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  1. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    exactly the point you want all out 4V performance, listen to bob. You want something more sane for city driving, take what he says with a grain of salt. He has the up most incentive to get the car to go fast. City manners are way in the back field of his thought process. glad you're...
  2. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    so I need to have "credentials" of lying on my back in the pits to know that a T45 and 4.88s is a "bit ridiculous".... LOL Not hardly. I'll let mullets like you enjoy that kind of fun and strecth the limits of input shafts... LOL cosby, this is far too easy. Why don't you do a little math...
  3. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    your opinion??? LOL LOL funny how we're back to square one. Talk about back tracking. Started off with 4.88s, skipped by 4.56s, now we're getting closer and closer to what I said all along LOL keep' em coming bobbie-boy
  4. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    "regardless of what the non-DOHC owner naysayers may try to make you believe." thats bobbie's comeback for someone that doesn't bow down to his point of view. Quit flattering yourself; I've already said time and time again in this thread that it is subjective and different folks will have...
  5. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    no, they're not. The key statement here is "run that and get away with it....". Get away with what? Ahhhh....you're seeing my point. The "get away" part is cosby's wilingness to "sacrifice" daily driver habits for the 1/4 mile gains. Once again, we get very subjective, but I think the...
  6. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    the only thing you've proved cosby is what I've said all along: you now have a track whore of a car that requires a different tranny to launch effectively and survive a weekend. You also need that tranny to obtain the mileage figures you keep boasting about. Long story short, you're wrong...
  7. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    "not the strongest tranny in the world..." the understatement of the year lol having a 3.37 first and 4.88 rear is an insane ratio. no wonder you were snapping those input/output shafts so easily. That specialized T5 with the 2.92 first tames it down quite a bit. And now you're dropping to...
  8. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    Bob, this whole discussion is just opinion. There is no right or wrong and you're certainly entitled to yours. I just think its drastic to turn your 5 speed into a 3 1/2 speed. I just hope people reading this thread realize running that new T5 of yours definitely steepens the ratio a bit...
  9. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    hey guys, we'll just have to agree to disagree on whether or not 4.88, or even 4.56s, are a "mainstream" type mod for a 4V. You're going to have a very difficult time convincing me that even 5% of 4V owners would seriously consider such a mod. I'm not so sure people like the thought of turning...
  10. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    I'll try to respond to the highlights: -if you can start the car from a dead stop comfortably in second gear, that seems to meet the criteria of "ridiculous" in my book. That pretty much seals the deal on ever going WOT in the first two gears on the street, even with DR's. And it "wasn't...
  11. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    great times, but 4.88 gears?? whats the first gear in that T5? how many input/output shafts have you sheared off of the tranny? there's a definitive line between having a nice street car that performs well and behaves well as compared to transforming a nice street car into an all out 1/4...
  12. J

    Yet ANOTHER Roush update: Bad news

    SHM is a joke, and has been a joke, for years. Premiums on labor and parts is acceptable if the product deliverd is superior. In SHM's case, neither fits the bill. :nonono:
  13. J

    Make me smoke LS1s

    I think a 100 shot, off road pipe, 3.73 gears and some decent tires would smoke alot of stock fbods. That should be good for mid - low 12s at around 112 with a decent 1.7 - 1.8 60ft. And btw, don't knock all chevy stock suspension systems. I should be yanking high 1.4's this winter with...
  14. J

    Dr. Gas X-Pipe

    Different overlap being a chevy, but I run a 3" dr gas xpipe with a borla stinger catback on the vette and it sounds really mean. Lots of booming, low end bass when you get on the throttle. Not raspy at all. Netted higher dyno numbers than a magnaflow pipe I had on before. Probably 8 rwtq...
  15. J

    Question about 98...computer related

    mail order chips are a poor idea. You need to actually go to a reputable facility and get the car wide-band tuned and monitor the a/f ratio. This way they can make pulls on a dyno (or, prferably on the road), reburn the chip, slap it back in the pcm and try it again. It will most liekly take...
  16. J

    n00b HDTV question

    I have a sony 50" LCD. HD ready. The lcd panel is .87" TFT 1,092,168 pixels. :hail2: I use Voom satelite/hd as a provider. There's no need to change the resolution for a standard digital broadcast or HD broadcast. The TV will adjust automatically depending on if you pick pill box...
  17. J

    Good Oil Filter Choice

    frams are horrendous flowing units. avoid like the plague. I had always used mobil 1 on the vette, but the last two changes I've gone with k&n. My idle pressure is up, oil temps more stable, I really like the k&n. Unparalleled flow. :nice: but cost... :notnice: I'm still going to...
  18. J

    Let's say for example, a stock '98 cobra w/69K....

    car's are a poor investment to begin with. Mod dollars are even worse. I'd say if you get $.25 back for every dollar in mods, you're doing pretty well. No way would those mods equal a $3000 premium on the $12K price.
  19. J

    Did you ever consider a used Vette?

    thats not an apples to apples supply and demand equation thats like comparing an '89 ZR1 to an '89 GT mustang as far as resale % loss.
  20. J

    A BIG FU to HOt Rod Magazine!

    yes, most defintely buy the house first. :nice: who is the guy with the Z06 getting a TT? Does he post online at any of the vette forums? Maybe I know of him.
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