Here are some photos that I took while on Hotrod Magazine Power Tour a week ago. It was a 7-day event that went from Iowa to Alabama. It was a 3,000 mile trip since we started from Houston, TX to get to Iowa. My 2009 Z06 was featured at each city in the Nitto Tire booth. Project sponsors for this car are: MagnaCharger, HRE Wheels, MGW shifter, Nitto Tires, Late Model Racecraft, PlanetLSX.com, Katech, and Hi-Tech Custom. The car has one of the first LS7 Magnacharger kits on it, puts down 566 rwhp and 521 ft-lbs at only 5 psi boost. The rest of the car is completely stock performance-wise.

















Tony

 

Car is off the chains brutha.....Really like what you've done with it. Thanks for the pics.

 

Great work! The car looks stellar!

 

wow...your car look sick dude

 

now THAT is a nice combo... well done!

 

Your Z is sick, Tony. Love what you done with it. Makes me want one.

 

Nine ball I am the editor of an online news blog and would like to do a story on you and your experiences on the Power Tour.

LMK if you are interested

Thanks

Ashur Conrad

 

Makes me want to sell the GT500 and buy a Z06 again.

 

Car looks incredible and the stance is just perfect, but why go Magnacharger @ 5 lbs. for only 566 rwhp and 521 ft-lbs? Headers/intake/tune (which you already have) will put you at ~500 RWHP...why not just go heads/cam and not deal with the additional stress of 5 lbs. of boost on such a high compression engine?

I'm not bashing in any way, simply trying to understand how 5 lbs. only equates to 60-70 horsepower and how the cost is worth it?

 

Boost can be easier to live with day to day. Since the rest of the motor is stock you get stock driving manners on the highway or around town off boost, but put your foot in it and you have all the power you need. You also get to keep pretty much stock fuel economy under most driving conditions(depending on conditions mpg can actually improve)

With a head and cam car you get a rather different story. Mileage goes down pretty much without fail, you have to live with the extra noise/attention all the time(looks from pretty girls = win, looks from police = fail), and with a cam you are actually putting extra strain on the valve train all the time.

At the end of the day it comes down to how you plan to use the car. If you want to take long trips boost can be much easier to live with. If your plan is to push the car constantly and ring it out at the track, then a solid head and cam combo can be better.

-Tim

 

wow too good

 

NJ summed it up pretty well. The car went from 429 rwhp stock to 566 with 5 psi boost. It also makes full boost at 2K rpm, the torque response is incredible. Even if this car made 566 rwhp with a cam and no blower, the HP/TQ curves would be dramatically different. Can't just compare peak dyno HP figures, as you know. Besides, I plan on 7 psi and 600+ rwhp with stock drivability

Car averaged 32.1 mpg through the entire 3,000 mile trip.

 

Gorgeous Z06. A properly dropped and rimed Z is a beautiful sight to see. 566rwhp will keep the Gen IV Snakes honest.

BTW whats a blue car doing in your stable?

 

Vettes are so cool. Wish I could get one but I'm too big.
Lot's of bang for the uck, mixed in with cool.

 

simply beautiful bro