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Andrew, I know you said when I was talking to you to look for a base c6 with the LS7...I haven't found crap online.

Any places to search would be helpful, I am getting to the point of possibly wanted a big beefy v8! :)

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There are some crazy deals on Z06's right now:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...n-33500-a.html (this one lists as sold but the buyer just put it back up for sale today, his wife apparently did not approve lol)
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...20735878&Log=0

Most of the stroker motors in the base model won't be a real LS7, it'll be a bored/stroked LS3 or something, so search for "stroker", 427, 402, etc. for the bigger cube motors. Those usually go for higher 20's though, and if you can pick up a Z06 for a few grand more it would be a better route to go.

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Wow that black one is sexy....

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That's a helluva lot of car for $35k.

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Holy shit yeah it is. Murlo if you can do it, I wouldn't waste any time you could be back at your dyno numbers in no time and would have to do nothing but drive it!

Not to be too OT, but hanson when you bringing that thing back up here?

Can it dig? :beer:

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Damn, nice ass deal.

I am half tempted to fly out to see the black one...anyone wanna come ;) Road trip back!

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OMG that black one makes me want to:

http://dlnqnt.com/storage/Screen%20s...=1329401915061

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LOL! The black one looks just like andrews haha

Dun dund dunnn dun dunnn dun dundunn

http://oi47.tinypic.com/2dj5c7s.jpg

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^^^ LMFAO!!!!!!!!

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I'm down
lol

That is awesome I pharted.

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I was going to drive it up next week for work again, but my project was cancelled and I won't be driving up again until July at the earliest. I'll be up there for a week in late May but flying instead.

Haha that pic is awesome. I wish my car looked like that Z06, it has the wide body fenders and the ZR1 front lip and side skirts which look awesome. Too bad the conversion costs over $5k plus paint.

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What's a tuned zo6 with bolt ons put down andrew?

Is that basically what you had when you were last on DB's dyno?

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I have a 427 LS3 which is same displacement as an LS7 but generally makes more torque and less top end. With headers and intake stuff plus tune you can get high 400s on pump gas, with a decent cam and heads it's pretty easy to hit 550 with them and still be streetable. With a huge cam people are hitting 600rwhp, but it sucks to drive on the street at low throttle. Just ask Goodhart or Tachyon about my car's manners in Ashland, not really fun (and my cam isn't that big).

Edit: That z06 has a nice intake already, OBX headers will run $700 (others are over 1500). Cam and heads will probably run $4k or so installed. But for $4k you can buy a supercharger... hahaha. I was actually going to buy some nice heads but for $3k installed, it was only an extra grand to buy the supercharger and I could install that myself. I was too afraid to install heads myself because I know nothing about pushrods. I probably would have been in the 560-570 range with E85 and CNC'd heads.

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Can't be much worse than my car with big ass cams, lol. 550 and streetable on pump...I like the sound of that!

I'd just boost it on E85 if I needed more, thats a great power level in my opinion, between 500-600.

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It was jerky at low RPM, but I didn't find it to be terrible.... I've grown use to such things in performance vehicles.

It might be considered harsh if you use it as cheif transportation rather than the occasional toy, but I know few people who would buy a vette for that purpose.

FFS though, you could make over 600 RWHP... reliably; no forced induction or winding it out to 10k RPM... Plus this is fed though a gearbox that would be at home in a nuclear submarine...

It does take a bit more skill to drive quickly though than your X. I guess that would be one consideration.

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Exactly, 600hp, don't have to worry about lifting the head, constant fear of gearbox issues, boost leaks, etc.

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V8 powa!!!

Now you could get crazy and do a rwd 4B11T with a T56!! hahahaha

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LOL! Amazing photoshop work, Peter.

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I want 550whp and 500tq :(

.....Soon enough......

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Got my Beltronics STI-R+ and ZR4 shifters today in the mail. I plan to install it this weekend and will post more pics then.

GPS receiver: going under dash cover next to the navigation receiver
Control box: going behind passenger footwell where a big fuse block is
Radar receiver: going inside front grille
Two front laser jammers: inside front grille
Rear laser jammer: above rear license plate
Speaker is going inside dash somewhere
Still have to determine best place to mount the little LCD display and control module.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ium/radar1.jpg
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...ium/radar2.jpg

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Sweet. That is awesome. I thought my Escort 8500 X50 was sweet... guess not :D

I might have to look into this for the RX-7... I work with system integration so I love things like this.

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Looks like the mailman paid you a visit today to. Hope everything goes smoothly on the install of the new parts

I seen this vette the other day. Have you seen it before or is he on vette forums. The thing was sick! His plate said GOT PWR

Locaton Blaine area

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/z...4/ee7b5918.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/z...4/0e1e37d3.jpg

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I don't recognize it but there are thousands on the forum. Didn't find any references to GOT PWR on the forum either.

That's a nice looking Z though, looks like concave wheels.

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Vette guys and custom plates :S
My Uncles C6 Vortech powered Vette has plates of KIKNGAS or something like that, it's black and decently quick on the freeway (640hp).

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I've seen this guy before. I think I ran him when I was stock turbo E85 and he utterly destroyed me. I've seen him before for sure but I can't remember if it was him or the blue one I ran.

For sure awesome looking car!

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Yeap had concave wheels they were black with a body paint matched lip.

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lmao, i thought that said kick "ninjas" :lol:

oh man.

Ass - Thats sound serious dough for a radar detector/jammer setup, got some plans? :nod:

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I have seen that vette around too, I live about 3 miles farther up that road.

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That is my dream setup, Z06/ZR1 widebody with black concave wheels. Maybe if I could stop doing other mods I could afford it. In true DSMer fashion, I care more about functional mods than appearance. I can stick the 285 front and 335 rear tires under my base fenders so it's not really an upgrade for performance.

Plans to never get a ticket again haha.

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haha nice. I hope so. The V1 has done me well so far, but its been a while since I've had any high speed issues.

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Got the rear laser shifter installed and the front radar detector installed. I didn't have time to mount the front shifters, GPS unit, or display tonight.

Mounts on top of license plate, the wiring goes up through the hole for the plate illumination. I wish it were about 1" higher, I might extend the brackets a bit to make it more concealed.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/da...rear_laser.jpg

Wired into car through existing grommet in trunk:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/da...ear_wiring.jpg

Front radar detector installed at front of grill. Pretty tough to see unless you are close and low to the ground:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/da...ont_radar1.jpg
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/da...ont_radar2.jpg

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Nice.

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You need spend a few hours and detail that thing! :)

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Test it out and come and see us!

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FYI, you may want to pull down your plate picture or block it out. As this is a public thread and you are talking about a radar detector/blocker setup ;)

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Yes Peter, it needs a good cleaning. It sat in the rain for several days when I was up there last and then at my parents.

Josh, while this is all legal in Iowa, I agree and have blocked the license plate in pics.

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Ceiling cat says you haz to give me ridez.

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Jealous!

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I will drive bean next to for sound comparison!! :uhoh:

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Almost wrapped up the install tonight, just have to modify the center console a bit to fit the USB cable port (for software updates to the detector) and that's it.

Front laser shifters and radar detector installed recessed in front bumper grille:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/da...aser_radar.jpg

Modified radio bezel to fit wideband on left and detector display on right. The bezel flips up to hide it when I don't care to see them. I had to remove the cigarette lighter to put the detector display but I have another power spot in the center console.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/da...d_detector.jpg