[Edited on December 16, 2014 at 10:02 AM. Reason : .]

12/16/2014 10:02:39 AM

i couldn't drive that thing without having a boner

12/16/2014 1:14:09 PM

yeah.. very much like... well done sir...

12/16/2014 5:55:55 PM

As much as I love this car, I consider selling for a vette at least once a month.



My neighbors love me

[Edited on December 19, 2014 at 7:59 AM. Reason : .]

12/19/2014 7:59:25 AM

Zena, warrior princess

[Edited on December 21, 2014 at 7:48 AM. Reason : sizing]

12/21/2014 7:48:04 AM

nice dog


How's the fuel economy?

12/21/2014 9:19:07 AM

I haven't calculated it by hand, but the display says 14.5-15 average. I reset it, drove from Raleigh to Richmond and back and averaged just over 20. It's fine on the highway, but stall/cam suck gas in stop and go.

12/21/2014 11:45:52 AM

dog should get better mileage than that.

12/21/2014 12:01:40 PM

especially for a puppy

12/21/2014 12:04:31 PM

Took her out to my secret spot for a quick test hit. I need to report this kill in my kills thread



I've already started buying mods. Nice blue collar and pimped out name tag. Merry Christmas

12/21/2014 2:29:49 PM

1/6/2015 10:08:13 AM

1/8/2015 12:37:11 PM

Protected by killer

1/8/2015 12:37:50 PM

Looks ferocious!

1/8/2015 12:41:50 PM

LSA Blower....SOON

Friends full weight 4100+lb G8 went 10.03 @136 at last Saturdays track rental.

1/15/2015 11:50:16 AM

why LSA blower? that's not the most efficient unit in the world and you're already making more power than an N/A LSA could...

I'm not knocking it.... just wondering why that one and not a whipple or something that you could actually go nuts with once you decide to rebuild the bottom end?

1/15/2015 2:02:59 PM

Price and limited options. The only forced induction options on the market for the G8 are the Magnuson(1900 & 2300), Pro-charger, and a top mount twin turbo setup. Whipple canceled their G8 kit when Pontiac got the axe. All the options mention cost $6500+, while the LSA setup will be around 3k unless I go ahead and future proof the fuel system.

Whipple does make a kit for the SS (2014 G8 GXP), but far as I know it won't fit under the G8 hood. Magnuson is supposedly building a heartbeat kit for the G8, but I won't pay them 9k+ for it.

I just want to run 10's ASAP

Everyone get ready, once I run a 10 I'll never stop talking about it.



[Edited on January 15, 2015 at 2:33 PM. Reason : .]

1/15/2015 2:27:14 PM

I fear... that if you get to the 10s in your car.... (about 600whp if i'm not mistaken) that you'll only do it a couple times.

will your bottom end handle it?

[Edited on January 15, 2015 at 4:40 PM. Reason : .]

1/15/2015 4:32:27 PM

It should hold together fine as long as the tune is good. The friend that just switched from Magnuson to the LSA got just over 50k miles on his blown setup that ran a best of 10.56 with the stock bottom end. (Eventually he bent a rod)

My tuner runs 10's all day, and has a best of 9.97. Stock bottom end, stock trans. LS > EVERYTHING

1/16/2015 6:53:21 AM

1/16/2015 6:54:53 AM

cool just asking.. I was thinking if 6500 was too much for the turbo/screw blower... the rebuild price is gonna be scar.

And just to be clear this is my ignorance asking questions, i'm not trying to dis ya man just trying to make sure you don't go DD-less.

I'm paranoid of blown engines after the subaru hence my engine's whole bottom end is Forged/Billet crower.

(also i'm hoping my car's body work gets done before you have a blower so i can enjoy it n/a for a while)

[Edited on January 16, 2015 at 7:31 AM. Reason : .]

1/16/2015 7:21:54 AM

The CTS-V guys have gone as high as 7k with stock pulleys (which is what I'll be starting with). It gets iffy when you pulley down and go for big boost. I'll have to ask the guy thats currently got 15psi from his LSA what his shift points are. My current setup pulls to 6800 with ease.

