Honestly I would wait until you have all the parts you want and then tune it. Would a tune make a stock car drive a lil better? Sure not that the stock tune is bad as its pretty damn good for an oem tune. Tuning gets pricey and you’re just gonna have to do it again once you add more parts. I...
Honestly 430-440 stock would sound about right for a dark horse , so 420-430 for the gt. 400 whp seems like a bit high thats 18% drive train loss, should be 12-15% loss
My last car before my 25 dark horse was a 21 subaru Sti, I sunk like 30k into it and had it making 530whp on e85. Practicality wise the sti was much better, interior materials were leagues better, the quality control was much better. It was a bit faster than my dark horse being a few hundred...
Texas loves to pull over out of state drivers. My wife was going driving through texas with some friends 15 years ago. They were pulled over because a vehicle allegedly saw them throw a cigarette but out the window and called the police. They searched the car top to bottom and actually...
Truth be told the only reason to go loaded gt or dark horse is for the 6spd. If auto is what someone is after the corvette is a much better buy. Looks like a super car, quality control is leagues better, interior materials are a huge step up, faster etc.
The ppe is pretty great for the price, when it comes to someone leaving the gt in the realm of stock horsepower. Regarding the whipple breaking things, yeah thats going to happen every time you add 300 additional horsepower to something.
The oil cooler makes a huge difference. I drove the crap out of my dark horse the other day when it was 118 outside “AZ” highest my temp got was 219.
Dont need an after market system, get the same tiny gains from ditching the carbon traps and upgrading the filter, I went with Think Auto filters- increased airflow with oem filtering capabilities if not better.
Honestly my dark horse is one of the few cars I have owned that handle the heat pretty damn good. Im in az so it was 118 the other day all my temps were beautiful, aside from intake air temp obviously. I didn't feel like the car was down on power at all, felt normal.
Thats how it always is though lol. You can build a baja truck that will perform head to head with a raptor for a hell of alot less than a raptor. But some people just like a turn key product with all the work done already.
Fair, I spoke with the guy who built this one a while back, he would have loved to throw more parts on the car. But the owner of the dealership didn’t want to let them supercharge a gt to begin with lol so the budget wasn't very high. They do more slightly modded f150’s over at this dealer.
How so? The price of the parts is like 18.2k plus tax. 10k whipple, 2k apr wing, 400 apr radiator cover, 600rtr grill, 3k forged wheels 1600 tires, 100 bucks side louvers, 200 bucks tpms sensors, $300 for the lowering springs. After tax =$19,565 for parts. Lets say the whipple install is about...
Get the oil temps to 180+ before you really start getting on it. I would let it cool down a bit if your oil temps get up around 245-250. As far as I know up to 260 is within spec, but thats pretty high considering they have such a good oil cooler setup.