Originally Posted by
getcha01
Bud, I dont know all I know is im wanting answers on why my car ran what it did, with nothing done and 110,000mi....I have a buddy with the 1998 Z28 with everything done bolton wise and never runs better than 13.30, I've had numerous people say the original owner I got it from had to have head work or its tuned already or something, because no LS1 cars around here ran in the 12.90's or even near 13.10 with what I had done....I've also seen cars just like mine run a best of 13.60, and Z28's and trans am's run 13.90 with LS1's.....im not a WS6 fanatic, I actually was looking for a SS camaro, Im a chevy guy or I was going to buy a cheaper Z/28 that I could put a lot of mods and work into....but I got my car based on the VIN,engine codes,head number, and took a chance, and I always loved the WS6 look but never admitted it, but my buddys day is master mechanic at GM dealership been their 30 years and told me what to get because he said for unknown reasons they had a lot more power and better engineering than others so I did, and I ran 13.08 with an air lid and a muffler everything else stock........Im not dogging anyone or picking a fight, everytime I explain my whole cars life, I get people emailing me sayin im lyin or saying negative stuff...just dont say anything at al please.....thank you goodnight...oh and I get 28mpg, and I guarantee u my buddys dad and the guys in my area know more about LS1's than most everyone...anyone from STL area reading this?...do you know pat from Performance Parts Plus?..or TurboConnections in edwardsville?...look up TC online you will see...im not a liar and I do know very knowledgeable people that have done thousands of LS1 tunes and have raced for decades, and all own LS1 cars now that run from 8's to 12's, the WS6 in 01 and 02 I know some flowed 60% more air into the intake over the same exact model, and it seems like luck but its not, GM made certain cars faster...I have no explanation I will show u my 11.99 with stock rearend,driveshaft,stock 3:42's and boltons then you will believe....I got help trust me