What Next?

Ok peeps, I guess I have been unbanned now for bringing up old posts, so now I'm going to bring up a new one.
Just finished putting on my headers. Now my car has mac headers and y-pipe, and flow master exhaust, raim air intake, high flow cats, and its been tuned with a superchips tuner. in other words, my ls1 is breathing quite nicely now, however, not sure what to do next. Currently im taking on the traction and handling problem. I've installed a spohn adj. torque arm and now im installing rear lower control arms and panhard bar, and subframe connectors and a strut tower brace. Now Im ready to give it some more power and Not sure what the next step is.

Some of my ideas are:
Intake manifold (LSX or Lingenfelter)
Rods/Lifters/Springs/Valves/etc...
Cam/Crankshaft
Crank/Underdrive Pulleys
Rear End Gear.

Not ready for turbo/super/nos yet, just trying to strenghthen up the engine a little first, any ideas and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance,
Jeff

oooh go with the lingenfelter manifold, if for no other reason than its a lingenfelter part...

Well, Ill have to go with something stronger, because eventually, I want to turbo or supercharge this car, but I have heard that the LSX are better because its made of a lighter composite that doesn't hold in heat like the lingenfelter does.

what gears do you have currently? if you dont have at least 3.42's that would be next priority on my to-do list..

Gears, then fix your exhaust problem (the problem being the blowmaster), then decide if you're eventually going to run boost, spray, or go N/A and get the cam best suited for that.

hey i just watched my homegirl take her ligenfelter headers off her z because she said they hold too much heat and they didnt make a difference at all i dont know if u knew that or ever been told that just thought i would share my 2 cents

yes ill probably gear it out next, do you really think flow master is that bad? i don't nessicarily like the way it sounds on an LS1, but it sounds good on an LT1.

did you do a lid?....ported maf?...ported throttle body?...if you do the lsx intake you'll want a 90mm throttle body( with a stock cam its a useless mod really because you wont have the cam to move more air that this intake provides)

if i was you...do a cam/springs/pushrods/programming

did you do a lid?....ported maf?...ported throttle body?...if you do the lsx intake you'll want a 90mm throttle body( with a stock cam its a useless mod really because you wont have the cam to move more air that this intake provides)

if i was you...do a cam/springs/pushrods/programming



yea, don't port the MAF, that just screws up the sensor calibration and you will buy a new one sooner or later. The stock MAF's are good to about 500 HP soo... Don't worry about it. Ported throttle body??? That will add like 2 HP for all the work.

If you plan to do a turbo setup on that car, keep the same gears taht are in it now. (assuming it was a 3.42)

who turbo's their cars these days?? LOL

who turbo's their cars these days?? LOL


who buys a NA v-6 F-body??? :p

who buys a NA v-6 F-body??? :p
ohhh OWNED lol

ill tell ya what, i dont know much about forced induction on the LS1 but i would imagine that if you want to charge it than i would look at LPE first. hell, they built the lingenvette and they have turbo setups for the camaro. i would imagine that they thought of all the problems that can arise...

So what do I need? Borla?

Go SLP Loudmouth, I know a guy who has that on an LS1, and I think it sounds pretty damn good, although I don't know about performance or whatnot

Magnaflow, Loudmouth, Rumbler... logically the straight-through systems are ideal

I used to have magnaflow, but i didn't like the sound and it didn't give me much power, the flowmaster is definitely better than the magnaflow i think, unless i just had some cheaped down version of the muffler. i got my hf cats put on today, and that seemed to take care of all the rasp i had with my ory, but still doesn't sound really deep and throaty like i want it to.
Thanks again
Jeff

the flowmasters just concentrate on creating a good sound. if you look at them from a physics point of view the straight-through designs are superior (magnaflow), but to each his own. glad everything is workin out for ya...

may wanna try loudmouth then?...

i think you should spend some wad and go with Borla.. i dunno if you can beat their sound.. and performance to boot.. its nice..

the loudmouth kit isnt bad either tho...

fuuuuuuuuuuuggggit,
borla it is then

GMMG.

Or buy my Loudmouth for $150 plus shipping.

LSx manifold......I still think they are a waste. For the price, the extra 3 HP isn't worth it. I will stick with my LS6 manifold for now, until I get the money for boost years down the road.

Rear-end man. Best traction mod that can be done to our cars. Once you can hook, low 12's are possible.

i got my hf cats put on today, and that seemed to take care of all the rasp i had with my ory, but still doesn't sound really deep and throaty like i want it to.
Thanks again
Jeff[/QUOTE]

thats because it is not an LT1 :lol2:

no, but i have heard plenty of LS1's that sound louder and deeper than mine.