, I'll call you up and pick up that Porsche Carrera GT and the Mustang.  

[JohnC]

My junk is officially slow.... for now.

Sunday I ran the 1/8 mile. best I could muster with traction control on was 8.80@82.55. Car has a Vararam intake and Corsa catback. No tune. Data log shows the CAI is screwing with the MAF and making the car run rich. So I have work to do...

They got the car # wrong, but it's the right slip. 

 

Edited February 20, 2017 by JohnC

[Alleycat72]

1952 Studebaker 496/4L80E/9" 3:89

 

[Ronald_55]

1 minute ago, alleycat72 said:

1952 Studebaker 496/4L80E/9" 3:89

 

Now that is a ride!

[MikeW]

1 hour ago, JohnC said:

My junk is officially slow.... for now.

Sunday I ran the 1/8 mile. best I could muster with traction control on was 8.80@82.55. Car has a Vararam intake and Corsa catback. No tune. Data log shows the CAI is screwing with the MAF and making the car run rich. So I have work to do...

They got the car # wrong, but it's the right slip. 

 

You caught the '04 sleeping at the tree 

[kieefer]

My little sports car/garage queen. 1997 M3. Pretty nice for its age and mileage of 170K. My Son and I rebuilt the suspension and added some minor engine mods.

[JohnC]

I figured out 2 reasons my junk ran slow.

1 is drag racing in drive with TC on slows it down a lot.

2. The Vararam intake on the car is untuned and causing issues.

Even with no tune for the intake, I decided to run it again in Sport Mode and TC off.

Here is the result:

Left lane Car #50

With a tune and a better 60ft, I'll be in the 12's easy.  

[JohnC]

It ran consistent 8.5's and 13.1's btw....

[JohnC]

This 5.0 auto (A6) with GT500 catback ran a 12.8:

[JohnC]

This Catfish was running 13.3's

We had a new WRX STI with COBB CAI, but he tried to launch too hard and the car shut down. I don't think he ran again.

The Caddy CTSV ran a best of  6.81@104 and 10.58@130  

Child seat and all

It ran that quick and it weighs 4,500 lbs!

 

 

[monkeylizard]

I love that he raced with the car seat still in place. That's baller!

[shaftbass]

On 2/14/2017 at 10:03 PM, JohnC said:

I had this since new (Oct 96), but just got tired of it. I got rid of it a couple weeks ago. With Goodyear skaterbacks (245's), it ran (2.04 60ft) 8.7 in the 1/8 and 13.5 in the 1/4 with a aluminum block PI swap and bolt-ons.

 

 

 

Haha.  I now work where that photo was taken

[TerryW]

Zero to 15mph at the speed of smell.. 

[Alleycat72]

[JohnC]

This thread needs more hotrods!

@TGO David Let's see yours!  

[hipower]

On ‎2‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 11:15 AM, Mercom said:

Altered is a long term project that I enjoy gathering parts for. 

Wagon is a 7.40 1/8 mi street car that hurts a lot of feelings. Lol

Super sweet looking little wagon!!! I have weakness for them.

[TGO David]

4 hours ago, JohnC said:

This thread needs more hotrods!

@TGO David Let's see yours!  

 

 

Wife drives this more than I do.  Honestly, I love the speed and the handling, but hate getting into and out of it.  I bang my head on the roof of it every single time.  I think another SRT Jeep is in our future.

 

[JohnC]

4 hours ago, TGO David said:

Wife drives this more than I do.  Honestly, I love the speed and the handling, but hate getting into and out of it.  I bang my head on the roof of it every single time.  I think another SRT Jeep is in our future.

 

Looks good!  

Have you ever used one of those ceramic coatings instead of wax? 

Like this: https://www.amazon.com/Carpro-Cquartz-Ceramic-Quartz-Protection/dp/B005DZD1A8

Just curious if it's worth it. 

 

 

[2.ooohhh]

23 minutes ago, JohnC said:

Looks good!  

Have you ever used one of those ceramic coatings instead of wax? 

Like this: https://www.amazon.com/Carpro-Cquartz-Ceramic-Quartz-Protection/dp/B005DZD1A8

Just curious if it's worth it. 

 

 

Good stuff but very tedious to correct the paint and get applied. 

[TGO David]

1 hour ago, JohnC said:

Looks good!  

Have you ever used one of those ceramic coatings instead of wax? 

Like this: https://www.amazon.com/Carpro-Cquartz-Ceramic-Quartz-Protection/dp/B005DZD1A8

Just curious if it's worth it. 

 

 

 

Never have.  I use Menzerna Power Lock paint sealant mostly, but have started playing around with Chemical Guys Butter Wet Wax too.  Both vehicles are disgustingly filthy from having not been washed for a month.  I've gotten to where I refuse to spend the time and resources to do it of it's just going to rain or snow within the next few days.  And lately that's all it seems to have done.

 

 

[JohnC]

Has anyone used this shop for ceramic coat?

http://www.trushine.net/tru-shine-ceramic-coatings/

I'm thinking about the lifetime coat for the SS.

 

[willis68]

Edited March 25, 2017 by willis68

[1madss]

2000 Camaro SS 6 Speed 

Bought it new 2 weeks after my youngest was born and she drives it school now occasionally. It went 11.9@115 with the stock heads/cam/shortblock. With ported factory heads and a little cam best was 11.2@124. Stepped up to a 6.6 with after market heads and a good sized cam a couple of years ago but never finished the tuning. It still is very rich at WOT. Intended build number was 600. 

[JohnC]

22 hours ago, willis68 said:

I love those GT500's!  

Sexy beast!