To stop myself from getting greedy, I'm just going to use a boost a pump and stock cts-v injectors. That setup should be fine for 550whp, and low 11's full weight.



[Edited on January 16, 2015 at 7:57 AM. Reason : Yes I know boost a pump == dead fuel pump eventually]

1/16/2015 7:48:04 AM

1/16/2015 9:48:26 AM

Quote :

"This leaves me no time to track down an aluminum 408 and rattle can the block!"

Thats some funny stuff.

1/16/2015 10:56:11 AM

whoa whoa whoa, i rattle canned all the aluminum in the fairlane.

it still wears the 260 badges and 14in rims though.

1/16/2015 11:49:01 AM

he's not laughing that it's rattle canned because its ghetto... he's laughing cause they're trying to pass off an aluminum motor as an iron one.

1/16/2015 3:24:20 PM

which is exactly why i did it

1/16/2015 6:48:52 PM

nice!

1/16/2015 8:33:46 PM

I should just buy another daily, and do this to the G8. OMG, parachute and a license plate.

1/17/2015 2:58:04 PM

i'd bet more show car than go car...

just my .02

1/17/2015 8:56:37 PM

I asked him what it ran. And his response

Quote :

"I've never ran it at the track"

with a straight, serious face. I am disappoint.

1/17/2015 9:01:54 PM

Quote :

"Supercharger with bypass ZL1 Supercharger lid with Cooler Insulator Intake Manifold Gaskets 3 Bar Map Sensor IAT Sensor LSA Water Pump Crank Pulley (aka balancer) - Idler bracket with both Idler Pulleys Fuel Rail S/C tensioner bracket with Tensioner Intake, Tensioner, Idler, and Pulley Bolts Holley LSA valve covers (Coils bolt to cover not bracket) Don't Need LS3 water pump hose (upper): Water pump gaskets Fuel Line kit with an fittings, braided hose, and EFI to AN adapters Heat Exchanger Heat Pump Injectors ZL1 Fuel Pump Nice To Have but not necessary 223/235 113+1 Cam Meth Injection Forged 364 "

The hardest part of any build, the first purchase has happened.

I'll just keep my list here



[Edited on January 22, 2015 at 3:54 PM. Reason : ]

1/22/2015 3:45:48 PM

Quote :

"Supercharger with bypass ZL1 Supercharger lid with Cooler Insulator Intake Manifold Gaskets 3 Bar Map Sensor IAT Sensor LSA Water Pump Crank Pulley (aka balancer) - Idler bracket with both Idler Pulleys Fuel Rail S/C tensioner bracket with Tensioner Intake, Tensioner, Idler, and Pulley Bolts Holley LSA valve covers (Coils bolt to cover not bracket) Don't Need LS3 water pump hose (upper): Water pump gaskets Fuel Line kit with an fittings, braided hose, and EFI to AN adapters Heat Exchanger Heat Pump Injectors ZL1 Fuel Pump Nice To Have but not necessary 223/235 113+1 Cam Meth Injection Forged 364 "

1/23/2015 11:37:49 AM

Noticed a rattle in my exhaust, minor power loss, and exhaust started sounding terrible under acceleration.






6ish month old thunderbolt metallic cats. One blown out, one clogged solid.

Quote :

"You get what you pay for"

[Edited on January 25, 2015 at 10:21 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2015 10:18:09 PM

This is why I'm a dog person.

1/25/2015 10:55:29 PM

Yeah, metallic cats don’t seem to hold up as well... I don’t think it’s a price thing, I’ve seen a $6k set of cats work themselves loose and break apart in 15k miles. Avoid metallic “performance” cats if you can.

Also, I’ve noticed that tuned cars tend to be harder on cats than not. Rich mixture is your enemy.

1/25/2015 11:00:56 PM

^ and your friend.... Hollow out the cats... have the tuner do an offset for your secondary "emissions" 02 sensor.. problem...solved... (not for street use )

1/26/2015 9:42:54 AM

hey Gsus, did you by any chance do a pull down glenwood drag strip yesterday ..heard it and looked up, saw a black on black g8
near chipotle

1/26/2015 11:40:11 AM

I can't help it, my exhaust without cats is out of this world.

