Any SQ guys care about going fast?

LOL...I finally got the new headers and bigger turbo lined out on the Buick. It's fun again... I think I may order a Alcohol kit for it...haven't decided yet. The idea of 23 psi or so on pump gas sounds fun. It's at 18 now (93 oct) and will EAT a speedometer.

Sweetness John!!! I wish I had the gas money to have a really fun car. LOL

i like to go fast , but i am stuck with a nautal aspire engine v6, hope to go turbo or supercharge soon . my estimated time accoring to other people of good knowledge is mid 14's to high14's i can definitely EAT SOME RICE and do it quit often .

Gas money hurts...ack, the Buick is on 93 right now. I've got 5 gal of VP Q16 in a jug at $12/gallon though. That sir, is too high. That's why I'm thinking 93 plus shoot 100% straight methanol at it. Word.

Just an FYI:
The Buick gets 22ish mpg cruising (hwy and interstate) maybe a little better
The Corvette gets 32mpg cruising (interstate).

Where's Jan and Monte...they dig going fast...

lol Buick is doing about as good as my 4 banger... just got a few performance mods and supossed to help mpg if i don't go crazy on the peddle... i guess ill see

I do.....just put a twin turbo set up on the honda! It goes fast in a straight line! LOL!

I like to take turns. God I need to finish up my GTi.

Well, my vette has the blueprinted engine in it now. And there are some other toys that like to go fast too. So yeah, fast is fun.

Lou what all have you done to the GTi?...I've got some VW buddies around here.
I'm wanting to start modding the C5 but I haven't decided if I'm keeping it...as I have been approached by a few folks locally wanting the car because of how rare a 6sp FRC is (2090 made). The only reason I sold my truck for the C5 was that it got me out of a car payment. Now I love driving it and gets rockin awesome fuel mileage to boot!
George I heard you were pimpin' something Italian now...or a two seater 'snake'..curious which one is true.

HA fast is over rated. If you are important enough people will wait. I guess I say that cuz my go fast car is not put together yet.

Hey Sketoe...both Jan and I have been on the road all week with work stuff.

Our supercharged Dakota R/T is a buttload of fun as well, but damn, we can't afford to fill the damn thing up right now.

Around town (pretty much the only time we drive it) it gets about 10-12 mpg. But that's mainly due to a very heavy lead foot.

If we want to go fast, and seriously carve some corners, we get on the bikes. We are going to Colorado for a week-long vacation in July. 55-60 mpg rocks! But if you do the math, each bike at 60mpg is the same as 2 people in a car getting 30mpg.

Not an SQ guy but I like going fast. Thinking about SQ next yr

My fast car 69 camaro 427 BB
76 Z28 supercharged
95 TT supra. (working on this one right now) Should get close to 1k horse

coolness...yeah...I put around 100 miles on the GN Saturday. I finally got it all buttoned up and running right. Now I've got a few things to get finished (audio) before DSN and we'll be good. I think I'm going to pull the trigger on the Meth kit this week. Hot Rod mag's Power Tour starts in Little Rock AR Saturday...OH YEAH! Leno's C6Z06 will be there...Pratt-Miller car. GM Perf. Div. always brings cool junk.

jsketoe wrote:

Lou what all have you done to the GTi?...I've got some VW buddies around here.
I'm wanting to start modding the C5 but I haven't decided if I'm keeping it...as I have been approached by a few folks locally wanting the car because of how rare a 6sp FRC is (2090 made). The only reason I sold my truck for the C5 was that it got me out of a car payment. Now I love driving it and gets rockin awesome fuel mileage to boot!
George I heard you were pimpin' something Italian now...or a two seater 'snake'..curious which one is true.

Uh, how much time you got? It is a '98 VW GTi VR6 all NA. Cams, bigger valves, bigger pistons, lighten rod, lighten crank, LSD, headers, exhaust, whole engine is coated by Polydyn inside and out, etc. Pretty much anything and everything you can do to a motor and stay NA it has been done. Most of the work was done by me and a buddy of mine in my garage. Boring of the engine and valves was done by a friend up in NC.

All I have left is delete the AC and heater box and reconnect the motor. I say all because it has been like that for about 2 years.

SQ-LS400 wrote:

jsketoe wrote:

Lou what all have you done to the GTi?...I've got some VW buddies around here.
I'm wanting to start modding the C5 but I haven't decided if I'm keeping it...as I have been approached by a few folks locally wanting the car because of how rare a 6sp FRC is (2090 made). The only reason I sold my truck for the C5 was that it got me out of a car payment. Now I love driving it and gets rockin awesome fuel mileage to boot!
George I heard you were pimpin' something Italian now...or a two seater 'snake'..curious which one is true.

Uh, how much time you got? It is a '98 VW GTi VR6 all NA. Cams, bigger valves, bigger pistons, lighten rod, lighten crank, LSD, headers, exhaust, whole engine is coated by Polydyn inside and out, etc. Pretty much anything and everything you can do to a motor and stay NA it has been done. Most of the work was done by me and a buddy of mine in my garage. Boring of the engine and valves was done by a friend up in NC.

All I have left is delete the AC and heater box and reconnect the motor. I say all because it has been like that for about 2 years.

do you have it running or when do you think it;ll be ready. my son has a vr6 and he is looking around to see what to do to it , if you don't mind , you think you can let him check it out .

jsketoe wrote:

Lou what all have you done to the GTi?...I've got some VW buddies around here.
I'm wanting to start modding the C5 but I haven't decided if I'm keeping it...as I have been approached by a few folks locally wanting the car because of how rare a 6sp FRC is (2090 made). The only reason I sold my truck for the C5 was that it got me out of a car payment. Now I love driving it and gets rockin awesome fuel mileage to boot!
George I heard you were pimpin' something Italian now...or a two seater 'snake'..curious which one is true.

