This is so awesome to see, thank y’all for this. I have a 17’ SS myself and plan on doing Kooks LTH 1 7/8 into 3 x 2 1/2 green catted x pipe and stock mufflers BTR Stage 2 LS3 Already have the OTR intake on it but thank y’all, really!
NICE vid, thanx!! I have a 2017 Chevy SS with a 6 speed manual trans; it's a daily driver and I LOVE it !! So far the only thing I have done to my car performance wise is install a K&N drop in air filter, removed the stock "boom box" from the intake manifold and removed the rear un-monitored.cats from the exhaust system. I am thinking of installing headers, engine oil pan windage tray and light weight engine pullies. In your opinion with these mods and a mild tune is 400 - 450 horsepower range possible??
Thanks for the nice and informative little video. I have a car pretty much identical to this and I want to do the same thing you have here. It's currently stock at the moment and, similarly to you, I'm picking up a fair bit of knock retard. Do you tune the knock sensor sensitivity at all? Or do you find it eases off once you fit these basic mods? It's a little annoying, because my car is totally stock with stock timing, yet it always pulls timing under load. It's comforting to know my LS3 is not the only one doing it.
Lowering timing in some areas is the best scenerio. It will not make less Horsepower as it doesn't want that much timing. You can decrease the sensitivity some slightly, but the lowering and smoothing along with disable burst knock timing pull all help.
I was looking at doing the same to mine. Intake, headers and tune but leaving the exhaust stock. Just confirming that this car had a stock exhaust as well? And if you think / recommend changing the exhaust as well? I would really like to keep it stock exhaust with the original bi modal system but unsure if i should change the exhaust as well. Basically what are the pros and cons of replacing the exhaust as well. Thanks for the video.
Unrelated question I was wondering how long I would be ok running a 3800 stall on my g8 without a trans cooler? I do have the camaro pan if that would help at all I also plan on getting a tru-cool in the future.
I would get a trans cooler on it as soon as possible. Any time that converter isnt locked up or coupled (3800+) it is making heat and the stock cooler in the radiator isn’t efficient enough to manage that.
I have a G8 also big stroker engine and built tranny and triple disk converter 3200 stall camaro pan amsoil tranny oil and I have two bigg tranny coolers on mine tranny very seldom hits 170 on hott days
While it is low, its not abnormal. Bone stock SS's dyno between there and 355 or so stock. It had a lot of spark knock which unfortunately is also not abnormal. The fact the power was good after the tune and changes, gas was probably not the issue as much as a car not happy on the stock tune.
You guys are the real deal!! Thanks for showing us the gains and explaining them
Thank you. We try
One day I hope to make the pilgrimage to Blazing Performance with my SS sedan...
This is so awesome to see, thank y’all for this.
I have a 17’ SS myself and plan on doing Kooks LTH 1 7/8 into 3 x 2 1/2 green catted x pipe and stock mufflers
BTR Stage 2 LS3
Already have the OTR intake on it but thank y’all, really!
Good luck!
NICE vid, thanx!! I have a 2017 Chevy SS with a 6 speed manual trans; it's a daily driver and I LOVE it !! So far the only thing I have done to my car performance wise is install a K&N drop in air filter, removed the stock "boom box" from the intake manifold and removed the rear un-monitored.cats from the exhaust system. I am thinking of installing headers, engine oil pan windage tray and light weight engine pullies. In your opinion with these mods and a mild tune is 400 - 450 horsepower range possible??
Low 400s for sure
is the stock sound system good?
On the 2017 Chevy you used American Racing Headers and a VCM intake. You mentioned about bolt on exhaust mods. What did you use? Thanks
Kooks
Thanks for the nice and informative little video. I have a car pretty much identical to this and I want to do the same thing you have here. It's currently stock at the moment and, similarly to you, I'm picking up a fair bit of knock retard. Do you tune the knock sensor sensitivity at all? Or do you find it eases off once you fit these basic mods? It's a little annoying, because my car is totally stock with stock timing, yet it always pulls timing under load. It's comforting to know my LS3 is not the only one doing it.
Lowering timing in some areas is the best scenerio. It will not make less Horsepower as it doesn't want that much timing. You can decrease the sensitivity some slightly, but the lowering and smoothing along with disable burst knock timing pull all help.
I was looking at doing the same to mine. Intake, headers and tune but leaving the exhaust stock. Just confirming that this car had a stock exhaust as well? And if you think / recommend changing the exhaust as well? I would really like to keep it stock exhaust with the original bi modal system but unsure if i should change the exhaust as well. Basically what are the pros and cons of replacing the exhaust as well. Thanks for the video.
Headers to stock bimodel is a sweet setup like this one...
Got it done and loving it.
When are you guys gonna get Austin’s car on the dyno ?. Didn’t he add a different cam and torque storm a rcr transmission.
That car was sold a good while ago
Got on this week with its new owner!
How much is the ram air effect gonna lean it out
Not very much after doing track to dyno passes on cars like this.
Where are you guys located at? I have a 2017 that is completly stock that i want to do headers, intake and tune on.
Central NC
@@nufnuffz28this is actually interesting to know, as I’m currently saving for an SS I’m around the Wayne/JoCo area
@@chrismcclure6438 awesome. You'll love it
Unrelated question I was wondering how long I would be ok running a 3800 stall on my g8 without a trans cooler? I do have the camaro pan if that would help at all I also plan on getting a tru-cool in the future.
I would get a trans cooler on it as soon as possible. Any time that converter isnt locked up or coupled (3800+) it is making heat and the stock cooler in the radiator isn’t efficient enough to manage that.
I have a G8 also big stroker engine and built tranny and triple disk converter 3200 stall camaro pan amsoil tranny oil and I have two bigg tranny coolers on mine tranny very seldom hits 170 on hott days
@@blazinghighperformance7228 thanks for the info
@@rickybobby4017 thanks for the info
@@gnarlynate6359 Anytime to help a fellow G8 owner 🤙🤙🤙
If you do nothing, the car has an advertised 415 HP.
Yes, but usually 350 at the wheels
wow 330, thats terrible. thats like ls2 6.0 numbers, why was so bad? could be gas?
While it is low, its not abnormal. Bone stock SS's dyno between there and 355 or so stock. It had a lot of spark knock which unfortunately is also not abnormal. The fact the power was good after the tune and changes, gas was probably not the issue as much as a car not happy on the stock tune.
thats whp right?
Yes