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Topic Started: Mar 16 2012, 03:19 PM (23,546 Views)
camar0corey
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Interesting, that motor probably has the variable cam right?

Hmm yep it does!

No wonder it is complicated, I think GM designed it so at certain throttle or RPM the cam physically moves a bit to achieve the variation. That is if I remember reading correctly.
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germeezy1

So my boss has me looking for him a Hellcat Challenger or maybe even a 997.1 911 Turbo.
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sn00zie
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hey ilv, have you picked back up diablo 3 yet after all these gigantic patches?
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ilivas

I honestly havent even fired up a video game in over a year.
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sn00zie
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waoh! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!! not even XBOX!?!?1 :O how come?
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ilivas

I don't know, I kind of just lost interest. I still have a bunch of friends that are on xbox that still play a lot, but I've been MIA for awhile. I still keep my membership current though.
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sn00zie
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yea I go thru those phases... didn't pick up diablo for 5 months, got the new exp pack and back in action. Not much time to really play anything anymore, late night after everyone is sleeping for a few hours and thats all I do now.
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ilivas

same here. I started doing firearms training as a side biz. Coupled with my real job and life, I haven't had the time or drive to make time for video games.
Edited by ilivas, Apr 19 2015, 11:46 PM.
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ilivas

My cam came in friday. That will be installed and then dyno tuned soon. Supercharger should be shipped out to me in a couple weeks with a meth kit as well. We're targeting 800whp.

I've been out of the car scene for awhile, and I had reconnected with some old car friends recently. Apparently, 800 whp these days is nothing. All the "fast" cars these days are running around with 1200whp or more.
Edited by ilivas, Apr 19 2015, 11:49 PM.
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camar0corey
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Cannot wait to see and hear some results! Post up some video when its done!
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germeezy1

Yeah it sucks that the scene now requires so much money to be fast. My Vette was considered fast with a 150 shot but today it would be slow among my current car group. Heck a local guy with a brand new C7 Z06 on a DR got worked all weekend at the drags.
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sn00zie
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yeeeeeep but look at what HP numbers factory cars are pushing these days. Its def not shade tree with your friends modding anymore, if you don't have deep pockets you shouldn't even show up.

get it moderately fast, enjoy it and call it a day....let those other guys spend the $$$$$$$$$ to "win"

it seems most of the nicer fun car people moved to track racing / auto-x stuff
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germeezy1

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Apr 20 2015, 11:22 PM
yeeeeeep but look at what HP numbers factory cars are pushing these days. Its def not shade tree with your friends modding anymore, if you don't have deep pockets you shouldn't even show up.

get it moderately fast, enjoy it and call it a day....let those other guys spend the $$$$$$$$$ to "win"

it seems most of the nicer fun car people moved to track racing / auto-x stuff
I may end up getting a 300 Hellcat if they make one but I really don't need to go much faster than 10s. I really like my car even though it only runs 12s, and I will definitely be doing more auto-x plus HPDEs. I auto Xed this weekend, and had a lot of fun.
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sn00zie
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Now that rice has died you can pull up in a domestic and not have eggs thrown at you too :ha
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ilivas

sn00zie
Apr 20 2015, 11:22 PM
yeeeeeep but look at what HP numbers factory cars are pushing these days. Its def not shade tree with your friends modding anymore, if you don't have deep pockets you shouldn't even show up.

get it moderately fast, enjoy it and call it a day....let those other guys spend the $$$$$$$$$ to "win"

it seems most of the nicer fun car people moved to track racing / auto-x stuff
You begin to wonder at what point is the car even safe to drive on the street. I doubt I'd feel comfortable letting loose 1400whp on the street.
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camar0corey
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I'm going to agree with make it what is fun for you. When I get the supercharger for my car down the road I will be probably between 500-600 RWHP. You know what? That is fine to me.

I also setup the car over the years to corner and not be a drag machine. It will be fun to me and that is all that matters. My Dad told me at the age of 17, "There will always be someone faster", I don't have some sort of speed nemesis frienemy that I am competing with, I don't really care.
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camar0corey
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To throw something else out there, how often do you really actually see a 500+rwhp car driving around? I mean honestly? Yes there are factory cars making stupid power out now, but despite selling out I've only seen one hellcat. People are crazy with their thoughts, I've never run into a 1000+rwhp machine just driving around and I'm friends with people in shops who have built machines with such power.

You know what? Completely relevant. Even with turbos 1000+rwhp is not daily driver reliable, does not make sense.
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camar0corey
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Oh hey, it's Earth Day.
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germeezy1

camar0corey
Apr 22 2015, 04:21 PM
To throw something else out there, how often do you really actually see a 500+rwhp car driving around? I mean honestly? Yes there are factory cars making stupid power out now, but despite selling out I've only seen one hellcat. People are crazy with their thoughts, I've never run into a 1000+rwhp machine just driving around and I'm friends with people in shops who have built machines with such power.

You know what? Completely relevant. Even with turbos 1000+rwhp is not daily driver reliable, does not make sense.
At 447 rwhp I am actually one of the slowest of my car enthusiast group. Where I live, and with the people I hang out with even 600 rwhp 13 GT500s are considered slow.

A good friend of mine sent me a pic of him running errands in his 1400 rwhp built LSX ZR1. In the rain too. A lot of the guys running 4 digit whp have setups that make a bit less if they need them to. Another friend made a little over 1000 rwhp with his Z06 on MS109 but dials it back to about 750 rwhp on pump for street use.

But to me the corners are much more important in relation to driver skill. I was running in the 51s this weekend at the local Auto X, and my friend whose car I was driving in the 48s against a pro driven E92 M3 (# 1 time) in the 42s. His little SVT Focus was right in the thick of much more powerful cars.
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ilivas

camar0corey
Apr 22 2015, 04:21 PM
To throw something else out there, how often do you really actually see a 500+rwhp car driving around? I mean honestly? Yes there are factory cars making stupid power out now, but despite selling out I've only seen one hellcat. People are crazy with their thoughts, I've never run into a 1000+rwhp machine just driving around and I'm friends with people in shops who have built machines with such power.

You know what? Completely relevant. Even with turbos 1000+rwhp is not daily driver reliable, does not make sense.
I know several people who own cars with over 1000whp. Even my car at 800whp will only have a SC, meth and a cam. That's not really that much. They're obviously not as reliable as a factory car when you get to 1000whp, and they may be a chore to drive, but people do it.

I think with my own car with just a cam, SC, and meth is about as far as I want to take it for reliability sake though.
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