It's on there and running well I just haven't been able to get to the dyno. I had an appointment a few months back but the alternator went out the nite before so I missed it and Dec 10 was the next available. The wait list is stupid long.wait what happened to your vortech?
Thanks, I enjoyed your ramble. I'm old enough to remember when summit would send you a catalog but I wasn't old enough to drive(I'm 32). The 95 I have now was my dads and it lived the majority of its life w a k&n filter and a set of flowmaster mufflers for its "mods." I remember the tv comercials on Saturday mornings during episodes of hotrod tv for k&n claiming 25 hp gain from their drop in filter. Several years later Hotrod tv (might have changed its name to (Horsepower by then) got a chassis dyno and they were all proud. They started off by testing the "hot new" bolt-on stuff at the time like cai, pulleys, cat-back, and msd ignition, with an occasional aluminum drive shaft thrown in there. I was always disappointed in the results. The host would be like, "We added all of the above mentioned items and WOW! we got a gain of 10-15 hp!" I would just roll my eyes and think man that sucks, all that money spent for 15 hp. Stupid manufactures claims....It must really stink to have to wait that long for a tune. Jeez! Just so you know, you are already at or above 300rwhp with the Vortech installed. A bone stock 302 will make 300rwhp with a blower. I have a friend with a '93 and is just getting started. His car is completely BONE stock under the hood and has my old V1 sc-trim from my previous SSC installed. His made 306 to the tires on stock pulleys making 6 pounds. He's happy with that. "For now"
Once you get yours tuned, it'll be there.
As for your question: I guess I can be considered one of the old timers since I've been playing with these since the early '80s. Back in the day there were no dyno's and tuners to be found around here. There was practically no aftermarket parts for these cars either. These cars were cutting edge at the time.
Guys added parts and guessed at the power their cars made. One of my friends was the first guy in my area (that I know of) to install a Vortech, it was an A-trim. Until then, I had never seen a centrifical supercharger before. LOL, His car idled high, surged, blew head gaskets, ect, ect. Noone knew how much power it made but it as fast(when it was running.)
300 horsepower was a goal for sure, but that was just overall horsepower. Noone thought about rwhp. There was no internet so we all read HOTROD magazine articles, followed the articles and added parts accordingly.
We bought K&N filters, removed the air silencer, bumped the timing, added underdrive pulleys, added a powerchip (module), welded Flowmaster mufflers into the stock exhaust and later bought gears if you could afford them. LOL
If you did all that your car made 300hp. LOL WRONG!
But hey our cars felt fast, sounded good, won alot of races and we had alot of fun! Lost alot too! Thankfully somehow I survived all that and I'm still here.
These days 400-500rwhp is a healthy goal IMO.
A 500rwhp foxbody with good tires will just about outrun anything basically stock on the street. "Including the new 5.0 Mustangs"
Not gonna say how I know that
Sorry for my long winded post but I tend to ramble.
I'll post em if they're goodBack in 78 I had a friend with a Paxton on his 396 Chevelle. He actually had it wired to a switch on his dash .... that car would scare you it was so fast for the day... a couple trips well over 150 and it was ok thanks for the ride think Ill ride with someone else next time, lol There were allot of fast, built cars at my school that probably werent really safe at those speeds... The debates were big block vs small block... Im a small block fan
Thats a long wait for a tuner Id be going crazy, around here its pretty much make an appointment give em your specs and go..like a few weeks or so... be sure to post your results..
Back in 78 I had a friend with a Paxton on his 396 Chevelle. He actually had it wired to a switch on his dash .... that car would scare you it was so fast for the day... a couple trips well over 150 and it was ok thanks for the ride think Ill ride with someone else next time, lol There were allot of fast, built cars at my school that probably werent really safe at those speeds... The debates were big block vs small block... Im a small block fan
Thats a long wait for a tuner Id be going crazy, around here its pretty much make an appointment give em your specs and go..like a few weeks or so... be sure to post your results..
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