sswhat?

Alright guys, I am seriously considering buying this car. I want something that is quick, easy to mod, and not too expensive.

I had my heart set on the GTO, but it is out of my price range. I had the STI and it was totaled in a wreck(let the wife drive it. She is OK) I really wanted to get the GTO, but the idea of having payments the same as the STI did not appeal to me, thought that this might be a chance to get a less expensive car, but with a few mods make it pretty quick.

I am looking at the SS, from what I have gathered on this website, I can expect to have a car that runs mid to low 15's to hight 14's. What I want to know is with a few relatively inexpensive mods can I get the car into the mid 13's?

Any help would be appriciated.

jzchev28

WELL... WE'D LIKE TO THINK SO, BUT THE AFTERMARKET IS STILL DEVELOPING THEIR PRODUCTS FOR THE CAR....TIME WILL TELL...HOPEFULLY ITS A SHORT TIME

olddude

[QUOTE=sswhat?] What I want to know is with a few relatively inexpensive mods can I get the car into the mid 13's? [QUOTE]

Define what relatively inexpensive means to you.

I suspect that, unless your definition is a lot more generous than mine, the answer is no.

What is the best R/L e.t right now? Not a drag car, but a street car. That is your starting point.

I doubt very much that you are going to pull a CSS under 14 seconds on a regular basis without some suspension work and s/c replacement. Another 0.5 under that will be very, very tough for cheap.

I would, however love to be proved wrong. C'mon people make me a liar!

SilverSS/SC

[QUOTE=olddude]
Wait until the tuner shops get in the computer and actually put a good tune in the pcm . The stock tune is horribly rich , which for GM is smart considering the boost levels . Once the pcm is sorted out , I would about garantee it would be cake to get WELL in the 13's with simple bolt ons and a set of drag radials . Just going of my personal exprirence with mine , Ive ran a best of 14.6@98 mph so far . But , thats with launching at idle to prevent wheel hop and going full throttle till well past the 60 ft . That was also in 90* heat . Plus the stock intercooler is uuuuuuh , lacking . A dual pass intercooler for one would make a HUGE diff . A 2) routing the coolant separate from the entire cooling system would also be of a huge benefit . Im gonna make a resevoir tank for ( theres PLENTY of room underhood to mount one ) with a pump strickly for the intercooler . That will also aloow me to beable to put ice water in there at the track .

Personal opinion , is the SS/SC is gonna resond LS1 well to simple mods if u can get the car hooked up and moving .

sswhat? - right now , there a few cold air kits coming to market , cat back exhaust , header , a 2.8 pulley kit with a piggyback PCM . All fairly simple and all budget mods . Plus the all forged engine is built to take alot more power . A saturn rep told me the stock 2.0 shortblock is rated to take 475 hp

olddude

Sounds good, but he wants to drop more than a FULL second off that time. I just do not see it being done with bolt-ons (unless you consider a bigger s/c a bolt-on) and a tune. I think they may well get down that low, but on the cheap? Sadly, I just do not see it happening.

Wolfman

Intake, Exhaust, New Pulleys, and when headers come out get them, or build them yourself. You will run 13's.

Florida 76