Subject: Re: Bogus is published by anesthes on 2010/9/15 19:15:22
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bogus wrote:
There is a fine line between "wrong" and "disagree".
Right, which is why I said you were not wrong, I just don't usually agree with you.
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bogus wrote:
From a street perspective, yes, the LT1 is a fine engine. From a drag (or even road race) perspective, not so fine.
The performance options are not there for it. But the engine has shown to be durable and reliable, on the street, for lots of miles. More so in many cases than the L98.
Fair enough.
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bogus wrote:
However, the L98 does have the advantage of being a conventional smallblock. Hense, performance parts are plentiful.
I think the biggest problem is perspective. I am not a drag racer. Period. End of discussion. I do appreciate the hobby, it just isn't me. And as a drag car, the Corvette in general, leaves a lot to be desired. IRS just doesn't cut it for drag racing, and using a car like the Vette or Viper as a drag racer seems like the waste of a damned good chassis... it's like using a 72 Chevelle as an autocrosser, there are better tools for the task at hand.
My points exactly. Totally different world, so when something works for you I might have a totally different opinion about the use, durability, and costs associated with it.
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bogus wrote:
My perspective is simple: A street car that has more guts than stock, but not so much that it loses its drivability. Is there a practical purpose to that 650hp street car? For the most part, I figure that 500hp is a good max point for the C4, perhaps more for the C5 or C6, but not at the expense of drivability (Z06 and ZR1 prove my point). I have driven tempermental performance cars... it really becomes exhausting, and detracts from the goal - a nice drive.
The.. Problem if you will with the C4 is 500hp reliability. Between the IRS, weak transmission offerings, and tight packaging and associated costs of things like headers and exhaust.. Well it just isn't cheap to do it 'right'. 24 or 25k in, looking back I coudln't have done it much differently. Speaking to guys like LD85 who have been there too, looking back again heck I think he said it himself "Catback, then stop.." Just not the right platform for super go fast.
Now.. For carving back roads or driving to work. I'd take a LT4 convertible.. I'll just never mod one again..
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bogus wrote:
Oh, isn't batch and bank-to-bank the same thing? I think we were arguing that all 8 went at once versus 4 at a time. They are all batch until sequential showed up.
Batch is all at once. The ECM doesn't have the ability to fire the banks separate because they are wired to a single driver. Bank to bank is more like 'batches', heh.
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bogus wrote:
Perhaps this will clarify my place... and if nothing else we can agree to disagree.
Like I said. I have no problems, especially personally. Just different ways of doing things and opinions.
But my original point was, if I posted on here every day that Andy was stupid and didn't know anything about drag cars I wouldn't expect to have a working account. Some guys, maybe not you, but some guys did that when IB took over and the fact is if you bait the owners you should expect to be fished out..
