How much hp can you get?

[predator]

Im thinking of buying an ls1 car... and im wondering what kind of hp you can get out of a naturally aspirated stock bore ls1...

Cams... heads... intakes... what ever tricks you got... although i would like to know how much you can get without spraying...

i looked through the dyno sections and most of the top H/C cars were layiing about 450 to the ground... is that about tops?

[BIG D's SS]

There are some around 475 just heads, cam, and exhaust.

[Zboner]

as much money as you can dump into it.

[predator]

even with unlimited cash flow... there is only soo much a motor can do... and if that is true y is sarge laying like mid 400's to the ground? and he listed nitrous as a mod... dont know if those numbers include nitrous...

[Zboner]

or you could stroke it and bore it out to a 408 then a monster cam with kick ass heads.

[predator]

dont want to do anything that requires dropping the motor untill i absolutely have to...

if i have to do new internals i will, but i dont want to machine the block

[drone14]

475rwhp would be absolute maximum and barely driveable on the street (unless the tuner is an absolute guru).

A street friendly 400-450 is more likely. I would suggest having a look at the brakes first.

[predator]

NOW THATS THE KIND OF ANSWER I WANTED...

kinda depressing though... i was hoping to break 500...

ok more info on this barely driveabel thing... cam too big? what kind of issues are we talking here... this would be a YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAA!!!! weekend car only... so daily driving issues are not a problem...

its really between this and a cobra... and im hearing some NASTY rumors about what you can get out of a 03/04 cobra...

[5.7 Reasons]

I think Cobras are nice cars, especially the 03/04's but i think ls1's have more potential. By that I mean, cobras are running superchargers, if you drop a supercharger on a ls1, all stock motor, there will be not contest, even if you drop money on the cobra as well. Stock for stock, I think ls1's are better to build up. I'm not saying that there is no cobra that can out run a LS1, i'm just saying I outran all the ones I faced so far.

[BIG D's SS]

We have a 69 Camaro The "Innovator" here at Year One and it is running a 383 stroker and a Magna Charger. It is putting down over 550rwhp and it is an a4. That is some power baby.

[predator]

im weird, but i dont want to S/C... now putting a KB on a cobra... No Prob... Why you ask... it already has one... its more of an intake swap... and i have a long list of cars and the supercharger goes on the mustang... not on the trans am... and also on the 454 ss (silverado)

IFF i purchase a trans am i want to keep it naturally aspirated...

ok for comparison... a normal T/A runs 60 in 5.2ish seconds... what would a 450 hp T/A run to 60 in?

[DABIKERBOY995]

I have a 98 WS6 with blown heads and I just wanted to know is any one could recomend somethind that will make more power than stock.