[Edited on January 26, 2015 at 11:54 AM. Reason : I was probably leaving Advance, I seem to live in that store]

1/26/2015 11:53:49 AM

*In b4 license plate comments*

1/26/2015 7:18:48 PM

aww haw haw haw
boogity boogity boogity boogity

1/26/2015 8:03:27 PM

i can smell the sweetness of a rich mixture from behind my keyboard..

damn BJ shit is shaping up nice for you.


Wish i would have bought a new car so i could be driving something instead of all this waiting....

1/27/2015 8:29:07 AM

Yea its came a LONG way from the silent, stock, high 13 second sedan it was when I purchased it. Now I'm just waiting for the cts-v/zl1 crowd to start spending tax money on upgrades so I can pick up all their take off parts and finish my blower build.

It's definitely running rich. I took the GF for a ride Sunday and she told me she wasn't riding in my stinking POS again until I fix it.

Your car will be faster than mine when its done.

1/27/2015 11:49:52 AM

When I get to stage two sure. But until then probably not...

1/27/2015 3:12:40 PM

Quote :

"Supercharger with bypass ZL1 Supercharger lid with Cooler Insulator Intake Manifold Gaskets 3 Bar Map Sensor IAT Sensor LSA Water Pump Crank Pulley (aka balancer) - Idler bracket with both Idler Pulleys Fuel Rail S/C tensioner bracket with Tensioner Intake, Tensioner, Idler, and Pulley Bolts Holley LSA valve covers (Coils bolt to cover not bracket) Don't Need LS3 water pump hose (upper): Water pump gaskets Fuel Line kit with an fittings, braided hose, and EFI to AN adapters Heat Exchanger Heat Pump Injectors ZL1 Fuel Pump Nice To Have but not necessary 223/235 113+1 Cam Meth Injection Forged 364 "

2/8/2015 10:30:45 AM

Her Mom far right



Too bad we don't a Pet section so I can talk about my dog

2/11/2015 10:12:27 AM

^ There's a thread for it somewhere...

2/11/2015 12:15:12 PM

Quote :

"Supercharger with bypass ZL1 Supercharger lid with Cooler Insulator Intake Manifold Gaskets 3 Bar Map Sensor IAT Sensor LSA Water Pump Crank Pulley (aka balancer) Idler bracket with both Idler Pulleys Fuel Rail S/C tensioner bracket with Tensioner Intake, Tensioner, Idler, and Pulley Bolts Holley LSA valve covers (Coils bolt to cover not bracket) LS3 water pump hose (upper): Water pump gaskets Fuel Line kit with an fittings, braided hose, and EFI to AN adapters Heat Exchanger Heat Pump Injectors ZL1 Fuel Pump Nice To Have but not necessary 223/235 113+1 Cam Meth Injection Forged 364 "

My magnaflow mufflers are starting to annoy me with excessive fartiness since I'm catless.

[Edited on February 20, 2015 at 8:47 PM. Reason : .]

2/20/2015 8:45:31 PM

Loud exhaust can get annoying, even if it sounds great.

I had a significant and permanent change of heart some years back on this. I had a ratty, loud and stiffly 944 turbo with a totally open exhaust, running tons of boost... It sounded great, but annoying over time lol I was taking my mom to the airport in it, she asked me why it was so loud when we were on the highway. I thought about it for a while, and couldn’t come up with a good reason...

2/21/2015 1:38:26 AM

I think I'm about at that point with this setup. I loved it prior to the cats failing, but now it screams bloody murder no matter how I drive. Luckily I had some custom helmholtz chambers added in months ago that got rid of the super annoying highway drone.

My aha moment has been the last few days when I feel guilty remote starting it and letting it warm up. I'll have to get a video of how outrageous this setup is during a cold start. (Cammed LS, Longtubes, 3"Off road pipes, X Pipe, 6" long magnaflows....what was I thinking) And I'm sure its gonna get louder once I add boost.

When I change it, this will be my 4th exhaust setup in the last year. I'm thinking quieter mufflers and e-cutouts.

[Edited on February 21, 2015 at 6:50 AM. Reason : .]

2/21/2015 6:49:10 AM