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TVS swap?

My TVS fit under the stock rails... just had to modify the rear passenger side leg on the fuel rail to fit around the plate.

This dyno sheet is GenV vs TVS with nothing else changed. The car wasn't even retuned.
If someone made more on a GenV with their setup, they'd make even more with a TVS on their setup.
The blower is just WAY better. 50+whp without changing anything else...

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there's a gas station near my house that sells e85, (or they did last time i was there).
so i could definitely run it, what sort of mods/tuning is involved,
Chain stretcher, how much money do you have in your engine mods? if its more than 3000 i might as well go turbo
 
SnowFlake said:
My TVS fit under the stock rails... just had to modify the rear passenger side leg on the fuel rail to fit around the plate.

This dyno sheet is GenV vs TVS with nothing else changed. The car wasn't even retuned.
If someone made more on a GenV with their setup, they'd make even more with a TVS on their setup.
The blower is just WAY better. 50+whp without changing anything else...

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Is it a cutom build for the plate, or is it something i can buy somewhere?
 
less than 2k thats for damn sure! lol
rough estimate here
300 gen5
200 60# injectors
50 2.8 pulley
2-300 headers (could be less but id try find a set of tog or slp headers)
150 s1x cam
125 105# springs
80? new single roller timing chain?
150 misc gaskets

1355 total. lets just call it 1500......

I have hptuners and could copy my tune easily. mine is setup one pcm for e85 and throw a shorter belt on and 2.8 pulley, second pcm in the trunk with 3.4 pulley and longer belt.
Takes a fist full of tools and 15 min to throw a different pulley and belt on and 2 bolts to swap pcm. drive it anywhere ive swapped fuel in the gas station parking lot. no laptop or tuner needed if ypu have 2 pcms.....

drive into gas station on gas fill up with e85 swap pcm pulley and belt drive away with 60 more hp!

Disclaimer!!!!!! let me be clear this car was built by GMRBadass aka greg.
thanks greg for the money in this car vs cost I get a **** eating grin every time I hear the 2.8 pulley at full tilt on E85!!!
 
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98ChainStretcher said:
less than 2k thats for damn sure! lol
rough estimate here
300 gen5
200 60# injectors
50 2.8 pulley
2-300 headers (could be less but id try find a set of tog or slp headers)
150 s1x cam
125 105# springs
80? new single roller timing chain?
150 misc gaskets

I have hptuners and could copy my tune easily. mine is setup one pcm for e85 and throw a shorter belt on and 2.8 pulley, second pcm in the trunk with 3.4 pulley and longer belt. takes a fist full of tools and 15 min to throw a different lullet and belt on and 2 bolts to swap pcm. drive it anywhere ive swapped fuel in the gas station parking lot. no laptop or tuner needed if ypu have 2 pcms.....
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where are you finding your stuff, the prices ive seen are 300 for a cam 4-6 for headers, 600 for a gen 5, the rest seem inline.
Id just like to know that could save me quite alot.
my "stage one" mods are gonna be headers/powerlog, CAI/cone (i need to do more heat soak research) downpipe, and a 3.4
 


classifieds here I know where that s1x cam is forsale....... cough.cough. PM gmrbadass lol !!
sd headers are around 200 maybe more but id spend a little more for togs or slp's if you can find them.

I wouldnt bother with plog and downpipe just find a set of headers.
 
Gen v can be had for less than 300 all day long if you search. Speed daddy headers will support enough WHP for any SC build and are 217 new. don't do plog/downpipe, go straight to headers. cam looks like a used price or one hell of a sale.
 
98ChainStretcher said:
classifieds here I know where that s1x cam is forsale....... cough.cough. PM gmrbadass lol !!
sd headers are around 200 maybe more but id spend a little more for togs or slp's if you can find them.

I wouldnt bother with plog and downpipe just find a set of headers.
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..............GMR has an S1x for sale?
 


Used is how I did my build. My engine is basically thrown away cast offs from all the crap I've worked on over the years.
The only thing I bought new was my Gen 5, I scored it on Ebay for $400 shipped back in 07ish.
 
Time and effort put into TVS is always greater than slapping a cheap turbo kit on the car. Turbo will always make significantly more power in it's place.
 


COST! vs tvs........ the end

lol whether snowflake wants to admit it or not im sure there is a reason he went turbo.........
 
I think the E85 thing is awesome! ill definitely have to do it, just getting an e85 tune headers, CAI, and injectors i should be able to drop my pulley alot,
id guess 3.2? and probably a good bit of horse power! the speed dady headers are just the ebay headers correct?
 
Headers injectors and intake is def 3.2 territory. Yes the speed daddys are ebay headers (or what they are referred to as) but they have their own website, and are about 40 cheaper on their website than ebay.
 
98ChainStretcher said:
COST! vs tvs........ the end

lol whether snowflake wants to admit it or not im sure there is a reason he went turbo.........
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Yes, there is... as I've said a million times it was to make huge power and try and break the FWD Regal 1/4 mile record.
It certainly wasn't cheaper.
 
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