Unreal Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 I just don't know if they will let me make more than 1-2 passes. It takes seat time to learn to drive a car like this and making 1 pass every 3 months won't get good times. I went 11.3@129 with 1/2 the HP so even taking it easy it should beat those times. Not hard to go 1/2 throttle until 3rd gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Y Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think these cars are great. But my issue with that much power is breaking stuff. I have a low tolerance for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 True, but my car has been pretty good. Just little dumb issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old yeller Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think these cars are great. But my issue with that much power is breaking stuff. I have a low tolerance for that. I am with Ted on this. I think it is amazing to have that much hp, but I like driving mine more than working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 I drive mine plenty. Got 4000 miles on it since moving here in May. Had the fuel pump fuse go out, and this pipe blow off. Besides that has been great. No hiccups at all with this motor. I'll probably drive it out to socal for x-mas. It drives better than any 550+rwhp n/a car I've ever been in. Small cam, easy clutch, etc. Anyone could take it and drive it cross country like any other z06. Only issues I have driving it is ground clearance but that is just because it is a vette, not because it makes power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Pedal Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 That car should be the one everyone is gunning for. Why's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe@cpr.com Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Because its the one setup to run a good time at the strip. Slicks skinnies, th400,trans brake, big stall with now a novi 2500 instead of a 2000, pfadt drag coil overs, stroked ls3,ls7 top end on e85 and meth. Should move out well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest racingchester Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 WOW!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 I do find it annoying that people think a high HP cars needs to be worked on all the time or breaks all the time. I don't know who is building all these crappy high HP cars around here but I have a lot of friends with 1000+ cars going for years and years. Nothing more than any other 500-600rwhp car besides tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe@cpr.com Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I do find it annoying that people think a high HP cars needs to be worked on all the time or breaks all the time. I don't know who is building all these crappy high HP cars around here but I have a lot of friends with 1000+ cars going for years and years. Nothing more than any other 500-600rwhp car besides tires. Agreed! If someone is willing to spend the money and do it right a 1k rwhp can be very reliable and be beaten on regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Thinking back over the past few years, I had the fuel pump issue which was a bad part. I lost 2 belts from a misalignment on initial install. The fuel pump fuse blew out, due to same crappy fuel system issue. The charge pipe coming off is nothing major, just a pipe fell off because I didn't tighten it. Other than that, it has been a lot of fun miles. Even before that I lost a lifter back when car was almost stock, and broke an axle drag racing. Stock or modded those would have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Y Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Alright then, I'm too poor and cheap to own a 1000 hp car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unreal Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Didn't mean to be pissy about it. I think a lot of people go for nothing but HP and cheap out trying to build a fast car and they suffer in reliability. Ted, I still think you should just do a TVS2300 on your car and call it a day. Solid ~475rwhp and a ton of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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