Well, technically both are true. Had an 05 Viper and got rid of it and got a stallion for the stable. The other toy is an 03 Hayabusa with a Velocity Racing Stage 1 turbo.

So who's getting a life insurance policy on me??????

tijuana_no wrote:

do you have it running or when do you think it;ll be ready. my son has a vr6 and he is looking around to see what to do to it , if you don't mind , you think you can let him check it out .

What year and model VR6 (12V or 24V) does he have? What performance stuff does he have already? It isn't running yet but I plan to have it running again sometime this summer. He is more then welcome to see it or chat with me. I have built a couple of VR6 in my days.

ok.....ok......ok.

I have gotten a phone call from everyone else in the world to enter the big money show.....but no call from John Sketoe! LOL! Were you at bro! Let John know I need him to call me too!

Oh....I also need John Marsh to call me asap!

hah! its nice to see some gearheads on this forum. just registered today, actually. (note to jsketoe: you have mail)

im putting a stereo into a '98 camaro six speed. its been the project from heck for the past nine months; I cannot beleive how fast it has sucked all available cash from me. I love to have a car that can handle and accelerate, so ive got involved with sam strano, who sells a SCCA champion designed suspension with new shocks, struts, swaybars, a-arms, nylon bushings everywhere, torque and panhard bar, springs, 17" c5 zo6 rims, etc.etc.

ive covered most of the interior panels with a high quality leather-grade automotive vinyl(gotta love the gm plastic cheapness), installed a pro 5.0 billet short shifter, am rebuilding the transmission as we speak, installed some new leather corbeau style seats, carbon fiber driveshaft, 3.73 rear end gearing with a custom built axle brace, about to do the stereo, and havent even gotten to drive it yet!

the motor *should* be finished here shortly. waiting on the machine shop to finish balancing the rotating assembly. ive got that same motor that you have in the vette, an ls-1, with a set of 215cc trick flow cnc heads, a 336/238 cam, asp pulley, kooks headers and exhaust, a ported FAST 90 intake and billet 90mm throttlebody, forged rods and pistons, among too many other things to list. I cant wait!

wow...nice catfish! I'm pondering modding the vette soon. Your mods are the same direction I've looked at (engine).

Pate...I pm'd Marsh for you.
I won't be in town during your show. We had our vacation booked during that time since last November. So, I'll be in Destin, FL.

SQ-LS400 wrote:

tijuana_no wrote:

do you have it running or when do you think it;ll be ready. my son has a vr6 and he is looking around to see what to do to it , if you don't mind , you think you can let him check it out .

What year and model VR6 (12V or 24V) does he have? What performance stuff does he have already? It isn't running yet but I plan to have it running again sometime this summer. He is more then welcome to see it or chat with me. I have built a couple of VR6 in my days.

it's a 2001 with the 12v , he hasn't done nothing yeat! he is just buying stuff to add latter (he is going to collage ).my other son have a 2002 jetta with a 2.0 my kids grew loving VW cause my nephew used to race hondas and VW and the had some petty nice cars.

Sketoe do you ever take your GN to the track i was really looking for a t-type roller this winter and couldnt find one had a 355 built for boost and the t-type/gn is just a nicer car then normal g bodys, so i just finished my mustang insted

I went last year with the small turbo and no transbrake. Car kept rolling through the lights trying to build boost. So, launching at 0 psi sucks in those cars...to the tune of 2.3 60ft. LOL. The car trapped 118mph though. TE44 and 23 psi. Now it's got a CPT 61 P-trim ball bearing unit...and a trans-brake. SHould be a mid 11sec car fairly easily if I can drive it...that's on moderate boost like 21-25.

tijuana_no wrote:

it's a 2001 with the 12v , he hasn't done nothing yeat! he is just buying stuff to add latter (he is going to collage ).my other son have a 2002 jetta with a 2.0 my kids grew loving VW cause my nephew used to race hondas and VW and the had some petty nice cars.

Cool, I got some stuff laying around the house I don't need any more if you want to talk. email me: sweetloule@yahoo.com

jsketoe wrote:

I went last year with the small turbo and no transbrake. Car kept rolling through the lights trying to build boost. So, launching at 0 psi sucks in those cars...to the tune of 2.3 60ft. LOL. The car trapped 118mph though. TE44 and 23 psi. Now it's got a CPT 61 P-trim ball bearing unit...and a trans-brake. SHould be a mid 11sec car fairly easily if I can drive it...that's on moderate boost like 21-25.

ehh a friend of mine from around here has a GN buick. hes been able to click off some extraordinary 60ft times with a transbrake, but he had to have his transmission and driveline rebuilt more than couple times to take the abuse. he is also running 11's, i think hes pretty deep into them, around 11.2-11.2's or so at ~4000 elevation. its a quick car, and a fun sleeper if people dont recognize it for what it is!


the vette motor will respond very well to mods. you can spend 3 grand and jump to 430-450 @ the wheels at sealevel or spend 9 grand and hit 500 or so at the wheels/sealevel, all naturally aspirated. of course, you could always spend 4 1/2-5 grand and have it run 440 at the wheels with an extra 100-150 shot plumbed in for some real fun

I got some mods with the car that aren't installed...car came from a car collector friend. It's got a Corsa x-pipe, and a LS1 hot cam (performance wise). I've got an extra alt., CD players etc. as well.

I have a friend of mine that is thinking about my car for a test mule for his new turbo system that he is designing. It will be similar to the STS Turbo system in that it won't be under hood but rather in place of the muffler.

I am contemplating it completely, If I do go this route, I won't be able to be at the TTown Regional in my car, but I will probably be there for support.

Anyway, take a look at STSturbo.com to see what I am looking at doing.